Gipuzkoa: the main industrial sectors on our platform
Most of the industrial structure in Gipuzkoa is covered by
the manufacturing sector.
Especially significant is the number of machine-tool
manufacturers in the province: the majority of Spanish
companies in this sector are located in Gipuzkoa.
The electronics industry has also risen dramatically in recent years, parallel to the progress of telecommunications.  Here it is important to mention the existence of. companies from the more traditional sectors (such as iron and steel, foundry, shipbuilding, paper, and furniture), as wel1 as a large auxiliary car industry, which supplies parts to the main European manufacturers. 
The main Industrial Sectors on our Platform Special mention has to be made of the Mondragón cooperative experience which has grown, in just over forty
years, from a small five-partner cooperative into the largest industrial group in the Basque Country and one of the main industrial corporations in Europe, with branches on the five contents.
The success of this experience, which cleverly combines cooperative philosophy with highly advanced entrepreneurial management, is still a source of admiration in many countries.
The fact that guipuzcoan companies tend to be small in size has lead to a double industrial reality: on the one hand are companies that direct their products to the domestic market and, on the other, industries which supply end products or essential parts for the products manufactured
by other international companies.
The disappearance of world trade barriers has obliged guipuzcoan companies to widen their horizons and become more international.
Many products have succeeded in entering new markets, while other companies still have their sights set on international industries.
Likewise, strong development of the guipuzcoan technological sector has made it possible for a number of international technological applications to be carried out from a guipuzcoan base and has meant that technological projects promoted by the European Union have been awarded to guipuzcoan companies.
These factors have all contributed to improving the confidence of foreign investors, who have considerably increased their presence in the guipuzcoan industrial structure.
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