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GRUPO ANTOLIN

Autumn 2013 · nº 67

THE GRUPO ANTOLIN UNIVERSE LIGHTS UP FROM SIBIU

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ON COVERSPANISH INDUSTRY MINISTER

VISITS GRUPO ANTOLIN

PROTAGONISTSJOSÉ MANUEL TEMIÑO

RECEIVES THE PRIZE “FAE DE ORO”

INTERVIEWMIGUEL MARAÑÓN

SEATS BU DIRECTOR

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY BEHAVIORAL

OBSERVATIONS

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GRUPO ANTOLIN

STRENGTH THROUGH UNITY

“Spain-another country” concept is becoming fashionable. June saw the beginning of the Dual Spain-Japan Year with a re-launch of the Span-ish-Japanese Bilateral Commission, of which Grupo Antolin is a mem-ber. Last July, the Spanish-Moroccan Business Encounter took place in Rabat to herald the visit of King Juan Carlos I, in which I participated on behalf of the Group. The VII Spain-China Forum will be held in Bei-jing in September and we will also be present there. All these encounters are a privileged framework for dialog, discussion, and the exchange of ideas between countries. Above all, these forums reinforce the idea that strength is achieved through unity and that combined efforts towards a common goal constitute an incentive for success.

Spain has many companies that are leaders in their sectors worldwide and that can act as real embassies, demonstrating quality and know-how. We can feel proud to know that our Group is considered one of these companies and that we are systematically chosen to represent Spain in a variety of forums. Clearly, our obligation as a company is to reveal the attributes of our country internationally and also to serve as a stimulus for the entire Spanish entrepreneurial network.

It was precisely on my last trip to the US that I was able to verify that Americans hold Spain in far higher regard than Spaniards themselves. It is important that we begin to believe in our strengths and to project that image abroad with confidence. That is why I especially agree with the slo-gan of the Famous Spanish Brands Forum “Together we go faster and fur-ther”. In our case, the “together” applies to all of our Group companies, and my wish is to see the spirit of these “Spain-another country” events apply equally well in the 25 countries where we are present.

In a globalized environment, the image of a country is a first rate com-petitiveness factor, the loss of which can have very negative effects on our companies. I encourage you to take up all the opportunities arising in our daily activities to promote the image of Spain and its strengths: industrial tradition, especially in the automotive sector, technological capacity, creative thinking, flexibility and, above all, a large dose of soli-darity. All of this will result in a better perception of our companies and, therefore, of their competitiveness. ▪

8,682 employees Territory Europe - South America

2,642 employees Territory North America

2,855 employees Territory Africa - Asia - Pacific

Operating in 25 countries

more than 100 plants

22 technical commercial offices

more than 14,000 employees

in first person

ernesto antolin arribasVice President

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ON COVERSPANISH INDUSTRY MINISTER VISITS GRUPO ANTOLIN page 4

DESIGNING THE FUTURESWAN® FABRIC,A NEW EXPERIENCE page 32

PLANTSGRUPO ANTOLIN-CML IN SIBIU, ROMANIA page 14

OUR PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLDRAFAEL BROTONS FROM SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA page 18

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETYBEHAVIORAL OBSERVATIONS page 26

REPORTGREEN, HOW I LOVE YOU GREEN OUR POLYURETHANE FOAM page 29

DO YOU KNOW…?OUR COLLEAGUES FROMGRUPO ANTOLIN-PLASBUR page 22

REPORTGRUPO ANTOLIN PARTICIPATES IN THE EMPLOYMENT FORUMS page 25

PROTAGONISTSJOSÉ MANUEL TEMIÑO “FAE DE ORO” MANAGER OF THE YEAR AWARD page 7

INTERVIEWMIGUEL MARAÑÓNSEATS BU DIRECTOR page 10

We have decided to start this new “term” by changing the heading of our corporate magazine and its design. Grupo Antolin informa aims to provide you with a closeup of company innovation, present the current trends in automotive interiors and show what is most in in our sector; with an updated format that is easier to read. Evidently, it is also our wish that you continue to be the real protagonists; any news, suggestion or form of cooperation will be eagerly received. Many thanks for all your help. We hope you enjoy it.

THE HISTORY CORNERASTON MARTIN CELEBRATES ITS 100TH BIRTHDAY page 44

José Manuel Soria was received by José Antolin Toledano, President of Grupo Antolin and its Vice President, Ernesto Antolin Arribas, as well as by members of the Board of Directors.


On May 27, the Minister

of Industry, Energy, and

Tourism José Manuel Soria

López, visited the Center for

Innovation and Development

of Grupo Antolin in Burgos,

accompanied by the Delegate

for the Regional Government

of Castilla y León, Ramiro

Ruiz Medrano, and the Sub-

Delegate of the Provincial

Government of Burgos, José

María Arribas Andrés.

José Manuel Soria was received by José Antolin Toledano, President of Grupo An-tolin and its Vice President, Ernesto Anto-lin Arribas, as well as by members of the Board of Directors.

After a brief meeting, a visit of the Center for Innovation was conducted to show the Minister the Group’s latest innova-tions in automotive components in situ: interior linings and finishes, illumina-tion, advanced materials, and the prin-cipal development and validation tools.

During the visit, the Minister witnessed the technological advancement of Grupo Antolin, which has placed it among the 60 top automotive supplier companies worldwide.

The Chief Executive Oficer of Grupo An-tolin, José Manuel Temiño Estefanía, expressed his gratitude for the Ministry of Industry’s support to the automotive sector in Spain, and urged the Minister to continue promoting measures to im-prove the entrepreneurial environment. Mr. Temiño also highlighted the impor-tance of continuing to promote innova-tion, social dialog, and manufacturing plant flexibility in order to recover the competitiveness of Spanish industry. We must all make efforts to ensure the future of the automotive industry. ▪

Spanish industry Minister visits Grupo AntolinJosé Manuel Soria

ON COVER

José Manuel Soria was received by José Antolin Toledano, President of Grupo Antolin and its Vice President, Ernesto Antolin Arribas, as well as by members of the Board of Directors.

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During the visit, the Minister witnessed the technological advancement of Grupo Antolin, which has placed it among the 60 top automotive supplier companies worldwide.

José Manuel TeMiño esTefanía Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Antolin, expressed his gratitude for the Ministry of Industry’s support to the automotive sector in Spain

Institutional visit to Grupo Antolin R&D&I center


Ceo of GrUPo antolin

protagonists

José ManuelTemiño

The “FAE DE ORO” manager of the year award


The event, which took place on May 16th in the auditorium of the Evolution Forum in Burgos, was -according to Benavente (president of FAE)- “a recognition of entre-preneurial activity in the form of several individuals who serve as examples, inspira-tion, and role models to continue working and advancing as well as to get back on track after a setback when the need arises.”

José Manuel Temiño, CEO for 18 years of Grupo Antolin, stated that the award is the recognition of a team of profes-sionals who have placed the Group as the major Spanish manufacturer of car interior components. He also stated that “unrepeatable figures like Avelino and José Antolin were needed to achieve

business projects of this kind”. After an explanation of the company’s history, he summed up its success in one word: “Creativity”.

Other significant speakers included Santi-ago Aparicio, President of the Confedera-tion of Business Organizations in Castilla y León (CECALE). Mr. Aparicio examined the notion of strengthening Cecale to make it a “single voice”, giving weight to provincial groups and “for the design of the new financing model”.

We would like to conclude by congratu-lating our CEO on the award received.

Congratulations, mr. temiño! ▪

CReaTiViTY

José Manuel Temiño, CEO for 18 years of GrupO AntOlin

SUCCESS

The Confederation of Business Associations (FAE), handed the highest awards for 2013 to José Manuel Temiño and the Bacigalupe Hermanos company.

The Mayor of the capital city of Burgos, Javier Lacalle, delivered the FAE de Oro for best manager to José Manuel Temiño, CEO of the company as recognition to a career linked to one of the most important business conglomerates in Burgos.


The awards event was attended by nearly 900 people, most of whom belonged to the same companies as the award recipients and did not want to miss the awards given to their colleagues.

José Manuel with his wife and children

Lacalle, Temiño, Benavente and Bacigalupe Hermanos


INTERVIEW

MiGuel MArAñón PERSONAL

TOUCHWhere were you born? In Burgos.

What did you study?Industrial Engineering in the ETSII of Valladolid.

