The editorial offices were originally located in a single basement room on Via Carlo Poma in Milan. With the success of Cucciolo, which by the early 1950s was selling almost as well as Mondadori's Topolino, the company was on a more secure financial footing and was able to move into a four-room apartment in nearby Via Piolti de' Bianchi. Caregaro rented out one of the rooms to Giorgio Rebuffi who used it as his studio for several years. By that time Rebuffi had become the primary artist for the Cucciolo series and for Tiramolla, which was to become Alpe's longest-running comic. After Caregaro's death in 1963, his son inherited the company but showed little interest in running it. Martini took over as its managing director followed in 1976 by Teresa Comelli who had been a secretary and administrator with the company since its early postwar years. However, the innovation and experimentation which had marked the company's output during Caregaro's lifetime gradually diminished. Alpe became increasingly dependent on republishing earlier comics and eventually ceased operating in the late 1980s.Boschi, Luca (2007). Irripetibili: le grandi stagioni del fumetto italiano, p. 16. Coniglio Editore.
