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· Noticias News Winter 2009 · nº 56 GRUPO ANTOLIN We interview the Chief Operations Officer Electric vehicles The environmental friendly alternative OTOTRIM Our bet in Turkey Adapting to our clients Grupo Antolin-Cambrai 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 85 plants and 20 technical commercial offices and close to 10,000 employees. This publication is available for the employees in the GA’s intranet EDITORial OFFICE Grupo Antolin Marketing Department Carretera Madrid-Irún, km. 244,8 E 09007 BURGOS - SPAIN Tel. 34 947 47 77 00 www.grupoantolin.com Editorial DIRECTOR Marketing GA. · marketing.ga@grupoantolin.com Design Germán Delgado · estudio@germandelgado.es photography Rafa Sáiz printed by Coiman C/ Marqués de Portugalete, 16 E 28027 MADRID - SPAIN Tel. 34 91 742 12 03 D. Legal: M-18594-2006 Territory Europe - South America Territory Africa Asia - Pacific 6,742 employees* 1,503 employees* Territory North America 1,405 employees* contents page 20 the photo * Nr of employees by territory as on the 31st of August 2009 page 4 cover story Interview with Carlos Araujo Maté Our Chief Operations Officer tells us about his professional career as well as the future plans for our company page 8 page 12 protagonists Grupo Antolin-Cambrai This plant is placed in the north of France in an industrial area. Since 2002 it is a supplier of Renault plants XV Anniversary of the Newsletter A look to the history of our company through pictures page 22 designing the future Electric Vehicles Zero emissions, the future is already here. The new vehicles will be more environmental friendly OTOTRIM A multi-product & multi-client plant opens its doors to us in Turkey page 25 in brief News in Brief Art Competition page 15 report Plastic Convention page 16 special Knowledge Management page 10 corp. responsibility Innoversia Training as the basis for the development in the emerging countries News Grupo Antolin 2 · Winter 2009 Let´s get to know in details this strategic line and the tools to share the knowledge in Grupo Antolin page 18 health Influenza A page 36 the history corner Audi Centenary The four rings brand has celebrated its 100th birthday in 2009. The efficiency of its models is a characteristic of Audi since its foundation Editorial A new year starts, it is the time of reflection and planning. In 2009, Audi is celebrating its centenary and it is our birthday as well. It has been 15 years since the first number of our Newsletter was published. Would you like to see how much we have changed? Additionally, in this number we would like to know better our Chief Operations Officer, Carlos Araujo Maté, and show you his opinion after his first months with us. Grupo Antolin has been characterized by pursuing customers´ satisfaction and thanks to that, we will continue being awarded by them. The last prizes achieved from Volkswagen, General Motors, Nissan and Ford are a good example of this. Keep on working like this! A lot of us are familiarized with the Knowledge Management model that Grupo Antolin is setting up. As a very important part of our organization we offer you more details about its establishment. There are still so many of our plants to visit. We invite you to discover Ototrim (in Turkey) and Grupo Antolin-Cambrai (in France). Two plants, two countries, two cultures and the same aim - adapt to the changing automotive world and exceed with success the challenges launched by our clients. Electric vehicles are a part of this change in our market. Is the mass production of them possible in a short period of time? Which are the opportunities for Grupo Antolin? We provide you some clues to answer these questions and the other ones as well. But more stories are still waiting in this Newsletter. Keep on reading and find them. w José Antolin Toledano Chairman in first person The year 2009 is just about to finish. The crisis seems to have passed its peak in a year that has caused difficulties in all areas, especially in the automotive world. But the storm begins to ease up. The changes that have occurred in the market demand us to adapt to a new scenario in order to remain competitive; both financial and technological changes will require an additional effort to continue growing. This effort has been supported by the renewal of a syndicated loan guaranteed by 40 banks, through a successful transaction thanks to the unanimous support from the Financial Community in an environment characterized by the crisis. A fact that will enable us to face the investments needed with the necessary financial strength to meet our strategic plan. Now is the time to join forces and maintain our position as the market leaders. We have the capacity and the work force necessary to carry it out. QUALITY, KNOWLEDGE and EFFFICIENCY are the key values that we must follow to achieve our progress and to secure our future. Therefore, we face a year in which the commitment of all of us is more important than ever to meet the demands of an extra effort to ensure the efficiency of our costs and the productivity improvement. Finally, I would like to send you a message of confidence, enthusiasm and hope for the coming year. Thank you for your fighting spirit and my best wishes for all of us, we all are part of this great company, Grupo Antolin. Merry Christmas to all! w News Grupo Antolin Winter 2009 · 3 cover story Interview with our Chief Operations Officer On the 12th of May, the new organization of our company was launched, with the creation of the Chief Operations Officer position. Carlos Araujo Maté was appointed to that position News Grupo Antolin 4 · Winter 2009 What is your vision after these six months of management? After six months we have made this interview to know at first hand his opinion about the company and the future plans Could you tell us about your professional experience? My first job as an engineer was at the Spanish Society of the Tudor Accumulator, a Spanish multinational company which manufactured batteries, and at the end of the 70’s considered that the electric vehicles could be used in some special applications and decided to prove it by carrying out the transformation of an urban bus into an electrical one, as well as a dozen mail delivery vans and a garbage truck of 20 Tm. Performing that transformation and proving its usefulness for the service was my first job. When I look at it from my present point of view I can say that I had the chance of being a pioneer, although at that time it was too early for this project. I spent seven more years at Tudor and I was the manager of a company in the Group when I had the opportunity to come back to Burgos as the managing director of Ansa Lemförder, which then was part of a partnership between the incipient Grupo Antolin and ZF Lemförder. I spent the first five years, until 1994, being part of ZF Lemförder on one side and of Grupo Antolin on the other side, and reporting to the Antolin brothers. When they sold their part in the company in 1994 I stayed in ZF Ansa Lemförder for another ten years, the last five years, first as a corporate responsible of ZF Lemförder for Europe, two business lines, components and axis, and then as the world responsible for the components line for suspension and steering. At that moment, the business turnover under my responsibility exceeded 1,000 million Euros, with operations in Europe, including Turkey, Slovakia, Germany, France, Spain and the United Kingdom, Nafta, the United States and Mexico, Brazil, India, China and Korea. Altogether, more than 20 plants all over the world. These months have been determined by the strong crisis in our sector, obviously the same one in which I was in ZF, and by the need to keep a strong pressure in all our operations, started in the crisis committees of the Group from the end of 2008, in order to adjust to the situation of the market as much as possible. In a special way, this situation became critical when two of our main customers in the USA, GM and Chrysler filed for Chapter 11. In these months, I have visited 31 plants of the group in three continents, and I have had to get to know the Group and our situation quickly. The measures taken from the end of 2008 have shown that the effort and sacrifice made by us all have allowed us, on the one hand, to negotiate again our syndicated loan with acceptable conditions and, on the other hand, to reduce significantly our balance point, thus containing the strong losses and getting ready for certain recovery of the market such as the one arisen in the last two months. My vision is that the taken measures were the most appropriate ones and that we still have plenty of things to do, some of them not too easy, which the new organization must be able to undertake in the best conditions and about which I feel optimistic regarding the results for our future. How is the management of a company devoted to the manufacture of parts for the interior of the vehicles different from your former company, orientated to mechanics? The truth is that I must point out two considerations when speaking about the differences in management: one related to the differences between the chassis and the interior of the vehicle businesses, and the other one concerning the differences between a German and a Spanish multinational company. To start with the easiest point, the differences between chassis and interior have surprised me in many ways. The main ones: the design, in the sense of “style”, which is a subject which does not exist in the chassis. The diversity: concerning the chassis, a “Golf” is practically a technical solution; concerning the interior, it implies a great diversity with a huge variety of models which are subject to frequent restyling. The chassis is orientated to “function” and the interior to design and the customer’s perception of the senses: they are totally different. This fact conditions the relationship with the customer and the amount of engineering needed to support the diversity and the complexity, and to keep a permanent relationship with the customer. News Grupo Antolin Winter 2009 · 5 “ Innovation must be, clearly, part of the The differences concerning their different business culture are also outstanding and perhaps more difficult to be summarised. The Group is above all a very young company, due to its business course and the age of most of its staff. ZF will soon be 100 years old. The German style gives more