A lesson you have learnt from the business world The importance of team work.

A piece of advice for young peopleA desire to learn and the courage to accept challenges, to overcome the logical vertigo of new experiences. I am surprised by the extent to which young people with potential impose limits on themselves.

What you value most in a collaboratorEnthusiasm, without a doubt. Significant goals can be accomplished with enthusiasm. Without it, however, even the most competent collaborator can only expect work to be done properly.

Is ‘man good by nature’ (Rousseau) or ‘is a man a wolf to a man’ (Hobbes)?It is ambitious to try to simplify us to that extent. We are complex in nature and very interesting because of it. I would rather not imagine how desperately boring the world would be if we all could be defined in 4 or 5 words.

A book and a film that you would recommend to your colleagues Book: The Radical Optimist, by Matt Ridley. It is worth reading, a documented ray of hope regarding the future of this planet and its inhabitants. Movie: Play it again, Sam, hilarious because of its Woody Allen moments.

Please a phrase or a quote which reflects your philosophy of life I’ll avoid the temptation of borrowing a phrase. I’ll only say that I aspire to living life to its fullest. I’m the kind of person who thinks it is important to try to make each day different and enrich it somehow with personal and professional experiences. I think it’s a crime to waste the only life we have by falling into a routine.

We talk to Seats BU director

“An advice for young people?

A desire to learn and the courage to accept challenges”


In DepthWhat has been your experience in Grupo Antolin?

I began as a product engineer in the tech-nical office that used to be in the Grupo Antolin-ARA facility.

A couple of years later, a little after mov-ing to the Central, I moved abroad to Grupo Antolin-Ingéniérie Sièges (GAINS), our technical center in Roche la Molière. I worked as Project Manager there and re-turned three years later to Burgos, where I became Project Purchase Manager for seats.

I went on to being the Product Engineer-ing Manager in Burgos, then Engineering Director and since April I’ve been Director of the Seat Business Unit.

Could you explain how it is structured the Seats Business Unit?

The structure of the Business Unit is ba-sically that of a traditional layout insofar as the number and responsibilities of the various departments.

However, there is one particularity as re-gards other business units. Only two of the five departments are located in Bur-gos. Two of these, Sales Management and Engineering, are in GAINS and the third, which is Industrial Management, is in Vigo. The main objective is for certain departments to be closer to where the “action” is.

Seats are one of the most complete products made by Grupo Antolin, in the sense that they include a variety of expertises. What is the most complex part about conceiving and developing a seat?

The truth is that it is not easy. But, looking at it from a positive point of view, that’s what makes it more interesting.

The problems that affect the external ele-ments, covers, foams and plastic housing are the same as those that affect other interior parts: appearance, sets, comfort and so on. But the hardest technical chal-lenges are posed by the metal.

“I have spent nearly all my professional

life in Grupo Antolin. I have been with the Group for 15 years

and always worked with seats. Although it

sounds like a cliché, the time has flown by”

Miguel worked several years as Project Manager at Grupo Antolin-Ingéniérie Sièges (GAINS): ‘moving abroad is a fantastic personal and professional experience that i frankly recommend’


The challenge consists in developing kin-ematics that really constitutes an added value in the customer’s eyes. After that, what is needed is to use the space con-ditions imposed by the kinematics and comfort to come up with an architecture and mechanisms as unobtrusive, light and competitive as possible.

Likewise, we can’t forget that seats are es-sential for the safety of the occupant; they are subject to multiple technical regula-tions and a significant list of requirements from each customer as regards crash and functional tests, etc. This makes the de-sign more complex and requires it to be absolutely robust.

What are the implications of the program for the new Mercedes Vito-Viano for the company?

Having obtained this project is undoubt-edly very good news for our Business Unit. This project, along with the replacement of the Citroën C4 Picasso, which we have just launched successfully, and the recent-ly nominated KO implies the renewal of a significant part of our main industrial ac-tivities. This improves the starting point to face the future with greater optimism and implies a firm foundation to achieve the goals set out in our strategic plan.

On the other hand, I want to highlight the special circumstances that surrounded the period prior to obtaining Vito-Viano pro-duction. I want to take this opportunity to thank the team that participated in the ten-der for their effort and for always maintain-ing the necessary enthusiasm for the task, in spite of all the difficulties.

And the challenge did not end with obtain-ing the project. Project implementation is a serious ongoing challenge for the team, giv-en the enormous planning restraints that we are up against.

What new strategic lines are being contemplated to respond to current sustainability demands: reducing weight, recyclable materials and increasing comfort and perceived quality?

Our lines of work are mainly focused on the frame; on exploring ways to obtain an ar-chitecture that is lighter, easier to manufac-ture, more compact and so on.

That is why part of our work deals with ma-terials. In this regard, we continue believing in the use of light alloys as a solution to re-duce weight, although we study other pos-sibilities too, such as hybrids or composites.

However, improvement in materials has its limits. That is why we always try to find more “intelligent” designs that allow us to improve our effort requirements and obtain functional integration.

What are your goals for the next few years? What will the future bring?

Our goal should be to increase the growth of Business Unit sales, while obtaining a return that allows us to do so successfully.

What is Grupo antolin’s competitive advantage versus its competitors?

I would say that it is our capacity to listen to the customer and to use our imagination to propose technical solutions. The combination of both makes us ideal partners when it comes to exploring new possibilities for functionality, spacing and comfort in vehicles equipped with non-standard seats. I honestly think that customers appreciate the possibility of discussing engineering with us starting with a blank page.

“We must to continue increasing our capacity

to provide market solutions, increasing

the efficiency of our project management

and the competitiveness of our plants”


Among other things, this will require us to continue increasing our capacity to pro-vide market solutions, increasing the effi-ciency of our project management and the competitiveness of our plants

Your greatest achievement in the company.

Frankly, I don’t think that anything I have done deserves consideration as a mile-stone. I hope my highest achievement is still to come. Up until now, I think I have simply known how to respond reasonably well in most cases to the various missions I have been entrusted with. I have been able to do my small part for the Group’s seat division.

A failure? What did it teach you?

I don’t know whether it should be classified as a failure or not, but I remember the par-ticularly hard experience a few years ago of not being selected for an expert phase by a customer that was important for us.

That showed me that our position in the market required that we systematically give 120% in everything we do to pose a real threat to the competition. ▪

AUTOgraphWhy did you decide to work in the automotive industry?At the time, it was not the automotive sector that attracted me, but Grupo Antolin. The possibility of working in a company like this was what brought me into this industry.

Your dream carIf I have to dream, why not dream of driving one of James Bond’s cars, especially one of the Aston Martins. The equipment those cars carry is a delight.

Your favorite color for carsI don’t have one. It may be coincidence, but my cars have always been a different color, up to now. I think each model has its own.

An important figure to be highlighted from the automotive industry Mentioning Ford is a must, due to their contribution to the industry. However, given that I am an engineer, I would also like to mention Ferdinand Porsche.

What car-related intention has impressed you the most? The airbag was one of them in its time, without a doubt. When they began to speak about it, it sounded like science fiction.

What would you have liked to invent? A truly comfortable seat. We’re still at it.

Your motto behind the wheelCombine it with music. I enjoy driving twice as much listening to music at the right volume.

What was your first car?A Peugeot 106 that I was able to drive when my turn came in the family. Prophetic from my perspective now, given the close relationship we have in seats with PSA Peugeot Citroën.

What will be driving in 20 years time?I think we will drive less and use shared transport more often. When we use our vehicle, it will provide driving assistance that will make driving a more passive experience. From our perspective, we may see this as an opportunity. We should integrate functionalities in our components that make the experience more exciting.

The future should bring a Business Unit with

sales figures that are significantly higher than todays and a

foot-print that is much less local. We have to be able to know how

to accompany our customers to regions where we are not yet

present.


By acquiring formerly

called “CML Innovative

Technologies”, Grupo

Antolin created its fourth

Business Unit, lighting,

and entered into and

additional country:

romania

Grupo Antolin-CMl in Sibiu (Romania)

Plants

This site has been selected in early 2008 in order to respond to increasing customers’ requests for lowering production costs and also, for following the development of the automotive production toward Eastern Europe by getting closer to custo-mers’ facilities.

In 2008, an empty building has been lea-sed, equipped and prepared for producing with 6 assembly lines for PSA Peugeot Ci-troën products with 82 employees.

