News GRUPO ANTOLIN Winter 2008 · nº 51 Grupo Antolin grows in ASIA Logistics a competitive advantage

RUSSIA Commercial Convention NEWS Published by Grupo Antolin Grupo Antolin is a multinational at the cutting edge of design and production of components for car interiors for the automobile industry. Present in 23 countries with 81 plants and 20 technical commercial offices and it has a workforce of more than 10,600 employees.

EDITORIAL BOARD Grupo Antolin EDITORIAL OFFICE Margarita Díaz PRINTED BY COIMAN Marketing Department · [email protected] C/ Marqués de Portugalete, 16 Carretera Madrid-Irún, km. 244,8 E 28027 MADRID - ESPAÑA E 09007 BURGOS - ESPAÑA DESIGN Germán Delgado Tel. 34 91 742 12 03 Tel. 34 947 47 77 00 · [email protected] Fax: 34 91 742 67 81 Fax: 34 947 47 79 48 www.grupoantolin.com PHOTOGRAPHY Rafa Sáiz D. Legal: M-18594-2006

DOES Territory Europe - South America DOAAP 7,331 employees* Territory Africa - Asia - Pacific DONA 1,441 employees * Territory North America 1,877 employees *

* Nº of employees by territory to 31 st of October 2007 sumary

page 4 cover page 20 the photo page 11 clients Grupo Antolin increases Broadening horizons New GA seat factory in its presence in Asia Jarny, France In following up the line to diversify and extend Grupo Antolin continues with its plans for the market that characterizes Grupo Antolin, it expansion in Asia, thereby consolidating the is evident that the truck sector is going full page 22 en brief Africa-Asia-Pacific territory as one of our com - steam ahead. pany's trump cards in its quest for continual News in brief reliable growth. page 14 designing the future page 32 the history corner International Plastics page 6 protagonists Soichiro HONDA Marketing convention and Rubber Trade Fair on Russia For some years now, Grupo Antolin has been looking at the Russian market and its broad range of business prospects.

page 8 protagonists Soichiro Honda, the man who started up Honda The logistics Motor Company. This was held in Dusseldorf from 24 th to 31 st Oc - tober. GA visited the K2007 trade fair, one of the most important for the sector on a global scale. page 34 health “The senses” EYESIGHT page 16 clients We begin with the eyesight, a series of articles relative to the senses of our body. Suppliers’ day at SEAT

page 36 en route page 18 automobile St Petersburg Traditionally the logistics function has been as - New Renault Laguna Founded just over 300 years ago by Tsar Peter sociated with storage and transport of products The third generation of the Laguna arrives at the the Great, St Petersburg is known as the Ve - and raw materials, where its contribution to the dealers with a classic appearance, an impecca - nice of the North, with water covering 10% of chain of value was very limited. ble interior and a surprisingly elegant exterior. its 600 sq. km.

News Grupo Antolin 2 Winter 2008 Editorial

José Antolin Toledano Responsibility for publication of the President of Grupo Antolin news bulletin has now moved to the in first person Marketing Department, starting with the current magazine. You will already have noticed some changes in both the new layout and in content, in which we hope to im - plant permanent new sections along with those that already exist, such as: In First Person, Customers, Per - sonalities featuring interviews, Our ow the Christmas festivities are all but upon us, we get ready Plants, Auto, Did you know?... Our to see out the year 2007 and welcome in 2008. Together we aim is that the information of inte - Nhave got through another financial year successfully in which, rest to GA employees should be ac - having managed to meet the heavy demands for productivity on the cessible to everyone and, in every part of our customers, at the same time we have been able to im - corner of the world. prove on the economic figures for the preceding year. Any voluntary contributions will of However, in spite of this improvement, we need to maintain and re - course be well received. We encou - double our efforts to embark on a new year in which markets our rage you to send us whatever you Group has a strong presence in, such as the European, and more spe - want to share with the rest of the em - cifically the Spanish market, might be negatively affected by the ployees of the Group. Likewise, we will strength of the euro and by the reduction in family purchasing power also be grateful for any suggestions on as a result of the obvious upward trend of interest rates. issues you are interested in seeing pu - The budget estimates for our GROUP in the short and medium term blished. The contact information is on mean that, with significant action to improve our competitiveness, page 2 of this magazine. we can maintain our economic parameters throughout 2008 and im - In our debut as editors, in this maga - prove on them in the following years. zine, we offer you a view of the acti - We are therefore looking at a year in which, despite the possible slow - vities of Grupo Antolin in Asia. Over down in economic growth mentioned previously, our Group should the past two years several deals have continue to maintain an important level of controlled investment, im - been made with partners in Korea, planting its presence in new key territories for the future of our busi - China and Japan and new plants have ness project. been opened up in China and India. Russia and Poland are new countries where we should endeavour to Another strong point of this edition set up our business in 2008. Russia, because of the growing impor - concerns the variety of awards re - tance this country is going to have in the car industry, in which growth ceived by various companies of the rates of more than twenty-five per cent per annum are expected, and Group in the past few months: Volks - Poland, on account of the need to offer the degree of competitiveness wagen Awards, Internet Award for demanded by our customers by producing in low-cost countries. Castilla y León, DTM Chrysler Award in the United States, as well as Q1 I know I can count on the commitment of you all to respond to the awards presented by Ford to our fac - challenges raised this year and I am sure that you will respond, just as tories in Mexico and South Africa. you have always done, to the demands for extra effort so as to gua - rantee our levels of cost efficiency through the urgent materialisation Finally, we would like to mention the of activities focussing on improving our productivity. You may rest as - fact that this magazine would not sured that this effort over the short term within the context of a stra - have come into being without the tegy for growth that is sustained on a medium and long-term basis contribution of many people, from will enable us to guarantee a prosperous future for all our families. many areas and many countries, and we would like to convey our grati - I would like to take the opportunity once again this year to thank you tude to all of them from here. Q for your work and to wish you all happy new year 2008. Q

News Grupo Antolin Winter 2008 3 Grupo Antolin grows in Asia Grupo Antolin continues with its plans for expansion in Asia, thereby consolidating the Africa-Asia-Pacific ter - ritory as one of our company's trump cards in its quest for continual reliable growth. In this line, we would like to point out that we have finished 2007 with two new agreements representing a milestone in our strategy for global expansion

We are growing in China… Grupo Antolin and Ningbo Huaxiang Electronic set up a Joint Venture

Grupo Antolin and the Chinese company Ningbo Huaxiang Electronic Co. Ltd. signed a collaboration agreement recently on 20th November 2007 to set up a Joint Venture (50/50) that will develop, produce and market pillars and door pan - els in China. Attending the signing of the agreement on behalf of Grupo Antolin were: Ernesto Antolin, Vice-president, and Pablo Baroja, Director of Operations for the Africa-Asia-Pacific territories, along with our main representatives in China, Kevin Zhang and Rafael Martín. The new company, Ningbo Antolin Huaxiang Auto Parts Co. Ltd., is located in the city of Ningbo, in the province of Jiangbei, in the east of the country. Production will commence this month of January and by the year 2010 it is expected that the sales turnover will exceed 30 million euros. Thus, Grupo Antolin is increasing its geographical presence in China and making a no - table contribution to the growth of the company in this market. An area of growth that came from the headlining sector, and from now on will incorporate the new cover product of doors, thereby strengthening the Group's position as a global supplier of

News Grupo Antolin 4 Winter 2008 interior car components and consolidating our industrial capabilities in this country. Apart from the new company, Grupo Antolin has been present in China since the year 2001 through: - A technical-commercial office in Shanghai. - The Antolin Shanghai Autoparts plant, which belongs entirely to Grupo Antolin. Ernesto Antolin and Pablo Baroja with the Executives of DongWon Tech - The assembly plant in Chongqing, through a partner - ship in which Grupo Antolin has a 69% stake. this purpose, has opened an office in the area of Seoul, - The logistic centres of: Nanking, Shenyang and where the technical and commercial activities required are Guangzhou. underway for the projects it is working on with the Korean Our resources in the area will continue to grow so that we manufacturers, Hyundai, Kia and Renault Samsung Mo - can adapt to the demands of the market, and a new head - tors. This new office will undoubtedly strengthen our pres - liner-manufacturing plant, located in Guangzhou, is cur - ence in one of the key markets in the car industry. rently in the project stage. Also in an advanced stage is the signing of an agreement for the transfer of technology with a local firm to manufacture seats for Mercedes NCV2. Remembering