importance to the managing systems, to the strategic planning, to the organization of the activities in exchange for, sometimes, losing freshness and accuracy in the decision processes. The orientation to the financial results, growing with profits, with special attention to profitability over the capital invested in the business, is a constant feature always present in ZF. The Group keeps an outstanding liveliness in the decision processes and a huge customer orientation. The internationality and industrial and technical implementation or the Group are amazing and doubtlessly one of our challenges as an organization. Preserving the best features of each culture in the management is one of my personal challenges. Which values will you protect in your management? I personally believe in people’s commitment, participation and integration. A special mention to the managers and the leadership expected from us. I believe in communication and team work as the basic principles of a management which must insist on continuous improvement and on the creation of value for customers and share holders, and which allows for the professional and personal development of the company staff. The ability to innovate in the management styles, in the products and services we offer to our customers, in the process of transformation, will be the key of our development in the future and also of the differentiation from our competitors. “ In a time in which everybody is speaking about “sustainability”, we must be sure that our values and our ” commitment with our environment are the best supports for our future News Grupo Antolin 6 · Winter 2009 ” genetic code of a company leader in the automotive sector On which pillars must the Group’s strategy lay and which change processes will Grupo Antolin have to undertake in order to continue being leaders? After six months in the company and at the doors of starting a broad debate about our strategy to back up the business plan in 2010, I do not see myself totally ready to speak about the pillars of the strategy. Nonetheless, I will take the risk of bringing forward some ideas. The market, which must be the engine of our strategy, is facing some drastic crossroads: changes in the consumers’ patterns, social concern and pressure regarding the environmental impact, growth in the markets of Asia and Eastern Europe with an overbooking in the traditional markets, new segments of vehicles for the mature markets, hybrids, electric cars, very low consumption, personalization of the vehicles and so on, and customers in the emerging countries which for the first time join the consumer habits with strong pressure on the prices, new competitors and so on. Our environment will keep on being restrictive with the credit and probably, the automotive sector in the mature markets will not be among the most interesting sectors for the banking sector. The Group will have to face all this, which will translate into risks, but also into opportunities that we must face adapting our strategy in order to take the best profits from our location, from our ability to innovate in all fields and on line with the opportunities and demands which are correctly identified in the market. This will depend on our ability to reduce manufacturing and operating costs, in a special way the capital, investment and development costs per project requirements, to reduce the times between customers’ requirements and industrialization, to keep up impeccable quality, which is one of the best measures of the correct customer orientation… And we must be able to do all this fast enough, efficiently and extracting the best from our main resource, the people in the Group all over the world. Internationalization, development and training, and specially seizing, which is usually called “empowerment”, of the people and of the organization will require the most dramatic changes in order to keep our leadership. “ Our sector requires from us the highest speed to implement new ideas and to set up new points of activity in the world, being capable, from the very first moment, to supply our ” products or services at the standards expected by the customers To what extent do you think an appropriate management of knowledge is important for the sustainability and growth of the companies? problem solving, use of our systems and resources… and we must do it in order to provide the customer with value and differentiate from our competitors. In a company within the sector in which we operate and considering our fast development, with such a broad implementation in the world and with the challenge of growing in such different cultural environments, preserving, developing and transmitting knowledge is one of our challenges in order to grow up and be capable of competing. Innovation, from this approach and in any framework, has to be aligned with the aims of the business which must be clearly defined, communicated and assumed by the organization. Innovation must be, clearly, part of the genetic code of a company leader in the automotive sector. Our sector requires from us the highest speed to implement new ideas and to set up new points of activity in the world, being capable, from the very first moment, to supply our products or services at the standards expected by the customers. The Group knows how expensive it is for us, in every sense, to undertake new activities which in other places could seem to be a routine. Which message would you like to bring to the attention of all the people who form Grupo Antolin? Which role will technological innovation play in the future of our company? In the automotive sector, innovation is the best recipe in order to survive successfully. We all have companies from our sector in mind which, through their technological ability to innovate, are in a unique position concerning customers and consumers. I believe that we all somehow aspire to take that position. For the Group, our challenge is to locate innovation again, this is to say, to create unique and best permanent alternatives, in the centre of our activity. We must innovate in all fields, in our products, processes, managing practices, I would like to tell them that they must feel proud of the business project they have been supporting up to the present moment and which is going through this complex situation of the market. I understand these are difficult times, especially considering that the experience of the company has always consisted on a continuous and almost giddy growth. But these are also times to consolidate the basis of our company, to reinforce ourselves, to convince ourselves that we will be able to take advantage of the opportunities and adapt to the new challenges of this activity better than our competitors if we stick together to our business project and trust our future. Thank them as well for their attitude and support to the company in these times. And, personally, thank you for their welcome too. I had never felt foreign to the Group due to my historical relationship, but they have made me feel back home really quickly. w News Grupo Antolin Winter 2009 · 7 plants OTOTRIM Grupo Antolin in Turkey “ OTOTRIM produces, plastic injection parts such as maplamp (overhead console), Ototrim was founded in Bursa (Turkey) in 1993 as a joint venture company between Grupo Antolin and SKT A.S. with 50% shares each sunvisors and headliner plastic frames for Toyota, and door trim parts, body side trim parts, sunvisors and headliner spacer plastic parts for Renault, and A-B-C-D pillar trim parts, SLD trim ” parts and rear door trim parts for Ford News Grupo Antolin 8 · Winter 2009 “SKT is a company of Diniz Holding which is one of the biggest holding companies founded in Bursa and operating in Automotive sector since 1955” Ototrim started to operate at Bursa Organised Industrial Zone, covering a closed area of 5,400 m2 (6,460 sq yd) in a total area of 20,000 m2 (23,920 sq yd), when it was founded in 1993. Then the closed area of the company was enlarged to 7,300 m2 (8,730 sq yd) in 2003 and 11,000 m2 (13,156 sq yd) in 2005 with new plant extensions respectively. The total number of employees was only 65 at start of operation in 1993, and then increased up to 322 in August 2009. The ISO/TS 16949 certificate was obtained in January 2005, the ISO 14001 certificate in September 2005 and Ford Q1 “Preferred Quality Status” in April 2007. Product portfolio consists mainly of headliners and modular headliners assembled with wiring harnesses, brackets, pads and lamps (45% of total sales volume); door panels (25% of total sales volume), window regulators (manual, elec- Turnover distribution by clients Renault Ford Toyota Others 54% 24% 21% 1% Current images of OTOTRIM Distribution by products Headliners 45% Door Panels 25% Window Regulators 17% Other Products 13% tric and electronic) (17% of total sales volume), sunvisors, package trays, boards and flat door panels. GA’s Turkish company delivers headliners for Renault Mégane and Clio as well as window regulators, door panels, package trays for Renault Mégane representing more than 50% of its total sales volume. Ford follows with 24% of sales and Toyota with 21% of turnover. Headliners, modular headliners and sunvisors for Transit and Connect Cars are delivered to Ford Otosan. There is also a warehouse in Ford Otosan Supplier Park for sequential delivery. Current supplies include headliners, package trays, boards for Toyota Corolla Verso Auris. Furthermore, other deliveries are headliners for Karsan-Peugeot minibuses, sunvisors for the Transit van exported to Ford Southampton (UK) and window regulators for the Sandero to Dacia (Romania). The headliner, sunvisors and map-lamp (overhead console) for the new Toyota Corolla Verso started production in February 2009. Moreover, door panels, headliner and sunvisors for the new Renault Fluence and Basic (sedan and hatchback) were awarded to OTOTRIM together with body side trims, sunglass console, spacer plastic parts of the Fluence project and body side trim and trim trunk plastic parts for the Basic program. These projects start production in October 2009. In addition, headliners, sunvisors and hard trim parts for Ford Transit are also to be manufactured by OTOTRIM. Job1 of the Project is in January 2011. In order to produce these plastic injection parts a new plastic injection plant, covering a closed area of 8,000 m2 in a total area of 21,000 m2, was built behind the current manufacturing plant