Vicinay Report - Vicinay Cadenas, SA

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2011
SUSTAINABILITY
REPORT
INDEX
1. Vicinay Cadenas: The Company.
1.1 Letter from the Chairman.
1.2 Letter from the Managing Director.
1.3 About Us. What We Do.
1.4 Vicinay Cadenas in the World.
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0
1
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2. Silver Q.
3. Financial Information.
3.1 Economic Balance Sheet.
3.2 Market Situation.
4. Vicinay Cadenas and the Offshore World.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
4.3 1st Offshore World Football Tournament.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.4 Meetings in Vicinay.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
6.1 The Environment.
6.2 Integrated into Society.
7. Memories.
7.1 External Recognitions.
7.2 Vicinay Cadenas Book of Honour.
7.3 Certifications.
7.4 Information Flows.
7.5 Participation in Organisations.
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Vicinay Cadenas: The Company.
1.2 Letter from the Managing Director. 1.4 Vicinay Cadenas in the World.
INDEX
2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
1.1
Letter from the Chairman
It gives me great pleasure to present this Sustainability Report, offering you an outline
of our exciting day to day operations during 2011.
In 2011 the company increased its sales by 17% although post-tax profit fell 16%,
closing a period of weaker than normal activity which started in 2009 and has lasted for
3 years. It is worth noting that over these years the income statement has been positive.
We are expecting an increase in sales for 2012, which will lead to our highest
turnover figures since the company began trading and one of the best annual results.
In these times of economic weakness we continue to focus on growth, which will
allow us to improve as a company and help our environment.
competitor in Europe, the Swedish company Ramnäs Bruk, since these provide us
with human relationships at all levels in the areas of influence of these companies.
We are about to start work on the most important investment to date as Vicinay Cadenas, S.A., namely the new Sestao factory. In a complicated economic environment, our
order book and conservative financial management during boom periods have allowed
us to face this challenge with confidence given the good return from investment.
The year 2011 was marked by a very important event, namely the change in the
senior management of the company. Luis Cañada is no longer running the company
in which he had held the post of Managing Director since 1986. This role has been
taken over by Jesús Navas, who has taken on the role with enthusiasm, integrity and
drive, but above all with our support so that with this new management we can
prosper and improve as a company, as professionals and as a human team.
To achieve these objectives, we consider investment in innovation to be essential, so
we are designing new facilities in which automation will allow us to create jobs for
everyone that are safer, more pleasant and more efficient, with product quality
guaranteed through greater control of the processes.
Lastly, I would like to say a big thank you to everyone, the clients, the suppliers and
the personnel at Vicinay Cadenas, S.A. Your hard work and enthusiasm meant that we
had a successful 2011 and means that we are ready to surpass ourselves and
achieve new milestones in 2012.
This policy of growth and automation allows us to continue acting as a meeting point
for achieving the personal objectives of those forming part of the VICINAY CADENAS
project. This is supported by the investments that our partner, Vicinay Marine, has
made in Brazil, China, and since 2011 in Sweden, with the purchase of our direct
Juan Ignacio Vicinay
Chairman
INDEX
2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
1.2
Letter from the Managing Director
From all of us at Vicinay Cadenas I would like to thank you for the time you are
going to spend getting to know us better. It is fantastic that this provides us with
an incentive to go further in communicating those experiences that would enrich
any organisation.
Sustainable development is a term that we have been constantly hearing about for
decades, but very few of us have a clear understanding of what it actually means.
One of the many definitions is:
"Sustainability is the ability of humanity to guarantee the satisfaction of current
needs without risking the ability of future generations to satisfy their own needs".
Although until relatively recently environmental development was only considered
in terms of the use that people make of natural resources, nowadays we are aware
of the need to analyse the concept of sustainability from a wider perspective.
These three factors, as with the legs of a stool, must act together to provide a solid
and stable base. None of them is enough on its own.
It has been several years since Vicinay Cadenas first internalised this triple focus
for sustainability, and today we would like to share with you all the delivery of our
"Sustainability Report 2011".
Sustainable development must therefore consist of guaranteeing the conditions of
our planet for future generations through the integration of three factors:
This report is designed to communicate the activities taking place at Vicinay Cadenas, all with the aim of ensuring that the company continues over time, aligned with
our stakeholders and with the intention of being a leader in Business Sustainability.
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Managing Director
INDEX
2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
1.3
About Us
The roots of our business activity go back to the mid-18th century.
On 11 March 1929 the company “Hijos de Vicinay”, Sociedad Comanditaria” was
registered.
On 2 January 1986 Vicinay Cadenas, S.A. was founded.
We belong to the Vicinay Marine business group, where we share the business
project with Brasilamarras, Foshan Marine Anchor Chain and Ramnäs Bruk AB.
What We Do
Vicinay Cadenas carries out its business through the conception, design, production and delivery of products and services of high value added, incorporating
innovation, health and safety, quality and environmental responsibility, adapted to
the Client and largely aimed at the offshore industry.
INDEX
2. Silver Q.
1.4
Vicinay Cadenas in the World
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
Vicinay Cadenas
Main offices
Agencies
INDEX
2
0
1
1
2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
2
Q de Plata
INDEX
2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
Recognition of Excellence in Management with the Silver Q award from Euskalit
True to our commitment to ongoing improvements in all our business areas, in
2007 the decision was taken by the Planning and Strategy team to improve management efficiency through adopting the best practices and models known. The
aim was to make Vicinay Cadenas an international leader due to placing equal
emphasis on the way we do things and the product that we deliver to our clients.
After a careful analysis of the existing models, it was decided that the most
appropriate was the one proposed by the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM). This was considered suitable for our capacity, perfect for the
role planned for VCSA in the growth strategy of the Vicinay Marine corporate
group, ideal for more systematically integrating interested parties into our
considerations and good for making progress in the areas where a certain stagnation had been detected due to strict compliance with the requirements of less
advanced standards.
The result of all this, after working on this area for several years, was that in
the summer of 2011 we were in a position to submit our EFQM 2011 report to
the expert judgement of the group of assessors at the Excellence in the Basque
Country Foundation Euskalit, a report in which we included the documented
evidence on our compliance with that recommended in the aforementioned
model.
In November of the same year, and after several days of testing in our own facilities, in which many of us reading this other report were invited to take part, the
evaluation team concluded that Vicinay Cadenas were worthy of the Silver Q, a
recognition that was awarded to our delegation shown in the photograph before
the Christmas Parties.
