ABOUT CUPA GROUP
Cupa Group is a multinational company made up of 79 businesses with subsidiaries in 9 countries and 30 quarries. It exports to more than 70 countries on all five continents, employing over 2,800 people. The group’s two main businesses are Cupa Pizarras, the world leader in natural slate, and Cupa Stone, the experts in natural stone.
Slate quarrying began at Solana de Forcadas in 1892. It continues today and the company is the oldest of all those that make up the group. Cupa Group was formally established in 1968.
It was in Cupa Pizarras´s DNA to become a leader in the production and marketing of roof slate. Since its creation it has focused its efforts on researching new sites with different types of slate and new production techniques in order to meet the needs of each country and each client. The company strives to guarantee production capacity by opening several quarries, which is rapidly making it a leader in the sector.
Cupa Stone, the experts in natural stone, is a group of companies spanning the entire value chain of natural stone, with producers, processers, marketers and distributors in several countries, such as Spain, Portugal, France, Brazil, China, Denmark, Norway and the United States.
Cupa Group currently invests a great deal of effort in research and develops innovative solutions that improve energy efficiency and the sustainability of the construction industry with the creation of new products such as CUPACLAD®, the natural stone ventilated façade system; THERMOSLATE®, the only natural slate thermal solar collector on the market that can generate heat and hot water; STONEPANEL®, the pre-assembled natural stone panels for wall claddings; and STONETACK®, the first natural slate self-adhesive panel.
