IGIRBRUL LAUNDRY BEYOND LAUNDRY

LAUNDRY BEYOND LAUNDRY

GIRBAU, LAUNDRY BEYOND LAUNDRY SOCIAL ACTION PRINCIPLES THAT GOVERN THE REPORT

2020 will live long in our memory as the year of COVID19. The COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on all aspects our lives and on all economic and social sectors. Current major trends have accelerated and have affected the entire planet to a greater or lesser degree. At Girbau we have been severely affected. Our activity is closely linked to tourism and mobility, sectors that have suffered the most and whose recovery will be slower. This has forced us to diversify and to invest in new market segments that will begin to bear fruit in 2021. Our priority has always been the safety of our...

environment have always been core values of the organization. And now, in such a changing environment in which everything is accelerating, we have considered it necessary to explicitly define and communicate this purpose. First, it helps us align our activities and actions with a long-term vision. Second, it gives fundamental meaning to our day to day. Our purpose is to be a reference creating a positive impact on people and planet. This purpose will transform our company and we have developed our mission accordingly: from initially offering solutions for our customers' laundries, to now offering...

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We celebrated the centenary of the family business and 60 years of the current business We defined a new purpose to guides us in the long term, linked to sustainability and people that will leads us to a profound transformation Girbau Group acquired a 100% stake in its Chinese joint venture, GSLT We created a COVID Team and a COVID Committee to manage and implement the measures of protection for the workforce against the coronavirus 14 We provided new disinfection solutions to customers through a Disinfection Monitoring Package and offered them free online training on textile hygiene and disinfection...

03 Girbau, laundry beyond laundry

Overview of the 20182020 Strategic Plan We are one of the world's leading groups in innovative and sustainable solutions for the laundry industry. We have 6 production plants located in Spain (4), France and China, around 70 product references on the market, with a direct presence in 17 countries and sales in more than 100. The goal of Girbau is to generate maximum value for customers, accompanying them in their professional growth and adapting ourselves to the territory where we operate. In 2020 we completed our 2018-2020 Strategic Plan. The growth and profitability targets were not achieved,...

FAMILY BUSINESS & LAUNDRY INDUSTRY 100 years of the family business and 60 years of the current business We celebrated the centenary of the family business and 60 years of the current business through an online event. Our internationalization, commitment to innovation and sustainability have been key factors in our history, but also the ability to find solutions to new challenges and to take risks when opportunities appear. Since the birth of the Girbau company, 100 years ago, when the great-grandfather Pere Girbau Barbosa opened an electromechanical workshop believing that electricity was the...

Global presence PRODUCTION CENTRES Vic (Catalonia, Spain) Grésy-sur-Aix (Francia) Girbau 1 (G1) Assembly of large capacity washing machines, small and medium capacity dryers, ironers and manufacturing of components and ironing. Girbau 4 (G4) Machinery for automation of the finishing process (feeders, folders, stackers) and Compact ironers. Girbau 2 (G2) Assembly of batch washers (batch washers, presses, dryers), flatwork ironer and complementary equipment. Girbau 3 (G3) Assembly of small and medium capacity washing machine production lines. Shanghai (China) Girbau 7 Washers, dryers, ironers and...

Girbau Group acquires a 100% stake in its Chinese joint-venture In 2020 we started the digitalization project of the Vic plants, with the implementation of SAP Fiori, which provides a set of applications for Industry 4.0. This makes it possible for plant personnel to work with tablets, providing realtime updates of procedures, plans, tasks and production indicators. Girbau Group has acquired the entire share capital of its Chinese joint venture Girbau Shenguang Laundry Technology (hereinafter GSLT). GSLT is now therefore a wholly-owned subsidiary of Girbau Group with the aim of promoting the...

Sectors in which we operate Girbau collaborates with Lavandería Tecnológica de Uruguay to install the first batch washer in the country LAUNDRY BUSINESS Comprehensive solutions for industrial, commercial and self-service laundries. The exceptional circumstances resulting from the COVID19 pandemic has posed a huge challenge for the laundry sector in terms of disinfection. A challenge that Girbau has overcome by focusing its efforts on maintaining a closer relationship than ever with its customers and distributors in order to offer them the best solutions on the market. Thanks to this culture of...

SNL Ibérica places its trust in Girbau for the treatment of hospital clothing in Portugal SNL Ibérica, Girbau's customer with 22 years of experience in hospital laundry management, has reinforced its commitment to its sustainability policy with the acquisition of a batch washer, dryers and ironing line. With this acquisition from Girbau, SNL Ibérica contributes decisively to minimizing the impact of the growing demand for the treatment of hospital clothing derived from the COVID-19 pandemic, a situation that has put the hospital system under extreme pressure. Opl (on-premise laundry) LAUNDRY...

Product range COMMERCIAL DIVISION DRYING ZONE FLATWORK ZONE FINISHING ZONE WASHING ZONE INTERNAL LOGISTICS LAUNDRY MANAGEMENT AND CONNECTIVITY Sanitary Barrier Washers