articles | 09 May 2016

Leading contractor expands to Cyprus

Permasteelisa Group, the worldwide leading contractor in engineering, project management, manufacturing and installation of architectural envelopes and interior systems, announced the geographic expansion of the company to new territories including Cyprus.

The Group is responsible for the successful completion of such renowned projects as the Sydney Opera House, the revolutionary Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

150 representatives from the construction, architectural, retail, hotel, health care, as well as financial and banking sectors, attended the event organized at the luxurious Yacht Club de Monaco, where Permasteelisa Group presented its activities and divisions.

“We are excited about starting business in new markets,” said Riccardo Mollo, CEO Permasteelisa Group. “To maintain our leadership, we are always looking for new business opportunities, and we do not limit ourselves to any geographical limit”.

“As an Engineering company, we see technology as a means to keep on strengthening our worldwide leadership as well as help improving the quality of our cities, by reducing the carbon footprint of the built environment”, said Mollo.

“We wanted to announce this exciting news in Monaco, which is a dynamic and international economic hub”, said Konstantinos Tsouvelekakis, official Agent of the company at the territories of Principality of Monaco, Greece, Cyprus, the Balkans and Turkey.

“Permasteelisa is the absolute number one in its field and many of the most iconic projects in the world are ours, both in exteriors and interiors. I am proud to become a member of the Permasteelisa family, a company which I admire for its know-how and expertise in all the phases, from design development to the successful completion even of the most demanding projects achieving customers’ expectations”, Tsouvelekakis said.

The Permasteelisa Group is the world’s leading operator in the design, manufacture and installation of architectural envelopes and offers solutions with a high technological content, working closely with contemporary architecture key figures.

Today, Permasteelisa is a global integrated Group present in four continents with a network of over 50 companies in more than 30 countries. The Group employs over 7,000 people worldwide in its Engineering & Design centers and in the 14 manufacturing plants equipped with the most modern and advanced technologies.

Moreover, through four research centres and the collaboration with prestigious international universities, Permasteelisa fosters the development and implementation of innovative environmentally-friendly technologies, which ensure significant energy saving levels and improve the quality of internal environments.

Current projects include the new Apple Headquarters building in California, the 87-floor Lakhta Center in St. Petersburg-Russia, and the Central Park Tower in New York, expected to be the second tallest building in the United States.

Source: InCyprus

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