Carmen Hijosa, Founder and Chief Creative and Innovation Officer of Ananas Anam Ltd, at the Innovators Club of Girbau LAB
“The most important message is that of the waste hierarchy, which begins with prevention and reuse”
Textile waste from laundries: A collaborative circular opportunity
Make Fashion Last
3rd Edition 080Reborn
“With the devaluation of clothing, we have also lost the value of care”
“For clothing to be more durable, better design and better communication are key.”
Alfons Cornella, founder of the Institute of Next and the EDGERS project, at the Innovators Club of Girbau LAB
ADI Awards 2024: Industrial Design and Design Culture
“The sustainability and circularity of clothing is not limited to the environmental footprint of the manufacture”.
Albert Cañigueral, a consultant in digital social innovation, is the new speaker at Girbau LAB Innovators Club
“The most important aspect of clothing is not the brand or its cost, but rather how we take care of it”
LS332: great mix of design, simplicity and service
Launch of a circular pilot project
Different views on the use phase of textiles
Textile reuse protagonist of the second edition of 080 Reborn
We renew our collaboration with 080Reborn
We consolidate our collaboration with 080 Reborn, the event to promote textile reuse, which will kick off the 080 Barcelona Fashion Week
Elisabet Roselló, founder of Postfuturear, at the Innovators Club from Girbau LAB
FIX, the material generated from textile laundry waste, wins the James Dyson Award 2023
Mireia Barba, president of the Espigoladors Foundation, at the Girbau LAB Innovators Club
Espigoladors and Es im-perfect®, a project with a a systemic approach to food: Second chances given to imperfect fruits and vegetables
Pau Garcia, co-founder and director of Domestic Data Streamers, at the Girbau LAB Innovators Club
Our approach from Domestic Data Streamers has always been focusing on… how we can transform information into a way that somehow shakes us
Cecilia Tham at the Girbau LAB Innovators Club
“The future can unfold in many ways and we must take the time to analyze it in order to decide the future we want.”
Girbau LAB joins the Circular Fashion Pact
A pact to weave a more sustainable future
World Environmental Education Day
Today is the World Environmental Education Day, and we talk to Roser Zapata, our Laundry Business Expert at Girbau LAB, who shares with us four easy ways to reduce the environmental impact of our laundry.
Cynthia Koenig, founder of Wello, at the Girbau LAB Innovators Club
A new session of the Innovators Club with Cynthia Koenig, founder of Wello, an award winning social venture that co-creates disruptive innovations designed to provide better, more reliable access to safe water.
The 080 Reborn fashion show is committed to textile reuse
The 080 Reborn, the first fashion show created with 100% recovered clothing, has sent a clear message in favor of reuse and sustainability
Girbau LAB promotes 080 Reborn, the first fashion show of reused clothing
At Girbau LAB we collaborate with 080 reborn with the aim of promoting textile circularity, changing the way we consume resources and reducing our environmental impact.
Manel Torres presents Spray-on fabric technology at Paris Fashion Week
Manel Torres, founder of Fabrican, has captured the attention of the media following his appearance at Paris Fashion Week, creating a suit with instant spray on the body of the model Bella Hadid.
Pablo Vidarte, founder of Bioo, at the Girbau LAB Innovators Club
Pablo Vidarte, founder of Bioo, explained in the Innovators Club how it is possible to generate electricity from nature.
Manel Torres, founder of Fabrican, at the Girbau LAB Innovators Club
The second session of the new season of the Innovators Club took place, with Manel Torres, founder of Fabrican, as a guest speaker.
Bas van Abel at the Girbau LAB Innovators Club
The first guest of the Innovators Club was Bas van Abel, founder of the sustainable smartphone manufacturer Fairphone and co-founder of De Clique
Launch of an innovation platform in an industrial company 3/3
We build our own innovation ecosystem in which the different stakeholders actively participate and contribute value.
New collaboration between Elisava and Girbau to reduce the impact of microplastics
The FIX project is an initiative designed to collect and treat microplastics that come off during washing in industrial washing machines in order to reduce their impact on the environment.
Girbau awarded with the Catalonia Ecodesign Prize 2021
Girbau has received the Catalonia Award for Ecodesign 2021 in the category of "Product in development" with its Sustainable Washing Machine GS7018.
Launch of an innovation platform in an industrial company 2/3
Girbau's 2016-2020 strategic plan set innovation as the main axis of business growth, which should give the company the ability to adapt.
