One more year of these outstanding Awards
Among Andalusian companies and entities, Extenda-Andalucía Exportation and Foreign Investment last week awarded the Wings awards for the Internationalization of the Andalusian Company to seven companies, among which we highlight Atlantic Copper, Aertec, Queraltó and the Confederation of Businessmen of Andalusia.
The award for the exporting company was collected by Atlantic Copper in the category that rewards that firm that has consolidated its international positioning in the last five years, mainly through the percentage of exports over total turnover and the opening of new markets.
Atlantic Copper, SLU is a Huelva firm established in 1970, whose activity is the comprehensive use of raw materials containing valuable elements. These raw materials are primarily, but not necessarily limited to, concentrated metal ores and recycled metal materials. Its sole shareholder is the North American multinational Freeport-McMoRan 1993 since.
Today, Atlantic Copper - whose foundry is the only one in Spain and the third largest in Europe - has positioned itself as a benchmark for industrial sustainability. In the last decade it has invested 100 million euros in environmental improvements and has reduced the energy consumption of the Huelva Metallurgical Complex by 36%, which places it at the head of the foundries in the world with the lowest energy consumption per ton of molten copper. . The company has reduced particle emissions by 57%; 34% those of SO2 and 38% those of CO2.
With an annual turnover of more than 1.500 billion euros, more than half (51%) of this firm's income comes from exports, making it among the three largest exporters of Andalucía every year. Its reference markets are the countries of the European Unionas the Italy o Greece; Asian destinations, such as China, Japan or South Korea; and other Africans, such as Egypt.
The company has participated in eleven actions with Extenda in the last five years, highlighting the Andalusia-Portugal Business Meeting held in 2017; at the same time as different training courses on Customs, international trade and maritime transport or visits to the Port of Algeciras.
Aertec Solutions receives the award for its implementation abroad. It is an international technology company specialized in the aeronautical sector, based in the province of Malaga. It was born in 1997 and today carries out its activity in airports, the aerospace industry, and defense. For the latter two, it designs on-board systems for aircraft, unmanned aerial platforms and system guidance in both the civil and military fields. It has light tactical UAS of its own design and technology, such as TARSIS 75 and TARSIS 25, for observation and surveillance applications, as well as support for military operations. Likewise, it designs, manufactures and deploys systems for the digitalization of work environments and automation of functional tests, under the global concept of the smart factory.
Aertec Solutions dedicates more than 30% of its turnover to exports. For this, it has offices in Spain, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Colombia, Peru, United States and United Arab Emirates. With these delegations it serves the markets of Europe, Latam and the Middle East mainly.
Aertec Solutions maintains an intense relationship with Extenda to support its internationalization strategy, with his participation in 169 actions since 2003. His participation in actions such as fifteen commercial missions to Brazil, United States or Canada; 67 days; multiple editions of Multilateral Club; and 20 fairs, such as ADM or Ila.
The company also participated in the Alas Awards in 2006 and 2008 in the Export Initiation category, being a finalist for Málaga both years.
Queraltó Group in the International Ecommerce category
The award in the International Ecommerce category was received by Grupo R. Queraltó for its good planned and systematic use of electronic commerce, and other online promotion and communication tools, such as social media.
The R. Queraltó Group is a century-old family business passionate about innovation and internationalization. He opened his first establishment in 1898 on Cerrajería Street in Seville, knowing how to adapt to the needs of the market at all times. Currently, it is a company with a digital soul that sees transformation as an opportunity. They are manufacturers and distributors of different health products. Its clinical furniture factory (www.mobiclinic.com) includes more than 5.000 m2 dedicated to the manufacture of furniture for the Health sector.
The company has evolved in recent years, establishing a multi-domain and multi-brand strategy, both B2B and B2C through its own websites and marketplaces, reaching a large scale, with a turnover in 2020 of almost 22MM and 2700 orders per day (traditional, digital, national projects and international).
It has reached a large scale, with more than 2.500 or 3.000 e-commerce orders daily and more than 1.000 daily to countries outside of Spain. At the Marketplace level it appears in the Top15 EuropeanSellers on Amazon, where Amazon selects the three best international sellers in each country from its five European platforms.
has also developed Rolando.Digital, an advanced robotics and artificial intelligence software to manage ecommerces and marketplaces https://rolando.digital/. It is a single solution that improves the profitability of logistics processes, manages orders and returns, a catalog for all channels or marketplaces and has infinite KPIs, reports and graphs.
35% of the company's turnover comes from exports, all of which are digital. Currently, they are present in six countries around the world, all of them in the European Union. Currently, they are in the process of opening to almost twenty other countries.
The company has participated in 41 actions organized by Extenda since 2006 that have helped it define its international strategy. His repeated participation in fairs stands out especially Medica and ArabHealth during recent years, as well as his intervention in technical and training sessions on foreign trade, customs and digital marketing. He has also been participating in the foreign trade meeting for many years, Extenda Global.
The Confederation of Businessmen of Andalusia (CEA) received the award in the category of'International Career'. The CEA is the most representative business organization of the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, established in 1979 and with a presence throughout the Andalusian territory, integrating more than 180.000 companies and self-employed workers of all sizes and from all sectors of activity, through its more than 750 territorial and sectoral organizations.
Since its inception, the CEA has maintained a deep European and international vocation. Through the “Social Dialogue” he was the promoter of the first strategic internationalization plan of the Andalusian company 2002 approved in 1999, with the aim of achieving a greater presence of our companies in international markets and regulating the relations between the different public entities. responsible for the international promotion of Andalusian companies. Subsequently, CEA has been part of the planning and execution of the following four strategic plans for the internationalization of the Andalusian Economy and the preparation of the Strategy for the Internationalization of the Andalusian Economy 2021-2027, which has been recently approved by the Governing Council of the Junta de Andalucía.
CEA has been working in coordination with Extenda since 2001 to promote the internationalization of the companies in the agri-food sector that it represents, so it has participated in 57 Extenda actions to date.
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