Silva Group Holdings has its roots in entrepreneurial beginnings, when in 1988 John da Silva (Senior), had the foresight to start the family business, adding its first subsidiary Cosira International (SA) (Pty) Ltd that same year. Silva Group Holdings has since grown exponentially over the past twenty one years, shaping up as a highly successful, privately held investment group in both Southern Africa, Europe and the USA. Despite its quantum growth, Silva Group Holdings has always maintained a strong set of family values, a passionate belief in its future and its people, and invested highly in its partnerships and technological footprint. The Group is unwavering in its approach to fostering an entrepreneurial spirit across all subsidiaries, the keystone of all its successes both now and in the future.
Since the Group’s inception in 1988, Cosira International (SA) (Pty) Ltd has grown from its humble start-up of three employees, to where it is today with a staff complement of more than two thousand. The Cosira Group has become much more than just a steel fabrication company, but rather a holistic construction solutions group, offering a comprehensive set of world-class, turnkey construction services and solutions to its customers. It is through their exceptional skills, resources and services that they have become a leading privately owned construction company in Southern Africa. Cosira Group has recently embarked on an international expansion vision of ‘Constructing South Africa – Constructing the World’ and as such will open its first office internationally outside Africa in Santiago, Chile. In 2009, in its twenty-first year of successful operation, The Cosira Group proudly unveiled its state-of-the-art Cosira Vulcan steel fabrication facility in Vulcania, Johannesburg, which is one of the most technologically-advanced and efficient structural steel fabrication facilities within Southern Africa, boasting a name plate capacity of 4500 tonnes of structural steel per month. In 1992, Silva Group Holdings added Moreland Investments to its portfolio, acquiring, developing and showcasing a range of strategically selected property investments; and, as such, has built up an enviable property investment collection primarily focused in the USA, Portugal and Southern African regions. In 2005 in response to the significant personnel and skills shortages the South African industry is currently experiencing, Silva Group Holdings made a successful investment in Paradigm HR Solutions and in so doing has created a channel in which to secure a reliable source of quality, skilled resources to support not only the subsidiaries within the Groups investment portfolio but also the industry at large.
Silva Group Holdings, by way of leading by example and encouraging others to continuously improve and work according to world-class standards, have upheld the values of entrepreneurship, passion, teamwork and excellence amongst all subsidiaries in such a manner that these values now exist as a deeply entrenched thread throughout. By never losing sight of its core values and continuously re-evaluating both their cultural and competitive positioning, Silva Group Holdings remains an industry leader, committed to delivering excellence and driving shareholder value at all times. |