Istobal celebrates its 75th birthday

Istobal celebrates its 75th birthday

“Today, Istobal exports its products and services to more than 80 countries on all continents,” proudly reports Istobal Austria Managing Director Alvaro Pernas during his visit to Vienna. The Austrian branch of the Spanish group is located in Riegersburg in southeast Styria. In addition, the group, which specializes in the development, production and marketing of solutions for vehicle washing and care, has a strong presence primarily in Northern and Western Europe, but also in South America, Africa, China and Australia. The headquarters in Valencia, Spain, was freshly spruced up for this year's 75th company anniversary and is presented to interested visitors as part of special tours.

Trip to Valencia

At the end of March, Istobal organized a so-called “Expotrip” for the company’s loyal customers. The trip took us to Valencia; on the first day we visited the Spanish headquarters and production. In the showroom, the guests were served a large selection of the country's typical tapas and then went to the product presentation. Among other things, the new “Istobal M’Wash3 Pro” gantry car wash was demonstrated, which is available with either two or four vertical brushes and one horizontal brush. The system, equipped with state-of-the-art software, can be customized with six different sticker and brush colors. As a technical highlight, it offers a pneumatic tilt of the vertical brushes, which adapt to the low sides of sports cars or the steep rears of SUVs. In the evening the company anniversary was celebrated together with the Spanish Globalmarket CEO Lucas Serer Nuchera. The next day we went together to the old town of Valencia and Rafael Tomas Alfaro, family member of the company founders and managing directors, invited everyone to a typical Valencian paella. The “75-year Istobal Expotrip” ended with a boat trip in the Albufera National Park.