INDEX
2
0
1
1
2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
3
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
INDEX
2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
3.1
Economic Balance
Balance Sheet
ASSETS
Intangible assets
Property, plant and equipment
Non-current invest. in group comp. & associates
Non-current investments
Deferred tax assets
2011
15.193
31.908
474
135
15.379
2010
15.448
29.833
474
210
1.772
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
Registered capital
Legal and statutory reserves
Other reserves
Profit for the year
Interim dividend
Grants, donations and bequest received
2011
9.165
1.833
35.216
3.316
(1.270)
561
2010
15.448
29.833
474
3.969
(2.000)
1.204
TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Inventories
Trade and other receivables
Current invest. in group comp. & associates
Current investments
Prepayments in current assets
Cash and cash equivalents
11.438
31.535
7.772
1.007
166
1.730
5.639
25.189
8.534
1.034
59
2.799
TOTAL EQUITY
Non-current payables
Deferred tax liabilities
1.699
9.236
7.523
9.790
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS
53.648
43.254
TOTAL NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Current payables
Current payables to group comp. & associates
Trade and other payables
31.973
367
24.641
18.862
19.398
TOTAL ASSETS
116.737
102.991
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES
56.981
38.260
TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
116.737
102.991
*Cifras expresadas en Miles de €.
INDEX
2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
Income Statement
CONTINUING OPERATIONS
Revenues
Changes in inventories of finished goods
and in work progress
Work carried out by the company for assets
Supplies
Other operating income
Personal expenses
Other operating expenses
Amortisation and depreciation
Non-financial and other capital grants
Other losses
2011
82.228
2.992
2010
70.231
149
784
(48.042)
110
(12.575)
(13.992)
(7.464)
225
-
540
(34.735)
93
(11.896)
(12.978)
(6.967)
179
(58)
RESULTS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Finance income
Finance expenses
Change in fair value of financial instruments
Exchange gains/losses
Impairment and gain/losses on disposal of
financial instruments
4.286
32
(1.212)
129
(812)
-
4.558
52
(1.322)
(44)
(39)
11
NET FINANCE EXPENSE
(1.863)
(1.342)
PROFIT BEFORE INCOME TAX
Income tax expence
2.423
893
3.969
753
PROFIT FOR THE YEAR
3.316
3.969
INDEX
2. Silver Q.
Trading forecasts
3.2
Market Situation
35000
30000
25000
20000
15000
10000
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
5000
0
2012
2013
2014
2015
2014
2015
Estimated supply/order relationship
Changes in world market share
70000
70%
60000
60%
50000
6. Sustainability.
50%
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
30%
56%
51%
53%
53%
40000
30000
40%
40%
40%
20000
10000
10%
0
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Order
Supply
INDEX
Completed tons of chain
Relationship between sales and investment in R&D
9,39%
4,46%
40.000
5,58%
5,66%
35.000
2. Silver Q.
30.000
25.000
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
10.000
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
20088
200
22009
0099
2 0
201
2010
2011
2011
112.298.000
.000 €
5.005.000
000 €
65.549.000
000 €
6.157.000
000 €
70.231.000
000 €
3.918.000
00 €
82.228.000 €
4.656.000 €
20.000
15.000
Sales
R&D
5.000
0
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2008
2009
2010
2011
Completed tons of forging
1.200
1.000
6. Sustainability.
800
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
400
600
200
0
2007
INDEX
2
0
1
1
2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
4
VICINAY CADENAS AND
THE OFFSHORE WORLD
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
4.3 1st Offshore World International
Football Tournament.
INDEX
2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
The Offshore World and Vicinay Cadenas
Events in which we have taken part: Trade fairs, working groups...
“Innovation in Mooring Systems and Technologies”.
April, June and October 2011, Seminars in Bilbao, Singapore and Houston respectively. In April 2011, the Hotel Domine in Bilbao played host to the first of the 3
seminars held during 2011 under the title “Innovation in Mooring Systems and
Technologies”. The meeting involved around 100 experts from the offshore world
who had the opportunity to listen to 8 different speakers.
Feria OTC.
Houston May 2011. A delegation from Vicinay travelled to Houston to attend the
most important annual Trade Fair worldwide, in which we have been taking part
from the very start. Most of our clients visited our stand during the fair, and we
had the opportunity to make various commercial visits to clients based in
Houston.
In June we travelled to Singapore and, along with our sales office, we organised the
second of the seminars planned for 2011. This proved just as successful as the
first in Bilbao. The speakers were also as excellent as expected and received very
good reviews.
To finish, Houston held the last seminar planned in this series, which had the same
satisfactory result as the previous ones.
Offshore Europe Trade Fair.
Aberdeen September 2011. Aberdeen, September 2011. On this occasion Vicinay
Cadenas was represented by our marketing director and supported by our
marketing office in the United Kingdom, within the activities of the Basque Maritime Forum, and they travelled to Aberdeen to attend the biannual Offshore
Europe Trade Fair.
INDEX
2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
4.1
Conferences
“Gigacycle Fatigue”
During 2011 we have continued to investigate fatigue in high cycles, adding the
new data from R4 to the results from R5.
Through these experiments we obtained the fatigue curve in an area where it is not
viable to carry out tests on real chains, and at a velocity which allows us to predict
in the laboratory behaviour which it would otherwise take years to simulate.
VCSA is collaborating in this project with prestigious national and international
figures, such as professors José Luís Arana of the UPV/EHU, Claude Bathias of the
University of Pairs X and Thierry Palin-Luc from ENSAM in Burdeos. In addition, the
results of the research on gigacycle fatigue provided in R5 have been used in the
doctoral thesis by Rubén Pérez Mora, confirming the interest of the scientific
industry in this cutting-edge research.
“Floating Production Storage And Offloading (FPSO) Forum”.
During 2011, VCSA attended the seminars called "FPSO Forum", which took place
in Monaco and Houston.
These forums are normally attended by around 150 international experts in the
different disciplines to work on joint investigation projects, called JIPs:
OPB. Out of Plane Bending
Mooring Integrity
Mooring Components Assessment (MCA)
Seawater Corrosion Of steel wire Ropes and Chain.
INDEX
2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
“TEKNA: Design of tether chains for free standing hybrid risers”
PLATEA Workshop (Spanish Steel Technology Platform)
The TEKNA conference on Mooring Systems and Dynamic Positioning, which
brings together all the engineers working in Norwegian oil and gas and the oil companies, was one of the conferences that we attended as speakers in 2011. In this
case, on behalf of Vicinay Cadenas we discussed the design of Tether Chains for
hybrid risers.
On 15 December, Madrid played host to the A0+I Workshop run by the Spanish
Steel Technology Platform (PLATEA in Spanish) to demonstrate to University
students and professionals the importance of innovation in steel.
It was held in Trodheim and was another example of the degree of professional and
interest offered by conferences held over the last few years.
“Association of Naval Engineers. ENERMAR Plan.”
The Association and College of Spanish Naval and Ocean Engineers (AINE and
COIN in Spanish), through the working group on Renewable Energies of Marine
Origin (ENERMAR), organised the second edition of the Technical Workshops
"The sea and renewable energies. The contribution of Naval and Ocean Engineering".
The first edition of these technical workshops about the sea and renewable energies was held in Madrid in May 2010. In this second edition, held on 30 June and
1 July 2011 in the Cantabria Science and Technology Park, Santander, Jonathan
Fernández gave a workshop on “Stationkeeping of Floating Wind Turbines”.
