Winter 2010-2011 · nº 59 News GRUPO ANTOLIN We chat with “OUR PEOPLE” Paris Motor Show Interview with the Director of the Legal Department IRAMEC A Model of Management 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 more than 11,000 employees. This publication is available for the employees in the GA’s 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 GA., Rafa Sáiz and Miguel Jelliss D. Legal: M-18594-2006 Territory Europe - South Territory America Africa - 7,298 employees* Asia - Pacific 2,688 employees* Territory North America 1,723 employees* * Nr of employees by territory as on the 30th of September 2010 contents page 28 occup. health&safety page 4 interview page 14 designing the future Health Monitoring Pablo Ruiz Ferreiro 2010 Paris Motor Show How Grupo Antolin-RyA develops this Director of our Legal Department fundamental tool page 8 special page 30 in brief Grupo Antolin wishes... News in brief Our Managers send us their best wishes for Among other issues we include in this section: next year Opening of a new plant in China, last prizes, new VW Passat launching… page 12 plants IRAMEC A review of the main concept cars shown page 42 the history corner 200th Anniversary of page16 the photo Peugeot International Economics Prize to José Antolin Cristobal Gabarron Foundation awarded our President page18 corp. responsibility Main lines and projects page20 report page 44 special Let’s find out more about this Brazilian We chat with “Our plant and the products that it develops and People” Our Values manufactures, such as window regulators We try to approach the daily work of our Creativity, Leadership and Customer Orientation and latches plants worldwide should be the Values that guide our work Picture of the cover: Renault Zoe Preview, a realistic view of the future electric vehicle of this brand News Grupo Antolin 2 · Winter 2010-2011 Editorial José Antolin Toledano We say goodbye to 2010 and a Chairman new year starts with the best wishes that some of our executives send us in first person through these pages. Take them as an example of the objectives and purpo- ses of the entire company. I would like to take the opportunity that this Newsletter offers me In the central pages you will find the each year to outline the results of the efforts of everyone making special report, Chat with “OUR PEO- up GRUPO ANTOLIN over the year now coming to an end. PLE.” A way to know how our pro- duction and assembly plants work Firstly, I would like to highlight a substantial improvement in the in different countries, as well as the financial results of the company in 2010, thanks to the gradual personal views of some colleagues recovery in the market and to the fantastic work of our teams and through their own testimonies and our ability to react. This time last year I asked for your commitment experiences. and trust in the face of changes in the industry and, once again, you have all responded in the best possible way, becoming involved We continue with the interview sec- and delivering. tion, and this time we present the Le- gal Department through its Director, I would also like to mention that our global presence has allowed us Pablo Ruiz Ferreiro. This is an area of to finish the year with outstanding profits. The fact that we main- our company that may go unnoticed, tain our identity, transmitting our ideas and training the people in a priori, for some of us, but whose the locations where we operate, is also a key part of this success. role is vital to support our growth and the activities we perform. In addition, over the last few months we have received two very important awards. As you all know, I am not one to accept awards We suggest you to come with us to for myself, unless they are shared with all of you. I want to take this Brazil, to visit one of our plants lo- opportunity to share with you the Merit in Work Award and the cated there, Iramec. From its current Cristóbal Gabarrón Foundation International Economics Award, location near the city of Taubaté, we which are awards for the company as a whole. Congratulations! detail how the Total Quality tools and GA Production System have been im- Excellence in Quality must continue to be the focus of our efforts, plemented, which have helped them and we must see this challenge as a personal target for each of us. improve to be more competitive in Quality must be understood as a process of ongoing improvement, this market. and it is only through this that we will manage to excel ourselves and continue to be among the best. In the section Occupational Health and Safety, we highlight the impor- Before I finish, I would especially like to mention the launch of our tance of Health Monitoring. It is ne- new Policy and Strategy, and above all the establishment of the cessary to improve the working envi- Values that we must all share: ronment and reduce labor accidents; · Creativity let’s know how they have carried out these tasks in GA-RyA and which the · Leadership keys to this success are. · Customer Orientation The Corporate Responsibility, the Pa- I would ask you all to keep these in mind and put them into practice ris Motor Show, new prizes, opening in accordance with the guidelines you have received. It is through a plant in China, starting production this that we will keep alive the flame of the business project that is in Russia, and more items are among GRUPO ANTOLIN. the pages of this new number. My best wishes to you all and to your families at this special time of Are you going to lose them? w the year and I wish you all a very happy 2011. w News Grupo Antolin Winter 2010-2011 · 3 Pablo Ruiz Ferreiro interview Interview with the Director of the Legal Department News Grupo Antolin 4 · Winter 2010-2011 The Legal Department is one of the least well known for many people in the company. Since it deals with legal aspects, its work, although highly relevant, can pass unno- ticed by most of us. Pablo Ruiz Ferreiro, as Director for this area, tells us more about the day to day operations of this department, uncovering its tasks and functions So that we can get to know you a little better, could you briefly tell us about your career and how you came to be working at Grupo Antolin? You could say that almost my entire career has been spent in Grupo Antolin. I began working in what was then Irausa Grupo Antolin is a multinational with a signifi- almost 20 years ago. In 1991, Irausa was a business group cant global presence. What are the main obsta- that only had plants in Spain. There were eight plants in total, cles caused by this international aspect when it and it had two small sales offices in France and England. It comes to carrying out your work? had just created Autoform and was negotiating the purchase of IGA. Up to that time it had just used external lawyers, The group has more than 60 companies located outside but given the clear growth and internationalisation strategy Spain, in 20 different countries. As a result, one could ar- implemented by the Antolin family, the view was that an in- gue that the general problems that we all face in perform- ternal lawyer was needed, one who would be responsible ing our tasks are more complex for the Legal Department for the ever increasing amount of work generated and who since we have to deal with 20 different legal systems. If could support the growth of the Group. the work of a company attorney is already complex and difficult as a result of the large variety of laws and regula- tions that he or she must be aware of in that country, this Let’s move on now to your Department. How is it becomes much more complicated when considering the structured and what are its main functions? legislation of 20 different countries, each with its own reg- ulations and different specialities. Each country requires As I said earlier, the Legal Department began when I joined specific adjustments which involve constant learning and the Group in 1991. A few years later, due to the significant very close collaboration with local professionals. growth of the company, Azucena Martínez (1992) and Javier Ballesteros (1995) joined us. The department continued to Another very significant difficulty is that although inter- grow until it reached its current size, which is 6 lawyers and national business relations are normally carried out in a secretary, all from Burgos. Apart from one recent addition, English, in our field the offices, registries, courts and in they have all spent more than 10 years in the company. general all the public bodies only work in the local lan- guages, which makes it vital to translate almost all the We have an open organisation in which we try to avoid documents to be presented.