By means of a contract with the Italian firm Tecmo-Hunter Engineering (T.H.E.) construction started in 1978 to install a plant that would manufacture finished and semi-finished product in the county of Esparza, Puntarenas Province.

In 1981, it started operating as National Aluminums, S.A. (ALUNASA), during the administration of President Rodrigo Carazo.

However, markets around then ad started to change drastically and this cause the project to fall away. Firstly, because central America, ALUNASA's potencial market was going through an increase in central American nations defending human rights and conquering democratic spaces, and this created the inevitably resulting implications for the economy and the commercial region. Furthermore, it was during Carazo’s presidential term that Latin-American nations had to face foreign debt consequences.

During the first stage, as a Costar Rican state company, ALUNASA was able to maintain its operations until December of 1985, when the firm Transitory Financial Investments (FINTRA) took charge of ALUNASA, with the sole purpose of privatizing it. On the 23rd of October of 1987, the second stage of its history initiated: the company was bought out by Pacific Aluminums, S.A. (a subsidiary of Superior Corporation S.A.), but in 1988 Alcasa jumps on board as a shareholder starting the 3rd stage with a progressively active participation of this Venezuelan company, which capitalized debt for raw material, reaching a 100% capital by 1994.

In 2000, the current stage takes place, under the presidency of Venezuelan Hugo Chávez Frías. ALUNASA is incorporated in the Venezuelan Guayanan Corporation (CVG) and becomes the only state-run CVG company working abroad.

This meant for a total administrative reorganization, reactivation and plant adjustment, disincorporation of a few product lines, reorientation of product, search and aperture of new markets and the development of logistic distribution.

Currently, the Venezuelan Guayanan Corporation (CVG) possesses 100% of the capital and moreover CVG ALUNASA, starting in November of 2009, is part of the National Aluminum Corporation, which groups all sectors of the Venezuelan state-operated companies.

CVG ALUNASA has 400 employees and has been increasing its sales and exports exceeding the installed capacity.

Over the past few years significant achievements in regards to high equipment availability, control and the efficiency of its processes, energy conservation and savings, decrease in bunker consumption, workers health and safety, environmental protection and conservation, community contributions and in the molding and training of human resources, for which it has been paid tribute to and recognized by well-known entities such as: INNOVATIVE INDUSTRIAL EFFORT AWARD, BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARD, on several occasions, ENERGY CONSERVATION AND EFICIENCY AWARD and THE ECOLOGICAL FLAG CONSENTMENT.

It is worth highlighting that since February of 1998 it operates under the Free Trade Zone regime.

In 1999, the company was awarded the Certification of the Norm of Quality Management ISO 9001 and in 2001 received the Certification of the Norm of Environmental Management ISO 14001.

Workplace hazard prevention and risk free environment Norms OHSAS 18001 are under development.

CVG ALUNASA is an entirely exporting company, which places over 85% of its production in Markets such as North America, Europe and South America; supplying clients dedicated to the manufacturing of products for varied industries such as the food, construction, packaging, graphic art, refrigeration, pharmaceutical and domestic silverware businesses.

In the same way, it has commercial relationships with national and international providers, mainly in North America, Europe and Asia.

Serving the local market, Central America and The Caribbean, mainly towards small and medium-sized businesses (PYMES) and manufacturing cooking utensils as a commitment to people groups and emerging economic sectors.