Over the next few years, renewable marine energies and, specifically, offshore
wind energy will experience a notable growth based on the existence of a
powerful industrial base and strong encouragement from the governments
around the world.
PLATEA is the result of an initiative by the steel industry and is created as an
environment of intense work, of collaboration and of commitment to achieving
further progress and initiatives in R&D, which result in benefits for the steel sector,
bringing together producers, suppliers and users along with the entire research
community. The opening session was given by the Vice Chancellor of the Technical
University of Madrid (UPM), Mr. Gonzalo Leon, and Vicinay Cadenas took part, for
example in the Technical Innovation Committee with a presentation on "APPLICATION OF HIGHER GRADES OF CHAINS IN THE NEW PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR
SHACKLES".
INDEX
2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
4.2
Innovation
Projects organización, entendiendo la sostenibilidad desde un triple punto de
“HiPRWind Project”.
The Vicinay Marine Innovación A.I.E team is working in the HiPRWind project,
financed by the 7th Framework programme and involving 19 other companies,
engineers and universities from around Europe in an attempt to develop a prototype to obtain wind energy offshore. With a budget of €19.8m and lasting for 5
years, it is project for the design and manufacture of a life-sized floating wind
turbine of 1.5MW. The device, which is based on the floating semi-submersible
structures used in the Oil and Gas sector, will be installed in 2013 and tested for
two years in the BIMEP test site for energy capturing devices, located off the
Armintza coast. The tasks in which we are involved is the design and verification
of the mooring system for the floating structure, which will be supplied by
Vicinay Cadenas S.A.
INDEX
2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
“OPTICAP - Optimization of the Capturing and Storage of Data from the
Process of Soldering Links.”
This project has been carried out in two phases, which has allowed us to make
significant improvements to the capturing and management of Qweld data.
Replacement of CITR (real time industrial calculator) with OPTICAP to:
Centralise the capture of data into a since piece of equipment, ending the
duplication of capture in electric signals and reducing the possibility of
generating interference.
Improve functionality to provide more information about the process to
users on the ground.
Allow remote access to the equipment, to monitor its behaviour from the
technical office, which simplifies and speeds up the maintenance of the
whole.
Replacement of the server with another of high availability, guaranteeing the
functioning of the system in the event of failures. A new server will also improve the
performance of the system.
Mooriinspect Project
Under the management of the Cambridge Technological Welding Institute (TWI), VCSA
is taking part as an advisor in a project whose aim is to develop a system for inspecting
mooring lines while the lines are in place. The main idea is that the inspection system
will issue waves to identify zones requiring a more detailed inspection, and will help
provide information about the behaviour of the mooring lines.
The more we know about the chains we manufacture while they are at work, the
more initiatives we can implement in our production process to deliver a better
product to the client, one which degrades less over time.
Novachain project
The project called "Novachain", approved by the Centre for Industrial Technological
Development (CDTI in Spanish) and expected to involve three years of work, was
completed in December 2011. This project involved research into steels with better
mechanical properties, and the result was a proposal for a composition of
mechanical properties of 1200 MPa. This composition is being tested through the
production of a chain with a diameter of 120 mm, since we understand that the
main chains that are going to need this grade are going to be chains with a diameter of less than 120 mm, due to the reduction in weight that the greater strength
can provide.
This work created a milestone in the industry, since it defined a new grade that
the clients and Classification Companies must take into account in having a new
product available for a new application.
INDEX
2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
4.3
1st Offshore World International Football Tournament
Competitiveness Award
To encourage professional and personal relationships and cooperation between
the main companies in the offshore sector in a relaxed environment, and to share
the different cultures of the organisations with energy and enthusiasm, in June
SBM organised the 1st Offshore World International Football Tournament.
The tournament, organised by BW Shipping, was held in Esbjerg (Denmark) and
involved the following organisations from the offshore world:
- SBM
- NKT
- BLUEWATER SHIPPING
- ALFA LAVAL
- KEPPEL
- PETROBRAS
- MAERSK OIL
- VICINAY MARINE
The tournament was an opportunity to meet people from the organisations with
which we work each day, but in an environment away from the workplace, which
allowed the tournament to take place with a festive atmosphere in which the
results of the games were of little importance.
INDEX
2
0
1
1
2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
5
Business Report
5.1 Personnel.
5.3 Safety.
5.2 Training.
5.55 Recognitions.
INDEX
2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
Management posts pyramid women/men
5.1
Personnel
During the year, the workforce has remained stable despite various retirements, as
the new people selected to replace them had joined the company when the
contracts were signed. This change in personnel has not had any impact on the
average age of our employees. During 2011, the percentage of university educated
professionals has continued to grow despite the stabilisation of the proportion
between direct and indirect employees.
Age pyramid women/men
61-65
56-60
51-55
46-50
41-45
36-40
31-35
26-30
21-25
20
15
10
5
0
5
10
15
Women
20
Men
Changes in the workforce
300
61-65
56-60
51-55
46-50
41-45
36-40
31-35
26-30
21-25
277
254
231
208
10
7,5
5
2,5
0
2,5
5
7,5
Women
10
Men
185
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
INDEX
2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
Average age
New Additions
50
Following the policy of growth/maintenance of employment, 10 new employees
joined the business in 2011, in the following areas:
40
30
Chain Manufacturing
2 people
20
Accessories Manufacturing
2 people
10
VMi – Materials
1 person
Integrated Management Systems
1 person
Plant engineering
3 people
Sales
1 person
0
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Women
Men
2011
Total
Changes in the workforce by centre
Internal Promoción
250
200
248
209
227
210
243
241
Alberto Casas has been promoted to head
of the mechanics workshop.
150
100
50
0
Internal promotion is encouraged at VCSA, and in 2011 the following people
were promoted:
21
2006
26
2007
32
2008
31
2009
32
2010
Galdames
31
2011
Deusto
Iñaki Martin is now working as facilitator in the electrical
maintenance workshop.
José Manuel Méndez is now working as facilitator
in the production of chains.
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Emotional Intelligence Consortium Workshop
The Emotional Intelligence Consortium (CIE in Spanish) is a group made up of
75 organisations and more than 120 people, who are actively working to investigate, test out and promote innovation in people and cooperation, key elements in
personal and professional development and the good performance of teams. It
also encourages innovation and transformation in the organisations and social
environments in which people are involved.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
This workshop was run as part of the "Innobasque Tuesdays" initiative, with
those involved in innovation receiving a monthly invitation to an informative and
open forum on how to place Basque innovation at the centre of the thinking of
personnel, organisations and the media.
2. Silver Q.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
During the "The emotion of transformation" workshop, organised by the Basque
Innovation Agency and the Emotional Intelligence Consortium (CIE in Spanish),
there was a discussion of the theory of emotional intelligence and the development of socio-emotional skills as the key to supporting personal and business
transformation. These make us more effective from an individual and group point
of view, and they generate dynamics where equality and creativity contribute to
the generation of innovation teams and to shared leadership.