There have been several events that have taken place Grupo Antolin sets up business over the year in the Africa-Asia-Pacific territory, and these have been promptly reported in Grupo Antolin in South Korea News. However, we would like to recall two that are re - ally significant: On 23 rd November 2007, Grupo Antolin signed an The visit to Grupo Antolin’s plant in Shanghai by the Vice- agreement to purchase 30% of the shares held by the president of the Spanish Government, María Teresa Fer - Korean company DongWon Tech. nández de la Vega, who, in the company of the Secretaries The DongWon Tech company is located in the city of of State for Trade and Foreign Affairs, was able to see for Busan, in the south-eastern part of this Asian country herself the activity of our most primary plant in this country. and its main products are door panels, pillars, trays and Another important event was the launching of mass pro - sunvisors for the car interior. Sales predicted for the com - duction at the new plant for modular headliners manu - ing year amount to 50 million euros and for 2010 they facture and assembly in Chennai, in southern India. Thus, are expected to exceed 80 million. we can now say that Grupo Antolin is present in the three This Joint-Venture is an important milestone for Grupo main manufacturing points for vehicles in India, these Antolin since it signifies a real industrial presence in being Delhi, Pune-Bombay and Chennai-Bangalore. South Korea, making a notable contribution to the The current state of development of the country, with an growth of the company in the Asian zone. economic rate of growth that is very similar to that of At the same time, Grupo Antolin is also completing its China, of roughly 9%, means that the prospects of growth plans to form the company Grupo Antolin-Korea, and for for Grupo Antolin in this country are very promising. Q

Building of DongWon Tech in Busan

News Grupo Antolin Winter 2008 5 Ford Plant in St Petersburg where the Grupo Antolin premises are located in the dotted line

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protagonists OlivieRr Maljean ussia Europe and South America Operations

For some years now, Grupo Antolin has been looking at the Russian market and its broad range of business prospects. In fact, apart from all the Russian manufac - turers - with Lada being the only brand marketed in Western Europe - the other manufacturers are inves - ting more and more in assembly plants on Russian soil

Many have decided to assemble cars according to the SKD or CKD (Semi or Com - pletely Knock Down) formula, which consists of sending the cars to a plant in Russia either half-assembled or else in groups of parts, and completing the as - sembly of the vehicle for subsequent marketing over there. Many like BMW or Fiat started off by creating a “Joint-Venture” (partnership with a Russian partner) to facilitate all the red tape of the sprawling Russian adminis - tration. Others like Renault or Volkswagen have decided to set up a plant by themselves and start their activity without any local partners. Thus, Renault built a plant on the outskirts of Moscow and Volkswagen will shortly open its own plant in Kaluga. If we look at a map of the current location of the car-manufacturing market, we can see that there are four privileged areas: Moscow (and outskirts of Kaluga and Nizhni Novgorod), Togliatti (and outskirts of Simbirsk-Samara), Kaliningrad and St Petersburg.

News Grupo Antolin 6 Winter 2008 Grupo Antolin in Russia

After considering the same hypotheses as our customers about going with a partner or going solo, and examining the implantation of the industry very carefully, we have opted for the choice of setting up our own company, insta - lling ourselves in rented warehouses near St Petersburg. The proximity of Ford (an important customer for Grupo Anto - lin) and the prospects offered by the region of St Petersburg Map of Car Manufacturers. Source: Automotive News (with Nissan, Toyota and GM all building assembly plants) fa - voured this decision. With this purpose in mind, Damián Gordo (COO of DOES), Florencio Cabero, all the European KAMs and the Once the plant had been selected, Florencio Cabero (Pro - Marketing Department all attended the meeting. We ject Manager for Russia), accompanied by the European took advantage of the general presentation of the pro - KAMs, started to visit all the customers to offer them our ject to also inform the other Departments at Grupo An - services and show them the portfolio of all our products. tolin’s main office. To share all the information that had been put together After this presentation, each KAM presented the detailed and start to implement the business plan for this new plans of their customer for Russia and the expectations factory, we met on 30th November at the head offices of they had for obtaining orders that would allow this new Grupo Antolin in Burgos. plant to commence its activity, focussing initially on our

2003-2010 new car sales main activity involving headliners and plastic injection processes. Sharing all the data contributed (volumes, in - 4.000 itial date of production, vehicles assembled…) we are Russian OEMs now capable of ascertaining and quantifying the activity

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Convention on Russia in Grupo Antolin head office

News Grupo Antolin Winter 2008 7 Central Logistics Department Grupo Antolin protagonists The logistics Traditionally the logistics function has been associated with storage and transport of products and raw mate - rials, where its contribution to the chain of value was very limited. However, the car industry radically alters the logistics concept through the enormous diversification of its products, the demand for integration of more sophis - ticated computer systems, the globalisation of markets for raw materials/finished products and the application of the Just In Time philosophy to the full. In short: SEARCH FOR A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN LOGISTICS

Aligned with those concepts, Grupo Antolin decides to create a Central Logistics Department in 1998, with the clear mission to resolve the logistic challenges of our customers and capitalise on the existing knowledge of that subject at Grupo Antolin. The most visible outcome is the implantation of an extensive network of logistics plants all over the world.

From left to right: Rubén Pérez, Leyre de Miguel, Iñigo Ortúñez (head of department) and Ángel Lozano News Grupo Antolin 8 Winter 2008 Logistics Centres of Grupo Antolin in the world

CANADA UNITED GERMANY CHINA Oshawa KINGDOM Saarlouis Chongqing Oxford Sachsen Nanjing UNITED Sunderland Cologne Shenyang STATES Solihull SPAIN Wolfsburg Wayne Swindon Martorell Eisenach Shreveport Pamplona Regensburg Kansas City FRANCE Palencia Emden Belvidere Sandouville Vitoria Neckarsulm Lake Orion Douai Almussafes Warren Montbrison Barcelona SLOVAKIA Vigo Bratislava MEXICO BELGIUM Zilina Puebla Genk SOUTH AFRICA Hermosillo Rosslyn CZECH REPUBLIC Ramos Arizpe PORTUGAL Uitenhage Mlada Boleslav Palmela BRAZIL Curitiba Salvador de Bahía

Who do we work with?

· Grupo Antolin production plants, working mainly with their respective logistics departments. · Costs department for the various product departments. · Project teams, taking an active part in their develop - ment. · Of course, automotive manufacturers. And above all, all of Grupo Antolin’s logistic plants that are operational.

What are our functions?

Our main mission is the design and implantation of lo - gistic centres. We work out calculations of costs and fe - asibility studies for new logistic centres. We are in charge of subcontracting Logistic Services, (storage, consolidation centres, assembly and sequen - cing centres, deliveries to customers…) We cooperate with the Logistics Departments at the Plants and with the Suppliers’ Management Department, in the identification and implantation of logistic impro - vements, basically concerning transport issues.

News Grupo Antolin Winter 2008 9 Assembly of Reception and Printing of Sequence Sequence Loading GA component Transport delivery of labels assembly packaging containers on customer product line production line

Sequencing point

Sheet metal workshop Paint shop Assembly workshop

We take part in Forums on Auto Part Standardisation 3- And delivering our product “just in time”: (Odette) and internal diffusion of the new logistic stan - The time that goes by from the sequencing point to the dards. We cooperate with the Computer Systems De - assembly point of our product for the customer is the partment in adjusting new technologies to our logistic delivery period for our JIS centres. processes. These periods are normally very small, around 2 hours, which obliges the logistic plants to be in the immediate JIS: distinguishing element of vicinity of our customers’ factories. the Logistic Plants (Sequenced diagram)

JIS, or “Just in Sequence”, implies a variation of the JIT con - cept formulated by Toyota. What direction are we moving in? If “Just In Time” meant to deliver “what is needed, when it is required and in the correct quantity”, the JIS system Our department is convinced that logistics will be a stra - adds the phrase: “and in the right order”. tegic means for achieving important goals at Grupo An - tolin, especially those oriented towards excellence in The sequencing emerges from the OEMs’ need to diversify service and cost. their products, outsourcing stocks and transferring advan - ced assembly operations to their suppliers, while continuing We face the challenges that appear before us with hope to share the principles of flexible manufacturing and diver - and excitement, due to the continuous evolution of Lo - sity generation during assembly. gistics in our market: Sequencing basically means: · Consolidating our industrial network of JIT plants, as a means of gaining projects and customers. 1- Integrating the manufacturing orders from our cus - tomers: the OEMs establish their assembly order · Globalising markets and products, where developing after the Paint Shop, in what is known as the “se - countries and their derived logistic costs are given gre - quencing point”. The information concerning any ater importance. vehicle that correlatively goes through that point is · Implanting new logistic resources and standards, in colla - electronically transmitted to our logistic centres. boration with our customers. 2- Adapting the rate of production: the computer · Optimising the chain of supply on a global scale. systems at our plants interpret the information at the sequencing point and print out labels corres - We hope and wish that you now have a clearer vision of ponding to the specific production orders, according the mission, functions and purpose of the Central Lo - to our customers' rate of production. gistics Department at Grupo Antolin. Q

News Grupo Antolin 10 Winter 2008 Pilar Defez KAM Fiat Group and Trucks - DOES clients

Broadening horizons New products, new countries

In following up the line to diversify and extend the mar - ket that characterizes Grupo Antolin, it is evident that the truck sector is going full steam ahead. With the cooperation of the Marketing Department, in its “Trucks Overview” report of November 2007, with input from our new customers and the information avail - able on the Internet, this report has been put together with the aim of broadening your knowledge of this sec - tor by taking a brief look at its main manufacturers

When we think of trucks, expressions like high tonnage, distribution, and long dis - tance often spring to mind. In fact, two criteria - weight and final use - are used to classify these vehicles.

