1966

1966

In May Caja Laboral opened branch offices in Gernika, Eibar and Legazpia. This took the total to 24 branches open to the public and the number of associated co-operatives came to 36.
Total sales for the co-operatives were just in excess of €18m (3bn pesetas), with exports for the first time accounting for €312,500 (52m pesetas). The MONDRAGON cooperatives began to open up to international markets and, from that time, exports have always risen significantly faster than total sales.
Danok Bat, today Danobat, a firm of recognised prestige in the machine tool sector, was formally set up as a co-operative enterprise and Fagor Electrónica and Tajo came on board.