CTA, Lda, the Grupo Cuñado branch in Portugal, received the TOP EXPORTA AWARD by Santander Totta Bank last March 9th 2017. This prize, which will be awarded on May 9th, 2017 acknowledges the exporting effort made by companies and institutions of the Portuguese network, and encourages us to further develop our international growth.
From Grupo Cuñado headquarters, we want to congratulate all the CTA staff for this recognition to their great job!
Grupo Cuñado has been present in the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC), which took place from November 7-10th in Abu Dhabi, providing an unrivalled global platform for oil & gas professionals to do business. The world-renowned conference program further educates and provides knowledge transfer and unparalleled network working opportunities.
Since its inception in 1984, ADIPEC has provided an unrivalled platform for industry experts to come together and share knowledge and meet with peers. ADIPEC remains in the top 3 oil and gas events in the world welcoming delegates, visitors and exhibitors from across the globe.
The Grupo Cuñado stand was highly successful and was visited by a large number of existing customers and new companies interested our product range and additional services.
Mr. Máximo Cuñado, President and founder of Grupo Cuñado passed away in Madrid at the age of 85 years old. Born in 1931 in Mecerreyes, he established the company Cuñado y Cia in 1963.
With 32 years and only 6 employees, he began his business career expanding its business to different Spanish cities as Alcalá de Henares, Tarragona, Gerona, Sevilla, Bilbao, Huelva, Barcelona, Ciudad Real, Tenerife, Las Palmas, Zaragoza, Vigo, Algeciras, Valencia, Valladolid and Gijon.
It is in 1978, when he decided to make the international leap with the opening of 14 branches in Mexico, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, USA, Canada, South Korea, China, Germany, France, UAE and Turkey.
Cuñado Group has completed 53 years of existence, maintaining its family-like character in its second generation, as his son Carlos David Cuñado is since last year 2010 the current president of the Group.
Last year 2014, the Government of Spain, after being proposed by the Minister of Employment and Social Security, Ms. Fátima Báñez, awarded Mr. Máximo Cuñado Alonso with the Gold Medal for Work Merit, n recognition of his entrepreneurial and working career.
The burial was held in privacy in the familiar pantheon in Mecerreyes (Burgos).
R.I.P
Grupo Cuñado obtained the Occupational Health and Safety Management System Certification (OHSAS 18001), a formal procedure to reduce the risks associated with health and safety in the work environment for its employees, customers and the general public.
The OHSAS 18001 management system certification provides the following benefits to our company:
To obtain OHSAS 18001 certification includes compliance with:
CUÑADO PERU, S.A., the GRUPO CUÑADO branch in Perú, has been appointed as Alfa Laval Authorized Distributor for the industrial markets, including new equipment and Valves and Heat Exchangers spare parts.
With this agreement, CUÑADO PERU, S.A. maintains its strategy of growth by expanding the company’s product range, and improving its customer support service.
This new success joins to the one achieved last August 2015 by CUÑADO, S.A., when we were appointed as Alfa Laval Master Distributor for Spain and Portugal.
Our colleague Serafín Polo has retired after 42 years working in the central warehouse of GRUPO CUÑADO in Alcalá de Henares.
Throughout all of this time, he has carried out his everyday work with a great deal of commitment, absolute professionalism and dedication. GRUPO CUÑADO will be always his home and we wish him the best in his well-earned retirement.
CUINTER, the subsidiary of GRUPO CUÑADO in Chile, leader in supplying piping and valves for the Oil&Gas and mining industries worldwide in its two main business lines (Projecs and Distribution), carried out some Training Days in the Cabo de Hornos and Intercontinental hotels in Punta de Arenas city. The event was held on May 24th, 25th and 27th, and different valves manufacturers were also involved.
Some of the attendants to our Training meetings were engineering, operation, maintenance and project managers of companies such as:
Last May 25th and 26th, the Project Director and the Procurement Manager of Grupo Cuñado participated in the Experts Lectures made at the XIX Conference of the Spanish Association of Purchasing, Contracting and Supply Professionals, which was held in Madrid, where managers of large companies and multinationals in the industrial, financial, oil & gas, telecommunications sectors,… gathered.
The lectures, presented by high level professionals, dealt about future trends, business models and new ideas in the corporate procurement.
Our Procurement Manager took part as a speaker at the Expert Panel of SRM – Supplier Relationship Management, presenting the Integral Supply System, developed and pioneered by Grupo Cuñado in the Oil & Gas area since 1980. She also explained how our strategic alliance with suppliers, based on reliable long-term relationships, allows us to offer to our customers a quality service that adds value to the project, in addition to obtaining significant cost and time savings in the project execution.
On April 19th we welcomed a group of visitors in representation of TÉCNICAS REUNIDAS Procurement Department.
The objective of the visit, especially directed towards newly incorporated employees, was to give a detailed introduction to our product range and manufacturing processes. In addition, we reviewed and analyzed the complete supply process, from the purchasing to delivery including the different supply chain milestones.
Last April 21st, Grupo Cuñado received the visit of one of our most important customers: Enagas, headed by Mr. Fernando López de Silanes, Head of Pipeline Engineering and Mr. Óscar Blázquez, Head of Pipeline Construction. They accompanied 7 people who recently joined the Enagas Engineering Dpt. Our main goal was to show them our facilities and introduce them our company, so they can know more closely our products and daily work. These visits are a vehicle through which Grupo Cuñado explains our philosophy of Customer service culture.
