Founded in 1983 in Kuwait, the Italian Development Group has rapidly developed thanks to its work with the local entrepreneurs in Kuwait.
Interior design, furnishings, contracts and construction materials were our first important projects.
We can add to the list other projects such as private housing and housing projects for the city of Kuwait:  building supplies, bathroom fixtures and accessories, ceramics, furnishings, marble and granite;  indeed in 1996 we exported approximately 400 containers of materials to Kuwait.

De Lilla Ezio is the proprietor and president of IDG and he began his career in 1979 at the Benghazi (Libya) building site for the construction projects of Palestinian Road, Benina Road etc…

A year later he was hired by the Società Ansaldo Impianti nucleari (nuclear plants) for the 4+1 Desalination project at the Doha east electrical plant in Kuwait as assistant for civil building projects.

From 1980 to 1983 Mr. De Lilla distinguished himself as a well-prepared businessman and for his attention to detail and so in 1982, at the end of the first project, he became manager of the experimental nuclear desalination project in Doha west.
After the completion of this project, Mr De Lilla founded the Italian Development Group in Kuwait where his experience, know-how, commitment and public relations skills all served him well for his future undertakings.
Its sense of creativity and passion and its ability to bring projects to completion were fundamental for the Group in its search and relationship with partners that has prestigious and large-scale projects and that needed serious and able subcontractors.  And so IDG rapidly gained a reputation as a hard-working and ready participant.

Many more projects followed including banks, villas, government offices and IDG was in demand constantly.
In 1987 a prominent Italian company that works with marble and granite asked IDG to undertake a year-long project to redo the external granite facade of a few buildings in the centre of London.
Other great opportunities and contracts allowed IDG in 1993 to become the Italian Development and De Lilla Group, merging with other Italian companies in order to become competitive in terms of price, completion dates and the availability of exclusive Italian products from Italian artisans.
We could also say that besides our ability to choose the right products, our success is also due to our creative staff’s ability to pick and choose and modify;  they have always created truly unique and exclusive projects by using and developing the staff’s architectural designs which feature that sought out Italian character and charm.
Our mater stone masons use local artisans but they also have two important responsibilities:  carrying out the project in a careful and detailed manner and teaching local artisans patiently so that they execute instructions perfectly.
Our international experience and having learned from different cultures have only served to augment ID + DG’s imagination;  mixing different art forms have rendered each project unique so that each project is very different from the preceding one and thus making our projects difficult to emulate.
Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Britain, Egypt and India are all part of our proud portfolio.
Our clients, past, present and future are always welcome to contact us for any project be it difficult, simple and on whatever budget.
We would like to dedicate this presentation to Ezio De Lilla’s parents from whom he has inherited his cordiality and  ability to adapt to any situation; we especially remember  his father who was decorated during the war and who fought valiantly in Ethiopia and Somalia , Air Marshal De Lilla Antonio of the Italian Air Force.
His mother Zaira Compagnone passed on her sense of simplicity and excellent taste to her son.
The company’s growth and development was similarly supported and lovingly followed  by Mrs Magda De Lilla to whom we thank for her efforts which are in every way superior to our own.

De Lilla Ezio 1980 Kuwait

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