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ON COVER INTERVIEW GENERAL SERVICES THE PHOTO GRUPO ANTOLINEN PORTADA STRENGTHENS FERNANDOPLANTAS SANZ, THE MOSTPROTAGONISTAS SUSTAINABLE OFFICE GRUPOENTREVISTA ANTOLIN ITS PRESENCEG IN MOROCCO OVERHEAD BUS CHIEF OFFICER BUILDINGR IN SPAIN DRESSESW PARIS GRUPO ANTOLIN Winter 2014-2015 · n 70 forma MOROCCO SECOND PLANT IN TANGIER GRUPO ANTOLIN IN FIRST PERSON At October 31st 2014 Operating in 25 countries more than 120 plants JOSÉ ANTOLÍN 25 technical commercial offices Chairman more than 14,700 employees A YEAR TO REMEMBER Another year has gone by and once again it gives me great pleasure to thank and congratulate every member of our great team for all your commitment and hard work, which has led to us exceed the results of previous years. There have been some very significant events in 2014 which I would like to highlight here. 9,653 employees Territory Europe - South America Last March we took a huge step forward in the diversification policy of our sources of finance, issuing a bond with great success. 2,501 employees The markets have noted our company’s solidity and strategy and rate it so highly that in a Territory North America record time we managed to issue bonds worth 400 million euros at an equally record rate, with exceptional over-demand. 2,627 employees Territory Africa - Asia - Pacific Meanwhile, with regard to the consolidation of our market positions, it is important to highlight our progress in the door trim segment, with significant advances with clients such as FORD and VW. In the case of FORD, the fact that we secured our first order from this client for the models that will be produced in Valencia has enabled us to start up a new plant in Spain, thus INFORMA is published by Grupo Antolin, helping to generate the quality jobs that are so necessary for Spain right now. a multinational at the cutting edge of design and production of components for car interiors for the automobile industry. In the same product line, we should also mention that the confidence we have managed to instill in such a demanding client as AUDI in terms of finish quality, with the development EDITORIAL OFFICE Grupo Antolin and start-up of panels for the TT model, has resulted in our winning an extremely important Marketing Communication & Institutional Relations GA order for panels and plastic parts for the new Q5 model, which will be manufactured in Carretera Madrid-Irún, km. 244,8 MEXICO. E 09007 - BURGOS - SPAIN Tel. +34 947 47 77 00 We will need to set up a new plant in that country and this is a major challenge that · [email protected] will demand the very best from us. To achieve this we are able to rely on our many years www.grupoantolin.com of experience in MEXICO and a group of people who are fully committed to this project, which will undoubtedly open up the doors to new orders in the NAFTA region which, as I DESIGN Germán Delgado mentioned earlier, consolidates our position in the doors market, bringing us closer to the · [email protected] position of leadership we enjoy with other product lines. Our company is the sum of many individual efforts and I believe it is only right to recognize PHOTOS them here. I would therefore like to send my sincere congratulations to all of you who work Miguel Jelliss, Grupo Antolin, Rafa Saiz and agencies. to keep us so competitive. I know this is a challenging area, but we should never forget that we work in one of the most competitive sectors in the world and we must not let our guard PRINTED by Coiman down for even one second. We have never done so, and our clients have recognized this. C/ Marqués de Portugalete, 16 E 28027 MADRID - SPAIN Finally, as we do every year, I would like to take advantage of these few lines to wish you all Tel. 34 91 742 12 03 a very Happy Christmas and a New Year full of good things. I hope you will enjoy a restful · [email protected] festive season in the company of your families and recharge your batteries for a year ahead that looks full of interesting opportunities. At the beginning of this message I said that 2014 This publication is available for employees on the would be a year to remember, but I am certain that with your hard work, commitment and GA intranet and corporate website. dedication it will be eclipsed by the coming year! D. Legal: M-18595-2006 With my warmest regards.