With respect to tonnage, we can distinguish between lightweight, medium or heavy trucks. Depending on their final use, we can classify the trucks by: delivery, distribu - tion, long distance and construction. The truck industry in Europe has undergone a consolidation process from the 1970s until the present time, going from 39 constructors in the market to them forming an association, and finally with the emergence of 6 large groups.

News Grupo Antolin Winter 2008 11 In 1996 the main brands with presence in Europe were 39... Henschel Unic DAF Bernard Mercedes Willeme Saurer Magirus Bedford Volvo Seddon Fiat Berna Saviem Grafu Stift Guy Leyland OM Pegaso Lancia Steyr Krupp ERF FTF Scania Commer OAF Astra Dodge Ford Atkinson Berliet Hotchkiss MAN BMC Dennis Bussing Barreiros Foden

In 2006 they are reduced to 6 groups, and their sales volume in vehicles is... Daimler ...... 241.515 Paccar ...... 124.406 Scania ...... 53.365 Volvo Group .... 177.106 MAN ...... 53.379 Iveco ...... 43.364

Source: Swedish Industry Report, September 2006

2007

VOLVO TRUCKS MAN PACCAR Market situation Volvo MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG Kenworth Renault Trucks ERF Peterbilt Due to the current outsourcing processes for produc - Mack Star DAF UD Nissan Diesel Neoplan tion and the appearance of new markets, the transport of goods by land and sea has been reactivated, with a DAIMLER TRUCKS IVECO SCANIA positive influence on the growth of world demands for Mercedes Iveco Scania trucks. Freightliner Astra Sterling Seddon Atkinson In fact, various manufacturers who have been consul - Western Star Iribus Thomas Built ted confirm that sustained growth oscillates between Mitsubishi Fuso 10% and 15% of their current output predicted for the next 5 years. Euroepan truck manufacturers - Their brands

Daimler Trucks Volvo Trucks Paccar Operating under the current name of This Swedish group consists of several dif - Paccar is a group of companies that de - Daimler Trucks, this constructor com - ferent business sectors: Trucks, Buses, Con - signs and produces commercial vehicles, prises the following makes: Mercedes struction and Equipment, Volvo Engines, and lightweight, medium and heavy Benz, on sale in the European market, Air Volvo and Volvo Financial Services. trucks, using the brandnames of Ken - Freightliner, Sterling, Western Star and worth, Peterbilt motors and DAF, as well The truck sector in the Volvo Group repre - Thomas Built Buses for the North Amer - as providing financial services, informa - sents almost 70% of its net sales and is in - ican market and Mitsubishi Fuso in Asia. tion technology and auto parts. tegrated by Volvo Trucks, Renault Trucks, Daimler Trucks ranks top for sales as well acquired in 1991 including its North Amer - They are based in Washington, with plants as representing the benchmark in quality ican Mack and Nissan Diesel division, located in Canada, Mexico, and Australia for all the other competitors. which was purchased by Volvo in 2007. for the Kenworth and Peterbilt brand - names. For the DAF make they have facto - Daimler Trucks has its headquarters in Volvo has a global presence, with plants ries in Europe for local production (Central Stuttgart, Germany, and plants in North in the USA, South America, Europe, and Eastern Europe) and for exportation to America, Central Europe, Latin America, Asia, South Africa and Australia. Asia, Africa and North America. Japan and Turkey. As new implantations, Volvo will be pres - In the truck sector, their products are ent at the beginning of 2009 in Turkey, classified according to use: local and re - and in Kaluga, Russia, at the end of the gional distribution, national distribution, same year. and long distance.

News Grupo Antolin 12 Winter 2008 Euro 2, 3, 4 and 5: European regulation on the environmental restrictions for the pollution reduction

Total truck sales, with more than 6 tonnes, in Western Europe. Source: J.D.Power Automotive Forecasting

First contacts of Grupo Antolin points in their strategy; for Scania, attaining an exce - llent standard of quality and increasing output figure During the present year Grupo Antolin has entered amongst their objectives. into contact with three of these big constructors: Volvo Within such a state of diversity, Grupo Antolin appears Trucks, Scania and MAN. attractive to these constructors because of its global The truck market is characterized by the long-term pre - position, its profound technological knowledge, and sence of its models (10-12 years), by the lengthy dura - because of the wide range of products it offers, along tion of its current suppliers, and sometimes by the with the great line of innovation we have been follo - slightly obsolete technologies used for the interior trim. wing up over the past few years. Logically, every customer has their own objectives. In 2008 will clearly be a decisive year for our incursion in the case of Volvo, the search for global suppliers or this market, this being a task in which we hope to their implantation in Russia and Asia constitute key emerge triumphant. Q

Iveco Scania Iveco is considered to rank sixth in terms Scania es un Scania is a Swedish group Scania marks itself off from its com - of sales turnover in Europe. It produces founded in 1891 that makes and sells petitors by aiming to reach a high level trucks of all ranges, industrial vehicles, trucks of great tonnage, for long dis - of quality in its products. Its bench - vehicles for construction and for special tance transport, construction and distri - mark competitors are Mercedes, on uses (firemen, civil defence, etc.) bution, as well as public services... account of their standard of quality, Furthermore, it also produces engines and Volvo trucks for their sales Apart from its European presence, Iveco, for buses and various other applications. turnover. either on its own or in alliance with other companies, has production plants in China, Russia, Australia, Argentina, Brazil and South Africa. Iveco stands out in its quest for comfort and its attention to interior design in the manufacture of its various models.

News Grupo Antolin Winter 2008 13 International Plastics and Rubber Trade Fair Department of Industrial Design Grupo Antolin designing the future

Concept car Citroën-Cactus, 2007

eXasis . Prototype done by Rinspeed and Bayer This was held in Dusseldorf from 24 th to 31 st October. GA visited the K2007 trade fair, one of the most impor - tant for the sector on a global scale

This year the K’07 has broken records with respect to the number of exhibiting companies (over 3,000), number of professional visitors (over 200,000), being the biggest plastics and rubber trade fair in the world. The exhibition focussed mainly on energy efficiency, protection of the envi - ronment, sustainability and innovations in the field of production and trans - formation of plastics.

News Grupo Antolin 14 Winter 2008 Alerted to the importance the choice of one material or another can have for the final success of the product, independent centres have been set up where engineers and designers offer Bayer's stand Armchair Shadowde Gaetano Pesce, made with Bayfit(® advice on how to improve a product, answering technical questions and give suggestions about adequate tools and procedures for respecting the design that has already been worked out for the product. This amounts to experts in materials, textures, and colour helping to make plastic products a reality.

Samples of different types of plastic materials

Innovation in textures

Nowadays, apart from the multiple shapes that can be generated thanks to its modelling properties, plastic enables different textures to be obtained in the same process along with different characteristics for the type of surface. It is possible to achieve a plastic object with the appearance of another material (metal, wood, ce - ramics...), or that even has a surprising feel to it.

Our current society is inconceivable without plastic. Its More and more designers are taking the tactile pro - potential for innovation still has many fields left to be perties of their products into account, particularly in explored: all the experts coincide in pointing out that the car industry, where the user is in contact with the growth of this dynamic industry will continue to be many of the parts inside. The sense of touch helps to unstoppable. make some surfaces more attractive than others. The fact is that plastic admits a versatility that has not The development of a product also requires its tactile been achieved with any other material that has been properties to be optimised, and, although it may be an tried until now. Ever since the appearance of Bakelite in arduous task to discover the secrets of leather, desig - 1907, in which the designers of ArtDeco found the per - ners rely on tools that enable us to discover textures, fect fetish for giving shape to their new designs, up to properties and combinations that can surprise and the new smart plastics that respond to stimuli, there has conquer a customer, winning over their trust in a par - never been an industrial application or everyday envi - ticular product. The new technologies for developing ronment that can resist having more than one plastic ele - plastic and plastic finishes offer us a wide range of ment in one of their infinite number of applications, possibilities for the final product to have greater added shapes, textures and colours. value that can be appreciated by the user. Q

News Grupo Antolin Winter 2008 15 Marketing department Grupo Antolin clients

Suppliers’ day at SEAT Commitment to Quality

A meeting of over 80 suppliers on the national and inter - national scene, which took place in the facilities of SEAT in Martorell last October 2nd, managed to bring together the top executives of the main companies that supply SEAT, as well as a large part of the directors at SEAT, led by its President, Erich Schmitt. The meeting was also attended by our CEO, José Manuel Temiño

News Grupo Antolin 16 Winter 2008 I consider Suppliers’ Day to be a day of special interest, in particular “because of the explanations given concerning the strategic lines that will enable us to guarantee the survival of SEAT in such a competitive and saturated market.

