Road Steel takes part in Intertraffic Mexico

Road Steel takes part in Intertraffic Mexico

Road Steel, business line of Gonvarri Steel Services, took recently part in Intertraffic México, exhibition held in Ciudad de Mexico between the 16th and 18th of November. Road Steel attended the event aiming to make themselves known in the Aztec country and to show its ideas and solutions in the field of road safety infrastructures. Currently, Road Steel has a strong presence in the American continent with headquarters in Itagüí (Colombia) and Arizona (USA). Intertraffic is organised once every two years to ensure that the products shown at the exhibition are totally new. Innovation is the key word at Intertraffic. This exhibition is the place where almost 27,000 professional visitors and exhibitors meet, network and do business with each other. There are met from manufacturers and importers to local agents for products in the field of mobility solutions in the segments Smart Mobility, Infrastructure, Traffic Management, Safety and...
GBS takes part in the Construye-TIC 2016 forum

GBS takes part in the Construye-TIC 2016 forum

GBS (Gestamp Biomass Solutions) took part last 9th of November in the third edition of Construye-TIC. The event, held at the Congress Palace of Cádiz, presented the most recent updates on TIC deployment in order to enhance competitiveness on construction and development companies. Alejandro Páez Moreno, CEO of Gestamp Biomass Solutions, exposed about ‘R+D+i role in the creation of sustainable competitive advantages’, lecture from which he highlighted, amongst other ideas, that innovation and its proper management are key factors in order to enable a competitive advantage with regard to competitors and, subsequently, this happens by creating new values in the shape of products, services, processes and so on. Construye-TIC is yearly organized by FAEC (Federación Provincial de Agrupaciones de Empresarios de la Construcción de Cádiz) and Evolucionapp, an event that addresses the utilization of new technologies to boost the sector. The main objective of this experience is to carry out a pedagogical and awareness exposure about the usage and applications of TICs to solve sector’s...
Gonvarri participates at ForoBurgos 2016 on Digital Transformation

Gonvarri participates at ForoBurgos 2016 on Digital Transformation

Gonvarri Steel Services has taken part in the exhibition “A travel in time through Burgos’ industry”, within ForoBurgos 2016, that finished yesterday at Casa del Cordón in Burgos under the Digital Transformation topic. Through a dramatized tour and digital materials as virtual reality, augmented reality or video mapping, visitors got to know the trajectory of the steel company, as well as its business, its international presence or the technology used in the development of its product. Gonvarri has also participated in several discussions and panels with César García Leal, General Manager at Gonvarri Iberia and UK, and Néstor Lacarra, General Manager of Strategy, Management Systems and Innovation, respectively. The first day was about technology and industrial changes; whilst the second, open to public, addressed the topic of entrepreneurship in digital world and human resources’ digital competencies. This is the eighth edition of ForoBurgos initiative, held with the goal to become into a referral regional event, committed to strength the relationship between the company and society, adding value to the entrepreneur, the transmission of knowledge and the increase of...
(Español) Ya está disponible la web de X-ELIO

(Español) Ya está disponible la web de X-ELIO

Already available X-ELIO’s website! Within the rebranding of Gestamp Solar by X-ELIO, the main updating was the change of the company’s website. So, if you access to X-ELIO’s web you will find out information about the new brand of the company, its mission and vision, and videos by the CEO, Jorge Barredo. X-ELIO begins a new corporate era, aiming to consolidating itself as a photovoltaic world leader specialized in the development, construction, operation and solar photovoltaic plant maintenance. As well, the company will apply its expertise to more renewable energy sources. X-ELIO counts on the wide trajectory travelled by its predecessor, Gestamp Solar, whom since its foundation in 2005, quickly turned into one of the main solar photovoltaic worldwide energy developers. The pillars on which it holds are Ex –that means ‘out of’ and ‘from’ – and Helios –the Greek god that represents the...
Pernambuco’s governor Paulo Cámara inaugurates GRI Renewable Industries’ new wind flanges factory in Brazil

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

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...