of OTOTRIM in November 2008. w News Grupo Antolin Winter 2009 · 9 Corporate Responsability Area Grupo Antolin corporate responsability Innoversia Innovation, diversity, versatility and universality are the concepts which inspire Innoversia, the line of action launched by the Corporate Responsibility area of Grupo Antolin in March 2009, which bets on training as the fundamental tool for development in emerging countries. “ In all these plans, Innoversia wants to offer official ” certifications together with educational organizations News Grupo Antolin 10 · Winter 2009 The aim of Innoversia is a double one, on the one hand, to favour the personal improvement of the employee who receives the training and, on the other hand, the development of the business itself, since these initiatives turn out into workers who are happier, more efficient and involved in the Group Members of one of the courses in Brazil Students of the Telecourse of Portugal, to obtain the primary education qualification This way, Innoversia contributes with a strategic value, significant for Grupo Antolin: it has a positive impact on the motivation of its employees, and creates a reserve of workers who not only have specific training, but also know the company deeply, its history and its way to do things. From the headquarters of the Group in Burgos, there is a follow-up of the students’ results, and study is boosted by offering language courses to the best students. Innoversia combines the social support and business strategy policies in the same project. On the one hand, the employees of the plants in which the basic training needs have been detected have access to programmes which have been specifically thought to cover those lacks. On the other hand, the programme meets the requirements from the different plants concerning the professional qualifications of the employees. In the case of Brazil, the direct relatives of the employees can benefit from the courses for plastic technical experts. This is to say, they are given the access to professional training with the acquisition of official degrees, and, at the same time, a source of human resources is created for the group, in an area in which the amount of qualified work force is scarce. · The Telecourse in Portugal, the oldest initiative of the Group. Around one hundred employees have already participated in the programme to obtain the Secondary School Certificate. The impact on the employees is really positive. Each case is studied individually. For example, in Tangier, it was considered that, before starting a professional training plan, it would be more productive to offer a basic literacy one. In all these plans, Innoversia wants to offer official certifications together with educational organizations, such as the Senai (Nacional Service of Industrial Apprenticeship) in Brazil. Besides, the Group is in charge of searching for the appropriate subsidies, so that training costs will not affect the employee in any case. At present time, Innoversia has three training schools: · The Training School in Brazil offers a professional training two-year course for plastic technical experts. It was started in March 2009 and, at present, about thirty pupils study there, all of them direct relatives of the employees who work at the plants of Grupo Antolin in Brazil. · Finally, in the first term of 2010, the Training School of Tangier will be opened for the literacy training of the employees. Due to the positive results these experiences are obtaining, the group intends to expand this scheme of training schools to the rest of emerging countries in which we operate, like China, India, South Africa or Mexico. Innoversia intends to contribute to the development of the emerging countries in which it operates, and it has proved to be an efficient way to transmit the corporate culture. Likewise, it boosts the pride of belonging to our group among the employees, who feel supported and valued by the company. w News Grupo Antolin Winter 2009 · 11 Grupo Antolin-Cambrai was built in 2002 in order to produce door panels J84 and deliver them to Grupo Antolin-Douai PIF. Later, from this project, our team GA-Douai transformed the panels (Renault Scénic II & Mégane CC) into door modules and delivered them synchronized. GRUPO ANTOLIN-CAMBRAI We are adapting to our clients requirements protagonists New building of 2365 m² with 3 docks devoted to synchronized deliver At the beginning of 2007, RENAULT confirmed GA as their supplier for panels of the Renault Scénic III (replacement of the JR84) with a delivery of L3PS* (identical scheme to the one working between GA-RyA and GA-Palencia for Renault Mégane II) However, after Renault decided to carry out the manufacturing of new vehicles in the site at Douai, J96 (replacing the Espace) and H95 (4x4 vehicle with platform Scénic/Mégane), our customer asked us to study the feasibility and cost of synchronized deliver of all the door panels addressed at the factory of Douai from our site in Cambrai (35 km away from the Renault Douai factory). The list of specifications was the following one: n n 2 assembly lines to supply (Line A and LIne B) in 2 shifts, that is to say 1,620 vehicles a day Line A: assembly of the J/R 95 (Scénic & Grand Scénic), and J96 (new Espace) n Line B : assembly of the J95, E95 (Mégane CC) and H95 (new vehicle similar to Nissan Qasqai) n n Maximum cadence: 60 vehicles per hour per line, that is to say 120 total vehicles. Time per order: 150 minutes (time between the despatch of the order from the client and the assembly of the panels on the door) * L3PS: Tool validated by Renault, it consists in assemblying and delivering parts in synchronous mode from the scheduled sequence of the Renault assembly line. News Grupo Antolin 12 · Winter 2009 SEARCHING THE RIGHT SOLUTION After several months of reflections and analyses and several presentations for Renault, we selected two possible solutions: 1st solution Assembly of the panels of each of the vehicles depending on the layer L3PS and packing according to the type of vehicle in the internal containers. From left to right: Fabrice Deregnaucourt, Sébastien Ferro-Million, Laurence Bernard, Amaury Deregnaucourt, Nicolas Marin (Supervisor), Hervé Leconte (Development Responsible), Mickaël Bazin (Supervisor), Robin Bogusz (IT Responsible), Sidhamed Zemmouri Automatic output of the kits according to the time of receipt of the orders from Renault in order to feed the preparation post of the synchronized deliver batch. Finally, the 2nd solution was accepted and the investment was confirmed in February 2008, due to the following reasons: · Economic profitable solution “Horizontal” storage in the corridors (capacity 1.5 days) which means a resynchronization area. Resynchronization of the panels as soon as the orders for the preparation of the synchronized deliver are received. 2nd solution Assembly of the panels per batch and packing per kit (1 right panel and 1 left panel from the same vehicle) · More flexible solution, without limits in diversity, with a setting up which could be used for other customers (Sevelnord, for instance). · No impact in case Renault could not guarantee a 95% reliable L3PS layer. · Possibility to assembly the panels by batch (instead of L3PS layer) · Smaller building surface (it saves space) Arrangement of the kits in an automatic warehouse with a capacity equivalent to 1.5 days of delivery · Innovative solution, image improvement for Grupo Antolin. News Grupo Antolin Winter 2009 · 13 SET IN MOTION OF GA-CAMBRAI PROJECT March 2008 We ended up the negotiations with Viastore (chosen supplier for the building of the warehouse) and the purchase order is launched. At the same time, we started the detailed study of the dimensions of the building in order to apply for a planning permission. June 2008 The works on the extension (2,365m2) started. December 2008 The assembly of the shelves in the warehouse started. First half of 2009 The company VIASTORE installed 4 robots, the conveyors, the wiring and the system of automatic control. Together with IT Department in Burgos, we developed the computer application BLADE in order to ensure the synchronized managing of the orders, the management of the stored products and of the production. 9th June 2009 After nearly two months of tuning, trials and training, the activity with Renault was started on, at a part time pace during the first week and then at a full time pace. Automatic Warehouse: 4 robots, 4920 containers Due to the stop of production of the old Renault Scénic (J84), in two weekends we were able to set the assembly lines of panels in line with the warehouse in order to achieve the best possible linear flow of parts, totally suppressing the non-added value movements of the material, since the raw material is received until the panel is delivered to the costumer. After eight weeks of production, and despite some unforeseen events, we did not provoke any stops in the chain to our customer and we did not make any reference mistakes. In September 2009, we have started the synchronized delivery of the first front door panels E95 (Mégane CC), manufactured by our competitor Eurostyle. We would like to thank our shareholders and the Managing Direction for relying on us when they accepted to start the investment, and we want to congratulate all those who participated in the development of this project and the success of its launch. We are looking forward to Renault’s making the decision to resume their programmes (J96 y H95), programmes suppressed due to the current situation, and so their plant in Douai will start again its production in two shifts (or three) in the two lines. w News Grupo Antolin 14 · Winter 2009 PLASTIC A material in constant evolution report 1 PROJECTS MANAGEMENT AND TEAMS The Plastic Convention organised by the Door Function Business Unit took place from 22nd to 24th September and was attended by more than 50 specialists of Grupo Antolin from different countries and departments. This event was held at the Headquarters in Burgos. The Convention started with the main participation of our customer Renault, who carried out a very positive presentation regarding our relationship and our future points of agreement, improvement and knowledge to our mutual benefit. Afterwards, attendants were able to give their opinions through the presentations about Commercial, Industrial, Purchasing, Engineering and Projects, Quality and Innovation matters. These presentations provided us a very realistic approach to the situation in which we are. But, the most interesting activities were the workshops, which took place through all the morning on the last day and where everyone participated contributing with their points of view and experience. The following 11 lines of action rose from these workshops, lines of action to be carried out in the future with the planning of 11 working groups. Each line of action has an implementation planning of the different actions and a group of work which leads them and gives continuity to them. 2 COSTS OF DEVELOPMENT 3 LAUNCHING OF NEW PROJECTS 4 STANDARDIZATION OF PROCESSES 5 MANAGEMENT OF CUSTOMER’S QUOTATIONS LINES OF ACTION Door Function BU Grupo Antolin-Ingenieria 6 ADVANCED ENGINEERING, PRODUCT AND PROCESSES TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT 7 DEFINITION OF PRODUCTS AND ROBUST PROCESSES 8 PURCHASES: IMPOSED AND OWN SUPPLIERS 9 MANAGEMENT OF TOOLS 10 MANAGEMENT AND ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE In short, three days of close work collaboration, in a relaxed atmosphere, which have been useful not only to share knowledge at the highest level, but also to strengthen social bonds among the Group staff. 