The Giménez family's Hilaturas del Segura. A saga of industrialists and inventors in Cieza 1919-1999

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Esparto factory, Textile industry, Esparto grass, Spinning, Baskets, Artistic carpets, Industrial Heritage

Abstract

The professional activities of the Giménez family are analysed. José María and Diego Giménez Moreno developed the esparto grass industry in Cieza known as Hilaturas del Segura with a wide catalogue of manufactured esparto grass products and several inventions. The factory would be continued by Diego's sons: the eldest of the same name, Pascual and Sixto, who would also run the Giménez Hardware Store, started by their father, in addition to developing new machines and marketing manufactured goods and carpets in the midst of the esparto grass crisis.

Author Biographies

Pascual Santos-Lopez, Universidad de Murcia

PhD in Comparative Social History from the University of Murcia. Master's degree in "The modernization of Spain between Europe and Latin America". Industrial Technical Engineer. Research in Cultural History of Technology, Industrial History, Industrial Heritage and Enlightenment Thought. Member of the Research Group on the History of Science, Medical Documentation and Health Promotion at the University of Murcia. He is a member of the Spanish Society for the History of Science and Technology and the Fray Pasqual Salmerón Center for Historical Studies. Cultural projects: "Ingenuity and Technology in the Region of Murcia 1878-1966", "Ingenuity and Technology in Spain 1878-1966" and "Technology, Thought and Innovation in Modern and Contemporary Spain". Blogs: gacetainventores.wordpress.com historialocalmurcia.wordpress.com Web: ingenioytecnica.org

Manuela Caballero-Gonzalez, University of Murcia

Master's Degree in Cultural Management and Cultural Industries. Master's Degree in Cultural Heritage and Laboratory Specialist Technician. She is a researcher in the History of Science, Medical Documentation, and Health Promotion group at the University of Murcia. She belongs to the Spanish Society for the History of Science and Technology. She is a member of the Fray Pasqual Salmerón Center for Historical Studies in Cieza and has been editor of the journal Andelma, the center's publication body, for 22 years. She works with Pascual Santos on the cultural projects "Ingenuity and Technology in Spain 1878-1966" and "Ingenuity and Technology in the Region of Murcia 1878-1966," which aim to research, recover, and disseminate Spanish industrial and technological heritage, with historical patents as their guiding principle. Her research interests focus on the Cultural History of Science and Technology, Industrial Archaeology, and Women's History. He maintains the blogs: https://ingenioytecnica.org https://ingenioytecnica.wordpress.com/ https://gacetainventores.wordpress.com/ and http://fraypasqual.blogspot.com/ His latest book is titled: Inventors and Patents in the Region of Murcia. An Industrial and Technological Heritage.

References

Caballero González, Manuela y Santos López, Pascual (2019). Inventores y patentes en la Región de Murcia. Un patrimonio industrial y tecnológico. Murcia: Fundación Centro de Estudios Históricos e Investigaciones Locales.

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Santos López, Pascual (2007). Máquinas de rastrillar y modelos de utilidad. Andelma, 5(15), pp. 8-14.

Santos-Lopez, Pascual y Santos-Caballero, Laura (2020) Industrias y patentes de José García Silvestre. Patrimonio industrial del esparto (1873-1951). Andelma, 18(29), 30-41.

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2025-05-06

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Vol. 22 No. 33 (2024): Andelma

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