IBERFOIL IS RECOGNISED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF ARAGON WITH THE ARAGON CIRCULAR SEAL OF APPROVAL

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Within the Circular Economy investment criterion, Iberfoil has obtained the best score thanks to its Iberfoil Integra project, an essential and strategic initiative for Spain.

Iberfoil Aragon, has been recognised by the Government of Aragon with the Aragon Circular Seal, which guarantees that the company complies with the standards specified by the regional administration in its Order EPE18/2022 of 21 January on Sustainability and Circular Economy.

For the award of this seal, the technicians of the Government of Aragon have assessed Iberfoil‘s degree of implementation of the Circular Economy principles in its management, its impact along the value chain and its contribution to achieving a more sustainable, decarbonised, resource-efficient and competitive economy.

Likewise, among other aspects of Iberfoil‘s activity, the eco-design of its products, the exhaustive analysis of their life cycle and the current certifications related to circularity of the company have been highlighted.

Specifically in the evaluation criterion relating to investment in the Circular Economy, Iberfoil has obtained the best score thanks to its Iberfoil Integra project, an initiative that is essential and strategic for Spain due to its circularity, as it will melt aluminium scrap to convert it into new green aluminium.

The Aragon Circular project was born in 2020 as a sign of the Government of Aragon‘s commitment to the circular economy. Its objective is to create a political, economic and social framework that allows Aragon to transition towards an innovative circular economy, generating quality employment and structuring the territory.

The award ceremony of the Aragon Circular Seal, chaired by Javier Lambán, President of the Government of Aragon, and with the presence of Marta Gastón, Minister of Economy, Planning and Employment of the Government of Aragon, took place on January 31st, in the Sala de la Corona of the Pignatelli Building, headquarters of the regional government. During this event, 72 companies of the region were recognised with this distinction.

 

ALIBERICO VOUS SOUHAITE UN JOYEUX 2023!

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New player’s equipment for the Juvenil A team. Let’s go for Olympia!

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Olympia Las Rozas Women’s Football Club has presented the new player’s equipment for the 2022-2023 season for the Preferente Juvenil A team, which is sponsored by ALIBERICO, who announced its renewal as sponsor last July.

The new player’s equipment, produced for the first time by the well-known German brand Adidas, has a modern, youthful and elegant design. The first equipment is dark blue and the ALIBERICO logo stands out on the front, which is divided in half into a plain part and a dotted part. The second equipment is mint green, a very trendy colour at the moment.

Last season was marked by great football victories for CFF Olympia Las Rozas; achieving historic promotion in several categories. This season, almost all of its teams play in the First Women’s League and the Preferential Women’s Football League, and the senior A team plays in the First National League.

With this renewed image, the CFF players will take to the field with the aim of continuing to fulfil their dreams, demonstrating the effort, perseverance, tenacity and dedication that characterises them.

ALIBERICO, proud sponsor of the Olympia Las Rozas Women’s Football Club , is still committed to continue helping to open the way and fulfilling dreams.

Let’s go Olympia!

The students of the Mechanical Vocational Training in Jaca visit again IBERFOIL

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IBERFOIL strongly supports training so that young people acquire the necessary skills, particularly the technical and professional ones, which can help them when they enter the professional market.

On 19th October, the students and teachers of the mechanical vocational training course of the IES Pirineos de Jaca, visited once again the IBERFOIL facilities in Sabiñánigo (Huesca). The collaboration with this training centre has been in place for several years and aims to strengthen the relationship between training and business.  During the visit, the students were able to personally see the factory facilities and the production processes of rolling, cutting, separating and annealing.

The IBERFOIL team also carried out several training sessions for the students, highlighting:

  1. Mechanics, as a fundamental part of IBERFOIL‘s production processes, specifically pneumatics, hydraulics and the high-tech automatisms of the installations.
  2. The relevance of the different production processes, qualities and properties that materials must have depending on the application: food, pharmaceuticals, building, among others.
  3. About sustainability and the IBERFOIL Integra project, a benchmark in circular economy.

This initiative is very positively valued by the students and their teachers as they see and feel in a real factory all the knowledge they are acquiring in their training.

IBERFOIL, committed to quality education (SDG 4).

ALUCOIL celebrates its participation in SMM 2022

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ALUCOIL, in collaboration with its partner HARTMANN, has participated in SMM, the world’s leading trade fair for the maritime economy.

This fair, which takes place every 2 years, is held in Hamburg, the ideal location due to its long tradition as a centre for maritime trade.

The SMM fair celebrated its 30th anniversary this year, bringing together more than 2000 exhibitors and presenting products and innovations in shipbuilding, machinery and marine technology.

