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Technical Commercial Office NEWS primavera 08:Maquetación 1 28/4/08 17:07 Página 1 News GRUPO ANTOLIN Spring 2008 · No. 52 ANNUAL Convention Recognition Ceremony Corporate Social Responsibility Group Plants Grupo Antolin ARA Emotional DESIGN NEWS primavera 08:Maquetación 1 28/4/08 17:08 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 E 09007 BURGOS - SPAIN DESIGN Germán Delgado Tel. 34 91 742 12 03 Tel. 34 947 47 77 00 · [email protected] Fax: 34 91 742 67 81 Fax: 34 947 48 43 63 www.grupoantolin.com PHOTOGRAPHY Rafa Sáiz D. Legal: M-18594-2006 DOES Territory Europe - South America DOAAP 7,301 employees* Territory Africa - Asia - Pacific DONA 1,483 employees* Territory North America 1,792 employees* * Nr of employees by territory as per 31st of January 2008 contents page 4 cover story page 16 special Annual Convention and Recognition Ceremony Corporate Social Responsibility The 2007 figures have improved significantly with respect to those for 2006 and their The concept of Corporate Social Responsibility absolute values constitute a historic record has become a new element of companies’ both in terms of sales and in results business strategy page 23 in brief News in brief page 10 interview page 18 special Conversation with the New tax regulation of page 32 the history corner associated companies President Barreiros page 12 plants page 20 the photo Grupo Antolin-ARA Solar Park The Delegation from Iberdrola in Castilla y ARA is the oldest of Grupo Antolin’s plants. León inaugurated Grupo Antolin’s solar park Originally, it was a store and upholstery shop at the headquarters on 12th December 2007 page 22 clients Barreiros automotive group represents an ex- ceptional case in the Spanish car industry GA to supply Daimler Trucks in Brazil page 35 For the first time in its history, Grupo Antolin health will supply window regulators for trucks of the “The senses” HEARING Daimler Group We continue with the hearing, our series of articles relative to the senses of our body page 14 designing the future page 37 en route Emotional Design Puebla (Mexico) The purpose of emotional design is to modify or Legend says that Puebla or Angelopolis was create products that are capable of generating created by the angels. It was founded in 1531 emotions in the users by the Spanish News Grupo Antolin 2 Spring 2008 NEWS primavera 08:Maquetación 1 28/4/08 17:08 Página 3 Editorial Grupo Antolin began its commit- ment to the environment and social Ernesto Antolin Arribas responsibility in 2004 as a founding Vice-president of Grupo Antolin member of the United Nations in first person Global Compact, by adhering to the ten Principles for behaviour and action with respect to human rights, labour standards, the environment, and the fight against corruption. In 2007 the Group renewed its com- he internationalization of our Group is an irrefutable fact, a reflection mitment to supporting these Prin- of what is happening in the global economy: 22 countries, 86 plants ciples again with its second Progress and 20 technical-commercial offices form the industrial and commer- Report. T cial fabric of Grupo Antolin. Our presence in a number of territories gives us Since 2002 there has been a plan in a strong competitive edge in facing global projects, but it also demands a place aimed at reducing the use of great deal of effort in the amount of coordination and communication re- gas and electricity in the headquar- quired of us all. Our clients generate more and more ambitious projects, with ters. This resulted in more than a shorter gestation periods, developments in various different regions, and in- 35% reduction up to the year 2007. dustrialization in many countries. This implies a change in the way we ap- proach our clients and it requires additional effort in teamwork among the On 12th December 2007 the solar different territories that form part of our organization. panels on the central office were of- ficially inaugurated, with such pan- Diversity of clients has also become one of our hallmarks. The portfolio of els generating over 20% of our en- clients of the Group has become more balanced and has extended over the ergy consumption. The scope of this last few years to include all the automotive groups. Nowadays we can as- event has merited treatment in our sert that our list of clients is as long as that of our most immediate com- section entitled The Photo. petitors, but there are still some challenges left to achieve that will strengthen such diversity: industrial implantation in Russia this year, con- GA is making an enormous effort to solidation of the American territory, and continuing our expansion in Asia. minimise the environmental impact of our activities, with our main ac- The combination of Globalization and Diversity provides a dynamic and tions being: GA-Magnesio has been solid Group, capable of facing all the challenges that might arise. We are making magnesium components the reliable alternative to the mega-suppliers of automotive parts, and we since 2006 to reduce the weight of need to keep advancing technologically, moving into a position where we the vehicle and thus its CO2 emis- have an advantage over them in those products that constitute our strate- sions; ASH has been producing gic specialty lines. Coretech® agglomerate boards since We have reasonable grounds to look at the future with optimism. 2005, for construction work made from the remains of the roofs. If we analyze the diversification of our clients and our global presence while at the same time examining the penetration in the market of each one of At the beginning of 2008 a new the three main products that make up our portfolio, we can see that we area was set up in our business con- have reached a very important market share of 26% (without including stituting a new element in our strat- Japan) for our overhead systems, but both in seats and door panels, hard egy: Corporate Social Responsibili- trim and other interior trims, our figures are still quite low. ty. Grupo Antolin publicly an- nounced its commitment to work on The technological domain, together with the increasing industrial prestige the impact of our activity on the en- of our Group, opens up a potential field of growth that we need to learn vironment, people and social milieu. how to cultivate. In the automotive parts industry we are one of the few This subject is focused on in the Spe- companies that enjoy prestige for their sustained industrial vocation while cial section of this newsletter. others give more importance to short-term financial aspects. The Marketing department is co- Our aforementioned business vocation characterized by a clear strategy operating closely on the communi- for long-term growth, sustained by a team of highly trained professionals cation and publication of the activ- working together, is the best guarantee of success to face the challenges ities of the CSR section. Q that lie ahead in our sector. Q News Grupo Antolin Spring 2008 3 NEWS primavera 08:Maquetación 1 28/4/08 17:08 Página 4 cover story ANNUAL Convention When José Manuel Temiño started to go over the data available for 2007 in his total figures, as a general observation he noted that they had all improved sig- nificantly with respect to those for the previous tax year, and that their absolute values constitute a historic record for the Group both in terms of sales and also in results.