60 YEARS THAT BRINGS US TOGETHER
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_ COVID-19, We’ll get through it together
After an especially difficult year, our And we’re back at the right time, because magazine Begira is once again appearing 2021 will be a special year. It’s the sixtieth in printed form. As you’ll see inside, we are anniversary of ULMA. 60 years ago, a back with some new visual and graphical group of young people started taking the elements of our magazine's design. A first steps of this great social-business PUBLISHED BY: Grupo ULMA S. Coop. Bo Garagaltza 51 20560 OÑATI, T 943 25 03 00 DIRECTOR: Carlos Sarabia | [email protected] | PUBLISHING/EDITORIAL BOARD: Joseba more modern and contemporary tone project that we call the ULMA Group. Alberdi, Elena Goirizelaia, Maria Sendin, Irene Moreno, Edurne Unzueta, Nerea Burgoa, Itsaso Letamendi and Carlos Sarabia | DESIGN AND LAYOUT: Igone Basterra | [email protected]
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RENOVATION AND UPGRADING OF THE TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS FOR A LARGE-SCALE PROJECT OF A BUILDING FROM THE 1930S, RETAINING ITS AESTHETICS
CUSTOMIZED PREFABRICATED ELEMENTS TO IMPROVE THE TECHNICAL CONSTRUCTION CHARACTERISTICS AND MAINTAIN THE AESTHETICS
OF THE ERA ULMA
ULMA Renovating historical buildings of great architectural value is usually ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTIONS accompanied by a common request, to improve the technical aspects
ULMA while maintaining the aesthetics of each era. The D4R7-Bratislava project in a dual-carriageway with two lanes ULMA provided engineering Slovakia includes the construction in each direction that joins the city solutions and material for the deck This spectacular building in Madrid of 27 km of the D4 Motorway and centre of Bratislava with Holice, flanges, pier segments, and piers. is a clear example of that. It was 32 km of the R7 Expressway, as well to the southeast. The project will The MK Formwork Carriages easily built in the 1930s, at the height of as 14 intersections, and more than improve local traffic conditions, adapted to the exact dimensions the 2nd Spanish republic. Its facade 100 bridges, including the sizeable as well as transportation with of deck measuring 34.5 m in width, was constructed of good quality Danube Bridge, with a surface area neighbouring countries, thus thus assuring maximum efficiency prefabricated elements from the of over 100,000 square meters. increasing opportunities for and profitability. time. But, with the passage of It represents the largest public- economic development. time and everything the building private partnership (PPP) in the has gone through, it needed history of Slovakia. The project’s main structure refurbishing. comprises two bridges spanning The R7 is a new arterial roadway, the Danube and the Kayak Rivers. Javier Contreras, the project’s lead architect, was clear that he wanted to maintain the aesthetics of the building as it was of great historical ULMA WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE HI-PREST PROJECT TO DEVELOP A value. He was therefore looking for a prefabricated material that would HIGH PRECISION SCANNER FOR SPACE TELESCOPES improve its technical characteristics while retaining the building's unique ULMA Embedded Solutions will Consequently, it will be possible charisma. participate, in conjunction with six to build the capacity of the entire other Basque companies, in the manufacturing value chain of this The final solution was a “HI-PREST” project to develop a type of components, in order to prefabricated engineered stone high-performance scanner for use make the consortium partners cornice, designed for this project. in telescopes, cameras and other benchmark suppliers in the design, The two main characteristics of our optical instruments. development and manufacture material, lightness and moldability, of mechanisms with submicron EMBEDDED SOLUTIONS are perfect for this type of project. This project, which will be carried precision and high stability in critical In total, nearly 600 special cornices out over the next four years, has the applications and environments. designed exclusively for this project, primary goal of developing a high- ULMA were supplied. precision scanner demonstrator Within the consortium, ULMA with a consortium of companies in Embedded Solutions will participate the Basque Country. The project in the development of high- will produce a competitive and precision encoders and position innovative product that can be control algorithms. supplied to the space programmes of the European Space Agency (ESA) or the American Space Agency (NASA). 4 5 News and updates News and updates
