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Maquetación 1 2/9/08 11:34 Página 1 News GRUPO ANTOLIN Summer 2008 · No NEWS Summer 08:Maquetación 1 2/9/08 11:34 Página 1 News GRUPO ANTOLIN Summer 2008 · No. 53 The president of the government ZAPATERO Visits Grupo Antolin Corporate Responsibility Group’s Companies Grupo Antolin IGA ECO-DESIGN The history corner HISPANO SUIZA NEWS Summer 08:Maquetación 1 2/9/08 11:35 Página 2 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 86 plants and 20 technical commercial offices and it has a workforce of more than 10,500 employees. This publication is available for the employees in pdf format in the GA's intranet EDITORIAL OFFICE Grupo Antolin EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Margarita Díaz 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 Tel. 34 947 47 77 00 · [email protected] www.grupoantolin.com PHOTOGRAPHY Rafa Sáiz D. Legal: M-18594-2006 DOES Territory DOAAP Europe - South America Territory 7,285 employees* Africa - Asia - Pacific DONA 1,509 employees* Territory North America 1,819 employees* * Nr of employees by territory as per 31st of may 2008 contents page 20 the photo Hispano Suiza page 4 cover story page 14 designing the future A Spanish luxury car Visit of the Spanish Eco-Design government president page 22 in brief José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero visited the Deve- News in brief lopment and Innovation Centre of Grupo Antolin in Burgos page 34 the history corner page 8 protagonists Hispano Suiza Radiofrequency Identification “RFID” The eco-design pursues the integration of the page 12 plants environmental, social and corporate aspects maintaining the economic and social progress Grupo Antolin-IGA thus respecting the environment The plant was acquired in 1991 and was assig- ned for the manufacturing of car interior trims page 16 special Corporate Social Responsibility Hispano-Suiza was a Spanish company of luxury and competition cars leader in the To turn Grupo Antolin into a better company, automotive and aeronautic technology in both for the persons that work here as for the the period between the two world wars societies in which we are present is the objec- tive of the Corporate Responsibility page 38 en route North-Pas de Calais page 18 health The region North-Pas de Calais has a privileged "The senses" SMELL location in Europe. Situated in the North of We continue with the smell, our series of arti- France, bordering the Benelux, close to En- cles relative to the senses of our body gland and Germany News Grupo Antolin 2 Summer 2008 NEWS Summer 08:Maquetación 1 2/9/08 11:35 Página 3 José Antolin Toledano President of Grupo Antolin in first person Editorial he automotive market experiences continuous changes and trans- formations; whereas the US and European economies are facing a Ttime of crisis, the emergent markets are more “emergent” than ever, especially the BRIC countries, which includes Brazil. This country is We are putting forward a new going through a burgeoning economic moment, evidenced by the fig- edition of our publication full of ures: Brazilian car makers increased their production in 2007 by 13.8% new contents. We start with the im- over the preceding year, closing the year with 2.97 millions of cars man- portant visit of the Spanish Presi- ufactured. dent to our headquarters and con- tinue speaking about Corporate The main reason for the output increase, apart from the moving of pro- Responsibility, with further infor- duction to low cost countries, is the boost of internal demand, thus sales mation about the areas in which figures went up by 28% with respect to last year, with 2.46 million reg- work is being performed. istered vehicles. We continue our series of articles In recent months, the principal car manufacturers have announced their about our plants all over the world upcoming investments in Brazil and it is estimated there will be a total with Grupo Antolin-IGA, placed investment of $20 billion in all to 2010. Toyota is going to build a new near Lille, the capital of the region plant in Sao Paulo, GM has reported the enlargement of its two plants, of Nord-Pas de Calais, in the north Renault has opened a design centre, and the Chinese manufacturer of France. This region is an active Geely intends to establish in the country. Consequently, supplier’s in- centre of automobile production, vestment has risen with the increase in demand. with over 200 automotive compa- Two more significant statistics: Brazil has overcome Spain in 2007 in the nies supporting an annual build of world ranking of car producers, ranking 7th, and VW expects that its 10 million vehicles. sales