The book "La emoción de la transformación" (The emotion of Transformation)
was presented during the event. This has been written by a team at the Emotional Intelligence Consortium and includes an introduction by the emotional
intelligence expert Elsa Punset.
Using the history of a family and its small business, it explains the theory of emotional intelligence and its application, at both a personal and business level. Emotional intelligence is the ability to recognise your own feelings and those of others,
and the ability to manage these. The term was popularised by Daniel Goleman in
1995. Its features are: the ability to motivate ourselves, to persevere with a task
despite possible frustrations, to control impulses, to delay gratification, to control
our own moods, to avoid upset interfering with our rational faculties and the ability
to empathise with and trust others.
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2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
This workshop involved José María Villate, Managing Director of Innobasque; José
Antonio González, Chairman of Sycom Training Systems; Olga Gómez, enabler for
the Emotional Intelligence Consortium and Innobasque Project Manager; Leire
Gartzia, Doctor in Psychology, equality agent and co-author of the book; Iñaki
Pérez, Director of Ayla Searching and co-author of the book; Noelia Cuadrado,
Head of Human Resources at Vicinay Cadenas; and Leire Bilbao, Managing Director of Business Innovation at Innobasque. They are all members of CIE and they
explained, each from his or her own area of expertise, how emotional intelligence
encourages organisational transformation and business innovation.
The company Vicinay Cadenas was given as a practical example in the workshop. Its Head of Personnel, Noelia Cuadrado, stated that "our management is
based on people". We have coined the term "emotalent", which combines the
emotion and the talent of people, to be able to take on and solve business challenges. In a rapidly changing world we value "emotalent" as it helps with the
sustainability of Vicinay Cadenas as a business.
We work on communication and share the company's plans with the entire
organisation.
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2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
5.2
Training
The following are the highlights of the training activities carried out in 2011:
Activity
Attendees
English
48
Organic law on data protection
22
Robot M-4
14
Prevention leadership programme
22
Basic Knowledge of NDT
14
Cranes
22
Best Practices for measuring dimensions
43
Artificial Vision
5
Internal auditors Integrated management systems
10
Procedure VQA-21
77
Hydraulics
1
New operation M-1
60
Webquery
4
Steels
39
Sensitisation of risks - OSALAN Campaign
115
Workshops on the use of mentoring in purchasing
13
Advanced programme for managing production and operations 1
Development of leadership in the senior management
1
Combustion
15
Total hours
3680
792
560
352
224
176
172
166
160
154
128
125
120
116
115
98
90
90
90
LR rules and Regulatións, offshore chain
Frosio
Treatment furnaces
Goods hazardous to operators
Lifting platforms
Excel
Industrial electricity
Welding
Penetrating liquids
Flexiarc
Forklifts
Job reports
Work at height
P-4000
Geminis Cell M-4
Safety advisor
Basic electricity
Training for centres 2011
Galdames
11
1
13
4
6
3
1
2
1
10
2
18
4
24
17
1
9
88
80
78
60
48
48
48
42
40
40
40
36
32
29
26
25
24
Internal/external training 2011
3,96%
Deusto
TOTAL VCSA
TRAINING HOURS: 3,25%
5,38%
44%
External
56
%
Internal
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Satisfaction Survey
This year, 2011, a third staff satisfaction survey has been carried out. It is worth
noting that both the level of participation and the degree of satisfaction have
improved as compared to the figures for the first survey carried out in 2007, which
had been the best to date.
Percentage participation
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
42,30%
2009
57,00%
2011
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Degree of satisfaction
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
55,20%
2007
3,44
2007
3,17
2009
4,04
2011
0
1
2
3
4
5
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2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
Organisation
5.3
Health and Safety Environment
The year 2011 started with the need to involve and deploy the integration of
preventative management in the different processes. The need to highlight different channels in order to strengthen leadership in HSE was identified as a priority
action. As a result, the initiatives involved:
To design, agree on and develop a system which strengthens leadership in Occupational Health and Safety. "Focus on Leadership in OHS, promoting the idea of
OHS leaders in the different levels of the organisation, sharing a company safety
project".
qDaily 15 minute meetings, to create a safety culture, with the people
responsible for daily activity in the plant.
The priority is to use Leadership, encouraging training to develop abilities/skills.
During 2011 we worked with the team and process coordinators to:
Discover the key elements required to promote and maintain a
Preventative Culture capable of achieving excellence in sustainable
safety.
Understand the influence of leadership in safety, as part of
a comprehensive focus on reducing exposure to risks in the
workplace.
qMonthly meeting with the management, every second Tuesday of the month
(60 mins) involving the General Management, coordinators of key process and
W.G. on Absenteeism. These meetings involved a review of the actions set
out in the HSE IMS plan 2011 and the effectiveness of the actions carried out.
qMonthly operating meeting, every third Thursday of the month (120 mins),
involving people responsible for the activity at the plant, delegates for prevention and the medical service, who analyse and propose actions to improve
prevention. The aim is to strengthen the role of the Occupational Health and
Safety Committeeas an agent to promote occupational health and safety.
In relation to the strategy of using OHS leaders, the year 2011 has served as a year
in which to reflect on our IMS organisation chart, and more specifically on the
structure we have created to establish the operational control in the plant. This
in-depth analysis, along with the need to significantly improve results, has led us to
propose a new OHS organisational chart, deployed in processes and strengthened
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through the figure of the IMS Verifier (preventative resource in the plant), with daily
responsibility for operational verification and control. The year 2012 has been
planned as a year in which to consolidate the new structure and priority focus on
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
The following actions have been carried out:
DEUSTO
q Improving the lighting in the Corte facility
q Improving the lighting in the El Carmen facility
qBuffers for safe unloading in S2
q Burr trimmer support table M9
q Increasing sign age in the plant: best practices
q Increasing the warehouse area Tools workshop
q Adapting Tools workshop
q Improving floors in final inspection towers
q Weld suction system in plant
q Dismantling of old structures in disuse, releasing areas to extend work spaces
q Installing protection for moving areas with more flexible and ergonomic
systems
q Ergonomic screwdriver
GALDAMES
Occupational health and safety plan. Improving conditions
We continue working in a coordinated manner with Plant Engineering, focussed on
obtaining satisfactory conditions in facilities and work posts, making efforts so that
these actions are part of an improvement of the image of the factory. Within the
annual action plan there continue to be actions focussed on improving working
conditions.
qNew vertical saw
qModifying the NDT booth.
The internal hoist has been removed from NDT inspection booth 2 and a slot has been opened
in the roof of the booth so that an external bridge crane can be used, and the doors have been
expanded to create significant additional space in the booth. It is now possible to place the
accessories on the inspection table, improving safety and ergonomics, particularly for the
heavier pieces. An additional chain has been used to avoid the wear and tear of the bridge
crane cables, so that any possible friction in the groove area will not weaken the cable.
