For 40 years, Recamania has given Spanish households a way to keep their appliances running instead of throwing them out. The Albacete family business now fills about 1,000 orders a day and reaches repair-minded buyers across Spain, and it is preparing to extend that reach to France, Germany and Italy through Temu.

The expansion matters beyond one company. Across Europe, the cost of replacing a broken appliance pushes many households toward waste they would rather avoid, and an affordable spare part often solves the problem for a fraction of the price. By making those parts easy to find and ship, Recamania helps families save money and keep working machines out of the bin. For a 16-person business, the kind of cross-border reach that once belonged only to large retailers is now within range, because Temu's logistics network moves parcels through established European carriers rather than a separate delivery system.

Juan Castillo, a washing machine technician, founded the business in the 1980s as a small spare-parts shop. His son Pedro Castillo, now 51, has built it into a fully online operation run by a team based entirely in Spain. Its best sellers on Temu include replacement control panels for the Thermomix TM31, food storage containers and microwave plates, the kind of parts that let owners keep a premium machine running for years instead of replacing it.

"I've never seen such rapid positioning," Castillo says. "It was incredible: 300 orders came just three days after uploading products."

Recamania opened its Temu store in March 2025 and built momentum quickly, reaching 4,000 orders on the platform by July and 20 percent of its online sales revenue. Castillo credits a proactive partnership for the pace. "Their team guided us step by step, not only on promotions but also on shipping tips and handling returns," he says.

The repair-first mission has held since the 1980s, and it lines up with Europe's growing interest in the circular economy. Rather than encourage people to buy more, Recamania extends the life of what they already own. A single TM31 control panel captures the idea, turning a machine that might have been discarded back into one that works.

Now Pedro Castillo plans to grow the catalog and the map at once. By September he expects to list all 5,000 of the company's products on Temu, using the software modules that connect a seller's existing stock system to the platform. He sees strong demand for Spanish spare parts in France, Germany and Italy, and intends to serve those customers next.

"We believe Temu will keep growing its share in our sales," he says. "The results speak for themselves."