The economic newspaper elEconomista held yesterday the VIII Industrial Forum under the title „Spain moves towards zero waste: Mobility and technology, keys to sustainable growth in industry„.

The event was opened by Ms. Raquel Sánchez Jiménez, Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda.

This was followed by the round table „Innovation for sustainable development and circular economy“ with the participation of Mr. Clemente González Soler, President of ALIBERICO, together with Mr. Iván Rejón, head of Strategy, Gov’t & Pulic Affairs of Ericsson; Mr. Javier Vaca de Osma, Technology and Processes director of Ferrovial; Ms. Jerusalem Hernández, partner of Sustainability and Good Governance of KPMG in Spain and Mr. José Manuel Pardos-Gotor, digital manager of the Ecity project of Endesa. The round table was moderated by Mr. Amador G. Ayora, director of elEconomista.

Clemente González Soler, began his speech by highlighting the purpose of his company; „We take care of People and the Environment with Aluminium Advanced Solutions„, and how, through innovation, ALIBERICO’s aluminium solutions are helping sustainable mobility in electric buses and mass transport, saving up to 40% in weight, reducing fuel consumption and thus reducing the impact of the carbon footprint in transport.

In his speech, Mr. Clemente highlighted the importance of the circular economy for Spain, „We want to be self-sufficient in the raw material of aluminium. This will allow us to greatly reduce costs, delivery times and support the country in terms of sustainability“. The President of ALIBERICO stressed the importance of the industrial sector for Spain, a sector that provides stable jobs, security and economic stability, as well as investing great efforts in innovation, technology, digitalisation and sustainability.

ALIBERICO, committed to industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9).

aluNID® has been ever committed with the environment and circular economy.

Proof of this is that all the products that we produce in this business area are ecodesigned, that means, since the first approach and passing for the development and up to finish with life cycle, aluNID® respects your environment.

This is possible because, for the elaboration of some alloys aluNID® utilizes recycled aluminium instead or primary aluminium, that means a reduction in consumption of 95% compared to that used in the extraction of primary aluminium*. This reduction also has a clear environmental benefit and it is that by consuming much less energy, the emissions of greenhouse gases during the production process are also much more reduced.

The aluminium is a material infinite recyclable. It keeps 100% of its properties during recycling process and for this reason is possible to produce products maintaining the same quality.

Moreover, all the waste generated during the production are recycled and/or reused on a case-by-case basis. Therefore aluNID® is a clear example of integration of circular economy with our plant, from being a waste product to resource through the reuse of leftover materials. In that way, aluNID® shows its firm compromise with circular economy and environmental sustainability.

aluNID®experts in the production of honeycomb core and environmentally conscious and care for the environment around us (SDG 13). 

*Data from Alufoil, European Aluminium Association.

larcore® aluminium honeycomb panels, manufactured with unique technology worldwide, and customized to the maximum detail for each client, are increasingly in demand by the largest mass transportation manufacturers. larcore® panels offer incredible performance especially in terms of rigidity and lightness, as well as large dimensions, which means high savings in energy consumption and reduced CO2 emissions. In addition, larcore® panels are 100% recyclable, promoting Circular Economy, Sustainability and respect for the environment.

The larcore® technology manufactured by ALUCOIL and transformed into a customized solutions by ALINTRA SYSTEMS, will take part of the new fleet of 30 100% electric buses that Irizar e-mobility is currently manufacturing for the city of Madrid, promoting the Smart City concept; an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable city.

ALINTRA SYSTEMS, caring for people and the environment with aluminium advanced solutions.

The aluNID® aluminium honeycomb core is exhibited in Zurich thanks to ALUCOAT’s collaboration with Swiss artist Esther Mathis.

Esther Mathis, an avant-garde artist who uses innovative materials in her works, has extensive experience in the world of the arts. On this occasion, she has decided to make the honeycomb core, aluNID®, an important element in her new temporary exhibition. Entitled „Nightshades„, the artist has exhibited works of different sizes in which she has applied spray paint to the honeycomb, creating incredible shadows and effects.

More and more artists and photographers are becoming interested in using aluNID® as a new element for their exhibitions, not only because of its enormous moulding capacity to create new decorative and artistic shapes, but also because thanks to the properties of aluminium, aluNID® has an excellent adhesion to paint, creating unique reflections and original shapes.

In addition, the aluminium honeycomb core is known for its special properties of lightness, excellent flatness, non-combustibility, strong compression and shear and for its particular structure, making it a very versatile material for use in countless applications, which is why artists have turned to it as a new element in their works.

aluNID®, present in all kinds of applications, even the least expected.

On 16 October was celebrated in Oviedo, the first anniversary of the disconnection of Sunthalpy, the first fully autonomous house installed in an Atlantic climate.

This single-family house has spent a whole year without being connected to the electricity grid and without using fossil fuels, maintaining electricity, hot water, a heated swimming pool and charging an electric car, with sunlight, in a place like Asturias, which has only 2,000 hours of sunlight per year.

Sunthalpy has created the low enthalpy solar building. It is a system of solar capture and accumulation integrated into the building, which is patented at European level and allows to convert into thermal solar panels of very high efficiency any facade or roof material (such as those manufactured by ALUCOIL) being able to cover all energy needs of buildings, even on completely overcast winter days.

Sunthalpy, together with ALIBERICO, through its subsidiary ALUCOIL, a world leader in the manufacture of panels for facades of unique buildings, with its brands larson® and larcore®, are carrying out an integration of their materials with Sunthalpy’s patented solar collection technology and developing the industrialization of this technology that allows buildings to operate with clean energy, without depending on the electricity grid, thus reducing CO2 emissions and with the ultimate goal of creating a world free of greenhouse gas emissions in 2050.

The event, which was held in the house itself, was chaired by Enrique Fernández, Minister of Industry of the Government of the Principality of Asturias and by Belén Martín, Managing Director of ALUCOIL, together with Omar Suárez, CEO, founder and host of Sunthalpy.

ALIBERICO, betting today, for the materials of tomorrow