CAVE

Website: http://www.cave.it/
Country: Italy

CAVE is an Italian small and medium enterprise which has been working in the field of construction for more than 50 years. In the last ten years, CAVE has specialised in providing services related to the design and installation of renewable energy sources in urban environments, especially for large offices buildings. In particular their field of expertise is the integration in building facades of solar and photovoltaic: in this framework CAVE has a strong cooperation with suppliers as Schott (Germany), Isofoton (Spain) and Tenesol (France). Through a deep selection of its suppliers, CAVE has increased the quality and the competitiveness of its products and thanks to this it currently cooperates with large companies as Astaldi and Impregilo. In the last years, CAVE has also focussed on small scale vertical axis wind plants for their integration in buildings. The company organization is slim and flexible and customer-oriented. The strong points of CAVE are its flexibility, its deep expertise on the integration of the production processes and a consolidated network of hi-tech companies for cooperation on new product/service development. The competitive advantage of CAVE is its experience in the integrated and high-quality management of its production cycle. In particular, the following activities are at the basis of CAVE competences: >> development of customer’s project >> purchase of basic apparatuses >> design of plants >> final assembly >> quality control and testing The quality system of CAVE has been managed since 2000 in accordance with the ISO 9000 series standards. The organization of CAVE shows commitment of the company to the development and improvement of its production system in accordance with the ISO 9000 series standards. The management of CAVE recognizes the protection of the environment and the improvement of its quality as a fundamental, integral part of the company’s mission, adopting the best technologies available in respect of the ISO 14000 series standards.