in Brazil will surpass sales in Germany in 2008. Things are as they are due to the This situation has meant that our company in Brazil joins this expansion privileged situation of this territory trend locally and has been capable of anticipating the market forecast. where two thirds of the continen- To the three existing industrial plants in Caçapava and Taubate, we are t’s automakers and many compo- now adding eight logistic plants in S.J. Pinais, São Bernardo and Ca- nents and equipment suppliers are maçari. Grupo Antolin has invested almost €50 million since 1995 and located less than a day away. Each expects to invest 8 million more in the next three years, for the en- year, 10 million passenger cars and largement of one of our three plants and the acquisition of new ma- commercial vehicles – equivalent to chinery, which enables us to respond to the output increase. This has 80% of the total of production of allowed us to place ourselves as No 1 supplier for headliners, to have Northwest Europe – are assem- more than a third of the market for door panels and to manufacture bled within a 700 kilometre (435 22% of sunvisors. miles) radius of Lille. We are pleased to confirm that the strong bet the Group has made in In order to get to know what this the territory of South America has proved right, and that the effort and area in France is like, we wanted to constant dedication of the nearly 1,000 people who work there are fruit- draw near to its towns, landscapes ful. This success is based on the deep knowledge of the clients and local and customs in our section “en rou- culture, as well as an optimal use of resources. These are both universal te” with an extensive article which principles that are applicable to every territory where Grupo Antolin de- has been prepared by our French velops its activities. Q colleagues in IGA. Q News Grupo Antolin Summer 2008 3 NEWS Summer 08:Maquetación 1 2/9/08 11:35 Página 4 Visit of the President of the Government of Spain cover story The President of the Government of Spain, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, together with the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Commerce, Miguel Sebastián Gascón and the Minister of Innovation, Cristina Gar- mendia Mendizábal, visited our headquarters in Burgos After some days of preparation, on Friday 9th May we received the visit of the Pres- ident of the Government of Spain. The expectations which the visit had generated were honoured, considering that never before had a President of the Government visited our company and a President had not visited the city of Burgos for more than twenty years. News Grupo Antolin 4 Summer 2008 NEWS Summer 08:Maquetación 1 2/9/08 11:35 Página 5 The Board members exchanged some impressions with the president They went on a tour through the engineering area The President and Minister Garmendia, listened fully to José Manuel Temiño’s explanations in the Graphic Engineering area The President and Minister Sebastián in the Opel Astra with panoramic roof News Grupo Antolin Summer 2008 5 NEWS Summer 08:Maquetación 1 2/9/08 11:35 Página 6 Pablo Soto reported on advances performed in new materials Zapatero listened attentively to Carolina Oliván on overhead lighting Rodríguez Zapatero wanted to know, at first hand, about the R+D+I projects which Grupo Antolin is developing The innovation projects being carried out in the laboratories were a highlight of the visit The President took every chance to greet and chat informally to the employees News Grupo Antolin 6 Summer 2008 NEWS Summer 08:Maquetación 1 2/9/08 11:35 Página 7 In the permanent exhibitions room, they observed the complete range of products which we manufacture Zapatero greeted Dori Santamaría and Natalia Melchor before his farewell News Grupo Antolin Summer 2008 7 NEWS Summer 08:Maquetación 1 2/9/08 11:35 Página 8 For Grupo Antolin, with admiration, love and loyalty. For its innovating work, and its leadership in the world from Spain J. Zapatero President Rodríguez Zapatero, together with the two min- interest in the different aspects of the company: the per- isters, were welcomed at their arrival by our President José centage of female staff, the global footprint of the Group Antolín Toledano, as well as by the members of the board and specifically at innovations aimed at the reduction of of management. After the appropriate greetings, they weight of the vehicles… started the visit to the innovation centre, where Presi- At the end of the visit, Zapatero signed the book of hon- dent Zapatero could check in situ the last technological in- novations of Grupo Antolin.
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