ALUCOIL and HARTMANN, its German distributor of metallic materials, have attracted many visitors interested in the products on display, in particular, ALUCOIL has presented a showroom module made of its larcore® aluminium honeycomb panels, where you could see the finishes and solutions for floors, ceilings and walls for boat interiors.

With a strong leadership in the building, transport and industry sector, ALUCOIL shows once again its commitment to offer innovative solutions with sustainable and high quality materials for the present and the future.

A total of 30,000 visitors from more than 100 countries attended the SMM. The next edition is expected to be held in September 2024.

Clemente González Soler participates in Avanza, Foro Empresa Familiar de la Región de Murcia

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« Sustainability, digitalisation and the new global context for growing and doing business in environments of volatility and uncertainty » was the central theme of this second edition of Avanza, Foro Empresa Familiar de la Región de Murcia. This forum, promoted by the Instituto de Fomento de la Región de Murcia in collaboration with the Asociación Murciana de la Empresa Familiar (AMEFMUR), brought together important business families on Friday 16 September.

Fifteen top-level speakers took part in the Congress and analysed the relevance of the contribution of family businesses to society and the challenges they face in relation to innovation, sustainability and digitalisation, as well as the connections within the business family, the economic prospect and their impact on Spanish companies, among others.

The event featured welcome speeches from the President of AMEFMUR, José María Tortosa, and the President of the Government of the Region of Murcia, Fernando López Miras. The inaugural conference was given by Alberto Núñez Feijoo, President of the Partido Popular.

The President of ALIBERICO, Clemente González Soler, addressed during his speech the topic « How to organise the communication system and the connection within the business family ». An interesting reflection on the importance of instilling in the next generations the feeling of belonging to the company and treating workers with respect so that they feel valued and thus retain talent. Victoria Plantalamor, President of the Family Business Association of Madrid and CEO of Grupo Industrial Crimidesa, debated with Clemente González and highlighted the vital role of communication in choosing the next generation of the company. The discussion was moderated by Azucena Marín, Communication Director of Zambudio Group.

The event was closed by María del Valle Miguélez, Regional Minister for Enterprise, Employment, Universities and Spokesperson of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia.

ALUCOIL EXTENDS ITS SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT WITH C.D. MIRANDÉS

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The company will see its logo printed on the club’s official equipment during the 2022-2023 season.

ALUCOIL, the multinational company belonging to the industrial and technological group ALIBÉRICO and specialised in the manufacture of advanced materials for building, transport and industry, has extended its sponsorship agreement with Club Deportivo Mirandés, which belongs to the Second National Football Division, also known as Liga Smartbank.

Through this sponsorship agreement, the players of C.D. Mirandés will wear the Alucoil logo on the shorts of their official team equipment during the 2022-2023 season.

The relationship between ALUCOIL and C.D Mirandés goes back to more than 10 years and represents a sign of the company’s commitment to Miranda de Ebro and sport.

“For ALUCOIL, it is a pride to support a team like C.D. Mirandés, which in addition to projecting the image of Miranda de Ebro throughout Spain, represents the values of effort and self-improvement, which are also an intrinsic part of our ideology as a company”, says Belén Martín Peña, General Manager of ALUCOIL.

For its part, C.D. Mirandés, says: “We are very grateful to ALUCOIL for the support it has given us for more than ten years and we are delighted that this collaboration continues to strengthen and expand over time. Both entities share a strong link with Miranda de Ebro and sport, and throughout this season the image of ALUCOIL will be present in our colours”.

ALUCOIL, based in Miranda de Ebro (Burgos), is a multinational company specialised in the manufacture of technologically advanced materials for the building, transport and industry sectors, and is a world leader in technology, innovation and professionalism. The company also has factories in the United States and Morocco.

IBERFOIL OBTAINS THE ASI PERFORMANCE STANDARD CERTIFICATION, WHICH CERTIFIES THE SUSTAINABILITY OF ALL ITS PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT PROCESSES

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It is the only comprehensive voluntary sustainability standard initiative for the aluminium value chain, setting 59 criteria under the three pillars of sustainability: Environment, Social and Governance.

Iberfoil Aragon, the company belonging to the industrial and technological group Aliberico, has obtained the ASI Performance Standard certification for its aluminium coil rolling facilities in Sabiñánigo (Huesca). This is the only complete voluntary sustainability standard initiative for the aluminium value chain, which establishes 59 criteria under the three pillars of sustainability: Environment, Social and Governance.