NOVARTIS, CLIENTE DE INOXTRUCK, SE ASOCIA CON SIEGFRIED AG ULMA LAUNCHES NEW ONLINE YOGA COURSES
Novartis, the pharmaceutical Throughout February, online Yoga company and Inoxtruck's main classes have been held for ULMA customer in the pharmaceutics staff. This course began on 23 GROUP sector, has partnered with the February and will be taught online
Siegfried AG Group and signed an on Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m. in Basque ULMA agreement to acquire its plant in and on Thursdays at 6:00 p.m. in Barberà del Vallés, Barcelona, thus Spanish. The course will end on 30 ensuring its sustainable future. April. MAINTENANCE SERVICES
This Catalan plant, a leader in This new opportunity, launched the production and export of ULMA by the ULMA Group, offers yoga oral and inhaled medicines, classes from home; for those who has a wide range of Inoxtruck cannot attend live, the sessions will solutions (ULMA Maintenance be recorded to that they can be Services' business line). There are followed at any other time. more than 30 machines including rooms. medicines (tablets, capsules, vials, EPS stackers for raw materials Siegfried Holding AG is a leading ampoules, etc.). It also provides handling, IBC rotators (electric Contract Development & other services to the industry. manual), drum turners and Manufacturing organization based rotators (EX-Proof), EXT and MPT in Switzerland that manufactures pharmaceutical APIs, as well as for handling liquid tanks in clean CONSOLIDATION OF NEW ATARI INTERNAL COMMUNICATION ULMA CONVEYOR SITE: NEW SKIN, NEW CONTENT COMPONENTS IN PERU ULMA PACKAGING DEVELOPS INNOVATIVE PACKAGING FOR WHOLE CHICKENS, WITHOUT LEAKS AND TOTALLY HYGIENIC ULMA Conveyor Components is strengthening its position in With Tight-ChickenTM the bag Peru with the imminent opening adjusts to the product like a second of a new service warehouse and skin, completely eliminating the recruitment of new sales the risk of leaks, so the product PACKAGING technicians to meet the needs of reaches the point of sale with the HANDLING SYSTEMS customers in this South American best hygiene guarantees. Thanks country. ULMA
to this innovation developed on ULMA vertical wrapping machines, ULMA With this launch, ULMA's path and Packaging offers its customers in commitment to the American the poultry sector a system based continent is confirmed. on the Tight-BagTM concept of air extraction without perforation that enables them to reduce plastic, save labour and achieve a safer and aesthetically more attractive ULMA Handling Systems has a published through different product. renewed internal communication channels and to group the main it enables output of up to 35 means, including a webinar for site called ATARI, whose main communications published by Tight-ChickenTM stands out for its packages per minute, and has customers in the sector. The objective is to align the objectives the organization in a visual and excellent aesthetics and perfect two options for integrating the seminar will be given in different of the cooperative with the attractive site. finish, for the optimization of process, semi-automatic and languages and, in addition objectives of the people working CONVEYOR COMPONENTS the packaging process, for being automatic. to exploring the solution, the at ULMA Handling Systems. Since its introduction, visits a more sustainable package participants will be able to interact have has grown considerably without leaks and for the absence The solution, which is attracting a live with ULMA experts. The renewal of ATARI responds and ATARI has become one of ULMA of unpleasant odours or the use lot of interest in the market, will to the need to reorganise the the cooperative’s main internal of polluting liquids. In addition, be promoted through different content that until now was communication channels. 6 7 News and updates News and updates
ULMA CONVEYOR COMPONENTS’ GAZIMO PROJECT OBTAINS THE SEAL ULMA ADVANCED FORGED SOLUTIONS WILL PARTICIPATE IN A OF EXCELLENCE FROM THE EUROPEAN INNOVATION COUNCIL (CEI) MEGAPROJECT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A REFINERY IN THE STATE OF TABASCO (MEXICO) The ULMA Conveyor Components GAZIMO project has obtained the “Seal of Excellence” from the European Innovation Council under its Horizon 2020 programme.