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2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
“Know the project, Share our Project”
Personnel and preventative management, toward a new safety culture
AWARENESS RAISING
We have continued to hold monthly IMS meetings and specific meetings to raise
awareness about occupational health and safety. These are designed not only to
address the risks involved in the activity and any preventative and protection measures
to adopt, but also to achieve a change in attitudes, value and behaviour which bring with
them a reduction in workplace accidents, and to involve everyone in this change.
The awareness raising campaign “Protege tus ojos-Protect your eyes” has managed to
reduce by 75% the number of eye-related accidents leading to sick leave compared to
the figure for 2010.
To achieve this result, the various different models of glasses have been reviewed,
including two new models and removing those that are not reliable. The staff and
OHS Committee have been kept informed of all this monitoring of the Campaign
through the monthly operating OHS meetings.
TRAINING
An occupational health and safety training plan has continued to be implemented
as part of the awareness of specific risks and preventive and protective measures
to be implemented, focusing on training as an effective tool for changing behaviour
and adopting safe working practices.
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2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
SHARING EXPERIENCES
We continue to highlight the need to "learn and share" to "improve". From this
point of view, in the year 2011 we highlighted the need to maintain channels
for the exchange and learning of best preventative practices. As a result, there
was involvement in different interest groups and initiatives designed to
improve preventative management. Throughout 2011 we were involved in work
designed to:
Share in Vicinay Marine
Audits of our OHS Management System, conducted by a team of people from the Vicinay
Marine group of companies (FMAC and Brasilamarras), implementing the improvements
resulting from this exercise, conducted in February and October.
Taking part in the Emotalent Workshops at Vicinay Marine, in June. Debating and sharing
management models to effectively integrate occupational health and safety into the
general management of the company.
Taking part in the Vicinay Cadenas Annual Coexistence Workshop. Information on the 2011
results and 2012 P&L.
Share with suppliers
Meetings coordinated with the coatings area at Gerdau-Sidenor to compare and improve
best practices for reducing accidents in the cutting section.
Share with other businesses
Taking part in the CEBEK Forum about the Coordination of Business Activities.
Taking part in the Cebek Programme "Analysing and Improving the Prevention Plan", with
an audit of the OHS Management System by an external auditor.
Taking part in workshops related to Ergonomic Improvements in the metal sector.
q Workshop for the Implementation of an ergonomic programme for the
prevention of musculoskeletal injuries in the workplace, about experiences
implemented in CIE AUTOMOTIVE
q Workshop run by FVEM, Ergonomic Evaluations.
How to improve ergonomics in metal, with the involvement of GESTAMP.
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2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
5.4
Meetings in Vicinay
Life may be a continuous stream of memories and plans for the future, and the
memory can sometimes play tricks, being selective and capricious, but despite this
we would like to take this opportunity to summarise today some things that we want
to remember.
In the Vicinay family, the surname created a company that started with the forgers at
Otxandiano forge. The company searched for steel markets, coming down from the
plateau to the river, taking risks, investing - almost constantly- and managing to take
over its local competitor, Caforsa. Those were the times when each year people from
the Otxandiano and Bilbao factories would play a football match before enjoying a
brotherly lunch. The company knew that its future was in exporting, and so it invested
and made its name known in important countries such as the USA and United
Kingdom. It obtained quality certifications, manufactured its own machines and
bought a Brazilian chain manufacturing company, before years later setting up a
company in China. (Today the three companies make up VICINAY MARINE).
While Vicinay grew and strengthened its position in the offshore market, many European manufacturers were disappearing. Those may have been the years during
which the surname Vicinay, represented by Gaspar – alma mater of the business –,
became synonymous with that of the company. You can see from the employees that
the Vicinay brand is well known in the world of oil.
As in life, this long journey has had its difficult moments, some extremely difficult,
such as the founding of Vicinay Cadenas S.A. 25 years ago. In the hard task of
overcoming the oil crisis, the responsible and dynamic Company Committee and
the Management, with its desire to maintain and generate employment, played an
important role.
It is an organisation where the important factor is the people, those that have
brought us to this point, those that have seen us through times of crisis, and those
who one day may form the future of our company. This is why the celebrations
allowing us to share experiences, memories and dreams are so important.
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25th anniversary of Vicinay Cadenas
The event to communicate to the workforce the different aspects (social, financial,
safety, innovation) of both the data from 2010 and the forecasts for 2011, coincided
on this occasion with the celebration of the 25th anniversary of Vicinay Cadenas.
The event allowed us to share a day full of memories of the years gone by and of
excitement about the path still to travel.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
Volcano Day
Many of us pensioners have spent half our lives in this ship, which has been equal
to the task of surviving in times of crisis, such as the flooding of the river area, and
even in the worst moments the wages have been paid on time. We have shared
concerns, hopes and the satisfaction of seeing the VICINAY CADENAS, S.A. brand
become a leader in the offshore market for mooring lines. So many and so varied
are the experiences shared that we cannot help but still feel part of the ups and
downs of the company, even though our journey has ended. The future is in the
present, which is already the past.
For those of us still on the ship, let there be a future of favourable winds, a calm sea
and times of prosperity.
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2. Silver Q.
Christmas Party
Once again this year we held the Christmas Card Competition, now in its 13th
edition, where the involvement of the children from China, Brazil, Bilbao Otxandiano
and Galdames far exceeded both expectations and the number of entries on previous occasions.
It was a fun occasion with smiles, shouts, eagerness, games... all of that with the
little ones playing the starring role, making us see life through eyes full of hope.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
End of Year Cocktail Party
The best way to say goodbye to such a difficult year is to spend time with those
who have worked alongside us day after day, sharing moments of extreme hard
work but still full of the little things that make us smile.
We took advantage of the year end event to recognise those people who have made
their mark on behalf of Vicinay Cadenas.
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2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
Internal Recognitions
5.5
Recognitions
Our organization pretends to recognize the effort and the dedication of all those
who, being part of the company’s structure, or closely colaborating from the
exterior, produce value for Vicinay Cadenas and support its sustainability as enterprise project.
Vicinay Cadenas received an award for competitiveness from the Spanish Maritime
Cluster. The event took place in Madrid and the award was collected ex aequo
along with Ingeteam. The Cluster thought very highly of Vicinay's work on renewable marine energy projects aimed at making this new sector a key part of our
employment future.
This recognition must serve to motivate us and fill us with energy to continue with
our work. Internal recognition
GOLD INSIGNIA
From the Pegasus project, and on behalf of the entire organisation, the decision
was taken to recognise the work, dedication and support provided to the organization by the following people, awarding them the Vicinay Cadenas Gold Insignia
on retirement:
José Luis Lampreave, Director of Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance,
someone who for many years has helped us to search for the ongoing
improvements required in any management system through the many audits
and other exercises in which he has taken part. He attended the event accompanied by a representative delegation from Lloyd's Register, led by the LR
Director for Spain, Jorge Aldegunde, also very knowledgeable about our company. Other members of the L.R. group were Ronald De Kok, José Manuel
Moreira, Rodrigo González and Andrés Ortigosa, people whose special attention over the years has been highly valued.