In 2009, 16 additional production lines were transferred and, the first ISO TS 16949 certification was granted at Sibiu. During that year, the implementation of a logistics team allowed then direct ship-ments to customers.

In 2011, ESD (ElectroStatic Discharge) capa-bility was implemented in a restricted area, enabling the assembly of electronic sub-as-semblies on lighting products such as Day Running Lamps, overhead consoles, etc.

The city of Sibiu is located in center of Romania,

in the Transylvania County. Sibiu is a

town with a great history, a multicultural

environment and an old tradition of automotive

parts manufacturing.

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Sibiu is producing in 2013 almost all types of interior and exterior lighting products such as Dome Lamps, Glove Box Lamps, Trunk Lamps, Door Lamps, Central High Mounted Stop Lamps (CHMSL), Side Mar-kers, License Plate Lamps, Day Running Lamps (DRL).

2013 is also the year of migration to SAP in replacement of MAPICS ERP system (for-merly used before acquisition by Grupo

Antolin). This is a challenging program in our facility while producing a high num-ber of pieces by managing many different part numbers with a quality level of 5 ppm delivered to customers.

2013 is seeing also the implementation of a plastic molding workshop with 10 presses from 150 to 300 tons in order to start integrating this added value in-house.

this lighting Bu facility is located next to the International Sibiu airport in the industrial area alongside the main highway Bucharest – Sibiu – to Western Europe.

esD zone + restricted area. Day Running Lamps assembly

New plastic molding workshop

Logistics platform

This is the beginning of a series of articles about Grupo Antolin-CML centers


The conveyor + pallet for packing for injected parts: each press is equipped with a robot and conveyor for insuring quality on appearance molded parts

Grupo Antolin-CML plant in SIBIU (Romania)

Plastic resin distribution center

Central High Mounted Stop Lamp assembly


This project has been initiated in 2011, beeing beneficiary of grants from EU Funds complementary with GA-CML contribution. The Project consists to start–up in the existing rented plant with 10 Injection presses, allowing us to produce a part of our plastic molding consumption. Huge resources and in-volvement was implyied in preparing all utilities and auxiliaries equipments ne-cessary to start-up the process in good condition, installing a new transformer of 1600 Kva, new chiller for presses, new centralised drying system with 20 drying tanks which allow us to dedicate raw materials to each mould, a new cra-ne of 5 tons, new installations for ener-gy, water, air compressed, distribution of raw materials,...

Obviously, installing such a new works-hop was challenging, but the Romanian / French team overpassed all expected and unexpected difficulties and finalised the implementation according with timing plan and objectives.

By 2014, the development of sales requires additional surface which cannot be imple-mented in this facility. This is why a new green field facility is under construction in order to replace the existing rented plant.

This new plant will be built with a surfa-ce of 13 000 m², on a field located close to the airport in the same industrial area. By end of Q1, 2014, the current plastic in-jection workshop and its equipment will be implemented in this new facility with a total of 20 presses (10 new additional presses from 200 to 470 tons bi-color).

13 new assembly lines will also be installed and assembly lines located in the current Sibiu plant will be progressively moved to the new facility. End of 2014 should see a fully new operational site with a floor ca-pacity estimated at 100 assembly lines.

We would like to congratulate all emplo-yees, who made this successful achieve-ment, for their involvement since 2008. ▪

The nEW plAsTIC MoldInG WorksHop has been a challenge for GA-CMl colleagues

in roMAnIA and FrAnCE

Plastic molding workshop

100% quality checking station on appearance of lenses


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OUR PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD

Aerial view showing Seoul, the capital of South Korea

Grupo Antolin’s international footprint in-

creases day by day. We are proud of this fact

and of our excellent human capital that

makes this possible. These are individuals

with a high degree of training, young in

spirit and eager to experiment and learn.

This section will include the experiences of

“OUR PEOPLE” in other countries.


our colleague rafael Brotons

studied Industrial Engineering at the University of navarre and

obtained his doctorate at the

University of Burgos. He became

part of Grupo Antolin in 2001 and is currently the Engineering

Manager for Japan and korea. prior to

this position, he held positions for the

company in several European Union

countries.

What led you to make the decision to move to Korea as an expatriate?

During my last year at university, we re-ceived a visit from a former student who had been working in Malaysia for years. The impact of his lecture and solid ar-guments made me feel that some day I would also pack my bags and move to Asia. When I first entered Grupo Antolin, I had the opportunity of working for the company in Germany and I didn’t give it a second thought. I had achieved part of my dream. Asia would have to wait... but, as it appears, not for long.

What has your new position and country of residence given you in return?

I know the answer to that one: a capacity to adapt. There is such a thing as cultur-al shock, you have to be prepared for it. Here, everything is different. In every way. That is why you always have to sharpen your senses and not be afraid to ask when the time comes.

What surprised you the most when you came into contact with Korean society?

Korean society has great respect for tradi-tions and civil values. At the same time, it is a dynamic society with a strong charac-ter. In general, I was surprised by the en-ergy, friendliness, and laughter of the Ko-reans. That laughter makes me feel closer to Spain.

What about the Grupo Antolin-Korea team?

All my experience has been positive up to now. Their level of professionalism, inde-pendence, and capacity for work is admi-rable. These factors are only comparable to their human qualities. The working environment is unmatched and any ex-cuse is good to do group activities outside working hours. It’s a pleasure to work with people of that stature.

What impression of Spanish workers do they have abroad?

I once asked a Korean colleague what came to mind when he heard the words ‘Spain’ or ‘Spanish’. Without hesitation, he answered: “that they play soccer well”. From then on, I never asked anyone that question.

Being so far away, what do you miss the most?

When you make the decision to move this far away, you have to assume that your life will be different from the life you led in your native country. From that point on, there are tools we can use to stay in touch with relatives and friends. Food has also become international, so you can purchase a wide range of prod-ucts that are familiar. That doesn’t mean that when I return to Spain, I don’t fully enjoy a good platter of lamb, Barcina cheese, Ribera wine, and Jubalcoy orang-es for desert.

Have you ever regretted making this decision?

Not for a single moment. I feel very fortu-nate for being able to live this experience and right now I am in no hurry to return. There is still a lot to be done.

What can a Korean contribute to a Spaniard and vice versa?

Koreans are probably more tempered and strict than we are. However, at the same time Spaniards are probably more imagi-native and flexible. Everyone ends up win-ning when we work together.

What does this city have that is special for business purposes?

Seoul is the headquarters of companies like Hyundai, Kia, Samsung, LG, SK, Hy-nix, Posco and on and on. The city is very dynamic and full of opportunities. It boasts a consolidated and strong finan-cial and industrial sector.

Rafael Brotons talks to us from Seoul


ticularities. All you need is to identify, respect, and make the most of them. In the case of Korea, as with most Asian countries, it is recommendable to go into business with a local partner that knows the language and can clear up the air of mistrust that envelops foreign companies a priori. Once that barrier is overcome, you have to go to work to fulfill customer demands seriously and without delay. This is the only way to gain their respect. I can sum it up in a slogan, if you want: trust, politeness, and respect.

How long have you been in the city? Why did you move?

I am responsible for engineering in Grupo Antolin offices in Seoul and To-kyo, so I have to move from one city to the other, depending on circumstanc-es. I landed in Asia in May of last year, motivated partly by the unknown and by the enormous potential of the re-gion for our company.

What does the city offer you?

I would say that, other than serenity, it offers everything. Cultural diversity, lei-sure opportunities, marvelous walks, and an endless capacity for surprise each day.

Standing: Inhwan Kim, Sunam Rhee, Kyunghee Lee, Kyoungheon Park, Ilhan KwonIn front: Rafael Brotons and Sunkil Kang

We should remember that we are talking about a city with more than ten million inhabitants and an unemployment rate of only 3.1%.

The metropolis is so large that the gov-ernment has founded a city out of noth-ing called Sejong City to try to decongest the capital. About 100 km from Seoul, the city is in fact where several ministries are headquartered, and there are plans to in-crease the number of additional official institutions located in it.

As regards the automotive sector, it is helpful to remember that South Korea is the fifth largest manufacturer of vehicles in the world and the home to companies like Hyundai-Kia and Renault Samsung. All the Hyundai-Kia models are designed in Korea, as well as several Renault mod-els, such as the new Laguna, for which Grupo Antolin is a supplier.

What type of business transactions take place? What are the relationships like, how is business carried out?