Erich Schmitt, President of SEAT Furthermore, they also set out the objectives clearly as far as quality is concerned, and the observance The President of SEAT was charged with personally con - veying his express wish to the suppliers to make them very of deadlines in times that are actively involved in quality assurance for SEAT products, in - viting them, as he said, to “take part in the process of cre - becoming more and more ating a more competitive and modern company through the joint search for new solutions that allow productive demanding, committing the processes to be improved, guaranteeing the high stan - dards of quality of the product”. Likewise, he highlighted suppliers to achieve these aims in the fact that “quality does not only have to be present in our products and processes. It also has to be an unavoi - the short term. Grupo Antolin dable factor at SEAT centres and their local environment. Everything that surrounds SEAT has to breathe quality”. accepts these challenges as its With this spirit of mutual cooperation, the President of own, making the resources SEAT explained in detail to the people present the mea - ning of the principal aspects included in the 2018 Strategy available that are required for such with respect to the development of new models, and the objectives involving brand internationalisation, as well as achievement the commercial targets and increase in production of up to 800,000 units. The issue of mundoSEAT, a publication by SEAT employees, José Manuel Temiño, CEO of Grupo Antolin included the opinions of some of those present at the Sup - pliers’ Day, including that of, José Manuel Temiño. Q ”

Ralf Brandstätter, Sales Manager at SEAT

News Grupo Antolin Winter 2008 17 Renault Laguna Seeking to be a PREMIUM

automobile The third generation of the Laguna arrives at the deal - Marketing department Grupo Antolin ers with a classic appearance, an impeccable interior and a surprisingly elegant exterior. Grupo Antolin coop - erates in the final result

Ever since the first Laguna was launched in 1994, more than 2.3 million of the first two versions have been sold, but the story continues with this third generation, which is manufactured at the French plant in Sandouville with annual output pre - dicted to reach 180,000 units. To date, two different types of coachwork have been presented: the sedan and the Grand Tour, with the Laguna Coupé scheduled to be launched in spring 2008. Grupo Antolin is included in the list of suppliers for this vehicle, specifically from the plants of GA IGA and GA Vosges, where the headliners and sunvi - sors are produced respectively, and JIT in Sandouville, which provides logistics services for the headliner. For the coupe version Grupo Antolin is going to de -

News Grupo Antolin 18 Winter 2008 Key factors

of these items approaches that of the for the new most important vehicles made by Ger - man manufacturers. It retains its access Renault Laguna and startup using a card from the pre - vious generation although in the Re - nault Laguna III, this system will include Excellence in quality more functions. Furthermore, the tra - ditional handbrake is replaced by an In order to achieve this, 3,200,000 kilo - electrohydraulic one consisting of a metres of tests were carried out in vari - small lever, thereby freeing up space ous different parts of the world. In between the seats. addition, in the Sandouville factory, run by Spanish engineer Luis Fernández, quality controllers have been intro - Safety duced, which go beyond electronic con - trol systems used by virtually all Another of the key aspects in this new Renault has invested manufacturers in their assembly lines. Renault is safety. With this in mind The new controllers include for exam - there is a double airbag that protects 1,000 million euros in ple not only the visual inspection of the the thorax and pelvis and inflates at dif - car but also putting on gloves of very ferent speeds, depending on the vio - the development of this fine material and touching the surfaces lence of the impact, which is to find potential imperfections that the determined by two sensors located in new sedan, 600 million gloves might get caught on. Therefore, the front doors and central pillar. each vehicle is individually examined for However, in spite of the inclusion of 14 minutes, including a movement test. euros of which more safety elements, and the fact that correspond to R&D it is bigger than the previous genera - Design tion, the engineers at Renault have pro - tasks, with a further duced a model that weighs 17 kg less With respect to its predecessor, many than the previous one, by attending to 400 million euros to aspects have changed, both in the in - details such as the replacement of tra - terior and also outside. Through fea - ditional bolts with socket-head screws, adapt the plant for its tures that appear to be so simple but so as to save a total of 700 grams, or to are well defined, this new generation save approximately 20 kg of steel in its production has a plus in aesthetics. construction. In the exterior, the smoothness of the Due to all these substantial changes elements at the front make the em - doubts were expressed about whether liver the first roof with hybrid blem of the French brand stand out. to keep the name Laguna for this third technology. The line along the sides is similar to that generation, but in the final decision of the previous generation, but the there were two key factors, one of To prepare for the return of Renault shape has been streamlined to make it which was that the president of the to the top of the range, in this new more attractive to the public at large. company, Carlos Ghosn, was in favour Laguna an attempt has been made As far as the rear is concerned, the of keeping it, and the other factor was to bring together robustness and lights stand out with their angular that a change of name would entail an reliability in the same product. In shapes, including leds. investment of between 80 and 100 this way, Renault hopes to reach million euros. the top 3 in a segment as difficult However it is in the interior that the as that of Premium sedans, com - most profound change is really appar - For Renault, the new Laguna is much peting with models like the BMW 3 ent. The dashboard adopts a horizon - more than the third generation of a rel - Series, the Mercedes C Class or the tal layout and the main console is low atively successful model. This sedan Audi A4, a target set by Carlos down without any vertical continuity. should become the basic cornerstone Ghosn, president of the company in The controls on the console are behind of the make in this new stage currently the triennial plan “Contract 2009”. the gear lever, and thus the distribution being embarked on. Q

News Grupo Antolin Winter 2008 19 New Grupo Antolin seat factory in Jarny, France

On 13 th November 2007, Grupo Antolin, represented by Marie Hélène Antolin, Fer - nando Sanz and François Rosen, met in Nancy, in the region of Lorraine in France, with the local authorities to present Grupo Antolin’s new product in the industrial area of Jarny Giraumont, Meurthe-et- Moselle,where a new seat manufacturing plant is to be erected: Grupo Antolin – Jarny This project represents an investment of approximately 10 million euros for the cons - truction of facilities covering 10,000 m2 and will provide employment to nearly 135 wor - kers. The plant will supply complete seats in sequence to Renault Batilly for the new gene - ration of the Renault Master. Building will commence in the coming weeks and in a few months’ time we will be announcing the ope - ning ceremony.

From left to right: Philippe Damiens, François Rosen and Fernando Sanz Giménez-Rico the photo News Grupo Antolin 20 Winter 2008 From left to right: Fernando Sanz Giménez-Rico, Mª Hélène Antolin, Michel Dinet, Jean-Pierre Masseret, René Mangin, Jean-Yves Le Déaut News Grupo Antolin Winter 2008 21 newsin brief n brief

Sara Guadilla 7 years old from GA-Palencia First prize Category A

Kaho Wakui 7 years old from GA-Japan Second prize Category A

Painting Felipe Agripino Competition ‘07 7 years old from GA-Silao (Mexico) Third prize Category A Once again Grupo Antolin goes all Christmas with the youngsters, or - ganising the traditional Prize-Giving Ceremony for the Painting Competi - tion. It gives us all great joy to realise Hanne Coman that every day there are more and 11 years old from GA-Logistik Deutschland more kids amongst us and even First Prize Category B more so when we see that with each passing year we receive more pain - tings from all over the world. The ex - citement with which the youngsters draw their pictures, and their cheer - Christopher Ramírez ful smiles, fill us with satisfaction and 10 years old from GA-Silao, Sonora (Mexico) motivation. We would like to take Second prize Category B this opportunity to thank everyone who has made the 2007 festival pos - sible, especially the children since, without them, not only would our painting competition not make any Ricco Naidoo sense but Christmas…would just not 11 years old from GA-South Africa be Christmas. Q Third prize Category B

News Grupo Antolin 22 Winter 2008 Grupo Antolin broadens its relations with the Fiat Group

On 18 th July, in the Multi-purpose Room at the Mirafiori Motor Village in Turin, a meeting was held between Grupo Antolin and the Fiat Group. During this meeting several presentations were made for the products of our company and also for the innovations taking place. A wide range of GA products were selected to accompany the presentations. These products were also exhibited throughout the day, with explanations given by several experts from Grupo Antolin, who went there specifically for the event. There were over 70 guests, including important executives Carlos Selgas (Grupo Antolin-Ingenieria) during one of the presentations at the conference. from Fiat such as: · Stefano Ra Fiorentin, Head of Innovation. Through this type of activity and those carried out by the com - mercial area, it is hoped to collaborate with the Fiat Group in · Roberto Di Stefano, Head of Chemical Purchasing. their launch of future cars, establishing the basis of what we · Giancarlo Bertoldi, Head of Engineering and Interior Design. hope will be the start of a long and fruitful relationship. Q

Toyota visits BURGOS

The main offices of Grupo Antolin in Burgos, Grupo Antolin-Eurotrim and Cidaut received an important visit on 8 th October from Toyota, represented by Junichi Harada (Ge - neral Manager - Body Engineering Div. I), Tatsuya Hattori (General Ma - nager - Interior Design Dept. No.11, Body Engineering Div. I) and Takashi Mogami (General Manager - Inte - rior Design Dept. No.11, Body En - gineering Div. I). During their visit they were told about the projects in which we are currently collaborating and expres - sed great interest in the concept of flat wiring and vibration absorption systems for the roof bodywork.

