Devi S.p.A. born in July 1961 as Lombarda Fabbrica plastic items (FLAP), and in 1968, fully acquired by the family of Dr. Egidio Vismara (current president), change its name.
Initially focused on the production of expanded polystyrene (PSE) for use in packaging and insulation panels for buildings, Devi, later on, alongside working with polystyrene starts with polypropylene foam (EPP). Over the years, Devi perfects the foam molding technology and develops the "Steam pulsed sintering" which allows for articles of complex shape and high quality. This allows the company to successfully deal with most technical markets, such as for motorcycling and cyclists helmets components where he soon became the largest Italian manufacturer and one of the leading European manufacturers in that industry, with about one million two hundred thousand pieces produced annually.
In the late 80s, Devi develops the technology coupled thermoforming the foam-film rigid or flexible, getting some important patents in the international arena. In the early 90s is being developed a panel of polystyrene foam, coupled to both surfaces and subsequently with the development of more complex molding it comes to molding the entire refrigerator compartment in one piece.
This technology allows for "polystyrene ennobled", forming a valuable technology for applications at higher quality materials such as polypropylene, which Devi has started studying since 1990 viewing its widespread application, especially in the automotive industry.
Pursuing the development program of alternative materials to polystyrene, polypropylene soon began the main channel for the natural evolution of Devi technology that, at the same time, meet a market of great potential interest in seeing this material has excellent properties coupled resistance shock.
In 1996 becomes operational Adlev S.r.l. (Today Avelda Srl), a 75% subsidiary, which specialized in the production of components in polypropylene (EPP) for the automotive sector.
In this framework of a continuing evolution of artifacts made and in view of the increasing complexity of these (new structures tend to consist of several components of different origin) must become strategic for the introduction of new product lines, thus becoming reality:
(1999) The creation of a line of thermal containers in EPP that enables the group to acquire a slice of the market to offer in the catering industry.
(2001) A complete line for cycling helmets and snow helmets production that puts us at the top of this particular technology market.
(2006) The construction of pallets for the major multiples.
