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Formation
  
1954

Website
  
www.danobatgroup.com

Founded
  
1954

Type
  
Machine tool

Headquarters
  
Elgoibar

Parent organization
  
Mondragon Corporation

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Danobat is a cooperative company that provides solutions for machine tools, and is mainly aimed at the manufacture of grinding machines, lathes and band saws. It is located in the town of Elgoibar in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Country (Spain). Danobat is part of the industrial branch of the Mondragon Corporation, and is one of the main machine tool manufacturers in Europe. Danobat was founded in the industrial town of Elgoibar in 1954, but currently the companys employees are spread out over all branches worldwide.

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The name Danobat is a contraction of the Basque words "danok" and "bat", translatable as "All One".

All workers are depositories of the property under equal conditions, on the basis of one-member, one-vote in the General Assembly. The member workers form part of the executive bodies of Danobat (Board of Management and General Assembly) on an equal basis and participate in decision-making and management. Membership of the executive bodies is renewed every four years.

History of Danobat

  • 1954: Danobat was set up with the aim of offering better and more competitive external grinding operations.
  • 1956: Founding of Construcciones Mecánicas Eguzki.
  • 1962: Founding of the company Acme-Deva.
  • 1969: Merger of Danobat, Eguzki and Acme-Deva under the name of Danobat S. Coop.
  • 1983: Founding of the Debako Group by the companies Danobat, Soraluce, Goiti and Txurtxil.
  • 1992: Founding of Danobatgroup as a strategic group in the sector and a continuation of the Debako Group; inclusion in the Mondragon Cooperative Corporation, within the industrial division.
  • 1992–1997: Danobatgroup sets up new sales and service offices in China, Germany, France, Japan, Italy, US and Brazil.
  • 2002: Acquisition of the German company Overbeck.
  • 2003: Acquisition of the British company Newall.
  • 2008: Merger of cooperatives Danobat and Lealde.
  • 2011: Merger of cooperatives Danobat and Estarta Rectificadora.
  • 2012: The cooperatives Danobat Railway Systems and Dano-Rail merge.
  • 2013: Danobat Railway Systems becomes part of Danobat.
  • 2014: Start of joint venture between Danobat and the American company Marathon.
  • 2015: Acquisition of the company Plantool OY by Danobat.

    • Environmental management

    With the support of Ihobe and Invema, in 2001 a ISO team was set up with other companies from the Danobat Group and MCC to achieve the ISO 14001 certification in May 2002. The same year, Danobat was included in the EMAS register. The AENOR audits in May 2003 were successful and the Regional Ministry of Environment of the Basque Government granted the EMAS registration7 in October 2003.

    Presence on Internet

    Danobat shows its solutions together with the other cooperatives of the group on an institutional portal. Furthermore, the site deals with the railway industry, cutting solutions and the U.S. market.

    Installations

    The company Danobat has four industrial plants in the Basque Country. In addition, Danobat also has facilities in Germany (Danobat-Overbeck), United Kingdom (Danobat-Newall) and the United States.

    References

    Danobat Wikipedia
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