From left to right: Fernando Rey – Director of Innovation and Marketing (Grupo Antolin), Takashi Mogami, Junichi Harada, Pablo Baroja – Director of Africa-Asia-Pacific Operations (Grupo Antolin), Tatsuya Hattori and Yasuhiro Katsuta – Key Account Manager (Grupo Antolin)

News Grupo Antolin Winter 2008 23 Grupo Antolin North America with minority suppliers

On September 20 th , 2007, Grupo Antolin North America participated as an exhibitor in Chrysler’s 8th annual Matchmaker event held at Chrysler’s Tech Center in Auburn Hills, Michigan. We also supported Toyo - Wendel Martin, Purchasing Department, Grupo Antolin North America ta’s Opportunity Exchange as an exhibitor on November 13 th , 2007 at the Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati, OH. The pur - that are taken to try and work with some pose of these events is to provide business · African American (must be American ci - of these minority suppliers includes: opportunities for over 200 minority busi - tizens) nesses with OEMs and its Tier-1 suppliers. · Hispanic American · Meeting with suppliers to give them an opportunity to present their com - A minority business is defined as a sole · Native American pany to the GANA purchasing de - proprietorship, partnership, or corpora - · Asian-Pacific American partment. tion of which a minimum of 51% is · Asian-Indian American · Having suppliers quote to see how com - owned by minority persons. In the case petitive their pricing is compared to our of a proprietorship, the minority owners Our objective at events like these is to current business. must be engaged in the daily manage - meet new minority suppliers with the in - · Requesting suppliers quotation for new ment, control, and operation of the bu - tention to make long lasting relationships business with the opportunity to be siness concern. In the case of a that will lead to lower cost as well as in - awarded. corporation, the minority stockholders creased quality. Additionally, we are using must be in control of the management By continuing to show support for the events like these to raise the marketing and daily business operations, and the OEMs with attending these minority awareness of Grupo Antolin within the in - majority of the Board of Directors must trade shows and working with minority dustry, showing our support to our OEMs be minority group members. The Natio - suppliers, it can only help us in the long so they can reach the goals that they have nal Minority Supplier Development run. We will continue to grow with our set for themselves for diversity spend. Council’s (NMSDC) definition of mino - customer and be regarded as a preferred rity-owned businesses includes: After a trade show, some of the actions Tier-1 supplier partner. Q

Technical Dictionary a common store of terms, where any user with access to the Intranet can indicate different concepts and their meanings, (Grupo Antolin Intranet ) as well as being able to consult all the information recorded in the dictionary. Included in the wide range of applications and functions offe - red by Grupo Antolin’s own Intranet service is a new tool: The The information is maintained in six languages (Spanish, English, Technical Dictionary. French, German, Czech and Portuguese), so that apart from ma - king it possible for any user to be able to record and amend any This is a web application enabling a store of technical items to item, it also offers a completely customised technical dictionary be built up that are frequently used in our work environment. incorporating the special jargon used by the Group. It is often the case that a simple term is used in different ways and with different meanings in different departments, coun - In order to be able to access this application, the user need only tries, factories, etc., which may lead to misunderstandings and to access the pop-up menu on the Intranet bar at the top of the communication problems. This all makes it necessary to have screen, "Tools" and select the option ‘Technical Dictionary’. Q

News Grupo Antolin 24 Winter 2008 4.500.000 GAS ELECTRICITY TOTAL 6 8 2

. -35,15% 9 7 3 3.600.000 . 4 3 5 7

-14,83% . 9 2 7 4 . 0 3 3 . 7 9 9 7

2.700.000 1 9 2 6 6 .

2 2,18% Figueruelas is 3 1 . 7 3 -17,44% 1 2 . . 1 6 0 -1,49% . 2 9 4 1 5

0 -8,37% . 7 1 3 . 9 0 0 . . 0 3 4 . 2 3 8 3 . 2 5 6 celebrating its first 7 7 7 5 6 9 2 . 1.800.000 . 4 . 5 0 2 0 3 1 0 . 0 0 0 0 . . 0 . 3 2 2 2 9 .

1 25 years as the 4 2 2

900.000 5 7 8 9 4 . 9 5 2 5 . . 9 6 3 1 . 6 4 1 8 most innovative 6 4 7 . 7 0 8 . 3 0 1 . . 9 9 0 1 . . 1 0 6 1 9 2 8 0 GM plant 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Summary chart showing evolution of consumption in the last 6 years Figueruelas is the most recent invest - ment on a large scale made in Spain, not only in the car industry but also Energy In 2006 various suggestions were put with regard to any other industrial or Consumption forward to save energy: business sector. Changes in the types of lights and low- Despite the fact that it has been up Savings at Central cost lamps in the auditorium, toilets, and running for 25 years, it is the halls and presidential area. second most modern factory in Office Spain, after the SEAT plant in Mar - Adjustments to the timetables / air-con - torell. Since the year 2000, to ensure ditioning temperatures, depending on that it remains up to date, 1,600 mil - From 2002 to 2007, the General Serv - the needs of each moment. lion euros have been poured into the ices Department carried out various ac - Control of the valves and fans in all the plant, 550 million of which have tions to reduce the consumption of en - fancoils in the building, so that when been spent over the past two years. ergy in the building. In the summary the room reaches the programmed chart we can analyse our energy con - Although originally set up to build temperature, the fans stop and the en - sumption (gas and electricity) expressed only one type of car, for commercial ergy stops flowing through the fancoils, in Kwh. reasons part of its facilities were de - generating energy savings in both gas voted to producing the Opel Kadett As can be seen, in 2003 consumption and electricity. for a certain period of time before decreased by nearly 15% because of In 2007 various proposals have been going back to specialising in the modifications made to the heating sys - put forward: Opel Corsa. With the appearance of tem in the main building. the second generation of this model, Replacing the reactances for the screens Such modifications were based on the which was a great success, it in the main building and 1 st extension incorporation of a system using gas reached record figures for output. for electronic ballasts. This change will boilers for the heating, in conjunction However, when this version came to lead to a 25% saving in consumption with the heat pumps not being used as the end of its life, along with the for these screens. a heating system, but reserved for use lower rate of success for the Corsa as a cooling system instead. Adjustment of timetables for switching III, it was left to fade away for a few lights on / off. years until it was decided to add a In 2004 consumption fell by more than second model, known as the 17% from the previous year, due to a Running a bypass between the cooling Meriva, which helped it climb back bypass being made in the heating sys - installations in the 1st extension and up to former levels of production. tems of the 1st and 2nd extensions, as those in the 2 nd extension and the re - well as the bypass running between the frigeration tower, along with the incor - In any case, it has always been a gas coolers of the 2nd extension and poration of a buffer store for refriger - competitive factory, and this has al - one of the current refrigeration towers. ated water. lowed it to attract new production models in competition with new Thus, it is possible to make the 2 nd ex - Over the past 5 years until the present plants from eastern countries, such tension of the building cold virtually for time, we have achieved energy savings as the factory in Gliwice, Poland, free, providing we have external tem - amounting to more than 35%. from whom it has wrested the sec - peratures of below 10 ºC. These energy savings have made it pos - ond generation of Merivas. GA de - During 2005 , no proposals were made sible for us to cease emitting 1,815 livers to Opel Figueruelas the

and thus the variation in consumption Tons of CO 2 and 4,957 Tons of SO 2 per headliners for the Corsa, Meriva was merely due to its readjustment. year. Q and Combo. Q

News Grupo Antolin Winter 2008 25 Riaan Goosen (left), receives the plaque from Hal Feder

Tokyo Motor GA South Africa Show continues to

After Frankfurt's emphasis on environ - grow mental issues and CO 2 reduction, Tokyo The Ford Q1 prize was awarded to - theme: 'Catch the News, Touch the of "premiere." Moreover, there are a Grupo Antolin Port Elizabeth at our Future' - is a lot lighter in mood and full healthy helping of whimsical or far-out South African Head Office. Riaan of catching and fun concepts. concepts that will never progress to Goosen, CEO of Grupo Antolin The 40 th edition of the Tokyo Motor production in this tally, as well. South Africa was honoured to re - Show opened Saturday, October 27 for ceive the Q1 Plaque & Flag from Hal Still, if even one-half of the 37 passen - the public and run through Sunday, No - Feder, CEO of Ford Motor Com - ger cars so dubbed as new are indeed vember 11. pany South Africa, during a formal significant, then Tokyo will be a show to hand-over ceremony in Port Eliza - The Japanese Auto Manufacturers As - note. The product proposals resulting beth on 25 th October 2007. Mr. sociation says that 241 companies from from the ongoing "Green" debates Goosen stated that this achieve - 11 countries showed 520 vehicles, with over Climate Change and man-made ment was only made possible 71 billed as "world premieres."A closer CO 2 gases, regulated exhaust emissions through team effort and commit - look shows that this number includes and fuel economy continue to be the ment towards success. Our goal to - commercial vehicles, motorcycles and main issues since the Frankfurt Motor wards Customer & Employee satis - an extremely generous interpretation Show. Q faction is our base and the contributing factor to our successes achieved, during the last decade in South Africa and this achievement compliments our status world-wide as a FORD-preferential supplier. Grupo Antolin Port Elizabeth started its headliners’ production during 1997 with a small market segment & financial turnover and only supplied one OEM Customer at the time. Dur - ing the last 10 years, we’ve grown from strength to strength to the cur - rent situation where Grupo Antolin South Africa supplies 5 of the 6local OEMs in the country. The year 2007 marked several astounding achieve - ments and we trust through ambition and dedication, 2008, will proof to be even more extraordinary. Q