All in all, business is carried out like an-ywhere else. Each country has its par-


From left to right: Inhwan Kim, Rafael Brotons, Kyunghee Lee, Sunam Rhee, Kyoungheon Park,

Sunkil Kang, Ilhan Kwon and Kyoungdong Park

What were the main problems, both personal and professional, that you encountered at your arrival? How did you adapt?

The decision-making process to move to Asia was really fast. Hardly two months went by from the moment the opportuni-ty called at my door and the day I landed here to find a place to live. The main chal-lenge was trying to understand how to address the local intermediaries and be-ing capable of presenting the company’s arguments clearly and convincingly.

As regards housing, all the merit belongs to the Grupo Antolin’s wonderful team, both in Korea and Japan. As for the rest, all I need is to be close to my wife to adapt to any environment.

What other practical aspects should I take into account?

In my mind, Korea is a country that it is easy to live in. What I mean is: it is a con-solidated democracy where the essen-tial services (and others too) function as well as in the most developed West-ern countries. It is a safe country with a high quality of life and very friendly peo-ple. Nonetheless, there is always paper-work to do. An example is acquiring your work visa. Some people come into the

country thinking that they will get their next month’s pay in a Korean bank, but it doesn’t work that way. Sometimes, it takes up to two months to get your pa-pers in order and only then can you open an account in a local bank to get your paycheck. Life abroad is somewhat in-convenient until that personal “financial stability” is achieved.

Other aspects of life in Korea appear with time, like the need for your own stamp (dojang, in Korean) to carry out official transactions, the problems encountered for a local bank to issue you a credit card in your name, or the peculiarities of Korean food, which is delicious but needs getting used to.

Finally, do you have any advice for people who are considering continuing their professional careers abroad?

First, to be honest with yourself and ask yourself if you are really ready to give up your current way of life to face the challenge of a career abroad. Once that self-evaluation is overcome, I can assure that the experience is tremen-dously gratifying and will remain with you for the rest of your life. Besides, it is addictive. ▪

november 2007 Grupo Antolin signed

a purchase agreement with the South Korean company Dong Won Tech to establish the

Dong Won Technology company, located in Pusan and dedicated

to the manufacture of plastic parts for Samsung (Renault’s Korean brand). This Joint Venture marked an important milestone,

since it meant an industrial presence of the

Group in South Korea.

december 2007saw the inauguration

of Grupo Antolin-Korea, the first technical and

sales office in the Asian country, to work hand-

in-hand with Korean manufacturers such as

Hyundai, Kia, and Renault Samsung Motors.

december 2011Grupo Antolin-Korea

moved its offices from Suwon to Pangyo, near

Seoul, with the intention of being closer to the

commercial headquarters of Hyundai-Kia and

implementing a more dynamic business

strategy.

Grupo Antolin in South Korea

The new office building is located in a new technical and business complex where the R&D centers of prestigious Korean companies are being established.


Through this new section of brief interviews

you will know better the employees of our

centers. We have started with the following four

protagonists from GRupo anTolin-plasBuR, in

Burgos, a plastic injection plant. This is what we

have asked them:

DO YOU KNOW…?

1 How long have you

been working in Plasbur?

2 What does your work

consist in?

3 What do you like the

most about your work in Plasbur?

4 What would you like to

improve?

5 Can you give us an

interesting anecdote?

do you know…Rebeca,carmele,

Roberto and Hugo,your fellow workers of

GA-PlASBuR?


1 About six years.

2 I work in the assembly of compo-nents, dashboard trays, mirrors, etc. for the Ford Mondeo. There are 4 colors: linen, light limes, light limestone & light stone grey, and two consoles: long and short. You see what console you have to assemble on the autocontrol. It’s a complicated job, I do 31 boxes per day and on my first day I did 4.

3 The friendly work atmosphere and the fact that it’s an easy-going job. The physical effort isn’t too great and the con-ditions are pretty good. We work in shifts, which leaves you with free time.

4 Nothing, actually. Some time ago we worked on another machine, the 22, with a very narrow path. They’ve made it larger now and it’s very good.

5 More than anecdotes, the small jokes between coworkers. As an anecdote, that of Christmas 2012 that Rebeca told you.

CARmELE Gamboa Pagola

REbECA Rodríguez Ramón

1 I have been here six years in total.

2 I work in the Mechanisms Section, in the manual assembly of consoles for the Ford Galaxy and C-Max. I handle between 12 and 15 parts, depending on the model. This job demands dexterity and speed but, com-pared to others, it’s not a hard job.

3 The work atmosphere, coworkers; I’m delighted.

4 I’d do away with late shifts (from 3pm to 11pm) although I know it’s not possible if you are working with injectors. Actually, we meet in the UET (Work Area Unit) where we make proposals. If some-thing makes sense, it’s implemented.

5 For Christmas 2012 they called us in to work on the 26th. As the plant is closed around the 22nd or 23rd of December, it was only my coworker Carmele, a maintenance group, and myself. The lights went off and for two hours, from 6pm to 8pm, we had to work under the forklift lights.


RObERTO González Calvo1 Nine years.

2 We substitute people so that they can take breaks in the panels area, involv-ing about 14 machines. There are usually two of us, adapting to the needs. There are two breaks per workday, one for 15 minutes and the other for 10 minutes. They work in three shifts: morning, after-noon, and night. We deliver material to the various posts: clips, wrapping, foam, etc.; whatever they need.

3 The work atmosphere and the fact that it is a small company. I move around more, I know more people, I’m happy.

4 The problem we have is space, it’s a little tight because production has in-creased over recent years.

1 I started on 16 September 2002.

2 I work on the rear locks of the Ford Focus. I check locks, whether material is missing, that springs engage correctly, that the machine doesn’t stop...

The parts come from an external supplier. They are taken to the belt and the robot takes them and places them on the trays. They are placed in the mold, injected, and checked. In each shift between 3,500 and 4,000 parts are produced for each side. I check them visually, and place them in the boxes which are stacked (24 boxes in each pallet) and taken GA-Dapsa (Burgos) and GA-Lusitania (Portugal). If the parts are defective I put them aside.

3 That they pay me on time at the end of the month.

4 That employees posted at each ma-chine participate more. Sometimes, they change things without consulting us first.

HUGO López martinez


Grupo Antolin participates in the XII University of Burgos employment forum & the FiBEST International

The twelfth edition of the University of Burgos Employment Forum took place on May 22, 2013 on the 3rd floor of the Evolu-tion Forum of Burgos, an opportunity for Grupo Antolin and other companies to reach out to students and recent gradu-ates from the University.

In line with the initiative described above, Grupo Antolin also has participated in the XIV FiBEST INTERNATIONAL 2013 Employ-ment Forum where an information stand was also placed to provide information re-garding the company’s work to more than 500 students of technical degrees from 34 countries throughout Europe.

FiBEST International is a completely novel type of Employment Forum, held for the first time in Spain on April 19 in Valladolid. The main goal of our partic-ipation was to recruit profiles for future editions of the “Engineers Farm” pro-gram.

Grupo Antolin is proud of the ongoing collaboration between the University and the company. It allows students to receive practical training programs in the organi-zation (both national and international), thus encouraging and promoting entry in the job market for graduates from the University of Burgos. ▪

Grupo Antolin organized a stand in the exhibition area to offer information of

its activities and products to students and graduates and thus contact any

candidates of interest. Among the hundreds of young adults who attended

the event, nearly 500 showed interest in Grupo Antolin’s stand, where they

were attended to individually to collect their CVs and expand the relevant

information concerning their profiles.

FIGURES from the UNIVERSITY of BURGOS FORUM

91 companies were linked to this employment forum in one way or another

8 companies collaborated in the organization

54 companies-bodies participated with an information stand in the “You have 7 minutes” area

45 companies participated in the “up-to-date” area

A total of 9,249 CVs were collected

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The twelfth edition of the University of Burgos Employment Forum closed with a Business Recognition Gala for companies collaborating with the UBU. the university of Burgos awarded three companies from the capital and province, among which was Grupo antolin, given the award for Best Collaboration trajectory.

XIV FiBEST International 2013

The twelfth edition of the University of Burgos

employment forums Grupo Antolin


BeHAViorAl oBSerVAtionSThe Project began in the Iberian Peninsula with two theoretical and practical work-shops intended for the managers of our companies.

In 2013, these workshops were held in April in the USA and June in Mexico, with the participation of managers, produc-tion supervisors, and other department heads.