11 MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION OF PROBLEMS News Grupo Antolin Winter 2009 · 15 Knowledge Management in Grupo Antolin In the Third Industrial Revolution or “Age of Knowledge” the main asset of the companies and organizations is knowledge, having always in mind that it is the people who generate and use it. Knowledge is a strategic element which determines and configures organizations, being the only good which increases when it is shared with the others “ special Knowledge Management must be perfectly tuned with the Company’s Strategy in order to move forward in the ” present and future growth of the Company News Grupo Antolin 16 · Winter 2009 Up to a few years ago, knowledge was thought to be power, but, that power lasts only for a little time, until another person or company achieves a higher advance in knowledge and “ours” becomes obsolete and useless. Grupo Antolin has already been working intensely for two years on the strategic line of Knowledge Management, which aims to manage effectively the key knowledge for our company. Laurence J. Peter, the originator of “Peter’s Principle” used to say that those ones who do not know where they are going, end up somewhere else. Knowledge Management must be perfectly tuned with the Company’s Strategy in order to move forward in the present and future growth of the Company. The organizations which work in “knowledge” generate changes in the culture of the company, through the use of the intelligence of all the people who form the company and using apprenticeship as the base for its development. This allows for the generation of new business models, integrating the changes which During Innovative Day Meetings, products and innovations from the invited suppliers are shown to Grupo Antolin employees rise during its cycle of life. Under the premise that having a great intelligence is no guarantee of its adequate application, Knowledge Management brings about working on the adequate approach of application. Grupo Antolin has generated its own model for Knowledge Management based on the following tools and which answers the following questions: WHAT do we need to know? Knowledge Key Map. It has been largely spoken about the advantages of Knowledge, but most of the organizations do not look upon the COSTS OF NO KNOWLEDGE, which we could summarise into the following: WHO are going to use knowledge? Repetition of mistakes Knowledge leaders and Knowledge Communities. Lack of anticipation HOW are we going to manage knowledge? Difficulty to “build” new initiatives in a solid way Knowledge Global Management System. This model is based on the Development of Intelligence, understanding knowledge as an asset that accumulates in people and in the company, whose base is the use of the experience. The experience needed by companies is the one which according to the Latin origin of the term “experiens” (entrepreneurial, active, constant) leads to knowledge based on the people’s attitude, and not necessarily linked to time. We are seeking for the experience which is generated by the different situations lived along the time, and not the repetition of an activity during all your life. “It is not the same to have 20 years of experience, as a year repeated 20 times”. What types of intelligence are necessary for the survival of a company? The answer to this question is ALL. Identifying the experience: What do we know? How have we learnt it? What does that knowledge have? Learning from experience: Knowing the best practices in order to boost them, and the mistakes, to avoid them. Wrong decisions based on “ignorance” at every level NO KNOWLEDGE generates huge costs to any organization, and affects directly the profit and loss account and the relationship with the most significant stakeholders of the company (customers, suppliers and employees). Therefore, it is important to manage adequately the key knowledge of the company, considering which part of it must be kept to be competitive, which part must be boost to become excellent and where we must innovate in order to become leaders. The organizations which put Knowledge Management into practice, bet on the change and transformation into new companies based on a culture of Self-development and Growth of the People who form them, being aware of the depth of the global transformation which is taking place and with a spirit of anticipation so as to influence and change the future. w News Grupo Antolin Winter 2009 · 17 health Department of Human Resources Medical Department Grupo Antolin Influenza A (h1n1) How to fight against it at work The new virus of the (H1N1) influenza A is produced by a new strain of the influenza virus against which, due to the fact that it is new, we are not protected and a lot of people will run the risk of suffering. Symptoms of this flu are the same as typical flu symptoms: fever (higher than 38ºC), cough and fatigue. You can also have headache, sore throat, sneezing, body aches and, eventually, diarrhoea and vomiting News Grupo Antolin 18 · Winter 2009 April 2009 Report from the Headquarters giving information about what was called Swine Flu at that moment. ARE THERE ANY MEDICAMENTS TO TREAT THE FLU? Yes, there are. The new flu virus is treated like the seasonal flu, with medicines to ease the symptoms: to lower the fever, for the cough, for body aches… WHAT IS A PANDEMIC OF FLU? A pandemic is an epidemic affecting a lot of countries in the world at the same time, as it is the case with this flu. Press release from the Corporative Human Resources Management to the Human Resources departments of each company, in order to control the journeys from and to the affected areas. May 2009-August 2009 Follow-up of the indications from the Health Directions in each country. Actions such as the ones below were taken: · Information and training of the employees through talks, posters, leaflets about the Flu. · Control and follow-up of employees showing suspicious symptoms. September 2009-October 2009 WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT WE ARE ON ALERT PHASE 6 OF PANDEMIC? On last 11th July, the World Health Organization (WHO) decided to raise the pandemic alert level of the flu from phase 5 to phase 6; the designation of this phase indicates that a global pandemic is under way. This means that there is a further spreading of the illness, but not that it is becoming more serious. WHO defines the state of the new flu as a moderate pandemic, on the basis of the following reasons: Press release from the Corporative HHRR Manager, reporting about the Corporative Policy to take. Setting up of the Corporative Committee against (H1N1) Influenza A. Development of the Corporative Performance Plan. Setting up of the Regional and Local Committees. Creation of the web page: http://sharepoint.grupoantolin. com/SiteDirectory/H1N1/default.aspx Most of the people recover from the infection without the need to be taken to hospital or receiving medical care. Elaboration of the Plan of Action in each company of Grupo Antolin. This Plan includes: Generally speaking, the level of seriousness of this illness in different countries seems to be similar to the one of the seasonal flu. The hospitals and care systems in most of the countries have been able to assist, up to this moment, all the people who have been in the need. · Arranging Measures: i.e. Elaboration of Continuity Plans. WHICH ACTIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY GRUPO ANTOLIN IN ORDER TO PREVENT IT? The following actions have been taken by Grupo Antolin in order to prevent the effects of the (H1N1) Influenza A: · Preventive Measures: Promotion of healthy habits, cleaning and disinfection, control and follow-up of sick employees, and so on. · Monthly report and follow-up. Up to this moment, the number of registered cases in the companies of the Group on a world basis has been very low, although it is likely that until April-May several waves of cases will take place on different levels of intensity, depending on the place. Due to this reason, it is advisable to be careful with healthy habits and keep a healthy diet.w News Grupo Antolin Winter 2009 · 19 XV Anniversary of the Newsletter the photo Avelino and José Antolin awarded in May 1994 with the Gold Medal from the Chamber of Commerce & Industry Our Newsletter is 15 years old. These pictures are a memory and a tribute for all of you that made it possible. THANK-YOU VERY MUCH! Visit of His Majesty the King of Spain Juan Carlos in year 2000 Industrial Operations Department, 1996 News Grupo Antolin 20 · Winter 2009 His Royal Highness the Prince Felipe during his visit in 1997 Part of the team from Panels and Plastic Parts Development area in 1996 New organization launch in March 1995 News Grupo Antolin Winter 2009 · 21 Volkswagen Group Awards, 1994 Young Engineers Programme, 2002 Graduation – Headquarters 1998 Christmas Tournament Team The General Management and Legal Consultancy team in 1997 Recognition Ceremony, 20th of December 1991. Up in the right corner, our current Chief Operations Officer Art Competition Award Ceremony in 1999 Agreement between NHK and Grupo Antolin, 2008 One of the best UETs in 2000 - Headquarters Laboratories 1999 Businessman Award