Industrias Químicas del Ebro, the Group’s parent company, which has its headquarters in Zaragoza, began its business activity in 1958, producing sodium silicate and metasilicate at its original premises in the centre of Zaragoza. In 1977 the company’s move to Malpica Industrial Estate on the outskirts of the city marked a turning point in its history and allowed it to expand and diversify its range of products as well as its markets and applications. It became a benchmark supplier at both national and international level in industries such as that of detergents, ceramics, construction, water treatment, paints, electrodes and paper, amongst others.