The Italian firm opens an Office in Sant Joan Despí (Barcelona)

The Italian Gessi, multinational company that develops, produces and sells for more than 17 years taps for bathroom and kitchen, wants to be known in Spain. On the occasion of the opening of its Spanish headquarters in Barcelona, the company offered a press conference to the local media in which he presented his company and showed his new collection of Mimi taps.

The new collection Mimi Griffin.

During the event were present Nicoletta bonus, export Director of Gessi Spa; Gian Luca Gessi, Gessi President; Paolo Giroldi, President of Gessi Holding; and Antonio Romero, Manager of Gessi Spain. Bono served as master of ceremonies and gave way to the parliaments of those responsible for the company. The President of the company welcomed the new stage of Gessi in Spain and wished to convey his philosophy of product. For its part, Paolo Giroldi commented that in Europe, the most important markets for the brand are the German and French, but added that "Spain was the outstanding country for the company." "We want to and am very happy to be here beginning this new stage."

Giroldi revealed that the company, present in all over the world, closed its fiscal year 2006 with a turnover of EUR 84 million. In the absence of definitive, at the end of November data, the forecast for the year 2007 points to a growth of 21 percent, reaching 102 million euros. In 2008, the company expects to exceed 125 million euros of turnover. Economic and financial progress of the Group has allowed it to increase their investments. Gradually it has acquired new buildings for production purposes and service, while maintaining an avant-garde structure both in manufacturing as in logistics and planning. Currently, the company has an industrial park in the Piedmont of 800,000 square meters.

The manufacture of products Gessi is 100 percent Italian. The firm has in Italy with 30,000 square metres of facilities in which nearly 500 people work. Thanks to the investments made steadily in machinery and equipment, the collaborators of the company have advanced technology, ample resources of automation, Robotization and software support. As production systems highlights the use of the metal bar, and not the smelter for the realization of the articles of faucets and accessories. With this system, Gessi ensures the purity of their product line, the accuracy of the size, robustness and the perfect finish.

Nicoletta bonus, export Director, Gessi, commented in his speech that the society to carry out the project of the multinational Italian in Spain was formed last June.

Antonio Romero, Elisabetta Bono, Gian Luca Gessi and Paolo Giroldi in the demonstration room.

Today they are already underway the Spanish delegation offices, located in the Barcelona town of Sant Joan Despí. The Group also has a store of 400 square metres in the Franca area of Barcelona, which will cover the service of the distribution, and 15 local delegations.

The Manager of Gessi, Spain, Antonio Romero, said during his speech the intentions of the Spanish subsidiary. "We seek to give the market a distinct freshness, counting the range of different possibilities afforded by Gessi." "Spain is a country rich in reforms, where all these high-end products can be found wide acceptance," he said. The idea, according to Romero, is to offer multiple possible combinations to the sector. It is intended to offer the possibility of creating new spaces through the use of high-end plumbing products equipped with a minimalist design to professionals such as architects.

At the end of the presentation, the attendees could see, in the demonstration room to exhibit the company in Barcelona, some of their models of faucets. From its initial line Diverso, created in 1996, going through the modern Rettangolo Colour with leds that, without electrical connection illuminate the water in blue or red, depending on cold or hot; options Quadro and Ovale, until the final release of the company: the Mimi collection. This last series follows a classical aesthetic reinterpreted in an original way and with the proper signature minimalist style. Maintaining a bodacious, their products can't be present at the same time serving a mission decorative and functional.

The Rettangolo Colour collection incorporates leds which, without electrical connection, illuminated in blue or red water as cold or hot.