given by the “Empresarios de Castilla y León” magazine 2002 Volkswagen Group Awards Opening of our Graphic Engineering Centre in Pune (India), 2006 Visit of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, President of the Spanish Government, May 2008 2000 - Inauguration of Grupo AntolinNorth America previous site in Troy Ford Q1 Award for Grupo Antolin-Aragusa in 2005 2003. Duke of York in Grupo Antolin-Kent (United Kingdom) Prince Felipe Award for Technological Innovation in 2004 José Montilla, the Spanish Minister of Industry, Commerce & Tourism in 2005, visiting our Headquarters 1988 Ford Quality Award 2007, an agreement with Ningbo Huaxiang Electronic Co. is signed to form a Joint Venture María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, Vice-President of the Spanish Goverment, in Antolin Shanghai Autoparts, 2007 The current situation suggests the investment in less polluting transportation means. The Governments from the different countries, car manufacturers and even customers, are more and more aware of this fact. designing the future Department of Industrial Design Grupo Antolin-Ingenieria Electric Vehicles a great investment in the future The main car manufacturers are investing in research and development of new ecological technologies, the average citizen is more and more worried and aware of the global warming, and institutions such as the European Union are taking policies next to zero tolerance against the emissions of gases which are detrimental to the atmosphere. On the other hand, there is the wish to lower the dependence upon oil and the potential emerging markets News Grupo Antolin 22 · Winter 2009 “ ” Tomorrow vehicles will be developed around new architecture designs with electricity as the source of inspiration From left to right and from the top to the bottom: Twizy, Kangoo, Zoe and Fluence. Electric vehicle range by Renault to be launched in 2011 & 2012 All these factors suggest an attractive change of course towards cleaner, cheaper and renewable energies. Electric vehicles are the main general trend and are outlined as one of the best alternatives of the sector. They are supported by the increasing technological evolution and their future is already a reality. Marketeer, 1956. Electric mini-car Also in the past, due to the shortage of oil after the Second World War, some innovating ideas arose aiming at smaller and lighter cars which provided for better mobility and were less polluting, that was the case of “micro cars”. Nowadays, it is hardly surprising that older ideas such as electric micro cars are more feasible than ever, and governments promote them and offer incentives for their development. News Grupo Antolin Winter 2009 · 23 Exterior and interior of the urban electric concept car Peugeot BB1 Electric concept car. Grupo Antolin Design Department Nissan Nuvu concept car interior view Going back to past technologies, applying new, more technological materials and providing higher levels of design, could be key elements for their evolution. Our main customers are developing electric vehicles which match these ecological criteria that tend to minimize environmental impact from the creative stage, going through manufacturing and use, to the different possibilities at the end of their life (recycling, reuse and so on). Different ways are searched for in order to commercialise the vehicles at attractive prices, such as the renting of batteries or offering the option of leasing the vehicles to the customers, levelling them to current prices. At this moment, there are efforts to improve infrastructures in order to reach further introduction as well as the development of ion-lithium batteries with larger capacity. There is a search for larger autonomy using electric energy only, providing the customer with higher comfort. In order to comply with all these features, it is necessary to adapt to a new shape conception of the urban vehicle, higher, to make it possible to place the batteries on the lower part and smaller, to make it light and easy to use. The creation of lighter vehicles is one of the priorities for the reduction of energy consumption, minimizing CO2 emissions. To reach this goal it is necessary to use lighter materials, to reduce the size of the vehicles and to develop new technologies. In short, the design of an electric vehicle implies a change in the usual approaches to adapt to each of the necessities which this type of vehicles demands. The inside functions will be reduced in size and complexity. It will be necessary to create spaces which are plainer, larger and brighter, which help to improve the inside sensations. The use of lighter colours, sunroofs, new touch sensations in different materials, along with large doses of creativity, will help to make these interiors more attractive and consequently make them key elements at the moment of taking the decision to purchase them. w Grupo Antolin is already working in order to foresee the future of all these concepts. On the other hand, and from our users’ point of view, we must adapt to this new way of “life on board” ectric Think City, el ntly on sale rre cu cle vehi Charge stations in Paris and Berlin News Grupo Antolin 24 · Winter 2009 news in brief in brief Innovative day meetings Sika, Feti Trocellen & Toray Sika is a Swiss group with presence in more than 70 countries; specialized in chemicals for construction and industry. Trocellen is a German multinational considered worldwide as one of the companies with the biggest industry knowledge of the foam. Global Support from the Financial Community Continuing with the programme “Innovative Day Meeting”, in September and October our suppliers SIKA, TROCELLEN, TORAY and FETI have visited our Headquarters in Burgos. Toray, a multinational company with its Headquarters in Japan, is specialized in industrial products, focused on organic and inorganic chemistry as well as biochemistry technologies. Grupo Antolin signs the renewal of its existing syndicated loan of 248.9 million euros with 40 banks and a new credit line worth 50 million euros. During the day of 29th of September, the first-level specialists from Sika have presented their products and innovations they are performing for the automotive sector. As well, Trocellen, Toray and Feti have been with us on the 27th of October. Feti is a company born from the Investigation Institute for Electrical Industry of Hungary. We thank our suppliers and all the attendees for their cooperation on this kind of programs which allow us further improvement of our knowledge management. w On the 29th of July, Grupo Antolin signed the renewal of its existing syndicated loan of 248.9 million euros with 40 banks, both domestic and foreign ones. The company has also signed a new credit line worth 50 million euros. The operation was led by Ahorro Corporación Financiera and Caja Burgos. Health and Safety Certification for Leamington Grupo Antolin-Kent plant of Leamington (United Kingdom) has obtained the certification of its Health and Safety Management System according to the international standard OHSAS 18001, after successfully getting through an external audit from the qualifying organization TÜV, last September. The implementation of the Management System (Policy, Handbook and Procedures of Health and Safety of Grupo Antolin) at an optimal level to fulfil all the requirements of the standard, has been performed during the last year. This implementation, doubtlessly, has benefited from the fact that OHSAS 18001 has a very similar structure to the environmental standard ISO 14001 considering that, actually, there are several common procedures with the environmental and quality management systems. From Grupo Antolin-Kent Management it is expected that this more structured management of health and safety will contribute to reduce labour risks and, therefore, the number of accidents and labour sicknesses. w It is important to highlight the degree of confidence surrounding the transaction, described as a success by the financial community, having in mind a high competitive environment and a severe shortage of liquidity in the financial market. This milestone represents an important step in the future of Grupo Antolin. The loan renewal arrives to strengthen the financial structure of the company and will enable it to face the investments needed to continue capturing the potential growth expected in its strategic plan with the necessary financial strength and confidence of the financial community. The industrial vocation and business focus of the company is characterized by a clear strategy for long-term growth that is sustained by a team of highly trained professionals. Ultimately, this combination of financial strength, clear growth strategy and an exceptional professional teamwork is the best guarantee of the success in facing the challenges of the automotive sector. w News Grupo Antolin Winter 2009 · 25 María Helena Antolin, awarded with Professional Excellence Prize On the last 10th July, María Helena Antolin was awarded with the Prize to Professional Excellence, handed by the Association of Businesswomen of Miranda de Ebro and its Region (ADEME). The 2nd edition of the Provincial Prizes “Mujer y Empresa” (Women and Enterprise), held in Lerma, acknowledged the work of outstanding businesswomen. María Helena Antolin received the Prize to Professional Excellence, an honour which she shared with the designer Amaya Arzuaga. Volkswagen awards Grupo Antolin-Silao The president of the ADEME (Association of Businesswomen of Miranda de Ebro and its Region), who organised the event, admitted that the list of awarded women “has a special high level, each of them has been carefully chosen because their career and success will motivate, drive and stand as a model for the rest of society”. On the other hand, she declared that the aim of these awards is to propel the bringing together of the businesswomen from Burgos. w Grupo Antolin-Silao has been granted with Volkswagen Group Award 2009, for its global excellence regarding collaboration, commitment and dedication in 2008. Volkswagen Mexico gives the Awards the last 30th June, where 14 suppliers have been granted, 11 of them for the first time. The Ceremony was leaded by Otto Linder, CEO of VW Mexico; who stated: “we are immersed in a consolidation process regarding suppliers. VW Mexico is restructuring its supply chain, and those that have excelled thanks to their results, will be our strategic