Iberfoil ‘s factory in Sabiñánigo has an annual production capacity of 20,000 tonnes of foil and 40,000 tonnes of coil, and its products are destined for use in diverse downstream sectors, including pharmaceutical, food and beverage packaging; signage; building and construction HVAC; and automotive.

The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) V2 Performance Standard certification process has been carried out through an extensive multi-stakeholder consultation process. Among the 59 sustainability criteria covered by the Standard are key issues such as biodiversity, anti-corruption, indigenous peoples’ rights, life cycle assessments and greenhouse gas emissions. All of these are related to the aluminium value chain.

The independent audit of the Iberfoil Aragon operation has been carried out by DNV Business Assurance Services UK Ltd.

« We are very proud to be part of ASI, a global reference for environmental, social and management certification. This certification confirms Iberfoil ‘s high commitment to the environment, governance and people. The certification process has highlighted for us the efficiency of our internal material management and recycling processes, which motivates us to continue improving our management of aluminium along the value chain », said Pedro M. Jiménez, Managing Director at Iberfoil .

Fiona Solomon, Chief Executive Officer at ASI said, “We warmly congratulate Iberfoil Aragon SLU on achieving ASI Performance Standard Certification. Aluminium foil stock and coil play a broad range of functional roles in many downstream sectors due to the metal’s multitude of critical properties, including high electrical conductivity, air and water impermeability, light and thermal resistance, lightweight strength and many others. This ASI Certification provides assurance of Iberfoil’s responsible production and stewardship practices at their Sabiñánigo, Spain facility.”

ALUCOIL will participate in the most awaited Shipbuilding and maritime fair of the year

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ALUCOIL will participate together with its partner HARTMANN at the SMM in Hamburg at stand B5.516 from the 6th to the 9th of September.

SMM is the most important international trade fair for shipbuilding, machinery and marine technology. SMM, which celebrates this year its 30th edition, is an event with a great impact, where many exhibitors and visitors from all over the world meet to present their products, the most innovative solutions, trends and current services of the shipbuilding industry and shipyards.

This year ALUCOIL, an international benchmark in offering advanced solutions for the naval sector, among others, will have its own stand which will be shared with its partner HARTMANN, the German distributor of metallic materials.

ALUCOIL will exhibit its top product larcore®, the extremely light, resistant, recyclable, easily machinable and highly versatile aluminium honeycomb panel. It is the perfect solution for the manufacture of ceilings, floors, walls, bulkheads and final furnishings for boats.

ALUCOIL has the widest range of laminated and lacquered finishes on the market and is IMO MED certified for naval use. In addition, for more than ten years, it has a multitude of references in cruise ships, yachts, ferries and military ships all over the world.

Come and see ALUCOIL‘s products at the most awaited fair of the Naval and Maritime Industry sector! We are waiting for you!

IBERFOIL, quality, safety, environment and health guarantee

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IBERFOIL, specialist in aluminium rolling, has a strict Quality, Safety, Environmental and Health Policy. This policy is one of the main reasons of the firm, essential for the success of the company and its customer’s satisfaction.

IBERFOIL regularly carries out internal audits that exhaustively analyse its Quality Control, Environmental Management and Health and Safety Management Systems. The result of these audits confirms that IBERFOIL complies with all the current regulations, obtaining the specific certifications in each area. Recently, it has renewed its certificates of:

ISO 9001:2015 – Relating to its Quality Management System, which demonstrates the company’s ability to provide products that meet customer requirements in terms of quality.

ISO 14001:2015 – Environmental Management System, which certifies that IBERFOIL controls all its activities, production processes, services and products that may have an impact on the environment. This certificate guarantees that the company makes every effort to reduce the environmental impacts generated in its daily activities.

ISO 45001:2018 – Certifies that IBERFOIL maintains an Occupational Health and Safety Management System allocated at protecting workers and visitors in the working environment.

In addition to the renewal of these certificates, IBERFOIL is a member of the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI), a certification and standard-setting organisation that recognises and promotes the responsible production, sourcing and management of aluminium. This global initiative, which aims to support members of responsible supply chains such as IBERFOIL, is the result of manufacturers, users and stakeholders coming together to create an agreement on « responsible aluminium ». The certification defines 59 principles, such as factory management, business integrity, transparency, material stewardship, environmental care, CO2 emissions or labour rights.

On the other hand, IBERFOIL‘s aluminium is approved by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration of the United States), which means that the aluminium manufactured by IBERFOIL is suitable for use in the food and pharmaceutical sectors.

The fulfilment and obtaining of these certificates, show the continuous commitment of IBERFOIL with the safety and welfare of its workers, customers and environment.

IBERFOIL takes care of people and the environment with advanced aluminium solutions.