News

We know the Asiam market and its culture, here we share the topics that we think are most relevant about Asia and the economic situation, which we think can help you make decisions.
20 de November de 2019
stainless steel gisp

Stainless steel: AISI201, AISI304, AISI430

Stainless steel is widely used in the hospitality industry, mainly due to its good corrosion resistance. Traditionally we used mainly two types of stainless steel: AISI304 for higher corrosion environments, and AISI430 for lower corrosion environments. Today, there are many more types, so I will focus on the three most […]
29 de October de 2019
port of rotterdam gisp

“So, what price are you offering me?”

At this last edition of HOST we received many questions like these from first time visitors to our stand. Of course, we were not surprised, as one of the main purposes of any visitor is to check if our offer is competitive enough compared to other manufacturers. While we know […]
15 de October de 2019
aluminum insert gisp

New zamac and aluminium inserts

HOST Milan is about to start and after our recent launch of zinc alloy inserts, we are now introducing another new product series: our aluminium inserts for kitchen equipment FLC-44 and FLR-44. This variation of the already existing zamak inserts allows for a significant cost reduction of 20%. While the […]
2 de October de 2019
hong kong

Just back from Hong Kong

As I explained in my last post, I have spent some days in China and Hong Kong visiting our offices, factories and some raw material and component suppliers. I had read a lot about the situation in Hong Kong before the trip, and all my Chinese friends and suppliers were […]
17 de September de 2019
welded bain marie gisp

New Gx Series of Welded Sink Bowls

Next month at HOST Milano Hospitality Exhibition we will be very pleased to introduce our brand new Gx Series of stainless steel Welded Sink Bowls. – Manual welded sink bowls with a top-of-the-line finishing. – 100% customizable size, best choice for Bain Maries. – Made in AISI 304, they can […]
3 de April de 2018
trade war

Trump’s trade war is here. Maybe.

Is this the beginning of a new trade war? Maybe. Trump is a bully and this is his way of negotiating, from the old book: set a super high target, and from there you negotiate down. Western countries trade with China is unfair, which causes a lot of unbalances. Blocked […]
23 de September de 2016

Zhima credit: big brother on steroids

Just back from China where I had a very interesting talk with a friend about Zhima credit. I had heard about it, but it’s becoming really scary, what he explained left me astonished… We went to a posh restaurant in Shanghai and we got a really nice table, and he […]
2 de December de 2015
chinese yuan gisp

China and the SDR: history repeats itself

So, China joined the SDR. Not a big suprise… as we already explained in this post, one of the reasons behind the devaluation of the yuan some monthes ago was to give Christine Lagarde and the IMF an excuse to include the chinese currency in the SDR basket. To summarize, the […]