partners in this consolidation”. Francisco Alcalá, Manager of Grupo Antolin-Silao, received the award from Hans Koch (Sales Director of VW Mexico & VW North America), Otto Linder (VW Mexico CEO), Klauss Gmelin (VW Mexico Quality Manager), Ralf Appel (VW Mexico Logistics Deputy Manager) and Manfred Joos (VW Mexico Logistics Manager). w News Grupo Antolin 26 · Winter 2009 Photo by ADEME Grupo Antolin is one of the Finalists of the Automotive News PACE Awards Grupo Antolin is the supplier for the headliner of the Buick LaCrosse 2010 which uses acoustical paddings made from discarded cardboard packaging containers. The recycled material is called QuietShield GRN and it is an innovative solution of Federal Mogul in collaboration with our company. The result is an acoustical package made especially to meet General Motor´s requirements, reducing the noise inside the car. This innovation has been selected as a Finalist of the prestigious PACE Awards from the Automotive News magazine. The winners will be unveiled on the 12th of April. w With an investment of one thousand million euros, Hyundai has started the production of model i30, both in its sedan and family models. The next model to be made in this plant will be the Kia Venga, and a fourth model will be built in 2011. From left to right: Rhee Ounchang (Head of Purchasing Director - HMMC). Pablo Baroja (Sales Director/BU Door Function - Grupo Antolin) Ernesto Antolin (Vice-President - Grupo Antolin). Kim Eokjo (President & CEO - HMMC) HYUNDAI arrives in Europe As Hyundai supplier, Grupo Antolin was present at the official opening of the first plant that the South Korean company has opened in Europe, in the city of Nosovice (Czech Republic). This plant started production in November last year, but it was not until 24th The new factory of the Czech Republic has generated 2,000 direct jobs, and 4,000 indirect ones, and it is estimated that in 2011, these figures will increase up to 3,500 and 7,500 employees. Euisun Chung, President of Hyundai, stated that this plant has a vital role to perform for the achievement of their global objectives, so it will be carefully cared for in order to be a model site within car industry. September this year that the official opening took place. Its yearly production capacity is of 200,000 vehicles, figure which will be increased up to 300,000 units in 2011. Out of the production, 90% will be addressed to Europe, and Hyundai is the fifth world car manufacthe 10% left will be exported to the turer, with nearly three million cars sold in 2008. w Middle East and Africa. International Door Systems, awarded by Ford within the World Excellence Award 2008 IDS, Grupo Antolin Company created in collaboration with Küster and Keykert in Mexico has been awarded in the Ford World Excellence Award 2008. In this facility are produced the door modules for the models: Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan and Lincoln MKZ. IDS was one of the 36 suppliers awarded within the silver category. This recognition is the result of an outstanding performance by the IDS team in the door module. This award is the result of the contributions and commitment to achieve Ford goals. IDS has consistently demonstrate superior quality, delivery and cost performance. The ceremony took place on the 22nd of June in 2009 and was headed by the major executive of all the territories, Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe as all the main areas of responsibility at global level. The prize was collected by Miguel Angel Vicente as a representative of the company in the USA. Congratulations! Miguel Ángel Vicente received the award as Grupo Antolin representative in USA. In the picture, he is the first on the left following by Derek Kuzak (Group VP Global Product Development), John Parker (Executive VP Asia Pacific), Mark Fields (Executive VP/President of the Americas), John Fleming (Executive VP and Chairman and CEO, Ford of Europe) and Tony Brown (Group VP Global Purchasing). w News Grupo Antolin Winter 2009 · 27 Jean-Christophe Quémard, Purchasing Director PSA and Pierre Ianni, PSA Vigo plant Manager, listen to the explanations during their visit to GA-PGA. PSA Peugeot Citroën visit to GA-PGA On the 27th of October, there has been a meeting with the Purchasing Department of PSA Peugeot Citroën in our plant of Porriño (Pontevedra-Spain). Our colleagues of Grupo Antolin-PGA and the Headquarters led this visit. People from the plant of PSA in Vigo and from its French Headquarters attended as well. Through the presentations made, we have showed the capacity of Grupo Antolin to deal with the new vehicles that will be produced in PSA Vigo in the next years: PSA M3/M4 and Citroën C4 Picasso B78. Likewise, we reminded them our products as well as activities of our plants and their proximity to PSA Vigo. During the visit, we put special emphasis on the advantages of roll forming processes of Grupo Antolin-PGA against inlay ones: · The production of components with non-inlaid materials of high limit elastic (THLE), reduces thickness, which means mass reduction and then, the reduction of the total weight of the vehicle, something currently very demanded by our client. A minute of silence in Grupo Antolin against terrorist attacks by ETA On the 31st of July at 2 pm, all Grupo Antolin staff joined with the victims of the last terrorist attacks that hit so seriously the people from Burgos. The meeting was held at the exterior side of our Headquarters in Burgos to condemn and repudiate these actions. It was also in solidarity with the all affected people and a way to give our condolences to the families of the two civil guards murdered recently, especially to the family of the young boy from Burgos - Carlos Saénz de Tejada.w · At the same time, investments are dramatically lower. Finally, it was underlined that Grupo Antolin has a potential for producing components by roll forming in THLE (Dual phase 1200…) or in magnesium. w Institutional visit of the Rector of the University of Burgos This spring, in our Headquarters in Burgos we have received a broad representation from University of Burgos (UBU), headed by its rector. This meeting is a demonstration of the close relationship that Grupo Antolin maintains with Research Organizations and Universities within its politics of distributed Innovation. w From left to right: Fernando Rey, Director of Corporate Innovation Grupo Antolin, José Manuel Temiño, CEO Grupo Antolin, Jordi Rovira, Vice-rector of Investigation UBU, José Luis Peña, Vice-rector of Economy, Planification and Technological Innovation UBU, Emma Antolin, Director of Corporative Responsability Grupo Antolin, Alfonso Murillo, Rector UBU & José María GarcíaMoreno, General Secretary UBU. News Grupo Antolin 28 · Winter 2009 Technological Committee MAGNO On 7th October, the Technological Committee of Cenit Magno (Magnesium New Technological Opportunities) held a meeting at the Auditorium of our Headquarters. This yearly meeting gathered both the managers and the technicians of the companies participating in this project. This initiative, led by Grupo Antolin, is formed by different leading companies in the field of the metallurgical technologies in Spain, as well as different public institutions. The event was graced with the presence of the CDTI (Centre for the Industrial Technological Development), which evaluated the technological activity developed during the first year of life of the project. The Magno project is included in the CENIT programme, funded by the CDTI, which aims at the development of great innovation projects. Magno is made up, apart from Grupo Antolin, of Akaba, Bostland, Coniex, Ecofond, Fagor, Gis 2003, Lebario, Insertec, Mugape, Pretransa, Reydesa and Grupo TTT. The public organizations participant in this initiative are the National Centre of Metallurgic Research (CENIM), Technological Centre of Miranda (CTME), Foundation for Transportation and Energy R&D (CIDAUT), Centre of Electro-Chemistry (CIDETEC), International Centre of Engineering Numeric Methods (CIMNE), Fatronik, Ikerlan, Foundation Inasmet, Advanced Research Institute of Madrid (IMDEA), Inatec, University of Lebrija (UNNE), Complutense University of Madrid, University of Alicante, University of Burgos (UBU), Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Technical University of Madrid (CEI). The aim of this project is to develop innovating technology in order to solve the problems which have no present solution in the field of the injection processes of magnesium alloys at a high pressure. Magno is generating an important net of knowledge among the companies, technological centres and universities, which will enable Spain to be placed in a leading position of technology and competitiveness in a growing market worried about making materials lighter, low consumption and recyclable products. w Grupo Antolin Sunderland achieves Nissan Safety Award Sunderland, the Grupo Antolin on site JIT facility based in Nissan, has received an award from Nissan Motor UK for reaching the goal of zero lost working time due to accident 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 similar 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 operators, rigorous assessments of incidents (that could have been accidents) and the promotion of the mind set that everyone is responsible for their own actions. Steve Lloyd, Production Manager of Grupo Antolin plant in Sunderland receiving the award from Mike Vezmar, Nissan Health and Safety Manager. 