BEYOND LAUNDRY
We design and provide complete, sustainable and innovative laundry solutions
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Creating a positive impact on people and the planet
We are a team of more than 800 people, committed for more than 60 years to designing and providing complete, sustainable and innovative solutions for textile processing in a global market, with a local focus. Our goal: to facilitate the personal and economic growth of our customers, our team and our partners.
With 7 manufacturing plants in Spain, France, China and USA and equipment installed in more than 140 countries, we feel we are an open community with a sustainable and ambitious project, adaptable and always close to our customers.
Vision
An open community with sustainable and ambitious project, adaptable and always being close to customers.
Mission
We design and provide complete, sustainable and innovative solutions for textile treatment in a global market with local approach, enabling the personal and profitable growth of our customers, team, partners and shareholders.
Values
Integrity, Commitment, Excellence, Collaboration, People Care and Passion.
105 years of family business
In 2025, Girbau celebrated 105 years as a family business and 65 years as a premier provider of textile care laundry solutions. With innovation as our driving force, the company has grown and changed over the years, while successfully maintaining what sets it apart: Girbau’s multinational structure and ability to respond to any industrial laundry need anywhere in the world, all with the same values the Girbau family has kept alive generation after generation.
History
2023
Opened Girbau's subsidiary in Malaysia
2022
We launch the new series of washers GENIUS Series: a further commitment to sustainability and efficiency in smart washing machines.
2021
Launch of the GARDENIA sustainability program to generate value for the planet, and the creation of GIRBAU UNIVERSITY, to share knowledge within the professional laundry world.
2019
Opened Girbau's subsidiary in Colombia and its own agents in Singapore and India.
2018
Company LAB, the group's open innovation platform, is launched and the Company Experience Center is inaugurated.
2017
Girbau Shenguang Laundry Tech (Shanghai) was inaugurated, the result of the joint venture agreement between Girbau and the Chinese laundry manufacturer Shenguang.
Launched Sapphire, a remote laundry monitoring and management system.
2012
Opened Girbau's subsidiary in Portugal.
2011
Expanded internationally with the creation of subsidiaries in the Dominican Republic and Australia.
2010
Girbau's subsidiary in Italy opened.
2008
Mercè Girbau and Pere Girbau, daughter and son of Pere and Toni Girbau, respectively, took over the general management.
2004
Consolidated expansion in Asia with the opening of Girbau China.
2003
Series production of the 8kg (17.6 pound)-capacity washing machine and opened subsidiary in Germany.
2001
Inauguration of the G3 production center with 8,000 square meter of space. Acquired the French company Jean Michel, dedicated to manufacturing automation machinery for industrial laundries.
2000
Consolidation of Girbau in the United States (opened of a 3,500-square-meters facility in Wisconsin) and in the Persian Gulf (opened Girbau Middle East in the United Arab Emirates).
1997
Girbau opened its South American subsidiary in Brazil.
1995
Continental Girbau Inc. (later renamed Girbau North America) was established as Girbau's U.S. subsidiary.
1993
Produced PS ironers.
1992
Cuba was established as Girbau's first subsidiary outside Europe.
1989
Opened Girbau's first subsidiary in France and manufactured the first tunnel washer.
1986
Manufactured the first high-speed washing machines.
1971
Girbau was incorporated as a public limited company.
1960
Pedro, Toni and Teresa Girbau, Joan Girbau's children, began manufacturing industrial machinery for laundries.
1920
Girbau's origins were in an electromechanical workshop run by Pere Girbau Barbosa, the great-grandfather of Girbau’s current generation of CEOs. Later, his son, Joan Girbau Vilageliu, began manufacturing the first washing machines.
