The ALF Group - a leader in Italy today with offices located worldwide - was established in 1951 as a co-operative organisation of woodworkers who began a standard production of instruments for all sorts of uses. After a few years, Oliviero and Eugenio Piovesana took over the business and right from the early Sixities, they led the company to distinguish itself in the design and manufacture of bedroom furniture. In 1985 ALF beganto take chape as a group by incorporating companies specialized in other feilds and offerin a production range from bedroom to living room furniture.