No. 35 december 2015 ULMA Group’s Solidarity and Commitment helps to find a home for those people affected by the crisis The other talents of ULMA Group 2 summary summary 3 december 2015 NEWS AND CURRENT THEMES. ULMA Packaging 04 news and current themes exhibits at IBA 2015. ULMA Agrícola took part in the Middle East’s largest agricultural exhibition ULMA Inoxtruck: A Guarantee of Quality NEWS AND CURRENT THEMES. FACE TO FACE. Victor Grifols, Chief Executive ULMA Conveyor Components BRAD CHOI, ULMA Piping’s Sales Officer of Grifols Group, visits presents at the PERUMIN exhibition. Representative in South Korea. ULMA Group ULMA Handling Systems brings a touch of glamour to logistics in Saint Petersburg 15 face to face BRAD CHOI, ULMA Piping’s Sales Representative in South Korea REPORT. 16 report The other talents of ULMA ULMA Foundation; another year Group. of solidarity and commitment to people 18 report ULMA Group’s Solidarity and Commitment helps to find a home for those people affected by the crisis 20 report NEWS AND CURRENT THEMES. The other talents of ULMA Group ULMA involved in renovating TEAM OF COLLABORATORS: the façade of the Essential agenda and suggestions Nora Altube, Joseba Alberdi, 22 Elena Goirizelaia, María Sendín, Compositions building in Gandia. Irene Moreno, Edurne Unzueta, Romu Arteche and Karlos Alzola. Edition: Grupo ULMA S. Coop., Garagaltza auzoa 51 - 22 p.k. 20560 OÑATI. Tel.: 943 25 03 00. Fax; 943 78 09 17. e-mail: [email protected]. Design and Layout: Brand, Communication and CSR Department. Environmentally friendly paper 4 news and current themes news and current themes 5 ULMA FORKLIFT TRUCKS ULMA HANDLING SYSTEMS ULMA PACKAGING ULMA GROUP Mitsubishi EDiA EX wins the coveted Red ULMA Handling ULMA Packaging In conjunction with Banco Santander, Dot Design Award 2015 Systems brings a exhibits at IBA 2015 around 40 SMEs visited ULMA Group on touch of glamour November 12 The Mitsubishi EDiA EX forklift steering configuration with the ability to truck, which is distributed exclusively pivot on its own axis which guarantees to logistics in Saint Banco Santander believes that well as multinationals. During his in the Spanish market by ULMA unprecedented control even on slippery ULMA Group’s experience of “growing presentation, Iñaki reflected on the keys Forklift Trucks, has been awarded the surfaces. The members of the jury also Petersburg from an SME to a multinational to ULMA’s development, highlighting prestigious Red Dot Design Award 2015 acknowledged its exclusive Intelligent company” can be viewed as a success those elements that define ULMA’s which, since 1995, recognises products Curve Control System which offers story, example and model for today’s business culture in which design is an integral part the driver increased safety, reduces tyre SMEs who aspire to become the Meanwhile, Aitor Ayastuy, of their innovation. Mitsubishi Forklift wear and limits potential stock and multinationals of tomorrow. Head of ULMA Construction, gave Trucks joins the list of companies that shelving damage in tight aisles. Even so, That’s why, on 12 November, a presentation on the process of have won this award which includes it is possible that the most noteworthy around 40 SMEs who are clients of internationalising his business. BMW, Apple, Porsche and Bose. technical aspect for the jury was the Banco Santander visited ULMA Group’s To round off the visit, all the The 38 members of the jury EDiA EX’s revolutionary and pioneering premises in Oñati. participants in this Master Class were acknowledged the driving experience, Sensitive Drive System (SDS) which As part of the visit, Iñaki Gabilondo taken on a tour of the ULMA Group the result of the work carried out by encourages increased productivity from gave a presentation on the ULMA New Promotions and ULMA Packaging Mitsubishi’s entire European network the outset thanks to the almost instant Group and its businesses, highlighting Technological Centre premises, where which, in coordination with the design climate of confidence created between the fact that ULMA has multiple they had the chance to hear valuable team, conducted the largest study to driver and forklift truck. ▪ experiences given that the Group first-hand feedback from their hosts. ▪ date on electric forklift trucks. This study The leading trade fair for the bakery, continues to be formed by SMEs as involved speaking with managers and confectionery, sweets and chocolates workers from many different companies sectors took place in Munich from 12 to and resulted in the EDiA EX, an 80V 17 September. electric counterbalance truck with the ULMA Packaging exhibited two flexibility to move easily in small spaces, installations that captured the interest of all which is comfortable, intuitive and Au Pont Rouge shopping centre in Saint visitors who were passing the ULMA stand. easy to drive and which can be used Petersburg (Russia) is set to provide the most On the one hand, the company immediately both indoors and outdoors, glamorous showcase for ULMA Handling presented a complete solution for pastries without adjustments or