In all cases, the results were very encour-aging, backed by the recognition of man-agers of the value and importance of the concepts taught. Managers were mostly impressed by the dialog methodology, recognition of positive traits, and com-mitments included in the Behavioral Ob-servations tool.

The “leadership in

Safety” project was

launched by Grupo Antolin

midway through 2012,

with the purpose of

encouraging employees

to behave safely in their

day-to-day work. The

following stages were

proposed to achieve

this objective: obtain

the commitment of

Management, transform

the leaders and

Carry out Behavioral

observations

now is the time for change. The accident rate has diminished satisfactorily over recent years and now is the time to achieve the “Stage of Interdependency”. This is possible because Safety is now a value of the Teams: everyone looks out for himself or herself as well as for the rest of colleagues, so it is possible to achieve and maintain “zero accidents”.

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY


After the manager awareness stage, it was essential to involve the remaining levels of the hierarchy. Therefore, two workshops were organized this year in GA-Aragusa and GA-Ardasa for intermedi-ate managers.

it is easier to identify unsafe conditions than unsafe actions In general, the participants were so used to performing inspections and audits that it was difficult for them to differentiate between safe and unsafe actions.

The workshops dealt with identifying behaviors and how to reinforce or trans-form them.

Commitment to safety Behavioral Observations are a tool in-tended to reinforce employees’ commit-ment to safety.

Workshop for Mexico, held in GA-Silao in June 2013

Workshop for the Iberian Peninsula, held in GA-Aragusa in September 2012

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Bradley curve Grupo Antolin is now in the “Independent” stage and pursuing the “inter-dependent” stage, with “zero accidents”, which is not a utopia

the main steps are: oBservation, DialoG and aGreementobservation: The employee is observed while working. Dialog: After observing the employee for long enough, a dialog is begun to: Recognize safe behavior & Transform unsafe behavior. agreement: The neces-sary safe behavior is agreed to by the em-ployee from that moment on. For example: permanent use of PPE (Personal Protection Equipment), correct bodily postures, proper use of tools and/or equipment, etc.

The objective is to deploy Behavioral Ob-servation in Grupo Antolin companies. To do so, we are currently working in the Corporate Improvement Area of the DCI and the Occupational Health and Safety Area of Human Resources to integrate Behavioral Observations in the Kamishi-bai tool of our production system.

We are convinced that the visible lead-ership of Management in the use of the Kamishibai tool will serve to strengthen the Occupational Health and Safety cul-ture of Grupo Antolin. ▪

The Safety Values can be

transformed and consolidated

After attending the workshops, the participants replied

that safety is an important value, so they assume that:

“Nothing is so important that safety

may be ignored”

“Safety is not negotiable”

“An unsafe situation cannot be left

unresolved”

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Workshop held in GA-Ardasa in May 2013


Green, oh how I love you, green... A verse from the Romancero Gitano (Gypsy Ballads by the poet F. García Lorca)

Polyurethane is the most versatile polymer known to man. It can be light or heavy, rigid

or elastic, thermoplastic or thermostable and is generally known for the wide range of

purposes it can be used for: paints, adhesives, soles, flexible, open-cell foams for seats

and cushions, rigid, closed-cell foams for thermal insulation in refrigerators and build-

ings, or semi-rigid foams such as those used to manufacture headliners.

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Javier Morente Maneroenrique fernández salvador

(Overhead BU)

luis Miguel De Juan saizpablo soto losada

(Innovation)


The headliners

manufactured by Grupo

Antolin with Glasutec©

technology consist of a

polyurethane core of foam

that is specific for this

application. Its formula is

complex, due to its high

performance requirements:

elasticity, rigidity, low

weight, acoustic absorption

and low odors and

emissions (VOCs)* are

among the characteristics

required of this foam.

* Volatile Organic Compounds

Like other polyurethanes, this type of foam is due to the reaction of two chemical components, polyol compo-nent (Component A) and isocyanate component (Component B). A polym-erization reaction ensues when these are mixed in the proper proportion; in other words, a three-dimensional structure of polyurethane is formed, with its characteristic properties: Semi-rigid, open-cell foam.

All the raw materials that have been used until now to manufacture polyols and isocyanates come from oil, which will continue to increase in price due to higher consumption of raw materials by developing countries (mainly China and India). Sustainable long-term produc-tion requires the availability of renewa-ble sources of raw materials with short renewal cycles. From this perspective, vegetables have become a very interest-ing family from which to obtain these products. As such, polyols from natural sources, also known as NOP (acronym for Natural Oil Polyol) are used with in-creasing frequency.

The production process, starting with natural oils, is simpler and safer (no generation of fumes, toxic waste or undesired sub-products), requires less manufacturing space than petrochemi-

cal polyols and much less energy (lower production of CO2). In other words, a process that is much more efficient and environmentally friendly.

Moreover, due to its greater hydrophobicity (lower water absorption), its dimensional stability is very good under high humidity conditions.

Grupo antolin has developed a “green” polyurethane foam formulation to man-ufacture headliners, in which the most com-mon component of the polyol is an NOP made of 90% “bio” product obtained from ricin seeds , and therefore, from a renewable source that does not compete with food for

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humans (contrary to the NOPs made from soya oil that are used to manufacture certain flexible foams).

On the other hand, our foam presents an additional advantage: It has 30% less den-sity than other NOP foams, so the impact on the final weight of the roof is considera-ble (up to 15% less weight in the final part).

Apart from satisfying the specifications of our customers, these kinds of NOP polyols are known to minimize environmental impact, thus reducing the carbon footprint of the final foam product. One additional advantage is, of course, its use as a stable economic alternative versus oil price fluc-tuations.

After fine-tuning our green system, the company is currently manufacturing two headliner models in Grupo Antolin-Euro-trim (Burgos), Citroën C-Élysée and peu-geot 301, with very good results; the main characteristic of this polyurethane system is that the foam lends a high degree of rigid-ity to the final part, despite its low density. Needless to say, this characteristic is also highly esteemed by our customers.

The market has a growing interest in more ecological solutions, as can be witnessed by the models with high-density green foam produced in our French Grupo Antolin-IGA plant, such as the peugeot 2008 and the renault Zoe.

We will update this information in future is-sues, with further details regarding the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of this foam. ▪

The USDA has proposed that a product be classified as “bio” if its content in raw materials from a natural source is over 8%. This requirement is more than satisfied by the new foam with polyol NOP manufactured by Grupo Antolin, since its “bio” percentage is higher than 15% (per kilo of final foam).

a green product

GLASUTEC©


Ricin seeds have a high content in oils. Composition: Fiber: 25-35%; Proteins: 17-25%; Oil: 46-52% consisting mainly in 2 fractions of fatty acids: Ricinoleic 90% and Linoleic 3% (Source: U.S. Department of Energy, 2003)

DESIGNING THE FUTURE

A new car interior experience

SwAnfABriC

Grupo Antolin offers a

technical fabric called

SWAN® that can be

used for a variety of new

applications in automobile

interiors. An exclusive

technical micro fiber made

from polyamide, SWAN®

possesses excellent visual

and tactile qualities. It

can be applied to a wide

range of automotive

technologies with an

unmatched quality/

performance ratio.


SWAN® is an environmentally friendly flocked fabric with excellent properties, ideal for use in multiple applications and supports.

In its quest for innovative solutions, Gru-po Antolin is committed to offering its customers sustainable products and pro-cesses. As regards fabrics, we achieve this through independent analysis of harmful substances such as OEKO-TEX.

SWAN® is manufactured according to strict sustainability criteria that make it an intelligent, sustainable choice for automobile interiors. Given its wide range of available colors and fabric cha-racteristics, the various treatments that can be applied to it, the ample selection of textures, its technological finishes (easy-clean, anti-odor, anti-graffiti), and the possibility of including day and night light effects, SWAN® can be used to design and customize complete auto-mobile interiors.

As regards lighting effects, SWAN® tech-nology, created with technical materials that fulfill all the necessary requirements, has made it possible to produce the first Skylight headliner by the Grupo Antolin, where SWAN® allows the selective passa-ge of light, creating interior environments that were unimaginable until now. ▪

Its main attractions are its versatility, custom features, elegance, distinction, sustainability, and excellent sensorial characteristics. sWan®, limited only by your imagination...

oeKo-TeX® a label of guarantee for all types of harmless textile products. As a result, we can present both customers and end-users with evidence of the human and ecological improvements in the production of SWAN®.