As a result of this award, ULMA Conveyor
ULMA Components will gain access to the largest European Corporations, possible new investors and other
CONVEYOR COMPONENTS types of aid, such as patents, coaches, etc. opening up major possibilities for the GAZIMO project to grow
ULMA and gain a reputation throughout Europe. ADVANCED FORGED SOLUTIONS THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS WORTH AROUND 6 M EUROS, IT IS THE LARGEST a diesel hydrodesulphurisation unit, Furthermore, the European Innovation Council PROJECT IMPLEMENTED BY ULMA FORJA IN MEXICO TO DATE. a naphtha hydrotreating unit, a
offered the 84 SMEs and Start-ups that obtained ULMA naphtha reforming unit and a fluid the “Seal of Excellence” the chance to present their An investment of 8,900 million PEMEX (Petróleos Mexicanos), catalytic cracking unit. projects to LAFARGEHOLCIM, a world leader in dollars for the construction of a new the state-owned producer, Following more than 10 years’ sustainable and innovative construction materials refinery in the Mexican state of transporter, refiner and marketer successful collaboration in top-level and solutions. GAZIMO turned out to be one of Tabasco, with a capacity of 340,000 of oil and natural gas in Mexico, international projects, this South the 14 most interesting and important innovation barrels / day, which will increase the has awarded a world-renowned Korean engineering company projects selected by LAFARGEHOLCIM. production of higher value added South Korean Engineering company has commissioned ULMA for the refined products in the country, thus the contract for the development comprehensive supply of the assisting with the balance of trade of the main packages that make forged flanges and spacers for and promoting the economic and up the project. This South Korean this project, thus reinforcing the PRE-ASSEMBLED SOLUTIONS AT THE TAMPA INTERNATIONAL social development of the Mexican engineering company will build a already solid cooperation between AIRPORT, USA south-east. diesel hydrodesulphurisation unit, both companies. THE EXTENSION OF THE TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REQUIRED FORMING AND SHORING SOLUTIONS TO BUILD A NEW BRIDGE FOR TAXIWAY. ULMA PACKAGING INAUGURATES ITS SUBSIDIARY IN COLOMBIA The Hillsborough County Aviation Authority projected the necessity the deployment that we had already of a new bridge for Taxiway ‘A’ at been working on for months and we the Tampa International Airport to have continued by taking this step extend its capacity. to directly serve the local market PACKAGING and offer a better service to our The new 1,000-meter-long, cross- customers". This deployment of ULMA field taxiway and bridge is located ULMA CONSTRUCTION ULMA’s own service more directly at the north end of the Tampa addresses a thriving packaging International Airport, within a sector that meets the needs of a project area of approx. 230.000 market of more than 50 million m². ULMA is providing formwork inhabitants, with a high population equipment to construct the bridge density, and which represents the with three spans and a total height top market for ULMA Packaging, of approximately 30 feet. globally. ULMA Packaging is strengthening as the Technical Assistance and To solve the need for circular its position in Colombia with the Administration Service, led by Fabio The subsidiary is strategically structures, ULMA delivered round ULMA provided the aluminum at ULMA’s warehouse, which opening of its own subsidiary. Ríos. located near Bogotá airport and steel columns. We also offered shoring post ALUPROP, results in a faster placement of Following 30 years’ operations in will provide a sales operation and a over 4.360 m² of VR Tables, along the equipment on the job site and the Colombian market through In the words of Iñaki Zubia, Sales technical service also from Medellín with H20 wood joists and MK120 Both VR Tables and ALUPROP boosts productivity. local distributors, ULMA Packaging Director of ULMA Packaging, “we and Cali. walers. For shoring solutions, solutions can be pre-assembled has its own sales team, as well had a plan for the implementation of 8 9 News and updates News and updates
ULMA PACKAGING ON THE EXCLUSIVE LIST OF THE 25 SPANISH COMPANIES 185 BROADWAY RISING ABOVE THE ULMA CONVEYOR THAT HAVE MADE THE MOST EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONS FINANCIAL DISTRICT IN NEW YORK COMPONENTS PRODUCTS EXCEED THE EXPECTATIONS OF GOLD AND SILVER
PACKAGING MINES IN CANADA CONSTRUCTION ULMA ULMA Conveyor Components is
ULMA entering a new stage in Canada with the supply of rollers to Silver and Gold mines in Ontario. These mines belong to one of the leading mining companies in the country, which has enabled ULMA to grow in this market.
