Autumn 2012 · nº 64 News GRUPO ANTOLIN VALIDATION in Grupo Antolin A world leader in the automotive sector José Antolin Gold Medal from the City of Burgos CENIT MAGNO PROGRAMME draws to a close on was f nalist of This publicati orpress internal 2010 Inf ion prizes communicat al magazine as best intern 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 25 countries with 96 plants and 22 technical commercial offices. This publication is available for employees on the GA intranet and corporate website EDITORIAL OFFICE Grupo Antolin EditoriaL DIRECTOR Marketing GA 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 · [email protected] Tel. 34 947 47 77 00 www.grupoantolin.com PHoto Carlos Selgas, Miguel Jelliss D. Legal: M-18594-2006 and Rafa Sáiz Territory Europe - South Territory America Africa - 8,904 employees* Asia - Pacific 2,344 employees* Territory North America 2,308 employees* *Nr of employees by territory as on the 31st of August 2012 contents page 27 corp. responsibility page 5 on cover page 17 designing the future Cancer prevention Validation area in Grupo project Pininfarina Antolin Together it’s possible page 9 protagonists page 30 in brief News in brief Ranking 100 global suppliers, visits, awards… page 35 Grupo Antolin Children The legacy of the Italian designer art competition Bases 2012 page 20 the photo Cars at the Olympic page 36 the history corner José Antolin receives the Games Gold Medal from the City of Burgos page 22 report End user Benchmarking page 12 report Magno committee page 24 occup. health&safety Leadership in Safety page 14 special Project Cenit ADAPTA To achieve the effective and constant Opel is 150 years old Closer to our clients prevention of the labour risks From sewing machines to today’s cars News Grupo Antolin 2 · Autumn 2012 Ernesto Antolin Vice-president In first person AUTO-ANALYSIS In 2007 there was a slowdown in the international economy and this had a direct impact on the automotive industry. The overcapacity for both, components and vehicles, took its toll at that time, and the situation is starting to repeat itself today. In the case of Spain, it is estimated that the automotive sector will not recover until 2020, when the theoretical volume of the Spanish automotive sector will again be reached, namely 1.2 million units, corresponding to a market of 47 million inhabitants and more than 600 cars for every 1,000 people. In Europe, the situation is far from rosy. Sales have failed to recover and are falling in most countries, which results in over-production of around 4 million vehicles despite the cuts made. The only way that companies can absorb this overcapacity is to once more cut back to match demand and to continue focussing on internationalisation, given that the world automotive market will grow at an annual rate of 4% in both 2012 and 2013, despite the ongoing decline in Europe. However, the European situation is in contrast to the good growth being maintained in other countries such as those known as BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) and the United States. Sales in the US have been recovering somewhat despite the relative weakness of its economic recovery, but it is the growth in the Asia-Pacific region that dominates the panorama in terms of the demand for vehicles internationally. We are therefore experiencing an important shift in the production and demand of cars toward new growing economies. A new global scenario that has modified the strategies of the automakers and suppliers and to which Grupo Antolin is continuously adapting given its flexibility and its organic and inorganic growth rate. Our significant international presence, along with our technological leadership and flexibility, allow us to serve our customers all around the world. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has recently granted us a loan of €70 million, which will be invested in research, development and innovation for interior components. This loan will undoubtedly help with our technological strength and represents an important investment in terms of the future success of the company. The project financed by the EIB can be divided into two parts: firstly, it will finance R&D&i initiatives to develop components; secondly, the project will include investment in the application of technologies to increase the productivity and flexibility of our plants, reduce their process costs and improve their energy efficiency. The EIB requires these plants to be located in the Convergence Regions, and as a result the money will be invested in certain factories in Spain, Portugal and the Czech Republic. Grupo Antolin has shown its strength and robustness even in times of economic uncertainty. Despite the fact that the economic conditions continue to be complicated, we have to keep focussing on quality and on a job well done at the international level if we are to continue being competitive. w News Grupo Antolin Autumn 2012 · 3 Through