SKYLIGHT

We are also Made in Green® certified, a unique European triple certification that guarantees the

production process in three areas: health, the environment, and workers’ human rights.

SWAN® was first introduced in the market in the Peugeot 2008, presented as a worldwide novelty at the 83rd International Motor Show in Geneva in March 2013.


DAY VIEW NIGHT VIEW

special

In September 2010, Tokyo

hosted the meeting

between the Spanish and

Japanese Heads of State,

at which both countries

agreed to a “Spain-Japan

Dual Year” event. Based

on this agreement, June

2013 - July 2014 will see a

wide range of activities

intended to promote mutual

understanding between

Japan and Spain and to

open new horizons in their

bilateral relationships.

SpAin-jApAn duAl yeAr a 400-year relationship

The first Spanish-Japanese Bilateral Busi-ness Cooperation meeting was held on June 11 in the Real Casa de la Moneda (Spanish Royal Mint) in Madrid. This meeting was or-ganized by the Chambers of Commerce, in collaboration with the Foreign Commerce

Institute (ICEX), the Spanish Confederation of Entrepreneurial Associations (CEOE) and the Japanese Chamber of Commerce. The event drew together companies from both countries with the goal of promoting busi-ness and investment relations.


His Imperial Highness, the Crown Prince of Japan and

His Royal Highness, the Prince of Asturias will be the Honorary Presidents during

the celebration of the “Spain-Japan Dual Year” and “Spain in Japan Year”, respectively.

The Dual Year even has its own mascot, designed by Javier Mariscal

In 1613 (Year 18 of the Keicho Era) a Samurai named

Hasekura Tsunenaga and the members of the Keich

Embassy left Japan, headed for Spain. After stopping

in Mexico, the expedition made a last stop at a port

on the Guadalquivir River: Coria del río, a town

in the province of Seville, where the welcome was so warm that part of the group decided to stay. a

friendly relationship that has lasted for 400 years.

Many celebrations of the Dual Year will be held in this

town, where the last name of numerous families is

“Japan”, in remembrance of their Japanese ancestry.

The inauguration was presided by His Imperial Highness, the Crown Prince of Japan and His Royal Highness, the Prince of Asturias and attended by numerous authorities and businessmen, among which was the company’s vice president, ernesto antolin. Grupo Antolin has also foreseen to commemorate this Dual Year in 2014, we will inform you opportunely about it.

The Spain-Japan Dual Year falls within the framework of the strategic promotion of Marca España, with a threefold aim: to project a modern and updated im-age of Spain, to generate new economic opportunities for both countries and to promote a more dynamic and diversified relationship between the two societies. ▪

Hasekura Tsunenaga statue in Coria del Rio (支倉常長)


ART COmPETITION 19TH EDITION GRUPO ANTOLIN 2013IMPORTANT

Don´t forget to write down on

the back the name and surname,

age and the company!

The Panel will judge the works presented in each level for originality, creativity and use of colour.

THE prIzE-GIvInG

CErEMony WIll TAkE

plACE on FrIdAy

DECEMBER 13 AT 18h30

In THE HAll AT THE MAIn

oFFICE oF GrUpo AnTolIn

ConSolAtion prize. A wAtCH

4º. A CAMerA

3º. A Mini-Hifi

2º. A Bike

1º. A trip

Art competition

rulesthe ChilDren

The children of employees from any of the Grupo Antolin´s companies, whose age is included in one of these two categories:

Category A: from 5 to 7 years old

Category B: from 8 to 11 years old

the DraWinGsOnly Original drawings will be accept-ed, the size of the paper used should be DIN-A 4 or folio, with Christmas and bear a relationship with the activity of the company, the automotive industry and the Environment.

the annountCementEach company will contact the partici-pants and supply the material needed to do the pictures in their own installations, with a small tea party at the end. The work should be handed into the compa-ny where the participant’s father and/or mother is employed on the date set by such company. Only one drawing will be accepted in case of both parents work in different Grupo Antolin companies.

the Winnerslocal levelThe panel of judges from each company shall make a preselection from all the work received, choosing a single winning picture for each of the two fixed catego-ries. It becomes necessary to argue your choice. All works, indicating the winning picture in each category, should be re-ceived at the following address before Monday October 25 2013:

(ART Competition) GRUPO ANTOLIN Human Resources (Leticia Fernández) Carretera Madrid-Irún, Km 244.8 09007 BURGOS – SPAIN

regional level A winning picture will be selected from among the winners from each company, for each category and for each of the fol-lowing regions:

Western EUROPE (Belgium, France Ger-many, Italy, Portugal, Spain, United King-dom)

Eastern EUROPE (Slovakia, Poland Czech Rep., Romania, Russia )

NORTHAMERICA and SOUTHAMERICA

AFRICA, ASIA and PACIFIC

Worldwide level Once the winning pictures have been se-lected for each region, the panel of judges will select a first, second, third and fourth prize for each category.


Grupo Antolin in Burgos hosted a meeting of Grupo Líder 10 of the Family Forum (EFCyL) to introduce the participants to the strategy, products, business mod-el and business management implemented by Grupo

Antolin. Grupo Líder 10 consists of 14 young members (10 successors of family companies and 4 students of Family Company Studies).

The Family Forum was established in 2000 by the Castilla y León Family Company Association to provide guidance and information for all young people per-taining to family companies in the region. It now to-tals more than 100 members aged between 18 and 35. Noteworthy among the Forum’s activities are visits to prestigious companies and meetings with important individuals in the fields of business and economics.

news in brief

Mª Helena Antolin, Marketing and Institutional Relations Manager (fifth from the left), participated in this event.

Meeting with Grupo Líder 10 (lead Group 10) of the Family Forum

José Antolin awarded HONORARy DEGREEJosé Antolin Toledano has been awarded an Honorary Degree by the University of Burgos. Endorsed by all the Departments of the Polytechnic College, the President of the company will be given this distinc-tion by the unanimous decision of the College’s Board of Regents.

The General Secretary of the University, José María García-Moreno, stated that Mr. Antolin was the first entrepreneur from Burgos to receive this distinction. A highly merited award: the strong bond with the city, which continues to be the Group’s productive and administrative headquarters; the intense economic co-operation with the institution through scholarships, joint projects or research commissions; and particularly, Mr. An-tolin’s example of entrepreneurship have more than merited his being awarded an Honorary Degree .

on behalf of his employees, our con-gratulations.

IMPORTANT

Don´t forget to write down on

the back the name and surname,

age and the company!


Grupo Antolin upholds its commitment to product diversifica-tion by offering specific solutions based on advanced carbon materials such as nanofibers and graphene for a variety of in-dustrial sectors.

Along these lines, César Merino, Head of Nanotechnology at Grupo Antolin and Christopher Lillotte, Head of Nanotechnol-ogy Sales, have participated in several European events, such as IMAGINENANO held in April in Bilbao or the Workshops by DAMADEI* (Design and Advanced Materials as the Motor for European Innovation) that took place in July in Barcelona, or-ganized by the Barcelona Center for Materials, Materfad.

creativity and nEW MATERIAlS drive European innovation

*DAMADEI is a European project developed by Materfad Barcelona, within the framework of the European Union Culture 2007-2013 Program.

César Merino at the IMAGINENANO stand

Christopher Lillotte presenting our product in the DAMADEI workshop.

Grupo Antolin supplies new NT 500 Nissan truck

There is a wide range of standard serial equipment for the three finishes and all versions come with driver seat suspension.

Grupo antolin-ara (Burgos) is supplying the complete driver, central, and passenger seats of the new NT500 truck. This vehicle will be manu-factured entirely at Nissan’s specialized industrial vehicle plant in Avila (Spain) and will be on the market at the end of 2013. Its main destination will be the European market.

With the launch of this mid-size Truck, Nissan reaffirms its intention of becoming one of the leaders in the European market for light-weight indus-trial vehicles.

The new NT500 offers the highest level of quality and comfort in the mid-size truck category. The cabin interior is spacious, containing multi-ple compartments as well as practical equipment. In addi-tion, the driver’s seat includes a wide variety of systems (re-clining, height adjustable, sus-pension, and heating) making the driver’s life onboard more pleasant on one hand and the rides of passengers more com-fortable on the other.

