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No 31 j u ly 2 0 14 Interview with Maixabel Kortabarria. President of ULMA Agricola ULMA Handling Systems enters the health sector 2 summary NEWS AND CURRENT THEMES. Solidarity in the form of Gift Cards. NEWS AND CURRENT THEMES. ULMA Construction Peru recognised for the safety of its scaffolding. REPORT. ULMA Handling Systems enters the health sector. TEAM OF COLLABORATORS: Nora Altube, Joseba Alberdi, Ana Da Costa, María Sendín, Irene Moreno, Edurne Unzueta, Romu Arteche and Karlos Alzola. Edition: Grupo ULMA S. Coop., Garagaltza auzoa 51 - 22 p.k. 20560 OÑATI. Tel.: 943 25 03 00 Fax; 943 78 09 17. e-mail: [email protected]. Design and Layout: Trademark Area, Communication and RSE. Printers: Gertu S. L. Ecologic paper summary 3 J u ly 2 0 14 NEWS AND CURRENT THEMES. Solidarity in the form of Gift Cards. 4 news and current themes ULMA Agricola has built a fish farm in Iceland. ULMA drainage channelling in the Beira Rio Stadium of Brazil: seat of the football world championship 2014. NEWS AND CURRENT THEMES. ULMA Forklift Trucks presents its successful ULMA Piping collaborates with the experience in e-commerce in the SIL prestigious American engineering 2014. consultant for the KARAN K-45 project. ULMA Conveyor Components Project ArcelorMittal Liberia. 16 face to face Maixabel Kortabarria. President of ULMA Agricola. 18 report ULMA Handling Systems enters the health sector. 20 report Automation of lines and packaging systems by ULMA in Interpack. 22 report Employment Health Area of ULMA Group. REPORT. Automation of lines and packaging 24 agenda and suggestions systems by ULMA in Interpack. 4 news and current themes ULMA PIPING ULMA Piping collaborates with the prestigious American engineering consultant for the KARAN K-45 project ULMA Piping collaborates in the design ULMA FORKLIFT TRUCKS and development of 38” flanges with Weld Overlay, with a prestigious American ULMA Forklift Trucks celebrates 30 years engineering consultancy in the United of activity Arab Emirates for the Karan K45 project of Aramco. OINAKAR S. Coop was founded start of the company. In 1987, Oinakar The Karan gas deposit is found at sea in 30 years ago, in June 1984, due to became part of the OÑALAN Group, the Persian Gulf in territorial limits of Saudi the initiative of the business Division later ULMA and as from 1988 the Arabia at depths between 40m (131 ft.) of Caja Laboral after carrying out a cooperative was denominated ULMA to 60m (197 ft.). The field was discovered market study in which it identified a Manutención S. Coop. with two in April 2006 and gas production started business opportunity in the logistics businesses of clearly different activities in July 2011. This marked the finalisation and maintenance sector. Forklift Trucks and Handling Systems. of the first development phase of the During a period of great difficulty After several decades sharing field and the cost of this development is for the surrounding area, the forklift the same business address in an estimated at $4-5 thousand millions. truck manufacturing and distribution Extraordinary General Meeting held The Karan 45 project includes the making project was a real alternative to save on 12th November 2010, it was of a new oil platform, auxiliary platform, the employment positions that were decided by a large majority to make a and the submarine link bridge of a 20 inch in danger due to the imminent closure partial scission of ULMA Manutención flow line. of Chocolates Loyola. Around that S. Coop and the business of ULMA A 110 kilometre (68.3 mi) long submarine time Jose Maria Ormaetxea and Forklift Trucks became part of the new gas pipe transports the gas produce in Javier Retegui proposed to Jose Maria company called ULMA Servicios de Karan to the gas processing plant of Loiti as the person responsible for Manutención S. Coop. Khursaniyah. the new promotion and, what was ULMA Forklift Trucks focuses its This project includes a very high initially proposed as an option to save activity on the distribution of a full synchronisation for the engineering at least employment positions left range of forklift trucks, suited to team of ULMA Piping together with the by Chocolates Loyola was exceeded the needs of all types of clients and engineering office in Al-Khobar, Saudi because it was capable of absorbing sectors; this activity is accompanied Arabia. And likewise it highlights the surplus employment from other by excellent Customer Service and investment of R&D and research for the companies in the area. That way an extensive distribution network and cooperative over the last years, without at the end of the eighties it had a after-sales service with 100% national which it could not form part of projects of turnover of more than 1,600 million coverage. this size. pesetas and had created two business The various quality certificates held lines. by the company are an example of The forklift truck manufacturing the commitment and involvement that and distribution market was going ULMA Forklift Trucks