No. 44 december 2018 ULMA Group favours the balance between body and mind KARLOS PEREZ Personnel Manager at ULMA Handling Systems 2 summary summary 3 december 2018 04 news and updates UES, a member of the Railway NEWS > Innovation Hub AND UPDATESULMA Agricola ULMA façade on the skyscraper continues to strengthen located at Diagonal in Barcelona its presence in the Asian market EDiA EM, the 48V electric forklift by Mitsubishi NEWS AND UPDATES < ULMA Group at the Be Basque Talent Conference employment forum Megaproject at the Flushing Center, Queens, New York ULMA Conveyor Components was present at the SME 2018 Conference and Expo 17 report The RETINAL project begins its digital expansion > THE OTHER TALENTS OF THE ULMA GROUP 18 the other talents Wagner Rocha. Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, the art of of the ULMA Group smoothness Wagner Rocha. Jiu-jitsu brasileño, the art of smoothness NEWS AND UPDATES < ULMA Packaging at the IBA 2018 trade show 20 face to face Karlos Perez. Personnel Manager at ULMA Handling Systems 22 report PUBLISHED BY: ULMA favours the balance between Grupo ULMA S. Coop. Bº Garagaltza 51 body and mind 20560 OÑATI Tel.: 943 25 03 00 DIRECTOR: 24 ULMA Foundation Carlos Sarabia [email protected] PUBLISHING/EDITORIAL BOARD: agenda and suggestions Nora Altube, Joseba Alberdi, 26 Elena Goirizelaia, Maria Sendin, > FACE TO FACE Irene Moreno, Edurne Unzueta, Karlos Perez. Personnel Manager at ULMA Nerea Burgoa, Jesús Mari Eguiluz and Carlos Sarabia. Handling Systems DESIGN AND LAYOUT: Igone Basterra [email protected] 4 news and updates news and updates 5 ULMA HANDLING SYSTEMS ULMA PACKAGING ULMA ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTIONS Recambios Marinos launches its automated distribution centre and Think XXL. Would you Special prefabricated parts for the the new ULMA WMS (Warehouse Management System) like to work with us? National Assembly of Angola ULMA Packaging invests in the future. ULMA ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTIONS HAS ONCE MORE DEMONSTRATED ITS ABILITY TO ADAPT TO Currently the distribution centre of movements of pallets and containers Think XXL is a campaign aimed at making THE MOST SPECIAL AND PERSONALISED NEEDS Recambios Marinos has two different in the automated warehouse, ULMA’s ULMA Packaging attractive to the talents automated subsystems: one of them WMS allows the company to also of today. The aim of this campaign is to In Luanda, capital of Angola and We talked about the complexity of is focussed on managing marine spare manage items that are stored using the show ULMA Packaging as a company considered one of the most expensive this project with Luis Tome, Head of parts stored on pallets and the second conventional method. with a competitive and international labour cities in the world, the new building for Manufacturing at ULMA Architectural subsystem is focussed on products Having the new WMS system enables project; a company where camaraderie, the National Assembly of Angola is under Solutions, and this is what he told us: stored in plastic containers. the company to have information training and the working environment construction. “This is a complex and difficult The automated warehouse of available as well as state of the art are equally as important as the strive for The challenge of building this project due to the number of different Recambios Marinos is capable of visual analysis tools and knowledge of excellence and technological innovation. government building is the designing parts we are manufacturing and also due storing over 2,800 pallets and over the status of the distribution centre at all This campaign revolves around and manufacturing of numerous special to the complex palletising. Personally, 6,800 containers. Both subsystems are times through a user-friendly interface. several elements. Undoubtedly, the most prefabricated parts. This colonial style I am dedicating a lot of time to it connected with order picking stations, The WMS system will also allow for the important element is the new section building incorporates polymer concrete and leading this project has been very which are equipped with Pick To Light quick resolution of incidents as well as dedicated to employment on the ULMA solutions such as: more than 400 enriching as well as stressful because devices that help operators prepare the providing improved and more accurate Packaging Website. A redesign of the old pillar covers, around 5000 balustrades, even though I have been working here orders in a manner that is intuitive. decision making. This way, the quality “Work with us” section, with a much more personalised window surrounds, modular for many years, this is the largest project Once the orders are consolidated, Systems, adapted to the specific needs and reliability of the services provided modern image and messages that are more floor façades, cornices, parapets, etc., I have worked on and from which I am Recambios Marinos is ready to dispatch of the distribution centre. The core of from the centre is guaranteed. attractive and direct. making it a building with its own learning the most. It is worth mentioning the