Nissan has three production centers in Spain: Barcelona,

Avila, and Cantabria, where it produces SUVs, vans, and

trucks.


Grupo Antolin participates in Spanish Engineering SummitMaría Helena Antolin, Director of Marketing and Institutional Relations of Grupo Antolin, participated in the Spanish Engineering Summit, organized by the Spanish Engineering Institute. Held in Madrid on May 13th and 14th, the Summit was attended by prestigious representatives of Spanish engineering companies and sectors to analyze the profession and propose a new economic model.

In her speech, María Helena Antolin spoke about shared Value Creation, the new para-digm of business that requires steps based on a long-term vision to generate value for companies, their employees and their environment.

Mrs Antolin also highlighted the role of Spanish multinational companies in strengthen-ing the Spain brand and demonstrating the competitiveness and innovation of Spanish engineering and industry to the rest of the world.

María Helena Antolin during her speech at the Engineering Summit.Grupo Antolin receives “2012 national Award for Blood donation in Spain”Last June 14th, coinciding with the World Blood Donor Day 2013, Emma Anto-lin, Corporate Responsibility Director of Grupo Antolin, received the “2012 National Award for Blood Donation in Spain” from the Spanish Federation of Blood Donors at the proposal of the Burgos Brotherhood of Blood Donors.

This award recognizes our company’s continued commitment to blood dona-tion campaigns promoted by the Cor-porate Responsibility Area and one of our central pillars: Human Resources.

In a global and changing environment, one of the factors for success lies in the capacity of companies to develop competitive professionals. In Grupo Antolin, our driving force is individuals who show solidarity and responsibility in their community and carry out their professional work in a worthy manner. We want to take this opportunity to thank all those who by donating their blood also donate the gift of life, the most precious gift that one person can offer to another.

www.grupoantolin.com

At the end of the year, we will launch ourneW WeBsite


The Ranjangaon plant of Grupo Anto-lin-Pune received, on 19th June, the quality award “Bronze” from our customer Bajaj Auto Limited during “Bajaj Auto Vendors Association” Waluj Convention 2013.

We were awarded as the third best quali-ty performance amongst Bajaj suppliers for year 2012-2013. The award was proud-ly received by our Quality Head, Prem Kothandaraman.

Grupo Antolin-Pune awarded by Bajaj Auto

Last May 21st and in line with an ongoing tradition, 11 students from the CSIC’s University Master’s Degree in Advanced Specialization in Plastics and Rubber in Madrid visited the company, accompanied by Professor Fernando Catalina.

My trip to Hyderabad, IndiaHyderabad is the capital and largest city of the southern Indian, known for true Indian Culture and destination like Salar Jung Museum, Hussain Sagar, Charmin-ar, Ramoji Film City, Snow world and many & known for it’s pearl and diamond Jewell Aries. Ramoji Film City which has been acknowledged by the Guinness World Records as the world’s largest film studio complex. Another visit by the students of

the university Master’s degree in Advanced Specialization in Plastics and Rubber

The students arrived at Grupo Antolin-Aragusa early in the morning and then visited the company’s R+D+i Center, also in Burgos, where they were received by Enrique Fernández (head of Advanced Engineering), second on the left in the photograph.

I & my family are thankful to Grupo An-tolin-Pune, India, for rewarding us with memorable & delightful memories of three days trip in my life to Hyderabad.

In the picture we can also see Avinash Kalkundri, General Manager, Bajaj Auto presenting the award in presence of Ram Bhogale, President, Bajaj Auto Vendor Association.

Vaidehi P. Pojage (7 years old)First Prize A - Art Competition 2012

Ramoji Film City


This is the motto for the Spanish-Moroccan Business Meeting held last June 16th in a hotel in Rabat, Mo-rocco. The event was inaugurated by King Juan Car-los, who was on an official working visit to Morocco, at the invitation of His Majesty King Mohammed VI.

In his speech, King Juan Carlos highlighted the im-portance of “forging even closer commercial ties” between Spain and Morocco and praised the merits of Spanish multinational companies and their expe-rience and success in foreign investments.

Among the participants in the event, which included 5 Spanish ministers and 9 ex-Foreign Affairs ministers (accompanying His Majesty on the official trip), were the leading entrepreneurs of the neighboring country and 27 managers of Spanish companies, one of whom was ernesto antolin, Vice President of the company.

mOROCCO – SPAIN Sharing an area of prosperity

His Majesty the King and His Majesty Mohammed VI during their conversation in the VIP Lounge of the airport

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On May 16, GA-Eurotrim received a visit from the Mercedes (Daimler) Depart-ment of Improvement. The group con-sisted of 16 members of the department who received training in the Mercedes Production System (MPS), as well as sev-eral supervisors and trainers. The group is on a training tour consisting of visits to several suppliers to improve their knowl-edge of how to apply corporate improve-

ment techniques, strategic production planning and Lean Manufacturing activ-ities in general.

During their visit to Grupo Antolin, they were shown the strategies followed by the company as regards Total Quality Man-agement (TQM), Delta, Six Sigma and the Production System (PS). After a brief tour of the installations in the R+D+i center, the

group visited the GA-Eurotrim plant. Their aim was to become more familiar with its products and processes, as well as with the organization and implementation of tools such as the 5S, the red table, standardiza-tion, the Kanban and the Kamishibai.

Mercedes expressed their gratitude for the attention received and the very positive im-pression that Grupo Antolin made on them.

mERCEDES receives training in Burgos

Grupo Antolin-Eurotrim


Grupo Antolin participates in a POST-ACCIDENT Systems working groupGrupo antolin is a member of the ae-nor (spanish standards and Certifi-cation association) post-accident sys-tems Working Group.

As the name indicates, the purpose of this group is to prepare the standards that will apply to protection systems for vehicle oc-cupants after the accident has occurred.

Grupo Antolin’s mission in this working group is to contribute its experience in components for automobile interiors, including the safety systems that the company applies to many of its products. This contribution is made from the perspective of a TIER 1 supplier with design, validation and production capacity and in combination with vehicle construc-tion companies and a selection of inventors, who also participate in this initiative.

The intention is to obtain standards for the extraction of vehicle occupants after the accident by taking advantage of the seat structure and standards regarding photo-chemical illumination of the vehicle interi-or. Although these systems are still in their development stage, the working group intends to prepare the basic framework on which to build and develop the standards and implement them in the future.

CEAGA persons networkGrupo antolin-vigo and Grupo an-tolin-pGa are members of the Cluster of Automotive Companies of Galicia (CEAGA). This cluster was founded in 1997, and is currently developing a series of projects for strategic management purposes as part of its 2012-2015 plan of action. Among these projects is the Per-sons Network Project. The goals of the Persons Network are:

· To provide the HR collective with a forum to share experiences, practical improve-ments and knowledge.

· To encourage the generation of synergies between cluster companies in the man-agement and personal development fields.

The work performed by this Persons Net-work is carried out in 4 groups, each of which deals with a specific area: training, flexibility, absenteeism and ergonomics.

Grupo Antolin-Vigo and PGA participate in the flexibility, absenteeism and er-gonomics groups. Attendance at these Persons Network groups is considered highly important and beneficial to estab-lish benchmarking based on knowledge of and management development with other companies in the sector.

e-rescue system: the life-saving seat. This is a simple system that consists in a removable seat that contains all the items necessary to immobilize the injured individual and extract him from the car without compounding any injuries. It is designed to be used by all types of occupants.

Photochemical illumination of the vehicle.

In 1997, 37 companies from Galicia dedicated to manufacturng automobile components

joined forces to establish CEAGA.

24 companies

54 participants: 10 in the Training group, 12 in the Absenteeism group, 18 in the Ergonomics group and 15 in the Flexibility group.


…A FERRARI HAS BEEn AucTIOnEd FOR 20.6 MIllIOn EuROS?

The mercedes-Benz W196 r from Fangio did not hold the title of most expensive car in an auction for very long (it was purchased in July for 20.2 million euros). It has now been outdone by an exclusive Ferrari 275 GtB/4 nart spyder, of which only 10 cars were manufactured in 1967.

Mike Reynolds, Plant Manager and Steve Lloyd, Production Manager with the four awards

Did you know that…

Mercedes-Benz W196 from J. M. FangioSource Bonham

Ferrari 275 GTB/4 NART Spyder

ANTOLIN-CIE visits Grupo Antolin-AraIn the month of June, GA-Ara (Burgos) received a visit from our colleagues at CIE Automotive in the Czech Republic who arrived with the intention of completing a thorough training plan over a period of three weeks. Personnel from the produc-tion, logistics and quality departments came to Burgos to learn about and im-prove in all the aspects associated with the project for the new Renault Master.