Jose Luis Arana who contributed to the progress made by Vicinay Cadenas
in studying and developing new products, sharing his professional and
personal vision.
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HONORARY DOCTORATE and HONORARY DOCTORATE CUM LAUDE
The Management of Vicinay Cadenas S.A., at the suggestion of Pegasus, agreed to
grant the Doctorado Honoris Causa “Cum Laude” del mundo Cadenero (Honorary
Doctorate “Cum Laude” of the world of Chains) to Mr. Luis Cañada Vicinay since
he has, among others, the following merits:
2. Silver Q.
q Excellent management of this business.
q Recognised professional talent and delivery, that has
allowed for new developments in the Offshore industry.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
q Combination of philosophical thought and industrial activity.
José Antonio Reyero, who was succeeded by J. L. Lampreave, also
received the aforementioned medal in recognition of his close collaboration
over long and mutually beneficial years.
q Closeness to everyone to the point that we felt like companions on
the journey to reach that dream whose coordinates were so well defined.
Les Moncus, François Paquet, David Nicol, Javier Garate who through
their marketing efforts have contributed to the recognition of Vicinay Cadenas
across the offshore world.
The Management of Vicinay Cadenas S.A., at the suggestion of Pegasus, also
agreed to grant the Doctorado Honoris Causa del mundo Cadenero (Honorary
Doctorate of the world of Chains) to Mr. Eduardo López since he has, among
others, the following merits:
Paulino Oliveras, Miguel Elorduy, Pedro Lazcano, Luis Cañada, Cristina Ugalde, Elena Madariaga, Tomás López, Felipe Ezpeleta and
Eduardo López, who through their committed involvement in the day to day
operations have contributed to making Vicinay Cadenas an organisation of
recognised prestige internationally. These people have outstanding personal
values, which have left their mark on all of those who have worked with them.
q Recognised professional talent and delivery, that has allowed for new
developments in the Offshore industry.
q Closeness to everyone to the point that we felt like companions on the
journey to reach that dream whose coordinates were so well defined.
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FOUNTAIN PENS
The management has final responsibility for the service, and so Vicinay Cadenas
wanted to give fountain pens to the people bearing this responsibility from 2012.
These people are:
q Ms. Onintze Matías: Managing Director of Vicinay Marine Innovación
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
q Mr. Chen Hangao: Managing Director of FMAC
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
q Mr. Jesús Navas: Managing Director of Vicinay Cadenas
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0
1
1
2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
6
SUSTAINABILITY
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2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
6.1
The Environment
As a way of achieving the sustainability of the organisation, Vicinay Cadenas has
established a series of objectives and goals designed to continuously reduce its
environmental impact. Sustainability is understood from a triple point of view
(social, economic and environmental) as being a set of activities and the way of
managing these to ensure that the company is sustainable for at least one
further generation.
Various strategies were implemented during 2011 to reduce its environmental
impact:
Certification of a new Type III EDP for Chain of Grade R3 with which the entire
range of chains supplied by Vicinay Cadenas have been certified for all their
environmental effects from the cradle to the grave (steel making process to the
end of the life of the chain).
Certification of three new Type II EDPs for Accessories (Offshore Shackle Type
"H" of Grade R4 and R5; and Offshore Shackle Type "D" of Grade R4), which
starts the certification of the range of Forge products.
Completion of the Calculation of the Carbon Footprint in accordance with
ISO 14064.
2.184
1.303
18.898
17.952
2010
Galdames
2011
Deusto
VCSA
Hazardous waste
14000
12000
4000
2000
0
9.998
8000
9.177
10000
2008
2009
2010
Galdames
2011
Deusto
VCSA
10.999
15.477
16000
6000
Implementation of the vertical cutting saw at the Galdames Plant, which
provides the option to reuse raw materials and reducing scrap and machining
work.
16.415
18.599
19.002
20.305
21.283
24.192
2009
6.310
The strategic decision to go beyond strict legal requirements leads to constant
concern about maintaining the various certifications, which are based on
leading international standards from the most prestigious classification organisations. This in turn leads to a search for continuous improvement in the
prevention of pollution and a reduction in waste generated.
2008
7.751
Reduction of the amount of hazardous waste managed by the organisation with
respect to previous financial years.
0
946
Vicinay Cadenas has constantly monitored both its consumption and its emission of Greenhouse Gases.
1.001
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
5000
6.751
6. Sustainability.
10000
1.000
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
15000
20000
11.752
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
Taking part in the development and debate on the diagnosis of the situation and
the challenges for the Basque Government initiative Ecoeuskadi 2020, as representative of the Economic Agents.
25000
9.752
C02 emission
2.909
2. Silver Q.
Launch of the Basque Ecodesign Center, along with IHOBE (Technical Secretariat of the Environment at the Basque Government) and leading companies
(CIE Automotive, Fagor, Gamesa, Iberdrola and Ormazabal). Its aim is the design
and execution of innovative Ecodesign projects.
2.000
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2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
Art and the environment
Vicinay Cadenas has taken part, along with NomadEstudio (Landscape Architecture), in the Third Edition of the Bilbao Garden Landscape Architecture Competition,
where landscape architects from around the world fill Bilbao with various gardens
for three weeks.
NomadEstudio, a landscape architecture company with its central offices in the
United States, saw the opportunity to use our chains as an element integrated into
the environment. The garden inspired by the maxim "The end is the beginning",
enhances the wisdom of a city that has repositioned the pieces that have comprised it for centuries at the very least. Its end has been the beginning once more.
A sophisticated and gentle city which rose from the industrial and commercial
ashes that gave it its importance. New pieces and the same elements. Elements
reinvented again and reorganised around a lifeline embraced by the mountains: the
River Nervión.
Vicinay, in its desire to become involved in the world of art and find new collaborations for the chains, took part in the creation of a garden whose main element was
our product.
This exhibition, in addition to decorating a corner of our city, allowed everyone
coming to see these works of art to find out about our chains, come into direct
contact with them and better understand our organisation.
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2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
Basque Ecodesign CenterVi
The Basque Ecodesign Center is an organisation with its central offices in the
Basque Country, created in a framework of collaboration between private sector
companies and the Basque Government. Its objective is the design and execution
of innovative Ecodesign projects. This organisation is the only one of its type in
Spain and in Southern Europe. The Basque Ecodesign Center consists of seven
founding partners: CIE Automotive, Fagor, Gamesa, Iberdrola, Ihobe, Ormazabal and
Vicinay Cadenas.
In addition, it collaborates with the UPV School of Engineering and has established
a strategic alliance with the CPM Life Cycle Center in Sweden, one of the most
important institutions in Ecodesign.