ULMA Packaging has now joined ULMA Packaging Technological School, endorses the innovation After a period of validation at its the exclusive list of the top 25 Centre, among the companies of capacity of companies in national own facilities, the ULMA product Spanish companies that submitted Spanish origin applying for patents patent applications, international has exceeded expectations the highest number of European and reaffirms ULMA as a leader patent applications (PCT) and by adapting perfectly to the patient applications to the OEPM in in the design and manufacture European EPO patent applications, demanding working conditions the 2012-2019 period (The Spanish of equipment and packaging through OEPM, the Spanish body of the mine and the difficult Patent and Trademark Office). systems. responsible for the country's cold and humid environmental The report “The Patent System in patent system. conditions in the area. 2019. Analysis of the International, This report, produced by Gian- European and Spanish Situation” Lluís Ribechini Creus, professor puts ULMA Packaging, through its at the prestigious OBS Business Rising above the city's financial the level being poured, and the heart, the tower will offer previous three. Additionally, the magnificent views of the self-climbing system ensures NEW ULMA CONCEALED DRAINAGE SYSTEM USED IN THE skyscrapers. Residents and excellent protection against PEDESTRIANISATION OF AVENIDA ALFONSO X EL SABIO, IN MURCIA, SPAIN visitors will have a wide array of weather, reduces the visual height dining, entertainment, and fitness effect, and it is highly versatile options available. since it can be easily adapted to The pedestrianisation of Avenida Alfonso X El Sabio different geometries. CONVEYOR COMPONENTS in Murcia, Spain, has a new drainage system with The 24.200 m2, 124 meters optimized MultiV channels produced by ULMA tall, 31-story mixed-use
Architectural Solutions. This linear drainage system superstructure. The building ULMA offers greater hydraulic efficiency and easier is strategically located next to maintenance. In addition, it is aesthetically consistent the recently renovated Fulton with the new appearance of this new area, which is Street Subway Station and one adapted for pedestrians and bicycles. block away from the World Trade Center. ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTIONS This concealed linear drainage system, with its slotted grating, prevents overflows of water in vulnerable ULMA provided over 25 HWS areas and facilitates cleaning and maintenance of the ULMA Perimeter Safety Screens to drainage system as it can be accessible at any point. cover the building's perimeter, It is also an ideal system for pedestrian areas as it is ensuring the safety of both integrated into the pavement and, being concealed, workers and pedestrians it is a simple way to ensure that the water collection during the construction of the system goes unnoticed. superstructure. The system offers protection in four levels: 10 11 News and updates News and updates
EUSKARALDIA 2020 CVS CANTILEVER FORM CARRIER, THE SOLUTION FOR COMPLEX TERRAIN The ULMA Group's commitment to Euskaraldia 2020 has been supported by the participation of GROUP 8 of its Businesses and a total of 731 people. Since the summer of ULMA 2020 and when the event was held from 20 November to 4 December, 34 Arigunes were launched and CONSTRUCTION 616 Ahobizi and 118 Belarriprest participated, in order to raise ULMA awareness and create change regarding language habits in Basque.
Under the motto “gehiago, gehiagorekin eta gehiagotan”, years, with the Belarriprest badge, marked by COVID-19, which was participants from several ULMA and making the effort to change an influence, the commitment to Businesses were very positive our linguistic habits” and “creating Basque and its linguistic habits will about their experience. They Arigunes has been a good idea ”. continue to be reinforced in the highlighted things like, “I liked Euskaraldia's of the future. seeing people I have known for After an out of the ordinary event
ULMA HANDLING SYSTEMS DEVELOPS THE FIRST AUTOMATED INSECT PROTEIN PRODUCTION INSTALLATION
ULMA Handling Systems is working The new ES-60 Viaduct, which used for the base and sides of the THE ENTIRE CARRIAGE IS in partnership with Ynsect, the forms part of the Slupsk - Gdansk box-girder deck, due to its ability HANDLED BY HYDRAULIC world leader in insect farming, portion of the S6 Expressway in to adapt to varied geometry. EQUIPMENT FOR LIFTING, in the construction of its new Poland, will considerably reduce Four separate CVS Formwork LEVELLING AND MOVING vertical farm in Amiens Metropole travel time between these two Carriers were used to build the (France). The automation systems cities and thus reduce the flow of deck. developed by ULMA enable HANDLING SYSTEMS traffic on local roads. YNSECT to breed Tenebrio molitor
