Gonvarri Steel Services gathers the award for the Best Practice in Internal Communications on Corporate Sustainability

Last November 25th, took place the ceremony organized by the Internal Communication and Corporate Identity Observatory, where 9 projects on strategic communications were awarded. These projects are oriented to internal public and have set the trend in the innovation and excellence areas. The Internal Communication and Corporate Identity Observatory was created in 2003 by Atrevia consulting together with Capital Humano magazine and IE Business School, under the aim of deepening  in the qualities  of Internal Communication as a tool that connects values, corporate identity, culture and brand management. In a moment in which the impact of internal communication is already a reality, the jury has valued specially the innovation and the strategic scope of the initiatives, analyzing the impact of each one through the indispensable indicators and measuring presented. This time, Emotional Driving has been the campaign created by Gonvarri Steel Services that has been awarded as the Best practice in Internal Communication on Corporate Sustainability. MARCOM and Sustainability Director Juan Llovet and HHRR and Safety & Health Director Pablo González de Suso attended the ceremony. With this, there are already six prizes awarding the project focused on training and raising awareness in road safety and which have already joined the plants located in Madrid, Asturias, Navarra, Barcelona, Galicia, Tarragona and Valencia. To learn more about Emotional Driving project, click...

Pernambuco’s governor Paulo Cámara inaugurates GRI Renewable Industries’ new wind flanges factory in Brazil

GRI Renewable Industries, industrial wind division of Corporación Gestamp, inaugurated its new wind flanges factory in Suape, Brazil. The event counted with the presence of Pernambuco’s governor, Paulo Cámara. This new factory, GRI Flanges Brazil, located in the industrial port area of Suape, Brazil, counts with a surface area of 7,000m2, providing work for more than 80 people, being able to supply the Brazilian market with more than 6,500 wind flanges each year and has meant an investment of 81 million Brazilian reais. GRI Brazil started its activity in 2008/2009 with the establishment of its wind tower factory and, in six years, have opened three new factories where more than 950 people are been employed. With the opening of this new wind flanges factory, GRI is the only company in the world from the wind sector that concentrates three different products; towers, sheeting and flanges in the same industrial complex. Currently, it’s the biggest towers and flanges supplier in Brazil. Quoting Javier Imaz, GRI’s CEO: ‘With this new plant, GRI expands its industrial value chain in the Brazilian market, offering our know-how and expertise to generate more sustainable energy, profitable and respectful with the environment. Thanks to this new project, that will continue contributing to the creation and preservation of local employment and promoting the industry’s development in the region’. About GRI Renewable Industries GRI Renewable Industries (www.gri.com.es) was formed in 2008 and is the industrial wind division of Corporación Gestamp. It currently has 11 manufacturing plants in Spain, Brazil, China, Turkey, India and South Africa that manufacture and supply high quality wind towers and flanges to the wind...

Road safety, everyone’s responsibility

In the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, from #emotionaldriving @EmotionalDrivin we join it with our effort to raise awareness in society for the benefit of Road Safety and to contribute to save lifes. About 1.3 million people die every year in a car accident in the world and 50 million are injured. Also, it represents the first cause of death in people from 15 to 24 years old and the second cause for people from 25 to 29 years old worldwide. Spain’s case is one of the most successful in the road safety area, as it is in the fifth position for its good road safety. Between 2005 and 2014 the number of mortal victims was reduced in a 65%, but there still a lot to do about it. To know more about Emotional Driving project, click here. We also encourage you to check the social profiles in LinkedIn, Twitter and...

Gonvarri Steel Services gathers two international awards for “Emotional Driving” Project

Last October 23rd it was held the International Business Awards 2015 ceremony in Toronto, Canada, also known as Stevie awards, where Gonvarri Steel Services won the Stevie Gold in the Internal Communications category for its project Emotional Driving. Stevie awards recognize the achievements of organizations worldwide and has become one of the world’s most coveted prizes in the Communications sector. The Communications, Marketing and Sustainability Director of Gonvarri Steel Industries and Gestamp Renewables Juan Llovet and the America General Manager at LL&C Juan Rivera, collected the prize from the Stevie Awards Director. Furthermore, last October 26, it took place the EIKON awards in Buenos Aires, Argentina. These awards recognize the Excellence in Institutional Communications and Gonvarri Steel Services obtained the gold prize to the best project on Internal Communications. Eikon Awards recognize initiatives about institutional communication. Gonvarri Argentina’s Manager Emilio Ros and the Security and Environment Chief Sergio Constela attended the ceremony. Both prizes are already included in the track record that Emotional Driving project has accomplished. This project was created from the road safety concept developed by and for its employees, in order to motivate them to drive safer, combining the emotional and rational level. To know more details about the project, visit its microsite in www.leadingthechange.com/edc...

Gestamp Solar opens its new plant in Fukuroda, Japan

Last September 18th, took place the opening of the new photovoltaic solar plant of Gestamp Solar in Fukuroda, Japan. This is the first project of the company in Japan. The facility has a nominal power of 26 MW, more than 126,000 Yingli modules YL250p-35b multicrystalline and 26 conversion centres composed by 1 ABB 1000 Kw inversor (one per centre) plus a transformer ABB 1100kVA with ABB cells. It is estimated an annual production of more than 37,000 MWh/year reducing emissions in 24,000 tons of CO2/year. Government representatives from Ibaraki’s prefecture assisted to the opening ceremony, as well as members from the Spanish Embassy in Japan together with several companies that cooperated in the execution of the project. Gestamp Solar CEO Jorge Barredo attended the inauguration on behalf of Gestamp Solar accompanied by Japan & Asia Country Manager Keji Yasuoka....

Find out the new Emotional Driving Twitter profile

Today we are glad to introduce to you all the new Twitter account on Emotional Driving project from Gonvarri Steel Services, the microblogging network known worldwide. Emotional Driving account let knows to its followers the last news and information about the project on training and awareness on road safety area. During this year, Madrid, Asturias, Navarra, Barcelona, Galicia and Tarragona plants have already lived the Emotional Driving experience. Following this year, you can also be updated about the new son the Project, which has been awarded by the International Business Award (Stevie Award), the Social Company, the International SCR Business Award and the EIKON 2015, among others. Follow us on Twitter at...