Girbau around the globe
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Dubai - P.O. Box 17881 JEBEL ALI FREE ZONE Tel. 971 4 883 99 51
sales.gme@girbau.comCHINA
SHANGHAI No. 1388 ShenZhou Road, FengCheng, Fengxian, Shanghai Tel. +86 5713 0727 Tel. +86 5713 1103 ext 8012
gcn@girbau.com https://www.girbau.com.cn/BRAZIL
Av. Guapira, 499, Tucuruvi São Paulo, SP, CEP 02265-001 Tel. +55 (011) 5511 2982 0446 Tel: +55 (011) 5511 2982 4021
girbaudobrasil@girbau.comCOLOMBIA
Calle 93B 19-35 Oficina 201 Edificio Basal Bogota D.C. | Cundinamarca | Colombia Tel. 60 1 7674927 | Cel. +57 300 420 6036
info.colombia@girbau.comMEXICO
Centralia Business Park & PlazaBlvd. Luis D. Colosio, Bodega D1877569 Cancún QR- Tel. +52 998 688 6336
info.mexico@girbau.comITALY
Business Center Bologna - Via Mori, 6 – 40054 Prunaro di Budrio, Bologna, Italy Tel. +39 0418654330 P.Iva: 07926800967
infoitaly@girbau.comPORTUGAL
Rua 28 de Janeiro, 350, Fração L8 4400-335 Vila Nova Gaia T: +351 223 758 908
vendasportugal@girbau.comUNITED KINGDOM
Hitchin, Herts, SG4 0UZ - Trust Industrial Estate, Willbury Way Tel. +44 1462 427780
info.uk@girbau.comCUBA
La Habana - Lonja del Comercio, Oficina 3J, Lamparilla No. 2 Tel.(+53) 7-801-2071 al 73
girbau@girbau.co.cuDOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Boulevard 1 de Noviembre esq. C./Amapola, Local 102, Edificio Belanova Building Punta Cana, Bávaro Higüey Tel. +1 809 959 0615
Info.dominicana@girbau.comMALAYSIA
CDN4, 20-01, Level 20, TS Law Tower,39, Jalan Kamuning, 55100 Kuala Lumpur, MY. Tel. T. +603 2110 7786
kyyau@girbau.comArgentina
Av Eva Peron 2561
1406 CABA Buenos Aires
Australia
191 Power Street
Glendenning NSW 2761
Brazil
Av. Guapira, 499, Tucuruvi
São Paulo, SP, CEP 02265-001
T. +55 (011) 5511 2982 4021 girbaudobrasil@girbau.com View map
China
No. 1388 ShenZhou Road, FengCheng, Fengxian
Shanghai
T. +86 5713 1103 ext 8012 gslt@girbau.com View map
Colombia
Calle 24A No. 44A-92 Piso 2
Bogota D.C. | Cundinamarca
Cel. +57 300 420 6036 info.colombia@girbau.com View map
Cuba
La Habana
Lonja del Comercio, Oficina 3J, Lamparilla No. 2
Dominican republic
Boulevard 1 de Noviembre esq. C./Amapola, Local 102, Edificio Belanova Building
Punta Cana, Bávaro Higüey
Italy
Business Center Bologna - Via Mori, 6 – 40054 Prunaro di Budrio, Bologna, Italy
T. +39 0418654330P.Iva: 07926800967 infoitaly@girbau.com View map
Malaysia
No 70, Jalan Platinum 5/6, Pusat Perdagangan Nilai Impian, 71800 Nilai, Negeri Sembilan.
T.T. +60 6 683 3288 kyyau@girbau.comMéxico
Centralia Business Park & Plaza
BLVD. Luis D. Colosio
Bodega D18
77569 Benito Juárez - QR
Cancún
México
Jaime Balmes 8 | Local 6 y 7 PB | Colonia Los Morales PolancoDel. Miguel Hidalgo | CDMX | 11510 | MX
T.+52 55 5801 0257 info.mexico@girbau.com View mapPortugal
Rua 28 de Janeiro, 350, Fração L8
4400-335 Vila Nova Gaia
United arab emirates
Dubai - P.O. Box 17881
JEBEL ALI FREE ZONE
United kingdom
Hitchin, Herts, SG4 0UZ
Trust Industrial Estate, Willbury Way
Headquarters
Girbau, S.A.
Crta de Manlleu, Km. 1
08500 Vic (Barcelona)
Sustainability, in the key of people
We are a community sharing a common ambition: sustainability. We strive to achieve social, environmental and economic sustainability.
Read moreCertified trust
Product certifications guarantee our customers’ compliance with the strictest safety, reliability, efficiency and eco-design standards. Girbau is certified by the ISO 9001, ISO 45001, ISO 14001, and by the EMAS environmental management system.
Read moreDigital solutions are no longer optional for laundries. They are a must.
At Girbau we work to promote what we understand as digital humanism: technology at the service of building a better world, without losing the values that define us.
We developed Sapphire Laundry Management & Connectivity by Girbau with the aim of turning the world's laundries into more economically and environmentally sustainable businesses. With Girbau Sapphire, we make it simple to manage and control laundries remotely, thereby minimizing travel, and its environmental impact, and while facilitating direct interaction of laundry managers with their equipment.
Similarly, in our organization we are advancing in the digitization of all our processes and working to eliminate the use of paper.
Girbau Experience Center
The Girbau Experience Center (GXC) is a space where innovators and innovation meet. It’s a place to discover, touch, experiment and learn how to improve laundry and textile processing. At GXC, everyone can share their knowledge and experiences, while learning about the latest advances in textile processing, and working on the development of new solutions.
Code of Ethics
Girbau, S.A. has in place a Code of Ethics, drawn up as part of the company's Crime Prevention Plan, that lays out the corporate principles governing the activities of the company and its members.
Read moreWhistleblowing Channel
Girbau has a firm compromise with our values and the acting according to applicable regulations. As a corollary of this compromise, we make available to any individual related to Girbau a Whistleblowing Channel where conducts against the law or our Code of Ethics can be confidentially, or even anonymously, reported.
Go to whistleblowing channelGirbau Foundation
The Girbau Private Foundation promotes initiatives that contribute to the development of people, the improvement of society and care for the environment. By supporting organizations and associations with grants, it has enabled the development of all kinds of cultural, social and environmental projects. One more way of adding to our community.
Professional career
One of our obsessions is to promote people's growth. We would be delighted to meet you if you would like to explore the possibility of joining the Girbau community.
Our doors are always open!
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