History and evolution
1. Foundation
The Spanish Manufacturers Association of Children’s Products was founded by a group of entrepreneurs in Valencia in June 18, 1991
2. Presidencies
| 1991 - 1993 |
Mr. José A. Pi Maseras |
| 1993 - 1997 |
Mr. Jaso Ruiz de Alegría |
| 1997 - 2009 |
Mr. Iñaki Mataix |
| Since 2009 |
D. Vicente Mompó |
3. The most important events in the history of the Association
1997 – 2003
- FIMI. Establishment of permanent ASEPRI activities zone.
- The White Book (I and II) for design and innovation.
- The first survey of international children’s sizes and measurements.
- Compiling a data base listing of designers and stylists.
- Sector Catalog.
- Information on sector regulations (Labeling, occupational safety, etc.)
- Designing and development of web pages for members.
- Quality assurance and services technical manual for purchasing and sub-contracting.
- Information on business opportunities, fairs, trade missions, etc.
- 'Horizonte Project’: Children’s Fashion from Spain.
- Full size jointed mannequins.
- Electronic commerce mail platform COPERNICO.
- Conducting a study on furnishing haberdashery general quality and its application to the children’s wear.
- Sales and exports ranking.
- Children’s wear multilingual e-dictionary.
- International Trade Committee.
- Conducting a study on the sector.
- ‘The semantics of products’ Project.
- Market research on the principal children’s wear export destinations.
- Information on the business opportunities.
- ‘Ergoshoe’ Project: innovative methods and criteria for the made-to-measure and customized footwear production.
- Template patterns and standardized electronic scaling
4. Membership evolution and the national and export revenues (in euros)
| Year |
Members |
National
Revenues |
Export
Revenues |
Total
Revenues |
| 1996 |
48 |
72.039.633 |
16.592.898 |
88.632.531 |
| 1997 |
54 |
142.273.684 |
48.122.198 |
190.395.882 |
| 1998 |
68 |
170.502.440 |
71.604.023 |
242.106.463 |
| 1999 |
95 |
232.172.797 |
83.352.446 |
315.525.243 |
| 2000 |
146 |
253.256.470 |
109.867.345 |
363.123.815 |
| 2001 |
148 |
318.554.211 |
121.356.153 |
439.910.364 |
| 2002 |
172 |
343.733.138 |
139.815.053 |
483.548.191 |
| 2003 |
195 |
484.765.412 |
163.719.839 |
648.485.251 |
| 2004 |
197 |
523.366.479 |
195.756.634 |
719.123.113 |
| 2005 |
203 |
564.548.669 |
197.428.450 |
761.977.119 |
| 2006 |
211 |
657.380.332 |
209.115.533 |
866.495.865 |
| 2007 |
208 |
647.996.442 |
218.762.740 |
866.759.182 |
| 2008 |
203 |
691.039.493 |
239.749.255 |
930.788.748 |
| 2009 |
180 |
729.880.587 |
259.840.876 |
989.721.463 |