products to ships from over 20 this new software product incorporates Another of the star elements is the personality. that when carrying out these types of countries. the basic functionalities developed video for the campaign. This video reflects These models are fully personalised projects, teamwork is very important. I The comprehensive project of during ULMA’s more than 30 years the spirit and values of ULMA Packaging and different than what is normally would like to highlight the support I have Recambios Marinos incorporates the of experience integrating automated where our employees are the protagonists. offered by ULMA Architectural Solutions. received from Patricia (SAC) and Nicolau new Warehouse Management System solutions. Think XXL, together with the campaign The manufacturing began in January (Boilers), as well as from my co-workers (WMA) developed by ULMA Handling In addition to managing all the launched by the ULMA Group, “ULMA, a this year and 16 containers have been at manufacturing.” better place”, the company has confirmed shipped to date. The project is expected its commitment to renewing the entire to be completed by the end of the year. image in terms of attracting talent. This ULMA FORKLIFT TRUCKS responds to a global strategy that allows Inoxtruck was present at the Conxemar Exhibition in Vigo the ULMA Group, and ULMA Packaging in particular, to attract this talent that is so AN UNMISSABLE EVENT ATTENDED FOR THE necessary nowadays. NINTH YEAR IN A ROW ULMA Inoxtruck has participated in the latest edition of the CONXEMAR Exhibition held in Vigo. Of reference in Europe, the International Exhibition of Frozen Sea Products serves as a meeting point for the entire sector: wholesalers, importers, exporters, processors, manufacturers, distributors, freezers, machinery, auxiliary industry (cold, packaging, plastics, etc.). In collaboration with its distributor in Galicia, SOGACSA, ULMA Inoxtruck exhibited a wide range of solutions focussed on the fishing sector. In addition to serving as a meeting point for its clients, important commercial contacts were made at the exhibition. 6 news and updates news and updates 7 ULMA AGRÍCOLA ULMA EMBEDDED SOLUTIONS ULMA Agrícola continues to strengthen its presence in the Asian market ULMA Embedded Solutions, a member of the Railway Innovation Hub ULMA AGRÍCOLA RECENTLY COMPLETED A HIGH TECHNOLOGY PROJECT IN JAPAN WITHIN ITS BUSINESS STRATEGY FRAMEWORK, THIS ASSOCIATION AIMS TO BECOME A LEADING BRAND IN THE RAILWAY SECTOR; IN BOTH THE NATIONAL AS WELL AS INTERNATIONAL MARKETS This is a project of nearly 1 hectare for growing tomatoes in hydroponics with a ULMA Embedded Solutions (UES) supported crop channel system. has become a member of the Railway The installation incorporates a Innovation Hub. This business association high level of technology and structural has over 66 members and its aim is to resistance. ULMA Agrícola, in addition to promote railway technology and knowledge supplying all the required materials and in the innovation of the companies within equipment, has taken care of supervising the group for the purpose of ensuring that the assembly and integration of all the Spain becomes an international leader in equipment installed in the project. railway innovation. The climate in Japan is generally In this context, UES will provide its influenced by the effects of the monsoon, experience developing railway systems as so in the summer, the hot and humid winds per the EN 5012X standards, including from the ocean cause high temperatures, hardware, software and programmable strong winds and a high level of humidity. logic. UES will also provide its experience in maintaining software systems, thus covering the product life cycle. ULMA CONSTRUCTION New Offices for Publishing House Axel Springer ULMA CONVEYOR COMPONENTS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EMBLEMATIC various formwork systems continuously the ceilings, which fact had to be taken ULMA Conveyor Components was present at the SME 2018 AXEL SPRINGER SKYSCRAPER IN BERLIN IS THE rotating clockwise through the building into account in the formwork design. MILESTONE MOTIVATING THE CONSTRUCTION core, slab, and column areas, providing An important factor in the success Conference and Expo OF NEW OFFICES FOR THE COMPANY, PLANNED optimal efficiency and savings. of this project was the close relationship TO ACCOMMODATE 3,500 WORKERS AND BE In addition to the architectural and continual communication between The SME (Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration) Organisation FULLY COMPLETED IN 2020 demands of the project, the structural ULMA and our clients. This allowed us engineering challenges were also to streamline a complex set of varied is a non-profit Professional Association Designed by OMA, the architectural significant. The bottom half of the operations, preventing bottlenecks and with over 15,000 members from firm headed by the iconic Rem Koolhaas, building, for example, features acoustic delays that would have hindered the more than 100 countries. The SME the structure notably features an atrium and thermal insulation integrated into construction process.