About us

The company Manuel Vilaseca S.A. was founded in December 1922 by Mr. Manuel Vilaseca Segales (25/02/02– 11/02/82) to firstly sell and later manufacture organic dyestuffs. Until 1941 he operated together with his father, Mr Juan Vilaseca Asquasciati, initially as Manuel Vilaseca Y CIA., and from 1941 until 1964 as Manuel Vilaseca. In December 1964, the current name, Manuel Vilaseca, S.A. was adopted. Now the third generation of the family is running the company. The manufacturing premises were initially located at Santa Coloma de Gramenet, close to the north east boundary of Barcelona. In 1951 a new location was acquired at Mora la , about 175 Km south Barcelona This site was carefully chosen, having plentiful supplies of water available from its own wells and being close to the important rail link from Port-Bou to Madrid. The manufacturing plant and machinery was gradually transferred to the new site until late 1982 when the Barcelona factory was finally closed. The essential business of the company is the manufacture and marketing of synthetic organic dyestuffs and intermediates to a wide range of industries such as Food, Paper, Leather, Textiles, Phenolic Moulding, Wood and Synthetic Fibres. Over the years the manufacturing processes have been continually developed w…...