About us

“The Texia products are present in the main restaurants, hotels and airlines around the world”

TEXIA is a Spanish family business created in 1917 and which is revolutionising the manufacture of textiles for the premium hotel, catering and airline sector due to its patented seamless technology, strengthened with the introduction and development of pigmented digital printing in collaboration with Epson.

TEXIA is a worldwide reference in the manufacture of high-quality rolls and seamless cotton textile products thanks to its two own brands: ROLL DRAP and MY DRAP. The company launched them in 1995 and 2010, respectively, to differentiate us from the traditional textile products.

Today they are present in the main restaurants, hotels, airlines, cruisers and luxury catering firms around the world. A product range that has been extended with the acquisition of Athos, focused on the manufacture of high-quality tablecloths and made to measure for restaurants.

With head offices in Monistrol de Montserrat (Barcelona), it exports 80% of its production around the world, employs 90 people and has a branch in Canada that distributes the MY DRAP products all over North America. The fourth generation, led by Marcos Guasch Pubill, has set its sights on leading the transformation of the industrial textile sector towards sustainability through its own technologies (SeamlessTEX and DigitalTEX). To continue optimising them, Texia invests 10% of its income in R+D projects.

100 years in motion

1917-1922
First steps
1917
THE TEXTILE SECTOR

The emerging Catalan textile industry grows within movements in society: technological changes and political revolutions.

1917
A PAIR OF ENTREPRENEURS

The couple of María Bou and Antonio Guasch set up a small family business of textile finishes in the old industrial district of Poblenou.

1922
MARÍA BOU, WOMAN ENTREPRENEUR

María becomes one of the first entrepreneur women of the time and of the sector after the death of her husband, just five years after marrying and with two small children: Sintu and Monti.

1941– 1950
Years of consolidation
1941
THE SECOND GENERATION TAKE OVER

The eldest son of the couple, Sintu, takes the baton and devotes himself full-time to the company. He takes it forward due to his vocational skills and his innovative character.

1950
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FACTORY

Sintu speeds up the factory and improves all the manufacturing processes. Innovation is now the main driving force of the company

1980-1990
Change of location for growth
1980
FROM BARCELONA TO MONISTROL

The factory in Poblenou is too small. After touring half Catalonia, Monistrol is chosen as the most suitable site to place the new factory and for developing new finishes.

1982
THE THIRD GENERATION ARRIVES

Marcos Guasch takes over the company at a decisive moment. Major changes are coming in a sector that had already left behind its age of splendour.

1990
INNOVATION IN TIMES OF CRISIS

With the explosion of Asian production, the big Catalan textile towns close their gates. It is then when Texia decides to create the first seamless textile cloths on a roll in the market, to differentiate it from the rest and this overcome the serious crisis affecting the sector.

1995 – 2008
Turning point: ROLL DRAP and MY DRAP appear
1995
ROLL DRAP APPEARS

They begin with ROLL DRAP, the only cotton cloths on a roll for the hotel and catering sector.

2010
MY DRAP

Later appears the MY DRAP brand, the 100% cotton single-use textile napkins on the market, in a roll and seamless.

2017 -2023
Years of international growth
2018
TEXIA OPENS UP TO THE WORLD

The company expands internationally and exports 80% of its production. Its products reach the most emblematic hotels in the world and they lead the market in countries such as France.

2022
TEXIA COLLABORATES WITH EPSON

The company acquires a Monna Lisa printer to begin to produce fashion by means of digital pigment printing.

2023
TEXIA ACQUIRES ATHOS

In order to broaden its product range, Texia acquires Athos, a company with 30 years’ experience and specialising in the manufacture of high-quality table linen for restaurants.

Mission and Vision

Mission

We are a family textile business founded in Barcelona in 1917. Due to the experience of our team and our creative and innovative tradition, we create and manufacture our own products that we commercialise around the world and we make textile finishes for small and large companies.

With honesty and transparency, we work to provide value and solidity to the sector and society, guaranteeing labour freedom based on individual responsibility. We happily take on the responsibility of contributing to making the textile sector more sustainable by offering a future to the coming generations.

Vision

We want to guarantee the sustainable growth of our family business by continually developing our own technologies and products.

Our values

Values faithful to our creative and innovative tradition on which we base our philosophy, identity and business cultures.

Quality

It is the basis of our products and the company’s main commitment since it was founded. We take care of every last detail in the whole process of manufacturing and commercialisation, which enables us to create leading products in different sectors.

Anticipation

Anticipating economic and social changes and the needs of our clients has enabled us to redirect the company’s activity even when the results were positive. We have thus been able to reinvent ourselves and overcome all the crises we have had to face throughout our history.

Experience

Our more than 100 years’ experience and history endorse us, along with a deep knowledge of the textile sector, enabling us to accompany our clients and grow with them. We offer a high-quality service in our areas of specialisation.

Sustainability

The central question that supports all our activity and the reason why we develop our own technology. All our actions are aimed at reducing the impact on our environment and offering a positive return to society.

Creativity and Innovation

The motor that drives our company. That which has enabled us to survive and differentiate ourselves from the more traditional textile sector and the Asian competition. We have been more than a century innovating, creating and perfecting our materials and production techniques to create unique textile concepts.

Leadership

Our products are indisputable leaders in their sectors. ROLL DRAP is the referent in the Spanish hotel and catering sector, while MY DRAP is leader in countries such as France, Italy or Switzerland.

Texia in the world

Texia was founded in 1917 by María Bou and Antonio Guasch and has always had an international perspective. As a result, it currently exports 80% of its sales and has invested in a branch in Montreal which provides a service to the whole of North America, and which represents a major part of the company’s turnover.

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Texia North America

Trust in us

Our Texia products are present in places of reference in the world of gastronomy such as the ABaC, luxury hotel chains such as Four Seasons or Mandarin Oriental, emblematic places such as the Ritz and the Majestic and in major airline companies such as British Airways and Delta Airlines, among others.