News Grupo Antolin 26 Winter 2008 Group picture of all Volkswagen Award winners in all the categories

st Volkswagen Navarra for the entire range of the Polo VW240. GA-Navarra received 1 The annual volume of deliveries is for approximately 220,000 prize for best suppliers to vehicles. We take this opportunity to offer our sincerest congratulations the Volkswagen Group to all the employees of GA-Navarra who have made it possible to achieve such success with our customer Volkswagen. Q

On 16 th May 2007 the prize-giving ceremony was held on the island of Majorca for the “Volkswagen Group Awards”, which are given to the best suppliers to the Volkswagen Group. The Ernesto Antolin with the prize at the left side of Francisco Javier García Sanz, Procurement ceremony was presided over by Martin Winterkorn, Chairman Director of VW consortium and Martin Winterkorn, Volkswagen Group CEO of the Board of Management at VW AG and Francisco J. Gar - cía Sanz, Member of the Board of Management at VW AG and with responsibility for "Procurement". Martin Winterkorn greeted the 250 guests by saying that “last year the Volkswagen Group delivered more vehicles to all major markets worldwide than ever before”. “Our thanks go to all representatives of our award winners present here this evening, and in particular to all employees and sites around the world for their extraordinary dedication”. The “Group Award” is presented in 5 categories, which play a crucial role in relations with suppliers: Excellence in Develop - ment, Product Quality, Logistics, Environmental Awareness and Entrepreneurial Performance. GA-Navarra was one of the 25 winners and obtained first prize in the category of Product Quality, which was collected by Ernesto Antolin. GA-Navarra supplies AGTs, (Door structural cassettes), Door Panels and headliners. These are all delivered in sequence to

News Grupo Antolin Winter 2008 27 Goodbye, PST, goodbye…

Every day the quantity and critical nature of the information that we accumulate in our mail box in - creases because of its use as a valu - Dave Carr of Chysler collected the prize able historical store of information. Therefore it is absolutely essential to create a fast, reliable, and effi - After several weeks of reviews and pre - The SPE (Society cient storage system to keep such sentations, Grupo Antolin remained as data, optimising the backup copy a finalist jointly with other competitors of Plastics and resources to be used, and including other door module competi - making access to this information tor. In the category of body interior, the Engineers) as universal and transparent as DTM was up against products of our di - possible for the users. Until re - rect competence. awards the DTM cently, because of the space limita - The advantages recognized, were the tions in mail boxes, a large part of –Door Trim exclusivity to deliver the complete mod - these history records were stored in ule sequenced to the line and offering a .pst files (personal folders), From Module- of weight reduction of around 10% as now on, on behalf of the Informa - well as a cost reduction of around $10 tion Systems Department, we an - Grupo Antolin and $17 per vehicle. Also recognized nounce the launch of a new highly were the simplicity in design and as - accessible Backup system for our On Wednesday 7 th , 2007, Grupo An - sembly, the high level of integration and e-mail system, which for the mo - tolin received a major award for inno - the reduction of labor and floor space ment will only be available for users vation in the body interior category with in the customer’s plant. at Central Office. the Door Trim Module assembled to the In the same Gala, they were also recog - The solution implanted is EMC C segment platform of Chrysler (Dodge nized top executives from suppliers and EmailExtender 4.8, which increases Caliber, Jeep Compass, Jeep Patriot). clients that have demonstrated dedica - the quantity of information that The prize was awarded to Dave Carr, tion and support to the plastic industry. can be stored in each mail box, Senior Manager Body Hardware and Within the honored executives was Hi - with it being possible to move cur - Closures of Chrysler, for the exceptional roaki Yamamoto, Chief Technology Of - rent .pst files there. Users can ac - application of our DTM product to the ficer of Green Tokai Company with the cess all their e-mails in their mail C segment platform for Chrysler. Special SPE Honor; Lawrence Burns, box from any location using Out - Vice-president, R&D and Strategic Plan - look or Webmail. ning at General Motors with the Global Focussing on the user, EmailXten - Executive Engineering Leadership der maintains all the e-mail head - Award and finally James Queen, Group ings in Outlook or Webmail. Vice-president for Global Engineering at However, it saves all the files at - General Motors with the Executive tached included in e-mail messages Leadership Award. that are more than three months In closing, this award to Grupo Antolin old, with the same level of security recognizes the excellent team work car - and confidentiality as the other ried out by all the members of the dif - e-mail servers. Thus, it reduces the ferent departments of the company space occupied by the mail box that have made the DTM, a reality, a and prepares it for recovery in just success, and a milestone in the history a matter of seconds in a way that is of Grupo Antolin. Q totally transparent for the user. Q

News Grupo Antolin 28 Winter 2008 1st PRIZE awarded to Grupo Antolin in 8th edition of Internet Awards for Castilla y León

Grupo Antolin has obtained First Prize in the eighth edition of the Castilla y León In - From left to right.: Javier Arce, Jesús Terciado, Rodrigo García and the TV presenter Minerva Piquero ternet Awards for 2007, sponsored by the Ministry responsible for Public Works in the Regional Government of Castilla y León. Grupo Antolin was awarded First Prize in ample of how making the most out of the Company category, for the develop - the new technologies offered by the In - Information and communication tech - ment and implantation of their GA Sup - formation Society can enable a company nologies have undoubtedly experienced pliers Portal, which has meant a huge leap to obtain huge benefits by, on the one a real boom in recent years, with Internet forward in the way business processes are hand, introducing improvements in the in particular becoming a globalisation managed involving the Group’s various business processes that already existed in tool for business opportunities and also partners and their suppliers. the company and, on the other, by an instrument for personal use on a daily broadening business horizons with the basis to access information, communica - The use of state-of-the-art technologies contribution of new possibilities and tions and services. in managing procedures for self-billing, services placed on the market. self-financing, management and updat - Within the context of the activities car - ing of data for corporate ERP (Enterprise Rodrigo García (responsible for the area of ried out by the Ministry responsible for Resource Planning), etc, places Grupo Development of Information Systems Public Works to promote the information Antolin at the forefront of technology for Management) and Javier Arce (Technician society, the Castilla y León Internet companies in this sector, both at national in the Area of Development and the per - Awards have the following aims: and European level. son responsible for the project) received · To contribute to sustaining regional the prize from Jesús Terciado, president of Few businesses in the international con - growth by applying new information the regional employers’ organisation. text incorporate services in their man - technologies in ways that are of service Such recognition supports and endorses agement systems like the ones Grupo to both private individuals and to com - the commitment that Grupo Antolin has Antolin makes available to its suppliers, panies. always expressed with respect to using with this being a contributory factor in the latest technologies to support its · To encourage telematic innovation so the improvement of the technological business models and proves that we are that it subsequently boosts the use of image of the company perceived by both not only doing things properly in this re - telecommunications and information customers and suppliers. spect, but also that we are doing them technologies in all spheres of activity. The GA Suppliers Portal is an patent ex - better than anyone else. Q · To recognise and reward excellence at work by both individuals and compa - nies whose efforts have made them stand out in their contribution to the ISO 14001 Certificate for CATOS development of Internet. In October 2007, Chongqing Antolin Toupu Overhead Systems Co. Ltd. On 29 th November 2007, the Minister (CATOS), located in Chongqing City in China, obtained their environ - responsible for Public Works in the Re - mental certificate in accordance with ISO Standard 14001. gional Government of Castilla y León, TÜV Rheinland, the body that awards this certificate, valued very highly Antonio Silván, presided over the 8th the level of implication and knowledge of the partners on the system prize-giving ceremony for the Castilla y and the segregation at origin of all types of waste products. León Internet Awards at the Teatro Calderón in Valladolid, the aim of which For this reason we would like to congratulate the work team that has is to recognise the work performed by all made it possible to achieve this certificate. This is just another milestone those that use the Net as part of their along the way, because the final goal of Grupo Antolin is to integrate daily activities. environmental liability into all our companies. Q

News Grupo Antolin Winter 2008 29 Team members of GA Shanghai in the new premises: First row (from left to right) Pascal Liu Raymond Zhang Angela Hong Kevin Zhang Sandy Yan GA Shanghai moves Jerry Sun William Wang Bill Cai office

Second row (from left to right) Yummy Yang At the end of August 2007, Grupo Antolin Tony Wang Shanghai moved offices, from downtown Joshua Chen Joe Ma Shanghai to the more accessible area of Steven Yu Hongqiao, to the west of the city. The new Farnan Rushe The reception desk of new office Howard Zhang office is almost twice the size of the previous one, allowing the continuous expansion of Missing from the photo Grupo Antolin’s activity in China. Ella Chen Grupo Antolin Shanghai Representative Of - Seth Wang Vicky Song On Friday August 31st, all employees of the fice was set up in February 2004, and cu - Jason Dang office came to work ready for a long day. rrently employs 18 people. The main Bella Zhang Everyone packed their own items, and then functions of the office are Commercial, Pro - joined forces to prepare the communal areas ject Management, Engineering Support and such as video-conference facilities, meeting Supplier Management, covering the three rooms, etc. After a minor hiccup with the main product areas of the Group. The office transport company (they informed us one supplies support in these areas, not just for hour before arriving that they were going on Grupo Antolin in the expanding Chinese mar - strike!), a new moving company was found. ket, but also for Grupo Antolin worldwide. Future expansion will include Human Resour - The following Monday, final touches were ces and finance, as well as strengthening our made, with everyone settling in to the new Engineering, Purchasing and Supplier Quality environment, and by lunch-time, the office Assistance. was up and running, and back to business as usual. The new office is bright and spacious, As the automotive industry is developing The new office of GA Shanghai is being located in an important business dis - quickly in China with a foreseeable year to located in the buildings, which named City Center Shanghai trict of Shanghai, closer to our plant in year increase of sales at 15%-20%,more in - Shanghai and with easy access to major vestment will be made in this country, and roads, public transport, hotels and numerous continuous effort will be made to create restaurants. stronger team and higher competence. Q

News Grupo Antolin 30 Winter 2008 Did You Know...