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 following the Quarterly Directors review on 15th July 2009. w News Grupo Antolin Winter 2009 · 29 Grupo Antolin booth Grupo Antolin participates in the 17th Seminar of Magnesium in the Automotive Industry The 17th Seminar on Magnesium in the Automotive Industry was held on last 16th and 17th September in Le Méridien Hotel in Stuttgart. Diego Val, Engineer of Materials from Grupo Antolin attended the event, presenting the conference Magnesium, Grupo Antolin. During his speech he explained the experience in magnesium of our company and its capabilities through the different applications and benefits of this material. During the seminar, an exhibition with the products shown by each of the participating companies was carried out. Among the participating companies, we must outline the presence of suppliers of raw material, crucibles, injection machines and so on, as well as final customers such as BMW, Mercedes, Porsche… SAIC Motor Thrive Together with Grupo Antolin on China Auto Market SAIC Motor is an excellent representative of National brands in the Chinese Automotive Market. Since SAIC bought the technology of platform 5 Seri and platform 7 Seri from Rover in 2005, it has successfully developed its own models of Roewe 750 & Roewe 550 which shows the beginning of its strategy to create a new brand for the middle-high end market with its own intellectual property. After a tough fight for the Roewe 750 to obtain the recognition of the customer, Roewe 550 has achieved excellent marketing performance since the car was launched in 2008. In 2005, Grupo Antolin started its business relationship with SAIC Motor, one of the main Chinese OEMs. Currently, SAIC, thanks to its great ambition and continuous effort, has become the leading local car manufacturer in China. Grupo Antolin has demonstrated the willingness to complete tough mis- sions by good understanding of customer needs in this country (which are quite different from our global OEMs) and supporting them on development, using our products know-how and expertise. Grupo Antolin in China has been awarded with the following projects: D162 & S161 (Roewe 350), and MG Mingjue MG7. - D162 is a SUV model based on Ssangyong SUV technology. SAIC started its development in 2006. - S161 (Roewe 350) is the main vehicle which helps SAIC snatch the A class vehicle market in the future. It is co-designed by the UK Technical center, Korean Ssangyong Technical Center and SAIC Motor Technical Center (Shanghai). The car SOP date is set on February 2010. During the cooperation on these projects, people from both companies developed not only good mutual understanding but also friendship. The Basketball Teams of Grupo Antolin Shanghai and SAIC Exterior & Interior held a match successfully on 27th March which witnessed the development of Partnership. w The products Grupo Antolin stood out were the ones related to the Seat Function, such as the seat back rest for the Citroën C4 Picasso, and the cross of the Mercedes Vito / Viano seats, although prototypes of other products as the window lifters and hand brakes were shown. These conferences have been useful in order to know the new trends and needs of the market as well as to share knowledge with some of the main companies and technological centres connected with this material. w First Basketball Match between Grupo Antolin (China Team) and SAIC Motor on 27th March 2009 News Grupo Antolin 30 · Winter 2009 before 5S in the Area of the Industrial Corporate Management Among the series of actions for the integration of the Industrial Corporate Management (Dirección Corporativa Industrial-DCI), during the month of September, it was decided to launch an exercise 5S, in which all the team took an active part. In order to perform this exercise, the staff of DCI was divided into groups, led by the staff in the Area of Corporate Improvement. At the beginning of the exercise, the participants received “in situ” training about the 5S, their frame and scope, in the Head Of- fice. Following the 3+2 approach for their application, the 3 first or action S (Select, Sort, Clean) and the 2 last ones, Standardize, creating reference states (meeting rooms, common cupboards, corridors, wiring, printers) and Sustain, with the leaders’ commitment (follow-up and improvement through the radar graph) and the Management (Kamishibai, confirmation and maintenance of standards). The result of the action was amazing: 27% of the storing space was released: - This translates into visual improvement, considering that the Head Office is the image of our business. - It lets us save time; it is easier to find people and material. - Fewer mistakes are made, in shipping and analysis of the information. - The appropriate state of the materials and the means lengthens their useful life. - Besides, it lets us identify other improvement areas. Consequently, our work is of a higher quality, more productive, and this has a direct effect in the cost. An organised and clean place is a safer place and it motivates the ones who work in it. The 5S in the plants of the Group have already been launched and their implementation in the Head Office will be completed along 2010. Next time you visit us, pay attention to the Reference States! w while after News Grupo Antolin Winter 2009 · 31 e Antolin-Pun prize - Grupo t rs Fi B t. Ca Cat. A First prize - Grupo Antolin-South Africa Tyrelle Chetty Cat. A Third prize - Grupo Antolin-Silao José Ángel Renteria Colour the Christmas! As it is common in this time of the year, the Corporative Human Resources Department has organized XV Art Competition Christmas 2009. nd prize Cat. A Seco -PGA in ol nt A Grupo ínguez David Dom The youngest have responded to the announcement, from Japan to Brazil, going through all the continents. Almost 800 children have come to the different companies of GA where they parents work to put colour with creativity and imagination to the coming holidays. Each company has selected its winning drawings for each age category, which were representing them in the World Wide level competition. The award ceremony will be held on the 11th of December in the Headquarters of Grupo Antolin. News Grupo Antolin 32 · Winter 2009 Rohit Aava Cat. B Second prize - Grupo Antolin (Central/Headquarters) Cat. B Third prize - Grupo Antolin-Michigan On the other hand, the last year winner, Joel Fernández Soto, from GA-PGA, tells us excited about his trip to Disneyland Paris, which he enjoyed from the first moment with his family. Upon arrival in the hotel, that was a real western town, his eyes lit up when they saw Chip and Dale. To see the faces of both - him and his sister - makes it worthwhile. Everything was new discoveries and sensations. They have lived few days of a true madness. They have been getting up very early to enjoy the park before its opening to the public and organizing everything not to stop for even 5 minutes. Thus, after spending the day between attractions and spectacles, at the time of dinner they fell in a deep sleep. They have taken the advantage of the trip in 100%. Joel, what have you liked the most? What I have liked the most was a Space Mountain. Me and my sister, we liked a Alvar Sáiz Julia Kropp lot as well a Buzz Lightyear, she liked it so much that she wanted to buy a gun from Buzz. I liked a lot as well eating in the restaurant of Mickey. My sister and I could have seen and make photos with Mickey, Goofy, Pluto and lots of more. Is there any attraction that you remember especially apart from these ones? The one with Nemo, it seemed very calm and it was not calm at all. It impressed my little sister a lot. But well, she was brave and didn’t cry at all. Is there something more that you remember? At the end of the trip my parents let us have a make-up, I have asked for a makeup of a leopard… the trip was great. I want to thank Grupo Antolin. w News Grupo Antolin Winter 2009 · 33 Grupo AntolinIngenieria winner of the University-Company Award 2009 Grupo Antolin-Ingenieria, a company dedicated to research, development and innovation activities in Grupo Antolin, has received “University-Company Award 2009” in its Company range. This award, granted by REDFUE (Red Española De Fundaciones Universidad Empresa), recognizes those companies which have involved the University in its strategy through a continuous relationship with quality and impact on teaching and research. María Helena Antolin, a member of the Board of Directors of Grupo Antolin, has been very proud to receive the award from hands of the Royal Highness the Infanta Elena, in a ceremony held on the 25th of November in Madrid at the Faculty of Humanities of UNED. This award recognizes the career of Grupo Antolin-Ingenieria, which since its creation in 1993, has established a strategy of collaboration University-Company, incorporating the politics of medium-long term with technological centres and universities, offering continuity in its lines of work. Mentioned strategy goes from developing innovative projects to training experts in R&D in their own departments or creating their own patents. As an added value it needs to be emphasized that ongoing collaboration with universities and technological centres has led Grupo Antolin-Ingenieria to take a part in 5 CENIT projects that have the aim of realization of a multidisciplinary research to generate the know-how inside the auxiliary automotive sector. w Road Safety and Grupo Antolin “We count on you” was the slogan which perfectly reflected the result of the campaign on Road Safety which we carried out just before the beginning of the summer holiday period. From 22nd to 26th June, the Group Headquarters could closely live the importance of safe driving thanks to the different activities organised from the areas of Corporate Social Responsibility and Labour Risk Prevention of the company. Nearly 200 people participated in practical workshops provided by Toyota regarding the effects of drunk driving; training in first aid on the road thanks to RACE and to our workmate News Grupo Antolin 34 · Winter 2009 from Grupo Antolin-Eurotrim and Red Cross volunteer, Jesús Mª Castro, and they listened first hand real experiences told by victims of road accidents. Likewise, the Department of Safety and Simulation shared with the attendants the work they are carrying out concerning active and passive safety matters in the car. Under the slogan “donate blood, donate life”, the week ended with a blood donation session organised in collaboration with the Blood Donors’ Brotherhood in Burgos, who showed their gratitude for the obtained response and the record of registered new donors. w Intertrim awarded with the 2008 Supplier Merit Award by General Motors The Supplier Merit Awards from General Motors principal aim is to award the best suppliers of the year. Since 1995, year in which Intertrim became a supplier for General Motors, we have worked hard aiming at reaching the quality standards demanded by our customer. As an acknowledgement of our efficiency, we have won the award to the best supplier of headliners trim in South America in 2008 for quality, service, technology and price. Currently, from Intertrim, we are supplying to General Motors about 34,500 headliners a month for the following models: Pontiac Montana, Chevrolet Blazer, Vectra, Zafira, Meriva, Chevrolet S-10, Corsa family and Celta family. Besides, we carry on working