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T he headquarters of MTorres Group is in Pamplona, Spain, the region known for the “Running of the Bulls” at the annual festival celebrating Saint Fermín, which draws over one million people. MTorres has been present in the United States since the year 2000 with offices in California. In 2012, MTorres America, Inc. was founded in Washington State, creating in 2017 a 70,000-square-foot fa- cility with approximately 100 employees in Everett, Washington. They are optimistic about growth in the Northwest, although they note that their customers are both domestic and interna- tional. The company is well-established in the aerospace, paper, and energy industries and also offers naval solutions. Eighty percent of its international business is in the aerospace industry. They seek to be, “Pioneers in innovation, production and marketing of automated systems for industrial processes,” accord- ing to the website http://www.mtorres.es. Founder D. Manuel Torres Martinez has not retired from the company said his son, Eduardo Torres, chairman of MTorres America. He said his father is still innovating, “He just turned 81 and works every single day; he is having fun; he is a very creative person and many of the products and things that the company does have originated with him. Today he works in energy storage and is thinking of new ideas for up to 50 years in the future.” Eduardo Torres was educated in Spain at The University of Zaragoza, sometimes referred to as Saragossa University. It was founded in 1542, and is one of the oldest universities in Spain, dating back to the Roman period. Torres studied mechanical engineering. 42 NORTHWEST AEROSPACE NEWS He said that he was only four years old when his father founded MTorres in 1975. “I grew up inside the company,” Torres said and noted that it was a natural fit for him to become a part of the company. His sister Yolanda Tor- res serves as vice president of the MTorres Group in Spain. He said that at this time he isn’t sure if other family members will follow in their footsteps and join the organization. The Everett location provides them with a chance to “collaborate in important areas of research and development, including the latest robotic applications in the field of composite materials manufacturing, drilling and filling and robot’s technology in assembly lines,” according to the company website. They are leading in automation of manufacturing processes, mainly in composite materials.