adaptations. Systems’ horizontal carousel. composed of: What’s more, it has a unique This automated storage system will be located - Twin cell of two D8 delta robots to feed at the heart of a renowned Russian perfume the product into the flow pack wrapper. and cosmetics store, whose customers will - ATLANTA flow pack wrapper (HFFS) for be able to request the desired product and individual packaging. ULMA INOXTRUCK witness how the carousel instantly delivers - VTC 700 vertical wrapper (VFFS) for their order. ULMA’s carousel will be yet secondary packaging to group products ULMA Inoxtruck: A Guarantee of Quality another attraction for the wide audience in a bag. visiting the Shopping Centre, enabling On display at the other end of the stand TÜV Rheinland has recently audited the products chosen by customers to be was the FR 500 flow pack wrapper which ULMA Inoxtruck’s internal processes and delivered rapidly, precisely and safely. is designed to be integrated into medium- has certified that our quality assurance ULMA’s horizontal storage systems are high speed automated lines and is capable system satisfactorily complies with the specially designed to provide order picking of reaching up to 800 packs/min. Its robust ISO9001: 2008 standard. In other words, and automatic storage solutions that construction and high reliability make we have a system that ensures compliance enable productivity ratios to be maximised, this machine an ideal packaging solution with our customers’ requirements in terms whilst reducing the number of movements, for bread, pastries, biscuits, sweets and of the design and manufacture of hygienic transport operations and the amount of confectionery. equipment for clean rooms both for the and external quality-related costs of the warehouse space required. The new packaging and automation food industry and for laboratories and processes and the ease of documentary The project has been implemented in solutions catalogue for the bread, pharmaceutical companies. traceability supported on the existing ERP partnership with REPHARMA in Russia, pastries, biscuits and sweets sector was After two days spent auditing all the system. a company which specialises in the also presented. In addition to packaging processes, the final report drawn up by We hope that this Quality Certificate pharmaceutical sector. ▪ solutions, this catalogue also shows TÜV Rheinland highlighted strengths will help us to introduce our products into different layouts of automation solutions including the existence and deployment Germany, among other countries, as part that these sectors demand from suppliers of a 5-year Strategic Plan, the control of the business’s international expansion such as ULMA. ▪ over and plans to improve the internal policy. ▪ 6 news and current themes news and current themes 7 ULMA PIPING ULMA ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTIONS ULMA Lazkao ULMA drainage Forging passes the channels for the audit for aerospace new entrance to FC approval Barcelona’s Camp Nou stadium The new main entrance to the facilities of FC Barcelona, now located 2011 saw ULMA Lazkao Forging Royce (world leader in the manufacture and has therefore obtained EN9100 at Gate 14, opens the Club up to the define its Strategic Commercial Plan of aircraft turbines) which is anticipated approval for the manufacture of forged surrounding neighbourhood while its which, among other things, included to take place later this year. components for the aerospace industry newly created accessible public spaces the development of forging for the All this work is being jointly carried and the means of production audit by improve interaction with the neighbouring Aerospace Sector. out by the technical and quality offices ITP, validating ULMA for forging aimed public. This project enlarges the main Aerospace is a special sector in of ULMA Lazkao and ULMA Piping with at the sector. entrance to the facilities of FC Barcelona which the manufacturing process and the support of Mondragon Goi Eskola Once this milestone has been in the district of Les Corts, facilitates the its controls must be 100% guaranteed. Politeknikoa who, together with ITP, achieved, the next aim will be obtain connection between the main entrance In recent years, ULMA Lazkao have set out on this project in order to NADCAP approval for the Heat to the complex and the entrance to Forging has developed a forging ensure ULMA’s training and approval Treatment department. This approval is the Stadium grandstand, where the ULMA AGRÍCOLA simulation model capable of predicting for the aerospace sector. specifically concerned with aerospace largest crowds congregate, and solves the Greenhouse for growing living lettuce the final microstructure of components The training process includes heat treatments. ▪ problems of coexistence between vehicles forged in INCO 718. This simulator, adapting ULMA’s processes and means and pedestrians both on a day-to-day which has now been validated, has of production to aerospace industry basis and on matchdays, so that people ULMA Agrícola is installing a to reduce the use of pesticides.