▪ grupoantolin 2 INFORMA GENERAL SERVICES GRUPO ANTOLIN BUILDS THE MOST SUSTAINABLE OFFICE BUILDING IN SPAIN page 16 ON COVER INTERVIEW GRUPO ANTOLIN STRENGTHENS ITS PRESENCE FERNANDO SANZ, IN MOROCCO page 4 OVERHEAD BU CHIEF OFFICER page 8 TRADE FAIRS REPORT CSR FORUM GRUPO ANTOLIN PRESENTS ITS ERNESTO ANTOLÍN SPEAKS GRUPO ANTOLIN 29TH IESE AND KPMG LATEST INNOVATIONS AT THE AT THE ANFAC-PWC FORUM: PLEDGES SUPPORT AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR IZB TRADE FAIR IN GERMANY page 22 “CREATING INDUSTRY” page 24 FOR WOMEN page 26 MEETING page 28 THE PHOTO SAFETY AND LABOR HEALTH GRUPO ANTOLIN DRESSES GRUPO ANTOLIN-RYA: “EFFICIENCY IN PARIS page 32 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT” page 38 PROTAGONISTS SPECIAL GRUPO ANTOLIN CONTINUES SERNAUTO PRESENTS THE ITS COMMITMENT TO YOUTH STRATEGIC COMPONENTS EMPLOYMENT page 30 AGENDA FOR 2020 page 34 IN BRIEF THE HISTORY CORNER HR CONVENTION, AWARDS, FORUMS… page 42 50 YEARS OF THE FORD MUSTANG, A WILD HORSE WITH A WIND-BLOWN MANE page 58 CLIENTS GRUPO ANTOLIN CHOSEN GRUPO ANTOLIN BY AUDI AS SUPPLIER OF AWARDED BY BMW ITS FUTURE Q5 page 41 page 46 ON COVER Grupo Antolin strengthens its presence in MOROCCO The Vice Chairman of Grupo Antolin, Ernesto Antolín, accompanied by the Moroccan Minister of Industry, Moulay Hafid Elalamy, officially opened the company’s second factory in Tangier on 29 October 2014. This center, which will specialize in stitching seat covers, joins the existing plant that produces overheads and sun visors for some of the world’s leading car manufacturers. Ernesto Antolín expressed his pride at the opening of the new plant and noted that it represents “a logical evolution. When very few people would have put money on the development of an automotive industry in Morocco, we believed it was a region that offered many possibilities and we decided to open our first plant here. We have always been welcomed with open arms and the people here have been extremely generous to us. This fact, along with our clients’ faith in us and the development of the sector, has led to the opening of this second plant.” Photo of the ribbon-cutting ceremony: From left to right: Ernesto Antolín (Vice Chairman of Grupo Antolin), Fouad Brini (President of the Special Tangier-Mediterranean Agency, TMSA), Rachid Machou (Manager of Antolin Tanger), Moulay Hafid Elalamy (Moroccan Minister of Industry) and Mª Helena Antolín (Corporate Director of Marketing, Communication and Public Affairs at Grupo Antolin). grupoantolin 4 INFORMA The second production plant is also located in Tangier’s Free Trade Zone and will specialize in the production of SEAT COVERS for new MERCEDES, CITROËN and RENAULT cars. “Right here and now, I would like to state my commitment to improving the country’s economy and continue deepening the lines of collaboration we have already opened.” Ernesto Antolín. Moulay Hafid Elalamy, Moroccan Minister of Industry, during his speech at the new plant. grupoantolin INFORMA 5 In Tangier we also produce overheads This center will help to – a segment in which we are the world leaders –, sun visors and seats, which are provide our clients with used in some of the world’s top-selling an even better service cars. We have a team of over 600 em- as well as enabling us ployees and we hope that this figure will Enlargement of the Graphic to continue growing continue to increase. Engineering Center and differentiating our activity, giving us Our Vice Chairman also underlined the The new facilities will also house a crucial role that the industry should play graphic engineering center which will the capacity to target in the economy’s recovery, as it has sig- develop and provide support for new other high-tech sectors nificant potential to boost other areas Grupo Antolin projects. This center such as the aviation such as innovation, development and forms part of a global design network and railway industries, the creation of quality jobs. with plants all over the world which, which are becoming thanks to the use of the most advanced increasingly important He also touched on the importance of technologies, help us to support our cli- the vehicle parts sector in the success ents in developing their projects. Our in the Moroccan of the automobile industry: “Spain is an Moroccan technicians have already industrial sector. excellent example of how, with a few demonstrated the high standard of their strong suppliers, the sector has grown work and in 2014 alone were involved in more than in other similar countries.” developing 10 projects. grupoantolin 6 INFORMA To conclude, our Vice Chairman ex- pressed his support for the collaborative work undertaken with the Moroccan Ministry of Industry in modernizing the sector’s technology. As a result, both par- ties are studying possible options for col- laboration aimed at strengthening the role of Morocco in the automotive sector. In the words of Ernesto Antolín to the Minister of Industry: “Right here and now, I would like to state my commit- ment to improving the country’s econo- my and continue deepening the lines of Grupo Antolin’s journey in Morocco collaboration we have already opened.” started almost a decade ago: In 2005, Antolin Tanger was established, our first pro- duction plant in Morocco which initially specialized in making seat covers.