beetles on an industrial scale for ULMA Due to the project’s location in a use as premium ingredients in deep valley, ULMA proposed that animal feed and in fertilizers. the deck be executed using the balanced cantilever method. This To do this, ULMA will develop technology is a highly efficient two production divisions productivity and growth of the to build large-span bridges equipped with eight stacker insects. whenever the piers are especially cranes specially designed for the tall or the terrain makes shoring correct reproduction and optimal The uniqueness of the project is from the ground too complex. growth of insects. In addition, its guarantee of a harmonious the installation includes a full synchronization of the insect Various ULMA formwork systems range of conveyors, elevators, production process, respecting were used in the construction stackers, tilters and automatic their life cycle at every moment. of the ES-60 Viaduct. The washing and drying tunnels for foundations, abutments, and trays, as well as data sensors that central piers were built using the will enable the development of ORMA Wall Formwork system. predictive models to monitor the HMK Bridge Deck Formwork was 12 13 News and updates News and updates
ULMA PACKAGING PUBLISHES ITS NEW WEBSITE FOR TURKEY HOW TO CREATE VERTICALITY ON A HORIZONTAL FACADE
FACADE OF THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE URBAN GUARD OF LLEIDA. A COMPACT TWO-STOREY BUILDING OF LOW ULMA Packaging presents its HEIGHT, TO WHICH WE WANTED TO BRING VERTICALITY AND A SOBER, ELEGANT AESTHETIC FINISH. new website for Turkey, offering the full range of solutions for
the Turkish market. This new PACKAGING ULMA Architectural Solutions website with, its highly visual but accepted the challenge of giving a simple appearance, is up-to-date, new identity to the facade of the ULMA practical - and obviously in Turkish. Lleida Urban Guard Headquarters. It follows all the responsive design recommendations and can be To make the building look higher, viewed on any type of device. a system was used to position the panels in vertical position, while This new website presents the 20 mm joints were used to create ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTIONS user with a complete showcase narrow strips. Both solutions of ULMA Packaging's packaging banding machines), as well as fully updates and it will be used to contributed to emphasizing a
solutions, adapted for each automated packaging solutions. meet requests for any type of non-existent verticality on the ULMA sector and with all the different information they need through facade. In addition, thanks to packaging technologies (flow pack, This new digital communication use-friendly contact forms. the customization permitted by thermoforming, heat sealing, channel will bring ULMA Packaging engineered stone, dark-coloured vertical wrappers, stretch film Turkey closer to its customers. slate-earth textured panels wrappers, shrink wrappers and It provides the option for news were used to provide a natural appearance of tilled earth and carved stone, which gave the building the elegant finish sought. FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE ULMA MAINTENANCE SERVICES SHORT-TERM MACHINERY RENTAL BUSINESS UNIT
THE INTEGRATED LOGISTICS OPERATOR, AZA LOGISTICS, JOINS THE AUTOMATION OF ULMA HANDLING SYSTEMS
ULMA Handling Systems will automate the new warehouse of MAINTENANCE SERVICES the AZA Logistics company, which will have a capacity of more than ULMA 23,500 positions and a height of more than 18 metres. This new AZA Logistics automated HANDLING SYSTEMS USM Rental, ULMA Maintenance outlook highly uncertain for many for unaffordable investments or distribution centre will offer
Services’ business unit, has companies. At the same time, being tied into long-term lease greater productivity, efficiency ULMA celebrated its first year in the their need for lifting and handling contracts. and optimization of the available market. This business unit machinery is increasing. Faced with space, leading to a substantial and contributing to the creation preparation capacity, and we will be manages short-term rentals of such a situation, ULMA has opted With more than 35 years’ improvement in the service it will of wealth and well-being for its able to reach other activity sectors in quality lifting and maintenance for short-term rentals as an agile experience and leadership as a offer to its customers. interest groups. which we have less presence today. It machinery for small, medium means of providing its customers leading company in the sector, will also improve the ergonomics of and large companies, in different with comprehensive support ULMA Maintenance Services AZA Logistics’ new automated Germán Monedero, manager at our operators in order preparation industrial sectors in the Basque based on suitable advice and the offers the best guarantee of facilities will have an automated AZA Logistics, says: “the automation processes”. Country. appropriate machine, whatever quality assurance and affordable warehouse managed by mini-load project will create several advantages its characteristics, for optimal prices for the markets in which it stacker cranes, thus enabling the that for us at AZA Logistics: we The current situation makes the performance in competitive and operates. logistics operator to fulfil its role by will be more competitive with our short to medium-term business safe conditions, without the need maximizing productivity in picking customers, due to greater order 14 15 ULMA talents The world through the eyes of a drone