Based on three factors, namely the European Strategy 2020, the Euskadi Sustainable Development Strategy (Ecoeuskadi 2020), and the scarcity of raw materials,
the growing demand for them and the international growth of what we call green
markets, the Basque Ecodesign Center aims to:
a) Make the Basque Country an advanced Ecodesign region, converting
itself into a leader in the European Union.
b) Reinforce the competitiveness of the companies participating through
the acquisition and application of cutting edge Ecodesign knowledge.
c) Encourage the eco-innovation of the product.
d) Integrate the environmental factor into the supply chain of the companies
taking part.
In the words of Luis Cañada “Vicinay Cadenas S.A, and by extension the companies around Vicinay, work and plan so that their business projects are sustainable in the Basque Country for one or more generations. This leads to the sharing
of the emotalent of their staff in the search for innovative solutions compatible
with Social Responsibility and the Environment, while these solutions can also be
used by other business organisations in our country.
With this focus, Vicinay Cadenas considers that the Basque Ecodesign Center
initiative is a great opportunity to create a network of committed companies that
share talent and experiences, so that each member can introduce into its daily
management new methods that create a difference in the market, hoping to
become leaders and, therefore, more competitive in an open and globalised
economy".
INDEX
2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
6.2
Integrated into Society
Corporate Social Responsibility
Social responsibility taken on as a corporate business commitment creates a new
impetus to strengthen environmental management in its role in sustainable industrial activity.
The development of Corporate Social Responsibility is based on transparency with
the various stakeholders (employees, clients, suppliers, shareholders, society,
planet, etc.). This has translated into:
Active participation in sustainability forums, both the FVEM forum (Vizcaya
Federation of Metal Companies) and the IZAITE forum, (Association of
Basque Companies for Sustainability), which allows for the constant comparing of experiences and best practices, both those from VCSA, and those from
other leading companies, about the environmental aspect of our surroundings, leading to a continuous improvement in the implementation of new
ways of doing things.
As part of the Open Door Policy, many stakeholders have come to visit us
(Teaching Centres, Public Authorities, Technology Centres, Universities, Companies in the Metal Sector, etc.).
Participation in the initiative led by IHOBE on the Drive to Suppliers has
allowed us to share, with both the Public Administration and companies in
various areas, the goals and challenges that Vicinay Cadenas has established
to help it achieve its objectives in the area of CSR.
Launch of communication flows between Vicinay Cadenas and different
stakeholders (Neighbourhood association, Sports and cultural associations,
Public bodies, etc.).
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Participation in Workshops:
FVEM Corporate Social Responsibility Forum: Presentation on CSR in
Vicinay Cadenas.
2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
Participation in Workshops organized by Aliatec in collaboration with
Sodercan (Cantabrian Public Company), the University of the Basque
Country and Garaia Innovation Park, on the importance of transparency in
environmental communication through the Environmental Product Declarations (Type III EPDs).
Opening workshop in Bilbao and presentation on eco-innovation as a
response to the new challenges and trends in international markets.
Workshop within Quality Week and organised by Izaite about the workshop
"Corporate Social Responsibility".
Presentation for UNESID on the importance of Type III Environmental
Product Declarations in the iron and steel sector.
Workshop on the Different types of Environmental Communication organised by the Public Company IHOBE.
INDEX
2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
Important Visits
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT IN EUROPE
In January, Vicinay Cadenas received a visit from Mr. Russell (European Representative of the Australian Government) to discuss possible future business opportunities in Australia within the offshore market, sharing information about projects
that could be emblematic in that sector.
Along with Mr. Russell, we received a visit from Mr. De la Rúa and Mr. Santurtun,
both members of the Basque Maritime Forum.
DIRECTOR GENERAL OF INDUSTRY
As part of the development of the new Vicinay Cadenas facilities being built in
Sestao, in October a meeting was held in our offices in Deusto and this was
attended by Mr. Jesús Candil, Director General of Industry, accompanied by Mr.
José Luis Marcos Merino, Mayor of Sestao and Mr. Juan Garayar, Director of Industry at the Basque Government, to find out in detail about the Project and its applicability within the future decrees from the Ministry of Industry, known as "Reindus"
and "Competitividad".
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INNOVATION
Juan Tomás Hernani, Secretary of State for Innovation, met with people from
Vicinay Cadenas to find out at first hand the ways in which our organisation
innovates and to discover in more detail the strategies that family companies of
this type must have if they are to be sustainable. For his part, he explained the
developments at the Ministry of Science and Innovation in relation to subsidies and
resources to help organisations deal with the global crisis affecting us.
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2. Silver Q.
LEHENDAKARI (Basque Government leader)
During August, the Basque leader Mr. Patxi López, accompanied by the Minister of
Industry, Mr. Bernabé Unda, the head of the Basque Government Cabinet Mr. Daniel
Díez, and the Deputy Minister of Industry Mr. Pedro Gómez Damborenea, visited the
Vicinay Cadenas facilities to discover first hand the development of the production
processes and the future plans for our organisation.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
Vicinay is an example of how a family company which follows its dreams can not only make them come true, but can also
become a world leader. A leader in technology, in knowledge and in something more important and sometimes forgotten: in
values. Responsibility, sustainability and equality.
In short, a shining example of how to run a company and how to run a country.
Eskerrik asko
Patxi Lopez (Basque Leader, 18-July-2011)
INDEX
2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
Improvement in mutual awareness
GERDAU SIDENOR
Within a series of Knowledge Exchange Workshops, led by Vicinay Cadenas, in
2011 various groups of employees at Gerdau Sidenor came to our facilities to
provide solutions and improvements discovering at first hand the need to make
progress together to obtain the optimal final result.
LLOYD´S REGISTER
During March there was a three-day Training Workshop with highly qualified representatives of the LR who shared in detail the interpretation and application of the
standards of this Classification Company. The company has different standards
and rules that establish many of the requirements that govern a large part of our
activity and determine the acceptance criteria for our product.
EMPRESARIOS VASCOS Y NORUEGOS
During November a meeting was held at Vicinay Cadenas between Basque and
Norwegian business people to discuss the future development of the Arctic. After
the meeting there was a tour of the factory to demonstrate our facilities.
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2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
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MEMORIES
7.3 Certifications.
INDEX
7.1
2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
External Recognitions
The following are the highlights of the training activities carried out in 2011:
External recognitions
Year
Organisation
Basque Export Company Award
1993
EITB
Basque Leading Company Award
1998
El Correo
Recognition of the QWELD Project as a leading project within the Programme
1999-2006
CDTI
Iberoeka Award, to the best Research Project
2004
CYTED
Sabino Arana Award for a Lifetime Business Career
2007
Sabino Arana Foundation
"Examples of Evaluating Business R&D" Publication of 2 examples of VCSA Technological
Innovation as part of the 10 examples at the national level.
