Operval, a company specialised in the production of mini dumpers and pipe layers, joined Unacea. Founded by Luigi Prando as a workshop for bicycles and motorcycles in 1947 in Aosta, it soon began also as repair shop for cars and agricultural machines, changing its name to Operval in 1975. In 2005, Andrea and Lorenzo Prando, the third generation of the family joined the company starting the production of remote-controlled pipe layers and mini dumpers.

?Our family has been working in the earthmoving machines sector for over 50 years and thanks to this experience we have decided to develop a remote-controlled machine,? said Andrea Prando, company owner. ?We join Unacea because it is essential for a small manufacturer who wants to compete in global market, to have an advanced technical consulting service, able to look after our interests in Italy and abroad,? Andrea added