OTHER TALENTS OF THE ULMA GROUP
"DURING THE PANDEMIC, DRONES HAVE MADE ME CURIOUS THE WORLD THROUGH TO SEE THE POSSIBILITIES THE RECORDINGS OFFERED"
THE EYES OF A DRONE — Iker Otegi has worked at ULMA makes the most of the conditions. devices are not toys, they are subject Handling Systems for 15 years, the Among his many recordings, to regulations for their legal use and last 5 at SAT Informática. the most special, so far, was at the learning process is complex if Lazkao Mendi. A relative, who is the material you record is going to a photographer and also a drone be useful", Iker tells us. "I’ve taken At the beginning of last year, pilot, took him there to take some lots of courses and obtained various he had his first experience with shots of the sunrise; the setting qualifications from AESA (State Air the world of drones through an was incredible, the mist was low Safety Agency) to be able to use the acquaintance. "One afternoon, on a and the colours were spectacular. drone and make quality recordings", walk in the mountains, I ran into an With all these elements, Iker was he says. acquaintance who was taking some able to produce an impressive pictures and I went over to talk to montage. To record with a drone there are him. Seeing the images and the drone several regulations. To date, each itself piqued my curiosity," he tells. But Iker's recording activities are country has developed its own not limited to the drone. After the laws, with the rules here being Once he had seen the drone and recording, he works on the images, among the most restrictive in the recorded images, Iker was able edits the video and, once a week, Europe. "Fortunately, this year, 2021, to appreciate the montage that his publishes his work in a Facebook Spain has adopted the European friend had prepared to upload to group of people from Legazpi regulations which are a little more Social Networks and this increased where the theme is the town itself . lax than what we had previously. But his interest even more. there are several regulations specific When Iker is recording, people to each country," Iker informs us. He got his first drone in the midst often approach him out of curiosity of the pandemic, which limited to ask him what he is recording and There is a website listing the areas where he could record as he about the price of the drone and where flying is allowed and where could only go to nearby areas, its features. Iker is clear that “When it is not allowed, such as: airports, so his videos are of Legazpi and buying a drone you have to know hospitals, military areas, natural surrounding areas. After the first what you want to do with it, how the parks and protected bird areas. It drone came the second, both are regulations affect what you want to is not legal to record people who quadcopter type stabilized drones, do and what features you need to be are not part of the operation for i.e. with 4 propellers. One is small, able to do it, whether or not it has data protection reasons, and in weighing 249 grams, but with a tracking options, the sensors, 4k urban areas the limitations are very powerful camera. The other is quality camera etc." even stricter - you can only record 500 grams, with better features for with drones smaller than 250 recording video and photos, more During lockdown he got himself up grams, at a maximum height of control options, security, etc. to date with all the laws, permits 20 m. "For example, I would never and regulations affecting the world fly without first asking permission — Iker has used his free time to record, of drones. He also got into video from the authorities in the area", he IKER OTEGI. but this is totally dependent on editing. "Once I started, the whole points out. ULMA HANDLING SYSTEMS the weather, so on a good day he thing was a training pathway; these
scan QR code (LAZKOMENDI) https://vimeo.com/515703136 16 17 Report WomenMujeres on de the ULMA ULMA en governing la década decouncils los 60
— — WOMEN ON THE IRENE ALBERDI ELISABETH IGARTUA President of ULMA CONSTRUCTION ULMA HANDLING SYSTEMS Member of the Governing 2010-2014 Council ULMA GOVERNING 2005-2009 ULMA GROUP President of the General Technical Secretary Council since 2009 COUNCILS 2011-2014
