It was born a few meters from its current location, on Almirante and Barquillo streets, opposite Plaza de las Salesas, when Ramón Vales opened a stationery and stationery store in 1909, probably without imagining that more than a century later his family he would continue to be in the same business. In 1916 the business was expanded to include printing, later it was moved to Fernando VI street and, in 1978, Ramón Vales Orozco, son of the original owner, took over the stationery. Then came Remigio Vales, son of the previous one and, in 2016, the fourth generation of the family, in the person of Laura Vales, took over at the head of the establishment, with the help of her sister Elena. Today they continue to pursue their lifelong vocation: they carry out all kinds of printing jobs, sell everything related to stationery, school supplies, gift items and also deal with the most modern office supplies, confirming that, without leaving After being proud of its past, Casa Vales does not lose sight of the present and the future.