maintains with its through difficult times, Fenwick the customers. only manufacturer of forklift trucks This project that emerged 30 years with Spanish capital, was absorbed ago in order to alleviate an economic by a German company and the situation similar to the present one, only Basque company of the sector which threatened the stability of many had disappeared. The signing of a jobs, has increasingly converted into a collaboration agreement with the nationwide business reality, thanks to Japanese company MITSUBISHI was the effort and enthusiasm of all the the beginning of the activity and the people involved. news and current themes 5 ULMA HANDLING SYSTEMS ULMA Handling Systems executes its first ‘baggage handling’ project in Russia The baggage handling system in transport systems. A special check-in point Russia’s Naryan-Mar Airport will be the has also been provided for last-minute first project that the business line of luggage and helicopter users. Baggage Handling, carried out by ULMA Furthermore, ULMA will develop a Handling Systems will develop in Russia. new project for Russia’s Novy Urengoy Due to the extreme weather conditions Airport, which will be completed by early where the Naryan-Mar Airport is located, autumn. ULMA CONSTRUCTION all the equipment has been designed to withstand temperatures of -40°C. ULMA Construction To meet this target, the installation has Poland celebrates its special equipment which includes heated sensors, geared motors using special oil silver anniversary and specifically-designed luggage gates, etc. Throughout this year, the Polish The project consists of check-in subsidiary of ULMA Construction celebrates counters, inspection lines and baggage its silver anniversary. Its first step was taken in March 1989 when it was registered in the commercial register as Bauma Sp. z, o.o. Currently it operates under the commercial name of ULMA Construction Polska. Twenty-five years on, and it has become one of the main Polish agents in the world of formwork and scaffolding. The primary position of ULMA Construction in Poland is the result of the experience acquired from major projects executed both in Poland and worldwide. ULMA PACKAGING A key role has also been played by the New automatic tray sealer TSA 680 evolution of the company to constantly improve customer service standards, while HIGH EFFICIENCY TRAY SEALER continually adapting to the market changes. With the aim to continue in this position ULMA Packaging has launched a double-line versions. of leadership, and increase the response new model of high efficiency heat sealer As regards reducing operational costs capacity, new logistic centres have been with a completely sanitizable design. and manufacturing a high efficiency added to those already existing, namely in The new TSA 680 tray sealer is heat sealer, an 87.5% reduction of Poznań, Jaworzno, Koszajec (near Warsaw) designed to be integrated into complete pneumatic consumption has been and Gdańsk. The high status of ULMA packaging lines and it has the following achieved, compared to pneumatic Construction in Poland has allowed them main features: activated machinery. This improved to carry out prestigious construction works • Maximum sealing area: 330 x 680 efficiency results in a cost reduction of such as: Warminska Gallery in Olsztyn, mm 84% when compared to equivalent Kraków Arena sports and entertainment • Maximum tray height: 120 mm pneumatic models. It also includes hall, Noble Tower in Poznań, Kielce Trade • Productivity: ULMA’s own industrial PC-based control, Fairs Congress Centre, Kozienice Central -14 cycles/min with vacuum/gas the UPC, which allows an infinity of Electric Power Plant, Polaniec Central and residual oxygen <0.3% elements to be controlled from the Electric Power Plant, Maria Sklodowska- -16 cycles/min with vacuum/gas control panel. Curie Bridge in Warsaw, Highway and residual oxygen <1% This new model of automatic tray University in Bydgoszcz, General Bridge -20 cycles/min with cutting/ sealer has positioned ULMA in the tray Elżbieta Zawacka in Toruń, Pomeranian sealing. sealing manufacturing market as a very Metropolitan Railways, to name just a few. The machine is available in single- and real reference to take into account. 6 news and current themes over 55 years’ experience with its beginnings in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, as one of the first distributors in the country. Today, it is recognised as one of the leading companies in the steel sector in the Middle East and North Africa. This business group has diversified its business into areas such as infrastructures, electromechanics, medical equipment, etc. ULMA CONSTRUCTION These memberships provide ULMA Construction trusts strategic customers with the following benefits: memberships with leaders in their markets • Personalized solutions and ongoing comprehensive service ULMA Construction aims to go Conconcreto with its five business in formwork, shoring and one step further in improving services units namely Agregados, scaffolding structure systems.