actively in the search for opportunities of new business, due to the fact that we are a key supplier for the new strategies of General Motors, not only in Brazil, but also in global projects. w The new Tata World Truck equipped by Grupo Antolin-Pune Tata has recently launched its last generation of trucks (Tata World Truck) with 10 major variants. This truck has been developed by Tata Motors together with two of its subsidiaries in South Korea and United Kingdom. Grupo Antolin-Pune is the supplier of the headliner and interior side trim of these vehicles, delivering more than 20 references. The modular headliner integrates lamp bezels, speaker grills, and air ducts. Additionally, the knitted fabrics used in the interior side trim are treated to ensure their cleanliness. Once more, Grupo Antolin has provided the most profitable solution to its client, helping this Indian truck to have an interior comparable with the ones sold in Europe. Did you know that... …Volkswagen-Porsche Group has overtaken Toyota as world’s largest automaker? Until October 2009, VW-Porsche has produced 4.4 million vehicles against 4 million from its rival Toyota. Also remarkable is the difficulty when working with components of “huge truck” proportions in order to maintain tolerances, fit and finish. w Source: General Services Dir. GA and Marketing-GA …the total surface owned by Grupo Antolin worldwide is 785,011 m2 among TechnicalCommercial Offices (37,450 m 2), Production Plants (639,044 m 2) and Logistic Centres or JITs (108,517 m 2)? News Grupo Antolin Winter 2009 · 35 AUDI’s 1909 2009 100 Anniversary th the history corner Marketing Department Grupo Antolin A brand proud of its history However, if we want to understand how Audi has reached a hundred years of age constantly innovating, without forgetting the criteria of technology, safety, design and sportive image, which have allowed them to remain at the top, it is important to have a look at its history and see the development of its evolution in the manufacturing of engines and cars from its beginnings. News Grupo Antolin 36 · Winter 2009 “100 years in the vanguard of technology” says the slogan of Audi, because nowadays, we all see this brand as a synonym of innovation and quality, since Audi has the honour to have been pioneer in plenty of the technological steps forward achieved in the mechanical field in the last century. On 16th July 1909, August Horch, due to the disagreements with his former company, A. Horch & Cie, founded by himself, left the company and created a new one under the name Horch AutomobilWerke GmbH. Given that his surname was protected by trademark, he changed it for Audi, which is in fact its Latin translation, which means “listen”. The name of the new company, Audiwerke GmbH, came into effect on 25th April 1910. Since the middle 1920’s, the North American cars had been invading Europe and demanding from the local brands the updating of their methods of chain production. With the economic crisis of 1929 the situation went worse, and it was then when the four main automotive German companies decided to merge. Audi, DKW, Horch and Wanderer became a unique company which they called Auto Union AG. This is how in 1932 the emblem of the four hoops was born, which is currently in force. The success of this union lay in the fact that the names and certain autonomy of each company as a brand were kept. In order to avoid the competitiveness within the newly born Auto Union AG, they carried out a distribution of market segments: · DKW – motorcycles and small cars · Wanderer – medium cars · Audi – luxurious cars addressed at the medium segment · Horch – high range vehicles. The 30’s were a stage of great success in sports for Auto Union, a time of important deeds at the Great Prizes with the Type A, Type B, Type C or the aerodynamic Type C Streamliner, a real gem from 1937 with its 16 cylinders and 520 HP which beat all the speed records (more than 400 km/h). August Horch (1868 - 1951) August Horch, German engineer, pioneer in the automotive industry and founder of the company which is the Audi brand at present. He worked for Karl Benz from 1896 until he created A. Horch & Cie in November 1899 in Ehrenfeld (Cologne, Germany). The first Horch automobile was made in 1901. The company moved to Reichenbach in 1902 and to Zwickau in 1904. Horch left the company in 1909 after an internal fight and set up his own company, which marked the beginning of a story that is worth to remember. Although his company went through plenty of changes, Horch was a nonconformist man, who questioned everything; in his mind, the idea which prevailed was to make cars that gave solutions to problems which nobody had raised before, and that was the way he lived, constantly innovating, what made him become a legend in the history of automotive industry. News Grupo Antolin Winter 2009 · 37 Audi Type A (1910), first vehicle with Audi name 1910 Horch Automobil-Werke GmbH is founded. It was later called Audiwerke, GmbH. of the design of the competition car based on the plans by Frederic Porsche. 1921 Audiwerke AG presents the Audi Type K, which was the first car in Germany with the steering-wheel on the left, for an easier and safer driving. The first crash and rollover tests were carried out. 1923 Type M, with 6 cylinders engine, is manufactured. 1932 Auto Union AG is born, with its Head Office in Chemnitz. This was the merger of the four brands; Audi, DKW, Wanderer & Horch. 1933 In the motor show of Berlin, Auto Union presents the new Audi Front UW, their first passengers’ car of a standard size with Front Wheel Drive. The company used a principle of modular design for the first time. 1934 Auto Union reached their highest popularity with the success Audi Type C (1912) Audi Type K (1921) First vehicle in Germany with left-hand-drive Auto Union not only stood out because of its competitive and technological deeds, but also was one of the first brands which showed interest in safety. In 1934 they already carried out crash and rollover tests with their vehicles. The acquisition of most of its shares by Daimler-Benz AG was an important landmark in the 50’s. From the 24th April, 1958 until the end of 1965, Auto Union was a subsidiary company under the absolute control of the Daimler group. However, it was between 1964 and 1966 when the great transformation for Auto Union took place. The company changed its name to Audi NSU Auto Union AG, after being purchased by Volkswagen and also incorporating the company NSU Mo- News Grupo Antolin 38 · Winter 2009 1958 Daimler-Benz takes over Auto Union. 1964 Volkswagen AG purchases the majority of the shares of Auto Union. 1965 It becomes the total property of Volkswagen AG. 1968 Launching of the Audi 100, it reached a high success on sales. 1969 NSU Motorenwerke AG, (company devoted to motorcycle manufacturing, which had just been taken over by Volkswagen) and Auto Union merge and become Audi NSU Auto Union AG. 1972 The Audi 80 is presented Audi Type M, first six-cylinder car “ The company has its head office in Ingolstadt, in the federal state of Bavaria ” in Germany. Grupo Antolin supplies different components for this brand. (which would be the future A4). It was an indisputable success, more than a million units were sold in 6 years. 1974 The Audi 50 is launched, the smallest car of Audi’s model range, as a reaction to the energy crisis of that decade. 1980 The Audi Quattro is shown at the Geneva’s Motor Show, a four wheel drive sports coupé. 1982 Third generation of the Audi 100, synonym of progress design and low aerodynamic rate. 1985 On 1st January, Audi NSU Auto Union AG changes its name for AUDI AG, at the same time, it moves to Ingolstadt. 1986 AUDI AG, pioneer in total galvanizing of the bodywork of their cars, presents an Audi 80 with corrosion resistance 10year guarantee and excellent streamline. Type C Streamliner (1937) 1989 The first diesel engines with direct injection start to be manufactured. They are assembled for the first time in the Audi 100. 2007 Audi exceeded its own production record for the 14th consecutive year with 978,300 vehicles, 4% higher than in 2006. 1994 The Audi A8 incorporates a totally aluminium-made bodywork. The Audi 80 changes its name to A4 and the Audi 100 will be known as A6. 2008 Audi presents the R8 Spider, the first automobile which incorporates all the external lights system with LED technology. 1996 Audi launches its compact A3 into the market. 1998 Audi TT sports car launching. 2009 Audi is 100 years old on 16th July. Audi Centenary sculpture in Goodwood, England 2000 Audi introduces their first allroad vehicle, the Audi AllRoad Quattro and also the Audi A2. 2004 First new “single frame” front grille and launching of the Audi A3 Sportback. 2006 The first SUV by Audi is released, the Q7. Audi Front UW (1933) First passengers’ car with front-wheel drive Audi 100 (1968), served as the basis of a range of models that guarantee Audi’s future independency Audi 50 (1974) The answer of Audi to the crisis World speed record reaching over 400 km/h torenwerke AG (a manufacturer of motorcycles mainly). The name Audi AG was definitely settled in 1985. Two of the highest successful creations of Audi were the four wheel drive and the TDI engines. The Audi Quattro, in the market since 1980, was the first high performance four wheel drive vehicle. A new driving concept which had only been used in lorries and SUV vehicles up to that moment. Thanks to its world success in the motor sport, it was gradually applied in all the Audi range. And, although direct injection was not totally new for sedans, the TDI improved the development and the performance. In 1989 the Audi 100 was presented, with a TDI engine, which was a success in the market. However, the greatest success would come in the forthcoming years: in 1991 they launched the now historical block 1.9 TDI with four cylinders and 90 HP. Later, it was launched in its 110 HP version, with variable turbine geometry (VTG) turbocharger, until the birth of engines such as V10 or V12 TDI, for the Audi Q7 with 500 HP. Nowadays, this brand keeps on innovating, following its legacy, what they call the essence of the real engine of Audi, and acting on the essential pillars of automobiles: technology, safety, design and sportive image. Currently, within the Volkswagen group, Audi is the brand with the highest performance and latest technology. 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