Our history
The story that has led us to to be what we are.

1980
It all began in small premises in the ducal town of Gandía in 1980. Its founder, Don Enrique Catalá Catalá, inspired by the passion and knowledge of fragrances, is dedicated to creating and marketing essences.

1998
Esencias Catalá reflects a great growth at national level, and decides to move to new facilities in the industrial area of Gandía. With the aim of responding to internal production needs and improving the company's logistics activity.

2000
A new generation of professionals takes over, creating new business areas and with a new objective: international expansion. An exclusive brand is created for the foreign market, currently recognised in the sector.

2015
Esencias Catalá, after modernising its facilities, merges its brands and adopts a single identity "ESSENTIAL COMPOSITIONS" which is committed to innovation, preserving the family values of effort and dedication of its founder.

2017
Expansion of production and manufacturing facilities, logistics and new loading bays to cope with demand.

2018
The installation of the new liquid dosing robot is completed and we triple the productivity of the automated area in its first month of operation. This consists of three different sections GECKO, CAMELEON and COLIBRÍ which have been designed and manufactured in a customised way by Contexa S.A.

2020
Despite the situation experienced worldwide in the face of COVID-19, the limitations, the shortage of raw materials or the recessions experienced, at Essential we were able to focus, directing our efforts towards sectors that we understood that the end customer needed. Consolidating our know-how in growing sectors such as air fresheners, detergents and home care.

2022
Expansion of office, R&D, laboratory and production facilities and start of digital transformation project. We managed to optimise resources, improve competitiveness, add value to our services and improve the customer experience. It also implies a change at an organisational cultural level, significantly improving the transversality of the company.