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· Noticias Autumn 2010 · nº 58 News GRUPO ANTOLIN José Antolin Merit in Work New Policy and Strategy Interview with Grupo Antolin-Silao Overhead BU The Prevention Culture Chief Officer NEWS is 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 22 countries with 85 plants and 20 technical commercial offices and more than 10,000 employees. This publication is available for the employees in the GA’s intranet and corporate website EDITORIAL OFFICE Grupo Antolin EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Marketing GA. PRINTED by Coiman Marketing Department · [email protected] C/ Marqués de Portugalete, 16 Carretera Madrid-Irún, km. 244,8 E 28027 MADRID - SPAIN DESIGN Germán Delgado E 09007 BURGOS - SPAIN Tel. 34 91 742 12 03 · [email protected] Tel. 34 947 47 77 00 www.grupoantolin.com PHOTO Rafa Sáiz and Luis Mena D. Legal: M-18594-2006 Territory Europe - South Territory America Africa - 7,390 employees* Asia - Pacific 2,258 employees* Territory North America 1,756 employees* * Nr of employees by territory as on the 30th of June 2010 contents page 4 cover story Merit in Work page 18 occup. health&safety page 24 in brief Grupo Antolin-Silao Handing in the Gold Medal to José Antolin News in brief on 17th June in Monastery of Bernardas in New projects and clients’ awards, the respect Burgos for diversity and the new GA-France office, are some of the news we gather in this section page 32 plants Floods in Chrastava Evolution of the situation at the plant after the flood in this city of Czech Republic The security is a responsibility of everyone; this page 36 the history corner is one of the absolutes that try to make the employees of this plant aware about that Mahindra & Mahindra page 10 interview page 20 the photo Jesús Pascual Santos Policy and Strategy Overhead Business Unit Chief Officer We present the New Policy and Strategy: Vision, Mission, Values and Strategy page 14 protagonists Knowledge Management page 22 report Tools and/or initiatives to implement in Unified Communications Grupo Antolin, Innovative Day Meetings, Key A solution of a great technical and economic Knowledge Management Model… importance explained in detail in this article News Grupo Antolin 2 · Autumn 2010 José Manuel Temiño Estefanía Chief Executive Officer Editorial in first person The summer season comes to an end and there are lots of things we would like to tell you since our last Newsletter. The true strength of an organisation can be judged through its ability to confront and deal with critical situations. The first, that makes proud all of us, Our group has had a very difficult August as a result of the severe flooding is the decoration with the Gold Med- in the town of Chrastava in the Czech Republic, where on the night of 6 al for Merit in Work of José Antolin. August torrential rain led to much of the town being destroyed and unfor- This is a personal recognition to our tunately several lives were also lost. President which he wants to extend Our factory, located in the lower part of the town, was almost converted to all of us who are a part of Grupo into a drainage point for the rain water and suffered a general flooding, Antolin. with the water and mud level inside the factory reaching over one metre. Moreover, in this edition we interview The damage to the facilities was so great that, after first estimation, it looked like it would be impossible to resume production within two weeks. the Chief Officer of the Overhead Business Unit, Jesús Pascual, who GRUPO ANTOLIN-BOHEMIA factory is the largest within the Group for tells us about his extensive experience producing headliners and serves a wide range of clients. From this fac- in the company as well as the future tory, headliners are supplied to VW, SKODA, PSA, AUDI, TOYOTA, BMW, plans of the Unit that he manages. VOLVO, RENAULT… Given the seriousness of the situation, a crisis committee was immediately From the IT Department they explain established to deal with all possible issues related to the support and trans- us the changes and developments fer of production to other units within the Group, plans to restore GRUPO that are being made to unify commu- ANTOLIN-BOHEMIA to working order and emergency measures against the nications, in order to improve these possibility of further flooding (more likely as a result of the damage to the services and obtain significant savings drainage systems in the factory and industrial area). for the Group. The tireless work of our teams throughout Europe and the great under- standing and help of the clients themselves have allowed us to achieve Knowing means competing with an what initially seemed impossible, with production restarting on Thursday advantage, this is the