— — The activity of the ULMA Group companies has always been technical and industrial. In addition to being the president of a business, You were a member of the Governing Council for 4 you have also been the only woman president of years and since then, for the last 12 years, you have Women, in general, have been less present, as they also have on the management and the ULMA Group. What was that like for you? held the post of technical secretary. How do you see representation bodies. However, since the 1980s, many women have been members the progress made for women in this body? It was an enriching experience and I will always be of the Governing Councils of our Cooperatives, and some have been president. thankful, both to the members of my cooperative If we look back, the first women began to serve on This issue contains the first of two reports that we have produced on this subject, and the representatives of the General Council and the Governing Council in the mid 1980s. For the next the Assembly of the ULMA Group, for trusting me at four decades, one, two, three, or four women have with the testimonies of two women who have had major roles on this journey. the time. served as councillors at the same time. There are currently 3 women on the council and, although we Being president of your own cooperative enables you have never established a quota in the appointment to understand in-depth how the company operates. of male and female candidates, I can say that gender You lift your vision from your own workstation and has been taken into account. start to work, with other members of the Governing Council, on finding better answers to the needs of — the business and of your colleagues. If we transfer How do you see the future? What would you say to this to the ULMA Group, the perspective is vastly women at ULMA? broader - in collaboration with all the businesses, participation in university and corporate bodies… We still have a long way to go, but I think that in These were very enriching years, with difficult times, our cooperatives we have better conditions for marked above all by the crisis; but we have shown, progress compared to other types of companies The ULMA Group's businesses WOMEN WHO HAVE OCCUPIED THE POSITION OF as a cooperative group, that solidarity is one of our or environments. I think we should reinforce that are industrial and, therefore, PRESIDENT AT ULMA main foundations. idea among ourselves. The principle of equality we usually say that they are that sustains the ULMA cooperatives is reflected in typically male cooperatives. LOURDES ANDUAGA — our day-to-day life. Among other things, we have Only 20% of the people who work 1989-1993 - ULMA Packaging Do you think that we, as women, adapt well to implemented equality plans, we are adapting the in the different cooperatives are leadership positions? conditions to facilitate the participation of women MARILU ORUETA women. and we have the opportunity to participate in spaces 1990-1994 - ULMA Advanced Forged Solutions There is no doubt about it. I believe that, beyond of empowerment and reflection ... Since the 1980s, women NEREA VILLAR gender, the uniqueness of each individual Although there are women in the governance have also participated in the 2002-2006 - ULMA Advanced Forged Solutions determines what type of leader they can become Governing Councils of the (abilities, experience, etc.). Likewise, we have bodies, I believe that, with a view to the future, we business and, throughout these ALAZNE GURIDI to remember that opportunities must also be women need to make a leap to the front line. For years, numerous women have 2007-2010 - ULMA Maintenance Services guaranteed for women to access or take on holding presidential positions, obviously, the skills held presidential positions. leadership positions. We need to work on building and capacities of each person have their specific IRENE ALBERDI The experience of women at appropriate contexts, especially in male-dominated relevance. But women have a handicap, because 2010-2014 - ULMA Handling Systems ULMA in leadership positions is companies and bodies. we have to overcome some obstacles that are often 2011-2014 - President of the General Council of the ULMA Group nothing new and, with a view not seen: Our self-limitations on working in public, to the future, they are a useful MAIXABEL KORTABARRIA We also need to work hard in society to make the fact that women bear the responsibility for most point of reference for enhancing 2011-2015 - ULMA Agricola positions of responsibility compatible with home care tasks … We women must empower ourselves to and encouraging female life. I think we need to be able to put aside the have more courage and I believe that cooperatives participation. MONSE MOROTE dilemma between having a career and issues in must provide us with the necessary confidence to do 2013-2014 - ULMA Conveyor Components your personal life. those jobs. 18 19 Report 60 years that brings us together
60 YEARS THAT BRINGS US TOGETHER
— 2021 will be a special year for all of us. It has been 6 decades since our inception and if there is something to highlight, it is the commitment and enthusiasm to form a common and supportive project through the efforts of all our people. Despite the difficulties we are experiencing as a society, due to the global health crisis, 2021 will be a special year, a year in which we will remember where we came from, so that we can understand where we are going.
