wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources girbau news newspapers books scholar jstor free images june 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article relies largely or entirely upon a single source . relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources . june 2015 girbau group type private industry laundry equipment founded 1960 headquarters vic barcelona spain products washing machines dryers ironers folders and auxiliary machinery for laundries divisions commercial laundry division vended laundry division industrial laundry division website www.girbau.com the girbau group is a company that manufactures equipment for laundries . with its headquarters in vic barcelona spain it has four production centres two in vic for the commercial division and vended self service division specialising in the manufacture of equipment for small and medium sized laundries and a third one in vic and another in aix les bains france for the industrial division corresponding to laundries with higher production requirements . in addition to its own production centres it has subsidiaries in some fifteen countries plus a network of dealers in over 80 countries around the world . 1 contents 1 history 2 internalisation timeline 3 references 4 external links history edit the origins 2 of the girbau company go back to the mid 1920s with a small electromechanical workshop devoted to manufacturing and repairing all kinds of appliances including domestic washing machines . in the nineteen sixties at the height of the tourist boom in spain the company gradually shifted its production to the manufacture of industrial machinery for laundries providing equipment for the hotel and restaurant sector along with an after sales service . in 1989 girbau began its process of internationalisation with its entry into france . since then girbau has continued its international expansion progressively with a presence in other countries and continents in the form of subsidiary companies and branch offices . internalisation timeline edit 1989 france 1992 cuba 1995 usa 1996 the united kingdom 1997 brazil 1999 argentina 2000 the united arab emirates 2003 germany 2004 china 2010 italy 2011 australia 2011 the dominican republic 2012 portugal 2015 canc n headquarters girbau sa ctra de manlleu km1 08500 vic barcelona references edit girbau participates in clean 2015 with more products and more interaction by nationaldrycleaners.com history of the girbau group external links edit official website of the girbau group official website of the girbau uk subsidiary retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title girbau & oldid 683784808 categories companies of spainhidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from june 2015all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles needing additional references from june 2015all articles needing additional referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages catal edit links this page was last modified on 2 october 2015 at 13 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view