History
1968 – SPAIN
Mr. Antonio Arpa Romero sets up the company on Calle Cortes de Aragón.
1968 – SPAIN
The first mobile field kitchens are delivered to the Spanish Ministry of Defence.
1968 – CUBA
First international sale.
1973 – CHILE
First supply of 100 ARPA mobile kitchens.
1979 – SPAIN
PRunners-up Prize for Export Business.
1980 – SPAIN
ARPA develops its first kitchens and refrigerators in 20’ containers.
1981 – SPAIN
Total of 1,300 mobile kitchens supplied to the Spanish Armed Forces.
1982 – SPAIN
First Prize for Export Business.
1983 – SPAIN
Export Leader Trophy.
1986 – SPAIN
ARPA builds first Refugee Camp to house 1,000 people for the Spanish Civil Protection Force.
1988 – MOZAMBIQUE
ARPA supplies Mozambique with its first field hospital.
1992 – SPAIN
ARPA builds the Inturjoven Camp for EXPO ‘92.
1995 – ARGENTINA
First 325 drinking water treatment plants supplied.
1996 – SPAIN
Vendor Prize.
1998 – SPAIN
Prize to one of the best Spanish companies.
1999 – SPAIN
ARPA obtains ISO 9001 quality certification.
2001 – USA
First sale of containerised integrated food systems to the US marines.
2002 – SPAIN
ARPA opens new installations spanning more than 26,000 m2 in La Muela.
2006 – AFGANISTÁN
ARPA supplies the first mobile hangars for helicopters to the Afghan Army.
2006 – SPAIN
Mr. Antonio Arpa Romero dies.
2007 – SPAIN
The Ministry of Defence awards the white medal of military merit to Antonio Arpa for his contribution to the Spanish Armed Forces.
2010 – CHILE y ARGENTINA
First supply of the habitability system to the Chile and Argentina Peacekeeping Force.
2011 – SPAIN
Receipt of NATO certification of compliance with NATO’s PECAL/AQAP 2110 and 2130 quality standards.
2011 – BRAZIL
The Brazilian army receives its first 125 ARPA 2000 mobile field kitchens.
2013 – SOLMALIA
A first contract is signed with the UN for 25 mobile kitchens.
2013 – SPAIN
Award of ISO 14001:2004 certification of environmental management systems.
2015 – SPAIN
The TECHCOMM division is set up. The first modular data centre is supplied.
2015 – SAUDI ARABIA
ARPA is given its most ambitious project to date, a contract to supply seven field hospitals to Saudi Arabia.
2016 – ALGERIA
ARPA signs two contracts in Algeria for the supply of 373 refrigerated containers and 68 mobile kitchens.
2017 – SPAIN
Framework agreement with UNGSC for United Nations peacekeeping missions
2017 – SPAIN
Runners-up Prize for Export Business.
2017 – SPAIN
Internationalisation Prize.
2017 – SPAIN
Overseas Promotion Prize.
2017 – SPAIN
Business Excellence Prize.
2018 – SPAIN
Clara joins the governing council of the United Nations Global Compact.
2018 – SPAIN
CEPYME Prize.
2018 – SPAIN
2019 – SPAIN
The Ministry of Defence awards the white medal of military merit to Clara Arpa for her contribution to the Spanish Armed Forces.