Company (MDC) and International Ford Q1 Door Systems (IDS); he also commen - …some 4,300 ded the Plant Director, José Antonio headliners an acknowledgement Casado, and his Quality Manager, Ho - racio Hurtado, for having achieved this hour came off for our plants in Quality certification along with all the the production work teams, which is so essential and Mexico important. lines of all the In the first part of 2006, both plants On 15 th November this year the Ford plants of Grupo began their preparation for obtaining Motor Company presented the facto - the Q1 certificate by implementing a Antolin worldwide ries of the Mexican Door Company Quality system in ISO/TS16949:2002, and International Door Systems with during 2007? which was certified on December their Q1 certificate of recognition in a 2006 and certified again quite re - ceremony in the city of Hermosillo, So - cently. Following that, they went after nora, Mexico. the ISO14001:2004 Environmental …of the Among those present at the ceremony Quality system certificate, which they were the Industrialisation Vice-presi - obtained in April 2007, continuing approximately dent of GA North America, Pablo Ucar, with the evaluation of the material 68.500.000 who received the Q1 plaque from Ford and loading system (MMOG), the po - Mexico’s STA Manager, Eduardo Ville - sitive tendencies in PPM benchmarks, vehicles gas. The event was also attended by in punctual deliveries, and the on-the- personnel from the Management of spot evaluations by Ford (MSA) with manufactured in Ford Hermosillo, from Ford Purchasing satisfactory results. Finally, following 2007, 41% and STA Ford of Mexico. the approval of different sections at Ford (Q1 endorsements), both plants correspond to the During the first part of the ceremony, manage to obtain the Q1 certificate Pablo Ucar expressed the corporative Africa – Asia – on 10th August 2007. message, in the name of the North Pacific territory? American territory, remarking on the Thanks to all the staff of MDC / IDS for effort and dedication of the staff at all your participation and keen ambition levels working for the Mexican Door to be the best. Congratulations! Q Source: Marketing CorpDB

On his arrival in Burgos, Julio Noronha was taken to the Grupo Visit by the Brazilian State Antolin’s Main Offices, where he was received by our President, José Antolin. He was then taken on a tour of the installations Secretary for Industry and in the company of Fernando Rey, Head of Innovation and Mar - keting, and was pleasantly surprised by what he saw. He then Trade to Grupo Antolin visited two of Grupo Antolin's factories in Burgos: Grupo An - tolin Aragusa and Grupo Antolin Magnesio. On 9 th November 2007, Grupo Antolin received a visit from Ju - lio Noronha, Secretary for Industry and Trade for the State of At the end of the visits, Mr Noronha was full of praise for our Maranhão in Brazil. The purpose of the visit was to get to find company, and very impressed by our installations and human out about our technological capacities. The visit was co-ordi - capital, and also by the technologies implanted in our compa - nated by Claudemir Claudio, Industrial Audit Director. nies. Q

News Grupo Antolin Winter 2008 31 Marketing Department Grupo Antolin the history corner

First Honda Motorcycle

Soichiro Honda and his partner,Takeo Fujisawa Soichiro Honda Dreams give meaning to life

Soichiro Honda, the man that started the Honda Motor Company and godfather of the Japanese motorcycling His first motorbike industry, often used to change hobbies. He took up golf, painting, skiing, and aviation; he was keen on was known by the space exploration, and devoted much more than the nickname of “Bata bata” mere interest of an amateur to all these activities, “ because when something attracted his attention, he (because of the noise its tried it out in his own way, in depth. Without doubt, Honda possessed a creative and slightly obsessive engine made) mind: like almost any other genius, he had something of the madman in him and could be obstinate, which enabled him to fulfil his dreams

Born on 17 th November 1906 in Komyo, 270 km from Tokyo, in the region of Ha - ” mamatsu, Soichiro Honda was the eldest of a family of nine children. His father, Gihei Honda, was a blacksmith who worked as a bike mechanic, and the forge may well have been his first source of inspiration; this same interest and natural talent for anything mechanical increased considerably when he saw his first Ford T model at the age of eight and, once he had left school at the age of fifteen, he learnt the trade by working as an apprentice in Art Shokai, a Tokyo auto shop.

News Grupo Antolin 32 Winter 2008 Gradually he acquainted himself with the car industry until, at the age of 21 and now an expert mechanic, he was offered the position of manager of a branch in his home town. However, Soichiro did not have the mindset of an executive and soon started on a project of his own: a piston factory. The result? A spectacular failure. His pis - tons did not pass the quality tests. Nevertheless, far from feeling disheartened, Soichiro realised that his problem was a lack of skill and enrolled for a course at a techni - cal college to learn metallurgy. After a couple of years studying, he returned to the ring and his piston factory started to prosper. But luck was still not on his side. At the end of World War II, Soichiro lost everything in a Japan that had been devastated by war. No - Honda with a race car of the 70s netheless, in what seemed like a terrible setback, he found his big opportunity. He sold his factory to Toyota and de - Proof of this is the fact that Soichiro insisted on the right voted himself to thinking about other innovative ideas. to occupy the presidency of the company being won on His career was on the verge of being cut short in 1936, du - the basis of merit, and that this right should be passed ring the All-Japan Speed Rally, in which he crashed into on to a person that possessed outstanding qualities. All another participant and was hurled out of the car. He came for the sake of encouraging and pressurising his em - away from the accident with a dislocated shoulder, broken ployees to achieve the best results. And this philosophy wrist and facial injuries which left deep scars. Racing with has been the group’s guiding principle ever since. his brother, their average racing speed of 75 mph (120 The company’s reputation grew when Honda motorcy - km/h) stayed as the record in Japan for almost twenty years. cles began to win international races. In the early In 1948, with his partner, Takeo Fujisawa, he founded the 1960s, Soichiro expanded his activities to the car in - Honda Motor Company to make motorcycles. He received dustry, setting himself an ambitious goal: that a Japa - more than 100 patents and started new designs for mo - nese vehicle should win a Formula 1 race, a dream that torbikes, converting it into the biggest motorcycle manu - came true in 1965. facturer. The first motorbike, which was too heavy, was a In 1967, Honda decided to go for the production of small complete flop and Honda went bankrupt again. However, vehicles. When the oil crisis devastated the world in he did not let go of his dream but instead, produced a new 1973, his consultants advised him to reduce output in bike that was lighter, faster and quieter. Sales rocketed. order to raise prices. But Soichiro did exactly the opposite. Soon the company was rolling out 9,000 units a month. He increased production and flooded the market with Honda grew, set up new factories and expanded its out - fuel-efficient Honda Civics. Meanwhile, the Accord de - put to 25,000 units a month. monstrated to Americans that the Japanese cars were In contrast with all the other Japanese corporations, the not only cheap, but also reliable and furthermore were corporative spirit of Honda did not place emphasis on co - also attractive to look at. llective triumphs but rather on individual initiative. The Soichiro Honda retired at the same time as Takeo Fuji - company grew thanks to an aggressive policy of signing sawa, coinciding with the 25 th anniversary of the crea - talent and a strong commitment towards technology and tion of Honda Motor Company, in September 1973, and innovation. devoted his attention to the Honda Foundation, which endeavoured to harmonise technology and ecology. Soi - chiro Honda died on 5 th August 1991. He certainly more Dreams give meaning to life. than fulfilled his dreams, as in 2006 Honda produced 3.6 million cars, 14 million engines of all types and 12.5 For this reason, I will continue to set myself million motorcycles. A quotation that provides an excellent summary of the phi - “new challenges until the day I die. losophy of this great visionary, one hundred years after his birth, retaining its validity and clearly representing the spi - We have to make our dreams come true rit of the company: “We only have one future, and it will be made of our dreams if we have the courage to cha - Soichiro Honda llenge convention.” Q

News Grupo Antolin ” Winter 2008 33 health

“The senses” Eyesight and the use of computers

Department of Human Resources Medical Department Grupo Antolin Human beings perceive the reality around them through sensations that are represented in the cerebral cortex. These sensations are picked up originally by sensory cells, a group of specific cells that are able to detect various aspects and characteristics in the surroundings and con - vert them into electrical impulses

Vitreous cavity Lens These electrical impulses travel along certain nerves until they reach the central ner - The sclera vous system, finally coming to the cerebral cortex which interprets them.

