“In 1831, Josep Sauleda Villaronga, born in Sant Pol, set sail for America. At that time it was difficult to subsist on fishing and cultivating a small plot of land alone. He landed in Havana and in 1833 began working as an apprentice in a warehouse of the time. The owners were from Calella and acquaintances of the family. After a while they proposed to sell him the business.
He worked hard, 20 hours a day, slept in the same tent and little by little he was able to meet the expenses. On one of his trips to Sant Pol he married and had two children: Josefa, who died as a child, and Victoriano, who continued the business in Havana. Victoriano married Josefa Paulis and they had 4 children. At the age of 41, after the death of his father, he decided to sell the business and return to Sant Pol. He sent his two sons, Arturo and Pepe, to Havana to work as apprentices, as he had done before. The former died there and the family sent Pepe back to Sant Pol.
Victoriano decides to join forces with a partner, Josep Mª Lluveras. Victoriano contributed the capital and Lluveras his technical know-how; thus Pepe began a new stage in his work, creating the company called Lluveras y Sauleda, which manufactured knitwear and canvas and was finally incorporated in 1897″.
– Sauleda Family
125 years later, Sauleda remains faithful to its values of effort and self-improvement.
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