History

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1968 – SPAIN

Mr. Antonio Arpa Romero sets up the company on Calle Cortes de Aragón.

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1968 – SPAIN

The first mobile field kitchens are delivered to the Spanish Ministry of Defence.

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1968 – CUBA

First international sale.

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1973 – CHILE

First supply of 100 ARPA mobile kitchens.

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1979 – SPAIN

PRunners-up Prize for Export Business.

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1980 – SPAIN

ARPA develops its first kitchens and refrigerators in 20’ containers.

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1981 – SPAIN

Total of 1,300 mobile kitchens supplied to the Spanish Armed Forces.

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1982 – SPAIN

First Prize for Export Business.

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1983 – SPAIN

Export Leader Trophy.

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1986 – SPAIN

ARPA builds first Refugee Camp to house 1,000 people for the Spanish Civil Protection Force.

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1988 – MOZAMBIQUE

ARPA supplies Mozambique with its first field hospital.

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1992 – SPAIN

ARPA builds the Inturjoven Camp for EXPO ‘92.

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1995 – ARGENTINA

First 325 drinking water treatment plants supplied.

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1996 – SPAIN

Vendor Prize.

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1998 – SPAIN

Prize to one of the best Spanish companies.

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1999 – SPAIN

ARPA obtains ISO 9001 quality certification.

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2001 – USA

First sale of containerised integrated food systems to the US marines.

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2002 – SPAIN

ARPA opens new installations spanning more than 26,000 m2 in La Muela.

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2006 – AFGANISTÁN

ARPA supplies the first mobile hangars for helicopters to the Afghan Army.

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2006 – SPAIN

Mr. Antonio Arpa Romero dies.

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2007 – SPAIN

The Ministry of Defence awards the white medal of military merit to Antonio Arpa for his contribution to the Spanish Armed Forces.

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2010 – CHILE y ARGENTINA

First supply of the habitability system to the Chile and Argentina Peacekeeping Force.

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2011 – SPAIN

Receipt of NATO certification of compliance with NATO’s PECAL/AQAP 2110 and 2130 quality standards.

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2011 – BRAZIL

The Brazilian army receives its first 125 ARPA 2000 mobile field kitchens.

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2013 – SOLMALIA

A first contract is signed with the UN for 25 mobile kitchens.

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2013 – SPAIN

Award of ISO 14001:2004 certification of environmental management systems.

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2015 – SPAIN

The TECHCOMM division is set up. The first modular data centre is supplied.

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2015 – SAUDI ARABIA

ARPA is given its most ambitious project to date, a contract to supply seven field hospitals to Saudi Arabia.

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2016 – ALGERIA

ARPA signs two contracts in Algeria for the supply of 373 refrigerated containers and 68 mobile kitchens.

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2017 – SPAIN

Framework agreement with UNGSC for United Nations peacekeeping missions

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2017 – SPAIN

Runners-up Prize for Export Business.

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2017 – SPAIN

Internationalisation Prize.

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2017 – SPAIN

Overseas Promotion Prize.

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2017 – SPAIN

Business Excellence Prize.

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2018 – SPAIN

Clara joins the governing council of the United Nations Global Compact.

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2018 – SPAIN

CEPYME Prize.

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2018 – SPAIN

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2019 – SPAIN

The Ministry of Defence awards the white medal of military merit to Clara Arpa for her contribution to the Spanish Armed Forces.