A group of people from ULMA in Aranzazu around 1970
It was at the end of the 1950s when Throughout these 60 years there Businesses with which we have 60 years later, we several young entrepreneurs from have been many challenges and shared, since then, a common Oñati decided to plant the seed difficulties. In the 1970s a severe Vision and Mission. continue with the of what has grown into today’s crisis shook the international same spirit and the ULMA Group social-business economy, which affected us in After 6 decades of work and effort, project. In a society suffering varying degrees. In this difficult with the impacts of the 2008 same principles, significant social deprivation, these scenario, we learned how to financial crisis and the current young men began their business establish ourselves nationwide pandemic, we have consolidated working for and with careers under the name of Talleres and expand our markets abroad. ourselves as a Group based on society. Ignacio Maiztegi, with the intention In the 1980s, the Basque industry Cooperative Values that have of dedicating themselves to underwent an intense phase given us our own consistent — maintenance and auxiliary work of industrial reconversion that and sustained personality over LANDER DIAZ DE GEREÑU for what was then the prosperous coincided with one of our most time. Cooperation, participation, President of the General Counsel of chocolate industry of Oñati. In turbulent periods. At that time, innovation and competitiveness 1961, it was decided to convert the effort of our group was key have been the foundations on the ULMA Group the company into a cooperative to overcoming difficulties and which we have built our project under the name Talleres ULMA continuing to create jobs. That and on which we have based our SCI. On 8 September of that same entrepreneurial and supportive development towards becoming a year, the articles of association spirit meant that, later, in the leader in job creation. Workers in the 1960s assembling the first were signed and it was also in 1961 1990s, we were in a position to packaging machines at Otadui 3 that the Otadui 3 warehouse was shape what we know today as the inaugurated. ULMA Group, based on diversified 20 21 60 years that brings us togethe TESTIMONIES: ULMA retirees speak. 1 January - 30 April Differences between ULMA yesterday and today RETIREMENTS
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ESTEBAN ALBELDA
JOXE AZKOITIA
— — — — JOSÉ LUIS CARREDANO Starting out in the 1960s was very The cooperative movement has I started working at ULMA before I I think the story I am about to tell difficult because machinery and always existed and will continue to was 18, which would be impossible is a perfect illustration of ULMA in capital were scarce. Those were exist. Our ULMA generation fought today. At that time it was already these 60 years. hard times with a tough route hard in the various periods that we an established company, although along a rocky road as the years lived through. We always operated nothing compared to what it is In 1973 Real Murcia was promoted ROBERTO IRIZAR went by. with respect and by upholding today. to the first division, which was the cooperative principle of quite an event and it led to the Today I see that everything has prioritizing the common good over The most advanced technology expansion of the capacity of changed in such a way that we the individual good - this is not as was the electric typewriter and the Condomina Stadium. One JOSÉ IGNACIO LEIBAR have placed ourselves in the front important at work as it used to be. communications were an odyssey Saturday afternoon the Club called line next to the competition and — because there were no mobiles. me saying that part of one of the most importantly by creating jobs ROBERTO AGUSTÍN "RIOJA" Little by little, new technologies stands had been damaged in a gale. in the town. ULMA ADVANCED FORGED SOLUTIONS like PCs, faxes and mobile phones The problem was that there was a were incorporated. And, in parallel, First Division match the next day... URRATEGI ELORZA As an anecdote, I would say more qualified personnel were It just so happened that in those that health and safety clothing hired and here we are today. days, three ULMA partners were in has changed considerably. For Murcia to do some assembly work. example, people didn’t want to It’s not just technology by itself I went to their hotel, where they JESÚS MARÍA MARKINEZ wear safety shoes because they that has brought us to where we were resting from their week's were uncomfortable and too hot. are now. What has brought the work, and I told them what had ULMA Group to where it is now is happened. They didn’t hesitate for In short, if we compare the MOTIVATION, the collective desire a minute before coming with me beginning in the 1960s with today to improve, day by day, of all of to get on with the repairs. The 4 ROBERTO GURIDI it would be like comparing the us who have worked at ULMA and of us, plus the ULMA warehouse stone age with the present day. currently work here. manager in Murcia, worked non- — — stop until the stands were ready LUIS MOYUA ARANTXA IÑURRITEGI for Sunday's game. JUAN MARI ELORZA ULMA PACKAGING ULMA AGRÍCOLA This anecdote illustrates how the cooperative spirit was felt and experienced at ULMA, a spirit that I tried to maintain in the company Thank you all and enjoy! until my retirement in 2001. — Congratulations JOSÉ MORA "PEPE" ULMA CONSTRUCTION 22 23 Agenda and suggestions
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