Sunderland achieves Fourth nissan Safety AwardThe GA on site JIT facility based in Nissan, Sunderland has received a fourth award from Nissan Motor UK for reaching the goal of zero lost working time due to ac-cident for a minimum period of one year. The scheme uses as a benchmark the scheme of Dupont Chemical Company, recognised as the leaders in Europe for

Health and Safety practice, using simi-lar processes to 5S and Total Quality. The Sunderland plant is fully integrated into this culture, with all employees trained through a Cascading Auditing process from the Plant Manager to leading oper-ators, rigorous assessments of incidents (that could have been accidents) and the promotion of the mind set that everyone is responsible for their own actions. It is through this process and high degree of effort and support from the staff that the zero lost time has been achieved and resulted in the award being presented fol-lowing the Quarterly Directors review.

In 2013 Grupo Antolin and CIE Automotive signed an agreement to establish a Joint Venture inValašské Meziríc, Czech Republic dedicated to produce metal structures and sub-units.


ASton MArtin celebrates its 100th birthday

THE HISTORY CORNER

The British Company Aston

Martin has a lot to celebrate

in 2013. We want to join in

the celebration by going

through its 100 years of

history. The company was

established in 1913 by

Robert Bamford and Lionel

Martin and later became

known as ‘Bamford & Martin

lTD’. The name ‘Aston Martin’

was adopted afterwards,

when Martin won the Aston

Hill race in England.

Financial problems plagued the com-pany in the 1920s and caused it to close in 1925, although it was rescued a year later. The brand began to win a series of car races that increased its reputation in engineering and design. By the 1950s it had become very successful in racing competitions.

Its reputation was also consolidated out-side the race tracks; the Aston Martin DB5, called “the most beautiful car in the world”, entered into production in 1963.

In 1964, the DB5 entered

a very special relationship

with the British agent

James Bond, in its star

appearance in the film

‘Goldfinger’.


In 1972, Aston Martin changed hands once again and launched the V8 that same year. Only three years later, it was rescued by a consortium, under which it re-launched the Lagonda, revitalized as the younger sister of the Aston Martin. The ‘80s saw a change of owners and the debut of the V8 Vantage Zagato model. In 1987, Ford purchased 75% of Aston Martin shares and the V8 Volante appeared the same year in ‘The Living Daylights’. The Virage model appeared a year later.

The DB was resurrected in

1993 with the launch of the

DB7 at the new Wykham

Mill plant, and ForD took

the reins of the company.

In the ‘90s the DB5 also starred in ‘Golden Eye’ and ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’. In 1998, the company receives the Queen’s Award for its contribution to the economy of the United Kingdom.

Two important milestones for the com-pany occurred in 2001: the production of Aston Martin DB7 number 5,000 and the launch of the V12 Vanquish, the car that would lead a new technological era and be driven by Pierce Brosnan in ‘Die Another Day’.

Following the success of this model were the DB6 and DB6 Volante in 1965 and 1966.

Sean Connery as Agent 007 in the movie ‘Goldfinger’ in 1964

In 1995, the DB5 stars on the movie screen with Pierce Brosnan en Goldenye

100 Years of Aston Martin

The V12 Vanquish makes Pierce Brosnan the only Agent 007 to drive two Aston Martin models after ‘Die Another Day’ in 2001


Another chapter in the

history of the company

began in 2007, when

it was sold to two

international investment

firms: Investment Dar and

Adeem Investment.

The year 2009 became one of the most active in product development in the company’s recent history. It saw the launches of the V12 Vantage and DBS Volante as well as the One-77, billed the most powerful car in the world and win-ner at its debut as a prototype in the Con-corso D’Eleganza Villa D’Este, in Italy.

In the 2001 Motor Show of Geneva, As-ton Martin presented its small Cygnet, designed for city driving, confirming production that same year following an enthusiastic popular response.

The year 2012 saw the arrival of a new hero, the Vanquish, combining design, technology, and the most advanced en-gineering to create simply the best As-ton Martin in history. The new DB9 was revealed only 3 months later. ▪

The Aston Martin one-77 prototype proclaimed the winner of the Concorso d’Eleganza, villa d’Este, Italy

Aston Martin surprises by launching the Cygnet, a foray into a new market segment

2012, James Bond (Daniel Craig) and Aston Martin in Skyfall


aston martin decided to celebrate its 100th birthday in Dubai with a unique show. A helicopter was used to land the Aston Martin Vanquish Centenary Edition on the helicopter port of the luxurious Burj Al Arab Hotel, the fourth highest hotel in the world.

Created to celebrate the company’s 100th birthday, 2013 saw the birth of the Aston Martin CC100, a concept that reflects the inheritance of sporty features and exceptional design throughout 100 years of history. Inspired in the past, present, and future, it combines the spirit of the legendary DBR1 of 1959 with the most advanced materials.


SPAINGrupo Antolin (Headquarters)

Grupo Antolin - AlavaGrupo Antolin - Ara

Grupo Antolin - AragusaGrupo Antolin - Ardasa

Grupo Antolin - AutotrimGrupo Antolin - Dapsa

Grupo Antolin - EurotrimGrupo Antolin - IngenieríaGrupo Antolin - MagnesioGrupo Antolin - Martorell

Grupo Antolin - NavarraGrupo Antolin - PGA

Grupo Antolin - PlasburGrupo Antolin - RyAGrupo Antolin - Vigo

ARGENTINAIRAUTO

BELGIUM

BRAZILAntolin - Sudamerica (TCO)

IntertrimIramecTrimtec

CANADA

CHINAGrupo Antolin - Shanghai (OTC)

Antolin Shanghai AutopartsChengdu Antolin Huaxiang

Chongqing Antolin Toupu Overhead SystemsGongzhuling Huaxiang Auto Interior Trim

Guanzgzhou Antolin AutopartsNingbo Antolin Huaxiang

Grupo Antolin - CMLYangzhou Antolin Huaxiang Autoparts

Antolin Shanghai Nanjing Antolin Shanghai Shenyang

Antolin Shanghai Wuhu

CZECH REPUBLICGrupo Antolin - Bohemia

Grupo Antolin - OstravaGrupo Antolin - Turnov

Grupo Antolin - CMLAntolin CIE Czech Republic

FRANCEGrupo Antolin - France (TCO)

Grupo Antolin - CambraiGrupo Antolin - HFR

Grupo Antolin - IGAGrupo Antolin - Ingénierie Siegès

Grupo Antolin - JarnyGrupo Antolin - Loire

Grupo Antolin - VosgesGrupo Antolin - CML

GERMANYGrupo Antolin - Deutschland (TCO)

Grupo Antolin - Logistik DeutschlandGrupo Antolin - CML

INDIAGrupo Antolin - Chennai

Grupo Antolin - PuneGrupo Antolin - Pune (Design Center)

Krishna Grupo Antolin Grupo Antolin - Kasai Tek (Chennai)

ITALYGrupo Antolin - Italy (TCO) and production

JAPANGrupo Antolin - Japan (TCO)

MEXICOGrupo Antolin - Saltillo

Grupo Antolin - SilaoMexican Door Company

MOROCCOAntolin - Tanger (TCO) and production

POLANDSilesia Plastic

PORTUGALGrupo Antolin - Lusitânia

Grupo Antolin - Valença

ROMANIAGrupo Antolin - CML

RUSSIAGrupo Antolin - San Petersburgo

Antolin Avtotechnika

SLOVAKIAGrupo Antolin - BratislavaSlovakian Door Company

SOUTH AFRICAGrupo Antolin - South Africa

SOUTH KOREAGrupo Antolin - Korea (TCO)

Dong Won Tech

THAILANDNHK Antolin (Thailand)

TURKEYOtotrim

UNITED KINGDOMGrupo Antolin - UK (TCO)

Grupo Antolin - LeamingtonGrupo Antolin - CML

UNITED STATESGrupo Antolin - North America (OTC)

Grupo Antolin - IllinoisGrupo Antolin - KentuckyGrupo Antolin - MichiganGrupo Antolin - Missouri

Grupo Antolin - WayneGrupo Antolin - Warren

* (TCO): Technical Commercial Office

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