Our roots, leading us into the future
Our History is the story of the de Cardenas Family of entrepreneurs. From the beginnings in the 1920s of engineer Giulio - the only representative in Italy of fans from a famous American factory - to 1975, when the first Decsa factory was established in Voghera dedicated to the construction of equipment for heat exchange and refrigeration.
Forty-five years later, today, under the leadership of our CEO Nicola de Cardenas, we are a conscious, young and growing company. Always ready to improve, with passion and enthusiasm we design, manufacture and market cooling systems worldwide.
Toward a future of innovation, eco-sustainability and efficiency.
1975
The Decsa plant is built in Voghera under the leadership of Dr. Gianluca de Cardenas
![Entrepreneur Gianluca De Cardenas at the helm of Decsa](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6087f11393b664354fe9d782/608fe998867e67bb67aa4e4d_timeline-gianluca.webp)
1980
First expansion with the construction of a second shed
1981
![The construction of the third Decsa shed](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6087f11393b664354fe9d782/6087f11393b6643e29e9d812_timeline-1981.webp)
Second expansion with the construction of a third shed
1990
Decsa, established in 1975 as "Climate Division - De Cardenas SpA" assumes operational independence
1992
Dr. Nicola De Cardenas joins Decsa
![Nicola De Cardenas, current CEO of Decsa](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6087f11393b664354fe9d782/608fe997846e5098f224097a_timeline-nicola.webp)
1995
Moving offices to Voghera manufacturing plant
1999
![Decsa is certified to the ISO 9001 standard](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6087f11393b664354fe9d782/6087f11393b664e009e9d815_timeline-1999.webp)
The quality system is certified according to the ISO 9001 standard
2004
Operational control of Decsa passes from Dr. Gianluca to his son Dr. Nicola de Cardenas
![Dr. Nicola and Dr. Gianluca De Cardenas at the helm of Decsa](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6087f11393b664354fe9d782/608fe996f17442df52f79db2_timeline-nicola-gianluca.webp)
2010
![Decsa plant, expanded for the third time](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6087f11393b664354fe9d782/6087f11393b664261ee9d817_timeline-2010.jpg)
The production plant is expanded for the third time
2011
Implementation of the test platform for thermal testing DecsaLAB
![DecsaLab](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6087f11393b664354fe9d782/6087f11393b6640ff7e9d80d_timeline-2011.jpg)
2016
![Decsa and lean production](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6087f11393b664354fe9d782/6087f11393b664fe45e9d80e_timeline-2016.webp)
Introduction lean manufacturing
2017
New cooling tower series TMA-EU and Eurovent Certification
![Decsa and Eurovent certification](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6087f11393b664354fe9d782/6087f11393b66491b5e9d811_timeline-2017.webp)
2018
![SeleDecsa](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6087f11393b664354fe9d782/6087f11393b66453b1e9d824_timeline-2018.webp)
Environmental certification ISO 14001
New Selection Software SELEDecsa 4.0
2020
New cooling tower series SQA
![Cooling tower SQA](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6087f11393b664354fe9d782/6087f11393b6641a2ae9d80c_timeline-2020.jpg)
2022
![Cofinair Group](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6087f11393b664354fe9d782/639884eddb675b159ed65774_timeline-2022.webp)