A group of entrepreneurs led by Josep Pagès, Joaquim Daranas and Lluís and Joan Fontfreda founded the company “Talleres ESPA”, which 5 years later would be renamed Bombas Eléctricas SA. The company was established in the small town of Banyoles, in north-eastern Spain, which has always been known as a highly diversified industrial area.
Our history
Espa, from its origins, is an entrepreneurial project characterized by innovation and the search for pumping solutions for the real problems of its surroundings.
The origins
First steps, first achievements
The company's local origins always had a more global vision. The creation of a product portfolio that met many pumping needs gradually shaped research and development work on the Spanish market while consolidating an industrial structure.
The origins of an industrial commitment
The workshop moved out of the town centre and into a modern production plant in an industrial area on the outskirts of Banyoles.
International vocation
The first steps in international growth were taken as Spain was opening to the world, with the creation of the first subsidiary in France. 1978. Investing in the future. This year, the second foreign subsidiary, in Portugal, consolidated the investment
Investing in the future.
This year, the second foreign subsidiary, in Portugal, consolidated our commitment to internationalisation. In line with its growth in European markets, ESPA developed the first multi-stage centrifugal pumps, drawing a line that clearly stated its position among European producers.
Consolidation
Constant support for the distribution channel helps consolidate the structure with the Madrid office in Spain, to be followed by another 9 offices which provide the market with full service capacity. At the same time, ESPA entered the water circulation market with the legendary Flipper pumps, a landmark in home and residential swimming-pool filtration.
Instant on-hand service
A decisive year
R&D&I paves the way
Quality guarantee
ESPA consolidated its quality policy with ISO 9001 certification, and expanded with agreed, centralised supplier management. Development of niche markets enhanced by the work of the subsidiaries, as in the case of Germany with the rainwater market or the hydromassage sector in Europe.
Investment in Asian markets
Rapid growth in Asian markets has led to opening an affiliate in China to consolidate expansion towards target markets with major growth potential and in market segments where ESPA has the greatest presence: household and residential.
Introduction to the Southern Cone
New opportunities
Production expansion
ESPA Pool
The evolution of household pressurisation
Range diversification
Baggage to innovate
New growth strategies
The new challenges of a global world
ESPA Efficient Engineering
EVOPOOL®
ESPA launches the new EVOPOOL® technology, a great advance in efficiency and sustainability that is integrated into every range, providing efficiency, performance and respect for the environment.
Silenplus
Silen Plus includes an ESPA pool pump and a frequency inverter with a major innovation in its operation to adapt it for usage in pools: the speed variation during the working cycles. The result, the top-of-the-line model and the full embodiment of EVOPOOL® technology with a series of unique benefits.
New variable frequency drives Speedrive V2
Committed to energy efficiency
ESPA complies, one year before the date of application (in July 2021), with the third phase of regulation (CE) 640/2009 on the requirements of eco-design for electric motors. This means that all three-phase motors, 50 Hz, with a power of 0.75 to 1,000kw (according to the new regulation 2019/1781) comply with the IE3 efficiency level. It should also be noted that all ESPA product ranges are available with variable speed.