Andrea Saini
President and CEO
A quiet entrepreneurial spirit and stubborn dedication: the figure who most resembles his father, overseeing the whole perimeter of company knowledge.
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For over eighty years, a quality recognised worldwide.
One family, one factory on Lake Maggiore and one craft: making good chocolate, and making it well.
The beginning: Arona, 1946.
Lino Saini opened a factory in Arona with a product that, as he would say, children loved. At first it was called Sant’Alberto, in honour of his grandfather: two years later it took the name Laica, from the Italian for “industrial processing of chocolate and related goods”.
Today the second generation of the Saini family leads one of the most advanced companies in Europe in the production of pralines and chocolate specialities.
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Vision, environment, mission.
Vision
To achieve and maintain leadership in the production and sale of pralines and chocolate products at an accessible price.
Environment
Packaging reduction and recycling, attention to consumption: a 200 kWp photovoltaic roof covers a significant share of our energy needs.
Mission
Excellent value for money, assortment, customisation and innovation at the service of third-party companies.
The first three ingredients:
Andrea, Lucia and Fabio.
As with ingredients, each brings a distinct and exclusive flavour. Without one of them, the final product would not taste as good.
Lucia Saini
CEO and Head of Production
The heart of production: orders, schedules and deliveries, a complex system that answers customers’ needs, short and long term.
Fabio Saini
CEO and Head of Engineering
“The engineer” to everyone: the machine man who listens, designs and keeps raising the bar of efficiency.
A road that began
eighty years ago.
1946
The beginning
Lino Saini opens the Sant’Alberto factory in Arona; two years later it becomes Laica, from the Italian for “industrial processing of chocolate and related goods”.
Post-war years
The new factory
The economic boom makes it possible to move to a larger plant, with new spaces and machines for mechanised moulding and wrapping.
The icons
Rabbit, Santas and the coins
Three chocolates are born that made the company’s history and are still in production today: the bunny, the all-chocolate Santa and the famous coins.
The current site
The inauguration
With the new headquarters comes the Cav. Emil. 600 by Carle e Montanari, a fully automatic moulding line.
The motorway stops
The Coin Bands
The legendary “Coin Bands” conquer the first Autogrill stops and then the world. The first automatic counting machine for the classic nets arrives too.
1999 – 2000
The new generation
After Andrea, Lucia and Fabio join the company: the second Saini generation takes the helm.
Automation
OPM 1 and the warehouse
The new praline moulding line widens the range; the warehouse multiplies storage capacity six-fold.
2026
80 years
Eighty years of tradition, quality and talent. And a story that goes on.
Transparency and responsibility.
Code of Ethics
The principles that guide employees and partners in carrying out their activities.
Model 231
Organisation, Management and Control Model under Italian Legislative Decree 231/2001, adopted in 2018.
Whistleblowing
A confidential platform for good-faith reports, with guaranteed anonymity and no retaliation.
Come and meet us.
We are in Arona, on Lake Maggiore. The door is open, and so is the chocolate.
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