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Pikolin is a Spanish mattress manufacturer headquartered in Zaragoza, Aragon. The company was founded by Alfonso Solans Serrano in January 1948. [1] [2] Upon Solans' acquisition of the license for the production of spring mattresses in Spain, the registered brand took off in 1959. [2] It subsequently expanded to Portugal (1988), France (2001), [2] Italy and Malaysia. It had an annual turnover of €183 million in 2005, and employs between 1,500 and 1,600 workers, depending on production needs (about 1,000 people work at its plant in Zaragoza: 900 in production and 100 in administration and other services).

The company was selected as an official sponsor of the Expo Zaragoza 2008.

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References

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