the development of its brand, the city of Burgos wants to portray a new image in terms of tourism, culture, business and quality of life, so strengthening its standing both nationally and internationally. We at Smile, Grupo Antolin have signed up to the campaign to publicise this new image for Burgos, a city which is DEVELOPING, including this brand in our magazine and on our corporate website. it' s Burgos. Validation area in Grupo Antolin A world leader in the automotive sector Corporate Quality Department Grupo Antolin-Ingenieria on cover The new challenges facing the automotive sector need suppliers to be fully involved in the conception and development of products, allocating the necessary resources to ensure the unquestionable reliability and robustness of their tests and trials: Credibility with our Customers. To achieve this it has reformed its central laboratory facilities News Grupo Antolin Autumn 2012 · 5 Grupo Antolin wants to go further in order to obtain accreditation by ENAC for the ISO 7025 “standard which guarantees that the working methodology and results obtained are accurate” VALIDATION The Validation unit forms part of the Corporate Quality Department. It currently has resources dedicated to this work spread across different technical centres and plants, but the central unit is the most important in terms of human and technical resources. The unit has 6 different testing areas: AREAS TEST VALIDatION UNIT OF GRUPO ANTOLIN 1 2 3 4 5 6 MATERIALS FOR METALLIC FUNCTIONAL ACOUSTICS AND INTERIOR TRIMS, ELECTRONICS MATERIALS AND METROLOGY COMPONENT VIBRATIONS PLASTICS AND METALLOGRAPHY TESTING FOAMS News Grupo Antolin 6 · Autumn 2012 The central Laboratories and Validation area in the Corporate Quality Department is responsible for the validation of Grupo Antolin’s projects, in both their innovation and development stages and in terms of Advanced Engineering and mass production activities. This validation involves more than just running the testing, with additional activities including: benchmarking results with other projects, customer requirements, standards, other laboratories (inter- comparison)... One way to increase the reliability of the result is to use the feedback from the calculations and simulations. The array of testing includes: · Techniques for identifying chemical components (differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis and spectrophotometry). · Full function test rigs. · Mechanical testing (hardness, mechanical resistance, etc.). ONGOING IMPROVEMENT · Sensory tests related to comfort in the vehicle (smell, touch, look, sound). We have been audited and are certified by several of our clients. Among these: SELF GREEMENT (RENAULT) since · Acoustic absorption, noise measurements. 2001 for testing vehicle interiors, widening the scope in 2012 to the exterior of the vehicle. VOLVO also certified our · Electronics (electromagnetic compatibility). Management in Emission Testing in vehicle interiors in 2008, extending the certification to testing for pillars in 2009. · Emissions. As we have mentioned, we want to take A STEP FORWARD: · Climate cycles and ageing in different environmental one of the targets for the validation unit in 2012 is being conditions. accredited by ENAC for ISO 17025. One item in the list of tasks to perform is the improvement and reorganisation of The main initiatives in this area are organised through the our testing facilities, which helps to ensure the robustness integrated management of the validation, which ensures: of our activity: sample management, resource management and control, access, environmental conditions… · Reliability when performing the testing. The international UNE-EN-ISO/IEC 17025:2005 standard · Traceability. establishes the general requirements for competence when carrying out testing and calibrations. It is a Quality · General knowledge. standard, based on a series of ISO 9000 Quality standards. However, while this standard has many aspects in common · Lessons learned that improve the quality and robustness with the ISO 9001 standard, it is different because its main of our developments and products throughout their life objective is the accreditation of the competence of Testing in production. entities (Laboratories). 6 Activity 2011 5,608 tests carried out 125,800 hours for climate test (all products) Activity 2012 (until 30th of August) Objective until end of 2012 3,805 tests carried out 6,100 tests carried out News Grupo Antolin Autumn 2012 · 7 The human resources consist of 25 people including engineers, “graduates and doctors in Chemistry and laboratory and testing technicians with extensive experience in their respective work areas RENEWAL OF THE LABORATORIES” This has involved the reform of the materials laboratory, the main feature of which has been to create an area of 95 m2 with controlled environmental conditions (23 ± 2ºC, 50 ± 5% relative humidity) through an independent air conditioning system.