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| Formation | 1954 |
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| Type | Machine tool |
| Headquarters | Elgoibar,Guipúzcoa,Spain |
Danobat is a cooperative company that is mainly aimed at the manufacture ofgrinding machines, andlathes. It is located in the town ofElgoibar in the province ofGipuzkoa in theBasque Country in Spain. Danobat, is part of the industrial branch of theMondragon Corporation, has a 65-year track record in the development of high-precision grinding machines and lathes and invests between 8% and 10% of its income in innovation.
It is one of Europe's leading machine tool manufacturers, employs more than 600 people and has an annual turnover of around 130 million euros.
Danobat was founded in the industrial town ofElgoibar in 1954, but currently the company's employees are spread out over all branches worldwide.[1]
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.[2]
With the support of Ihobe and Invema, in 2001 anISO team was set up with other companies from theDanobat Group andMCC to achieve theISO 14001 certification in May 2002. The same year, Danobat was included in theEMAS register. TheAENOR audits in May 2003 were successful and the Regional Ministry of Environment of the Basque Government granted the EMAS registration7 in October 2003.[7]
Danobat has a strong international presence with production plants and service centres inSpain,Germany, theNetherlands,Italy, theUnited Kingdom and theUnited States, as well as an important sales and service network covering 40 countries.