2008
COTEC Foundation
Accésit European Environment Company Awards. Basque Country Section 2009-2010
2010
Dept. of the Environment, Land Planning, Agriculture and Fishing
at the Basque Government Business School ESEUNE
"Empresa Maestra de Honor"
2010
Escuela de negocios ESEUNE
Speakers at the TAFTIE Conference
2010
Conference for Innovation Agencies from the 27 countries of the EU
2011
Spanish Maritime Cluster
INDEX
2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
7.2
VCSA Book of Honour (1/2)
Award
Date
Holder
Stakeholder
Honorary Doctorate Cum Laude
December 2011
Luis María Cañada
VCSA Managing Director
Honorary Doctorate
December 2007
Alejandro Sanz
VCSA Industrial Director
June 2008
Timo Lehtinen
Technip Naval Architect
Diciembre 2008
José Luis Arana
UPV/EHU Professor Materials Science
September 2009
Rune Andreassen
Det Norske Veritas
June 2010
Gilbert de Laval
Rammnäs
Diciembre 2011
Eduardo López
VCSA Director of Engineering
June 2008
Juan Arana
VCSA Shackles Section
Diciembre 2008
Manu Portilla
VCSA Forging Engineer
Diciembre 2008
Isidro Calvo
VCSA Maintenance Engineer
October 2010
Sergio Silva
Brasilamarras Head of Projects Engineer
Diciembre 2006
Juan José Carnicero
SIDENOR
Febrero 2006
José Mª Romaña
VCSA Company Committee
Febrero 2007
Jose Antonio Caballero
September 2007
Vda. De Nicolás Peciña
EBI
Honorary Masters
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
Gold Insignia (1/2)
INDEX
2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
VCSA Book of Honour (2/2)
Award
Date
Holder
Stakeholder
Gold Insignia (2/2)
Diciembre 2007
Febrero 2008
Febrero 2008
Febrero 2009
Febrero 2009
Febrero 2010
Febrero 2010
Marzo 2010
Enero 2011
Enero 2011
Febrero 2011
Febrero 2011
Febrero 2011
November 2011
November 2011
November 2011
November 2011
November 2011
November 2011
November 2011
November 2011
November 2011
November 2011
November 2011
Kike García
Vda. De Lucio Torre
Vda. De Genadio Pellejer
Avelino Gil
Alfonso Castro
Blas González
Iñaki Rotaeche
Gaspar Vicinay
Jose Antonio Reyero
Jose Luis Lampreave
Paulino Oliveras
Miguel Elorduy
Pedro Lazcano
Cristina Ugalde
Luis Cañada
Eduardo López
Tomás López
Jose Luis Arana
Les Moncus
François Paquet
David Nicol
Javier Gárate
Elena Madariaga
Felipe Ezpeleta
SIDENOR
VCSA FFactory Manager (Deusto)
VCSA Maintenance Technician
VCSA Factory Manager (Deusto)
VCSA Factory Manager (Lejona)
VCSA Factory Facilitator (Deusto)
VCSA Mechanical Workshop Manager (Lejona)
VCSA Honorary Chairman
LRQA
LRQA
VCSA Maintenance Manager
VCSA Head of Personnel
Director Vmi
VCSA Managing Director
VCSA Director of Engineering
VCSA Director Integrated Management Systems
UPV/EHU Professor Materials Science
VCSA Marketing Director
VCSA Marketing Agent
VCSA Marketing Agent
VCSA Marketing Director
VCSA Sales Process
VCSA Purchasing Director
INDEX
7.3
2. Silver Q.
Certifications
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
Certifications granted
Year
Organisms
Quality assurance and control
1986
LRQA
ISO 9001
1990
DNV, ABS, LRQA
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
API 2F
1994
API
ISO 14001
2001
DNV & LRQA
OHSAS 18001
2004
DNV & LRQA
Lloyd´s Register Material Quality Écheme
2006
EPD Type III
2009
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
ENVIRONDEC
The activity has been carried out jointly with certified organisations NATO, US Coast
Guard, NMD and other specific accreditations for shipyards complying with the
necessary requirements.
INDEX
2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
7.4
Information Flows
Vicinay Marine S.L
Clients
Kick Off Meeting
Customer Satisfaction Survey
International Trade Fairs
Informational Conferences.
Research Projects.
Commercial Network.
Newslink Magazine.
International Workshops.
Video-conferences.
Technical seminars.
VCSA Personnel
Daily newspaper "El Cadenero Mundial"
since 1995.
Daily newspaper "El Forjador" since 1998.
Annual Book of Improvements.
Daily Module Meeting.
Daily visit to the Plant.
Induction of new members of staff.
Staff Satisfaction Survey.
Socrates project.
Symbiosis project.
Process Coordination Meeting
Monthly IMS meeting.
Vicinay Meetings.
AyCpC (Learn and Know to Share)
VOMIN Monthly Magazine.
Meetings of Sales Agents
(Houston and Bilbao).
Knowledge exchange visits
Interaction between staff members.
Video-conferences.
"Sharing Emotalent" Workshops.
Technical Conferences.
Shareholders
Meeting.
VCSA Library.
Sensitisation Panel.
Home.
Sustainability Report.
Annual Management Plan.
Review of Mission, Vision and Values.
FFR (Framework for Future Relations).
Ad Hoc Projects.
Internal forum - How would I like VCSA to
be to ensure it is sustainable for one or
more generations?
Board of Director Meetings.
Suppliers
Exchanging knowledge with suppliers.
Permanent working groups.
Exchange of knowledge with Universities,
Technology Centres and Training Centres.
Approval of Suppliers.
Joint R&D projects.
Exchanging mutual knowledge
between strategic suppliers.
INDEX
2. Silver Q.
4.1 Conferences.
4.2 Innovation.
5. Business Report.
5.1 Personnel.
5.2 Training.
5.3 Safety.
5.5 Recognitions.
6. Sustainability.
7. Memories.
7.3 Certifications.
7.5
Participation in Organisations
q .FNCFSPGUIF$PVODJMPGUIF5FDOBMJB$PSQPSBDJO'PVOEBUJPO
Member of the Council for Technología Research & Innovation.
q Member of IZAITE.
q Member of EMEMO
(European Mooring Equipment Manufacturing Organization).
q *OOPCBTRVF(Basque Innovation Agency).
q Member of the Vizcaya Federation of Metal Companies (FVEM).
q Member of the Association for Progress in Management (APD).
q Member of the Basque Maritime Forum (FMV). Chairmanship since 2008.
q Member of ADIMDE (Basque Country Grouping of Maritime Companies).
q Member of the COTEC Foundation.
q Member of MCSS.
Chairmanship since 2010.
q Basque Business Circle.
q Spanish-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce.
q Bilbao Chamber of Commerce.
q Spanish Association for Quality (AEC).
q Spanish Association for Non-Destructive Testing.
q
q
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q
q
q
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UNESID (Union of Steel Companies).
Foundation of the Bilbao School of Engineers.
Basque Association of Economists.
Collaborators in the Novia Salcedo Foundation.
Stop CO2 Euskadi.
Members of the Jury for the Inguralde Award from Barakaldo Council.
Participant in ASEPAM
(Spanish Association of the United Nations Global Compact).
q Stakeholder Committee for DNV BA Spain.
q Lloyd's Register Technical Committee.
q Founding member of the Basque Ecodesign Center.
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