« 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.

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.”

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.

aluNID®, la marque déposée de nid d’abeilles en aluminium fabriqué en ALUCOAT, continue de croître dans ses parrainages internationaux. Cette fois, c’est l’Institut technique supérieur de l’Université de Lisbonne qui a rejoint la collaboration.

Formula Student Team Lisboa est composé de 71 étudiants issus de divers domaines d’ingénierie : aérospatiale, mécanique, électrique et informatique, ainsi que des étudiants de l’organisation industrielle et de l’économie.

Depuis quelques mois, elle travaille sur un prototype de véhicule 100% électrique et autonome. Formula Student Team Lisboa possède une vaste expérience dans la conception et la réalisation de monoplaces, puisqu’ils participent à la compétition depuis 2001.

Grâce à cet accord de collaboration, aluNID® fournira son noyau en nid d’abeille pour la construction du châssis du véhicule, qui sera en compétition lors de la prochaine saison 2022-2023. Grâce à la configuration hexagonale de l’aluNID® et aux propriétés légères et résistantes de l’aluminium, la voiture prendra plus facilement de la vitesse, et en cas de collision, le châssis absorbera l’impact. D’autre part, aluNID® est composé à 100% d’aluminium, qui est anticorrosif et possède également un comportement au feu extraordinaire. Ces caractéristiques font d’aluNID® le matériau idéal pour la fabrication de châssis de véhicules.

aluNID® est un collaborateur de référence de Formula Student et est fier de favoriser le talent des personnes et de pouvoir aider des équipes telles que Formula Student Team Lisboa à continuer d’innover et de créer des solutions de qualité.

Summer camps are often the perfect way for children to keep learning and reinforce the knowledge acquired during the school year. Kids English Club, an urban camp 100% in English, is part of the activities of the English Academy IberEnglish.

At this camp, in addition to practising a foreign language, the children carry out science-related activities through experiments and projects. Among these projects are activities related to reverse engineering, that is, a learning process where children learn the technical aspects of a certain product, knowing how to detect which are the components that form it and what is the manufacturing process. This reverse engineering process is essential in the field of computing, more specifically, computers.

ALIBERICO FOOD PACKAGING, as part of its sustainability plan, has donated 20 computers to IberEnglish, so that the children at this camp can carry out experiments and tests, and thus develop their skills in the field of technology.

With this equipment, the children can see, learn and get to know what a computer looks like inside, how it works and how to make changes or adjustments while having fun and practising English.

ALIBERICO FOOD PACKAGING is highly committed to quality education (SDG 4) for children and provides tools for their development and in-depth knowledge, thus increasing their learning opportunities and future job opportunities.