Correa English Revista 75

Agreement with
Oerlikon Bührle
n the 50s, Spain, which will
Ichange radically, suffers
hard times of isolation. And,
nevertheless, Baldomero Nicolás-
Correa is already committed to
directing the company towards
exports and decides to seek the
collaboration of a partner that
will help him open commercial
borders and provide him with
prestige and technology. The
opportunity arose in 1954, when
Correa arrived at an agreement
with the Swiss company Oerlikon
Bührle to manufacture machines
in Éibar under license and
trademark of Zurich.
This begins a co-operation that
would radically change Nicolás
Correa, back then, a quick read
with not much backstory behind
it. The technology and quality
control methods provided by
Oerlikon Bührle make the Eibar
company assume a new business
dynamic focused on demanding
quality criteria and enhance the
reputation of its brand. With
this label, Nicolás Correa began
to make its way in international
markets, a task that was very
complicated at the time due
to the scant Spanish industrial
tradition.
Spotting machine of the Oerlikon brand in the first facilities of the company. Photo: GNC file
Baldomero Nicolás-Correa led
the company to go abroad and
participate in the International
Fair of Izmir (Turkey) in 1954, to
come into contact with foreign
factories to build the machines
with their own technology in the
workshop de Éibar and to export
In 1949, with a
staff of twelve
people, the
first four
milling
machines
were
manufactured
its first two milling machines
to Chile.
Step by step, that primitive
workshop is giving rise to an
industry of growing dimension.
In 1952, a new location was
inaugurated, next to the
previous one, and 30 milling
machines were manufactured.
In 1955, 41 people worked in
the company and a turnover
of twelve million pesetas is
expected for the following
year. In the early 1960s, the
workforce would already have
close to 200 workers.
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