Our history
2008 - Objective: total quality
for excellence with real respect for the environment
The company has been awarded the ISO 14001:2004 certification, confirming its continual desire to develop and constantly improve its system for managing the environment.
2006 - The new brand identity is born
For translating and enhancing the very latest Sacea lifestyle
Innovation that is based on the quality of products and corporate skills and which injects life into new style codes and materials that 'speak' the language of the values and the philosophy that guides each and every one of our designs.
2002 - Quality as the starting point
Perfection and innovation are the objectives achieved.
Quality certification which satisfied the UNI EN ISO9001:2000 norm, for sharing its 'management principles', achieve the objectives and improve all the corporate activities.
1998 - Welcome "Sacea Contract"
A valid response to the multiple market requests
A challenge that was won thanks to the synergy and the skills of our team, that through their high quality professional expertise can manage customized and turnkey contracts – from the engineerization to the installation.
1998 - The operartive system Verve makes its entrance into Europe
To respond to the requirements of flexibility and customization
The strategic alliance with the company Herman Miller initiated the distribution of the system Verve in some European countries, consenting the diffusion of the Sacea 'beliefs' regarding concepts of fluidity, degrees of freedom and high density.
1996 -Quality becomes the philosophy of employment.... And of life
For projects that are aligned with the highest market standards
Awarded the certification according to the norm UNI EN ISO 9001:94 for the creation of products that respond to the safety requisites and which conform to the European Community directive (Decree Law 626/bis).
1993 - The initial projects in franchising in the wake of success
To speak the language of design that is always 'customized'
Creations that can transport the identity codes of the brand, through 'turnkey' furnishing projects for showrooms and stores that are open to the public and which have a powerful visual impact.
1990 - The quality of the environment improves the operational performance
Just like space influences human behavior
"Culture and Perception of Space" is a book that was published following research conducted by Arch. Piera Scuri for Sacea. It takes an in-depth look at the importance of the cultural aspects associated with the design of the workplace.
1988 - Office headquarters to suit the new identity
For expansion and joining design and production
The new headquartersare located in Cerro Maggiore (MI). They contain strategic and functional spaces, for integrating technologically-advanced systems and CAD-CAM machinery for processing wood and metal.
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1976 - The beginning of the collaboration with Isao Hosoe
A decision taken in line with the company's cultural approach
The development of numerous projects that can design the current needs with a slant that is still modern: numerous furnishing and seating systems that have been awarded international prizes and commendations.
1973 - The world's first system of rods has been developed.
It was designed for Sacea by Arch. Fabio Mello.
The system Mello inaugurates the successive family of the rod system. The support structure consists of octagonal columns connected to each other by horizontal elements - beams or rods -which support the full length of the worktops and form the contact point with the floor.
1955-1970 - The moment of change
A move towards production verticalization
In 1955 the company produced the first line of furniture specific for the office. The success that determined the expansion of the company and the creation of an in-house woodwork laboratory, thus exalting the production verticalization.
1946-1950 - A highly unusual beginning
Fate comes into the equation of "design to work"
Founded in 1946 in Legnano (MI) by Giampietro Tirinnanzi, as a company specialized in the production of baby prams and cots, the production was extended to include garden furniture.