Launch of an innovation platform in an industrial company (1/3)
Girbau, one of the world's leading business groups in the manufacture of equipment for industrial laundry, launched in September 2018 Girbau LAB
Magí Galindo at the Innovators Club of Girbau LAB
Magí Galindo, technical and scientific director of the International Center for Advanced Manufacturing and 3D Printing, IAM3DHub, explains the challenges and impact of additive manufacturing and 3D printing in a new session of the Girbau LAB Innovators Club
Manuel Barbero at the Innovators Club of Girbau LAB
Manuel Barbero, from Girbau Group's Industrial Solutions department, explains the key concepts of microplastic contamination and the impact on industrial laundry at the Girbau LAB Innovators Club.
Albert Colmenero at the Innovators Club of Girbau LAB
Albert Colmenero. co-founder and COO of the company Kompyte, explains the use of competitive intelligence (IC) at the Girbau LAB Innovators Club
Circular economy and sustainability
Circular economy, sustainability and design form an equation whose result will be the improvement of productivity and competitiveness.
Albert Vilardaga at the Innovators Club of Girbau LAB
The challenges and solutions of the intelligent management of water treatment plants at the Innovators Club of Girbau LAB
Olga Villacañas at the Innovators Club of Girbau LAB
Startup Ocean52: what is waste for some is a raw material for others
Clint: a new material from textile waste created with Elisava students
A step-through the circular economy in industrial laundry
Covid-19 has shown us that innovation must be constant and open
Disruptive and agile solutions can be found with external startups. Innovation can also be promoted internally.
Alfred Vernis at the Innovators Club of Girbau LAB
Social innovation in the textile sector involves people and sustainability to take advantage of the elements of the territory.
Xavier Marcet at the Innovators Club of Girbau LAB
Disruptive innovation and talent for the transformation of organizations
People wellness and innovation
This is an opportunity to delve into innovation for people wellness.
Positioning in Artificial Intelligence
We have launched an AI challenge for new services around our laundry industry products
At Girbau LAB we reinforce open innovation
We continue to approach innovative initiatives from outside our company
Presented the iDrivers International intrapreneurship projects
Seven innovative solutions for Girbau from ten employees from around the world
80% of innovations emerge from the industry
Open innovation to reinforce solutions and talent
Circularity is the future of textiles and fashion
Re-Barcelona Sustainable Fashion event: Girbau LAB talked about circularity
Genís Roca interview, speaker at Innovators Club
We interviewed the president of RocaSalvatella and digital transformation expert, Genís Roca, after his presentation at the Girbau LAB Innovators Club
#GirbauLAB1Year!
1 year starting lots of projects with innovative and disruptive solutions for the laundry industry.
Startups and Girbau LAB consolidate their mutual experience
Several joint projects have already started
Girbau Lab’s iDrivers program launches its International Edition
Girbau LAB iDrivers 2019 launches the international edition with Girbau employees from all the world
The Girbau LAB Innovators Club is running
The Innovators Club is the new Girbau LAB space aimed to energize innovative culture in Girbau.
VivaTechnology 2019: Girbau LAB opens contacts at the world’s biggest startups exhibition in Paris
Girbau LAB has explored with startups new disruptive solutions for the laundry industry.
Partners and talent with Girbau LAB: MIT Boston, FTChallenge and Advanced Factories Congress
Partner and talent scouting at Girbau LAB's recent visit to Boston and other important events we have participated in.
Girbau LAB’s iDrivers awarded with the ADNIntraprèn Award
The award recognizes the iDrivers works and the intrapreneurship spirit promoted from Girbau LAB.
Girbau LAB expands its open innovation network during the MWCongress/4YFN 2019
The Mobile World Congress (MWC) and 4YFN have been an opportunity for GirbauLAB to identify technologies, entities, companies and start-ups with whom to develop innovative and disruptive solutions for industrial laundry.
Girbau LAB joins IQS Tech Factory, ELISAVA and the Catalan Water Partnership
Girbau LAB has joined institutions bound to startups with disruptive technologies, the circular economy and sustainability.
Open Innovation is consolidated
We integrate in the laundry industry the consolidation of open innovation as an activation of this external and flexible search for disruptive and innovative solutions.
iDrivers 2018: five innovative and disruptive internal projects for Girbau
The program iDrivers of Girbau LAB has closed its 2018 edition with five intrapreneurship projects to develop in Girbau.
Intdtech Challenge project: Success in the call-to action
In 3 months, Indtech Challenge has received applications from 25 different countries
Girbau LAB is running
Girbau LAB aims to help add value both within and outside the company, through technology-driven disruptive innovation
Girbau LAB at Silicon Valley, Expodetergo and the IoT World Congress
Expodetergo and IoT Solutions World Congress, an opportunity to contact with Girbau LAB open innovation platform