External Pupil The sense organs are structures that are specially conditioned to house the sensory rectus muscle cells, with the sense of sight offering complete and detailed visual information of the surroundings. The way the eye works is easy to understand if we compare it with a camera:

The sclera , or outermost layer of the eyeball, would be equivalent to the camera chassis. The iris regulates the aperture of the pupil and, hence, how much light im - pacts on the retina, behaving in much the same way as the diaphragm in a camera.

The lens , which is transparent and can modify its shape so as to converge the beams of light on the retina, acts like the lens of a camera.

The posterior chamber of the eyeball, occupied by the vitreous humour, might be compared with a camera obscura.

And the retina , the inner layer that can be stimulated by rays of light, behaves like sensitive camera film.

News Grupo Antolin 34 Winter 2008 Visual tiredness. Visual tiredness is a functional di - Taking care of your sight sorder of a reversible nature, due to excessive strain on the visual organ. The symptoms are as follows: Keeping good health also implies looking after your eyes, since they are often subjected to attacks from the · Sore eyes: the feeling of tension in the eyes, in - environment as in the case of stress, bad lighting when flammation of the eyelids (blepharitis), heavy eyes, reading or working, prolonged hours staring at a com - itching, need to rub the eyes, drowsiness, stinging puter screen, states of exhaustion, which, in many cases, or burning sensation, increased blinking. can cause premature changes in eyesight. · Visual disorders: blurred vision of characters to be Simple exercises will enable us to strengthen our eye - seen on screen. sight, develop sharpness of vision, increase the flow of · Non-visual symptoms: cephaleas, dizziness and fe - energy in the area and disperse any blockage. elings of uneasiness and anxiety, discomfort in the In only a short time we will not only be able to improve the back of the neck and spine. mechanical exercise of our eyes but also incorporate a space in our inner vision, silence and external-internal perception. Physical tiredness. Tiredness is due either to static, After completing the move - dynamic or repetitive muscular strain, or excessive strain ments, remain with your eyes clo - in the whole body or else to excessive strain in the psycho - sed for a moment and feel how motor system. you breathe. This is life. The symptoms of physical tiredness are usually the following: · Rub the palms of your hands to - · Neck ache, strained neck. gether to make them warmer. · Backache. · Place your hands on your fore - head and, running your fingers · Lumbalgia. over your forehead, “clear or un - In any case, whenever possible, it is a good idea to com - block" your eyes and face. bine tasks or establish rest periods that will enable you to · Massage the following points gently. If your hands feel alternate between standing and sitting. tired, rub your palms again until the warmth returns and then continue with the series of exercises. Mental or psychological fatigue. Mental or psycho - logical fatigue is due to exerting an excessive amount of intellectual or mental effort. It is this type of fatigue that occurs most often among people working with visual dis - play units. The symptoms may be of three types: · Neurovegetative disorders and psychosomatic disorders (common colds, cephaleas, diarrhoea, palpitations, etc.). · Psychic disorders (anxiety, irritability, states of depres - · Move your eyes in the following directions. First of all, with sion, etc.) your eyes closed and then repeat the movements with · Sleep disorders (nightmares, insomnia, restless sleep, etc.). your eyes open. These exercises can be done once a day or by carrying them out in moments of visual tiredness. Conclusion

Eyesight and the use The first recommendation to reduce any of the three types of fatigue mentioned as much as possible, as well of computers as complying with ergonomic requirements, is to esta - blish short but frequent pauses, during the computer An important feature of our times on account of its ex - user's work cycle or period of activity. tension and repercussions, both in our daily life and work routines is the existence of a computer. Therefore, it is of Eyesight is one of the most wonderful senses we have. vital importance to study the measures that can help pro - It is important to protect and take care of it, since it en - vide information and adequate training to users of such ables us to capture and enjoy the shapes, colours, lights equipment. The main problems associated with its habi - and sizes of everything around us. Q tual use are as follows:

News Grupo Antolin Winter 2008 35 Statue of Peter the Great at nightfall

St Petersburg Founded just over 300 years ago by Tsar Peter the Great, St Petersburg is known as the Venice of the North, with water covering 10% of its 600 sq. km. Nowadays, apart from its beauty and artistic wealth, it is becoming the most important centre for the car industry in Russia

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News Grupo Antolin 36 Winter 2008 View of Palace Square, Alexander’s column, and the Building of the Chief of Staff

Winter palace. Another panoramic view of the Palace Square

The city of the Czars this city then becoming the capital as it still is today. St Petersburg changed its name on three occasions: it was changed to Petrograd during the period from 1914 to St Petersburg, the second city in Russia in importance 1924, then the second time, from 1924 to 1991, it was and number of inhabitants – with over 5,000,000 living called Leningrad and then in 1991 it recovered its origi - in the metropolitan area – is the largest northern settle - nal name again. ment in the world. It is built on 42 islands, linked toge - ther by 342 bridges, with 86 rivers and canals flowing Its history during this period, while short, is extremely through it. The most important one is the River Neva. rich. It was the cradle of three great Russian revolutions during the 20 th century. During World War II it resisted Tsar Peter I, a reformer and driving force behind the eco - the Fascist blockade for 900 days, the longest period in nomic, political and cultural transformations of Russia human history, being awarded the title of “Heroic City” and the one who "opened" up a window to Europe, as a consequence of this event. founded the city on 27 th May 1703 when he erected a fortress bearing his name on one of the islands in the Many famous men lived in this city: Pushkin, Dosto - River Neva. The fortress was used as a forward line of yevsky, Tchaikovsky, Leon Tolstoy.... defence for Russia and also to curb the attacks mounted Nowadays, the cultural activities, business seminars and by their Swedish neighbours in the north. dynamics of the city are spectacular and have turned it In keeping with the personal wishes of the Tsar, in order into the country’s cultural, scientific and industrial centre. to build the Nordic capital, invitations were extended to Its climate is not very favourable, but between the months illustrious architects and sculptors of different nationali - of May and July the phenomenon of the "white nights" ties, amongst whom some of the most note-worthy occurs when the sun hardly goes down. After midnight, were Carlo Bartolomeo Rastrelli and his son, the brilliant the spires and domes of the majestic architectural jewels Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli. of the city are bathed in a twilight magic and 21 draw - In 1712 it was made the capital of Russia. However, this bridges open up to let the large boats through on their ended in 1918 during the Russian Revolution, when the way to and from Lake Ladoga, which possesses a huge Bolshevik leader, Lenin, decided to flee to Moscow, with reserve of drinking water thanks to its nearly 20,000 sq.m.

News Grupo Antolin Winter 2008 37 The industrial future is really ambitious with investments in this city continually on the rise. Its close proximity to Europe, along with its large sea port, have been a contributing factor in encouraging five of the main car Picture displayed at the Hermitage, A. Matisse. The Dance. 1910 manufacturers to set up business in this city and many other

companies, such as our own, are With respect to infrastructure, the projects in progress are extremely ambitious, like the new motorway over choosing St Petersburg to start up the Baltic, the new artificial maritime harbour, the new motorway to Moscow, the conversion and cons - their activities in Russia truction of new buildings (always respecting the ma - ximum height of three storeys and never higher than the Hermitage Museum)… Peterhof’s Samson Fountain prying open the jaws of the lion What to see

The memory of the founder of the city is embodied in the monument known as the Bronze Horseman , crea - ted in 1768 by the French sculptor Étienne Falconet. The equestrian statue of Peter I stands in Senate Square with the façades of the Admiralty on the eastern side and the buildings for the Senate and Synod to the west.

The fortress of St Peter and St Paul represents the historic centre of the city and forms part of a unique architectural site in St Petersburg. It is located on the island of Zayachiy, in the very centre of the mouth of the River Neva. The fortress has 6 bastions, 6 retai - ning walls (walls between the bastions) and 6 gates. There is also a cathedral, with a bell tower that is 122.5 m in height and crowned with a spire with a golden angel bearing a cross and blessing the city.

The Hermitage is an absolute must for lovers of art and culture and for any other person visiting the city. It is one of the best art galleries and history museums in the world. It is said that if a person were to devote only one minute to each of the pieces on display and spent 7 hours a day, 6 days a week at the Hermitage (without stopping even for a bite to eat) they would need more than five years to see them all. The museum collection occupies a complex formed by six buildings located on the banks of the River Neva, with the most important of these being the Winter Pa - lace, the official residence of the Tsars. The rest of the ar - chitectural complex consists of five buildings, including

News Grupo Antolin 38 Winter 2008 St Isaac Square

Fortress of St Peter and St Paul Aerial view of the island

Church of St Salvador on the Spilled Blood the Menshikov Palace, the Building of the Chief of Staff and an open storage precinct. Its collection consists of over 3 million items and yet only 25% have ever found the space to be put on display to the public, with the rest being kept in store, in special lockers. There are no end of places that are a must for the visi - tor such as Palace Square, the Cathedral of Isaac, the Temple of St Salvador on the Spilled Blood, the Palaces and Gardens of Peterhof, with these names being but a small sample of all the wonders the city has to offer. St Petersburg – an exquisite city, mysteriously seductive, full of refined decadence, but above all the most Euro - pean city in Russia. Q

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