Blue Reed's story began to be woven in 1959 when Josep Torra set up his first company in Manlleu (Barcelona). Josep was the son of the blacksmith in the village of Sau, and as such, he was familiar with the world of metallurgy from a young age. At that time, there were many textile companies in Manlleu and the neighbouring towns along the banks of the River Ter, and as an entrepreneur, he saw this as an interesting business. 

Their first sale of machinery and know-how took place in Colombia in 1971, and we continued developing before opening a plant in the United States less than a decade later. The company's name dates back to this period and is a reference to the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Appalachians, which was later simplified to retain only Blue Reed.

At Blue Reed, we work with crafting technology applied to manufacturing reeds. Ever since 1959, we have been developing products of the highest precision for the textile industry. Our state-of-the-art machinery and our highly skilled workforce ensure that we achieve a perfect balance between manual and technological processes during their manufacture. This means that our clients get precisely the fabrics they want, and the thread that links us to them continues to spin.