Made in
Barcelona.
It is not just an indication of origin. It is a promise of design, innovation and quality. Manufacturing in Barcelona means creating from the creative heart of Europe, with the Mediterranean as inspiration and the world as destination.
"Barcelona is not where we manufacture.
It is the place that shapes us."
GAD · Since 1983
Why origin matters
Barcelona: where
trends are born
When Diego González chose Premià de Dalt as the location for his framing workshop back in the 1980s, he did not yet know it, but he had made one of the best business decisions possible. Setting up in the Barcelona metropolitan area is not just a logistics advantage: it is a strategic position on the map of European design.
Barcelona attracts creative talent from around the world. Its fairs, its design schools and its urban culture constantly generate new aesthetic currents that end up in homes across Europe. Being here means having privileged access to those trends before any competitor.
The Maresme — the region where our plants are located — combines proximity to the city with a rooted industrial landscape and a highly specialized productive fabric. It is the perfect environment to do what we do: manufacture with soul, with precision and with vision.
Why Barcelona matters
4 reasons why
manufacturing here makes a difference
European design capital
Barcelona is home to some of the world's most renowned design schools — ELISAVA, BAU, IED. This creative ecosystem makes the city a permanent laboratory where trends emerge before they reach the major markets.
Gateway to the European market
Its geographic position and logistics infrastructure — with the Port of Barcelona as one of the busiest in the Mediterranean and direct access to the European road network — make Barcelona the ideal hub for manufacturing and distributing at a continental scale.
Epicenter of decoration trends
Every year, Barcelona hosts fairs, exhibitions and conventions that shape the direction of interior design. Proximity to this market pulse allows the GAD team to anticipate trends and translate them into collections before anyone else.
Mediterranean culture and unique identity
The Mediterranean is not just a sea: it is a way of understanding beauty, light and space. This sensibility — open, warm, elegantly unadorned — is GAD's aesthetic DNA. It is what sets our products apart on any European retail floor.
Identity
What Barcelona
imprints on GAD
Avant-garde architecture
From Gaudí to the 22@ District, Barcelona has shown that innovation and tradition can coexist. GAD does the same with every product.
Consolidated creative industry
The Maresme is one of Catalonia's most active industrial clusters. GAD is part of this productive fabric that blends craftsmanship and technology.
Local talent
Our design, production and export team is 100% local. The diversity of talent offered by the Barcelona metropolitan area is unparalleled.
Commitment to the territory
Manufacturing in Barcelona is not just a logistics decision. It is a commitment to the people, the environment and the community that surrounds us.
History & territory
A story woven
into Barcelona's map
The first workshop opens its doors in the Maresme, 25 km from Barcelona.
The territory's artisanal roots drive specialization in mouldings and frames.
Catalan industrial fabric and European connectivity accelerate national expansion.
From the Port of Barcelona, GAD reaches more than 15 countries without leaving its origin.
5 plants, 30,000 units/month, PEFC certification. The 'Made in Barcelona' seal is more valuable than ever.
Our production
Made here, for the world
Barcelona
Made in Spain
Next chapter
An ecosystem.
Corporate companies and brands.
GAD, Gonsanglass, Buenatelier and GAD BCN. Discover the corporate structure of the group and how each company covers a key link in the value chain.
The GAD Group