Along a relatively short stretch of the C-17 highway, near Parets del Vallès, Montmeló, Santa Perpètua, and a few other nearby towns, we find a truly interesting array of large companies headquartered there: Pastas Gallo, Reckitt Benckiser, Grifols, Mondelez, and the former Idilia Foods. We can also take note of another company called Freudenberg, which may not be as well-known, but has been based in Catalonia since the late 1960s.