phrase with 12 August and, more importantly, the return of the production lines to an which we open the section dedicated almost normal schedule the following week. to Knowledge Management. In this I would like to take this opportunity to express the gratitude and admira- article we explain how this strategic tion of the Group’s Senior Management for everyone who has played a action line is helping us to manage, in part in producing this small miracle, delaying their holidays and working an efficient and effective way, our key more than 18 hours a day. knowledge (competences). I would also like to congratulate the management team which has shown itself up to the challenge of coordinating the actions of hundreds of people The clients keep on counting on us sent by the clients, companies that manufacture the flood-damaged ma- through awarding with new projects, chines, specialist cleaning services as well as emergency situation control such as window regulators for Re- teams, and of encouraging our entire organisation to get the best out of nault, or recognitions as in the case itself in response to an event which if it had not been dealt with so effectively of Toyota and Mahindra in India. could have brought the European car industry to a standstill for several days. Lastly, I would also like to thank our clients for their invaluable help, un- These topics and much more, as the derstanding the scale of the catastrophe; they have sent as much help as new Policy and Strategy, Occupation- possible to assist with restoring the twelve production lines in the factory al Health&Safety in GA-Silao, recov- in record time. ery of GA-Bohemia after the floods in In conclusion, it only remains to say that the efficiency demonstrated in the centre of Europe, the transfer to dealing with the problems caused by this situation, which was out of our new offices of GA-France… are wait- control, has shown the great strength of our organisation and has rein- ing for you in the next pages. w forced the trust that our clients have in our business. w News Grupo Antolin Autumn 2010 · 3 cover story News Grupo Antolin 4 · Autumn 2010 The biggest distinction for a worker in Spain On the 17 of June our President, José Antolin, was decorated with a Gold Medal for Merit in Work in the Monastery of Bernardas in Burgos. The ceremony, leaded by Spanish Minister of Employment and Immigration, Celestino Corbacho, have gathered representatives of different companies, institutions, financial firms, as well as a part of his employees, friends and family. The moment when the minister, Celestino Corbacho, decorates José Antolin with the medal José Antolin receives a diploma from the hands of Juan Vicente Herrera, the president of Junta de Castilla y León News Grupo Antolin Autumn 2010 · 5 During his speech, José Antolin recognized “the great satisfaction that has been creating work places” and wanted to share this award with everyone that have contributed to the company’s business development. The minister during his speech after handing in the medal, accompanied by José Antolin, Juan Vicente Herrera, Miguel Alejo, government delegate in Castilla y León, Juan Carlos Aparicio, mayor of Burgos and Octavio Granado, secretary of State of Social Security News Grupo Antolin 6 · Autumn 2010 Local and regional authorities, entrepreneurs, banks and unions representatives as well as personal and professional family supported our President in the Monastery of Bernardas Behind each medal, there is a human “story, sacrifice, effort, work and above all the vitality of wanting to keep on working and fighting Celestino Corbacho, Minister of Employment and Immigration” The abbot of the Monastery of Silos in Burgos, Clemente Serna, together with Jose María Basconcillos from Cropu group, congratulating our president News Grupo Antolin Autumn 2010 · 7 The practise of Responsibility must be practised by everybody, “the ones who run the company and the ones who work for it Juan Vicente Herrera, President of Junta de Castilla y León” A part of the executives of the Group after celebrating the decoration ceremony His wife and children accompanied him during this very emotional act News Grupo Antolin 8 · Autumn 2010 A Medal for the whole GROUP! News Grupo Antolin Autumn 2010 · 9 interview Interview with the Chief Jesús Officer of the Overhead System Business Unit Pascual Santos This interview will provide us with more details about the Overhead System Business Unit, as explained by its Chief Officer, Jesús Pascual Santos. In 2009, the Overhead Sys- tem accounted for 45.6% of our company’s sales (excluding inter-group), and Grupo Antolin is world leader in the manufacture of headliners News Grupo Antolin 10 · Autumn 2010 You have been working for the company for many years.