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May 09
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Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s

Grupo Cuñado sponsor of the Houston Livestock Show

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For the third consecutive year, Grupo Cunado has joined other industry companies to sponsor the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s annual Bar-B-Que Cookoff. The cookoff features more than 250 teams from around the country who come to compete in one of the largest competitive cooking events in the nation. This popular event runs for three days and attracts over 225,000 participants. Cookoff team tents, including the Just In Time Cookers, are mostly by invitation only, and provide a unique way to socialize with friends, customers, suppliers and clients. This year Grupo Cunado hosted people from Technip, Fluor, WoodgroupMustang, S&W Energy Solutions, BS&B Process Systems, Boccard Pipe Fabricators, Bechtel and KBR.

Attended by over 2.6 million people in 2017, the rodeo raises funds for charitable, educational and scientific purposes to encourage and promote the breeding, raising and marketing of better livestock and farm products at public fairs and to promote and maintain research and educational functions within the livestock industry.

Mar 31
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Reconocimiento Banco Santander Totta

CTA, the Grupo Cuñado branch in Portugal, received the TOP EXPORTA AWARD by Santander Totta Bank

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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!

Sep 22
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Maximo Cuñado

Mr. Máximo Cuñado, President and founder of Grupo Cuñado passed away at the age of 85 years old

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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

Sep 20
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Certificado OHSAS 18001

Grupo Cuñado obtained the OHSAS 18001 Certification

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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:

  • Minimize the risks of production delays
  • Provide a safe environment to do business
  • Demonstrate our commitment to maintain an effective health and safety policy
  • Minimize risks of downtime through accidents
  • Demonstrate our commitment to meet legal obligations
  • Possible cost savings from public liability insurance premiums
  • Maintain compliance to legal requirements
  • Provide a robust system to maintain and continually improve health and safety

To obtain OHSAS 18001 certification includes compliance with:

  • Define responsibilities for safety and health at work.
  • Establish a policy defining clearly the commitment of the company.
  • Identify the different aspects of safety and health at work related to activities, services and products of the organization.
  • Make an impact assessment matched to the activities of workers.
  • To Implement procedures of OSH Management System.
  • Establish indicators to measure processes.
  • Monitor the efficiency of the management system through indicators
  • Apply Corrective actions according to the analysis and results.
Aug 08
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Certificate_Authorized_Distributor (Cuñado Perú)

CUÑADO PERU, S.A., HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS ALFA LAVAL AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTOR

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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.

Jul 11
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Retirement Serafin Polo

Retirement after 42 years of work

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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.

Jun 28
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Punta Arenas y Santiago

Cuinter training sessions, a subsidiary of Grupo Cuñado

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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:

  • ENAP MAGALLANES, GASCO MAGALLANES, PETREX SAIPEM, GEOPARK, INGEMAG, YPF CHILE, ASMAR, NEXXO, MECHANIC SHOP, PETROMAGALLANES, FERROVIAL, INGENIERIA SAIPEM, TECNICAS REUNIDAS, ENAP BIO, CELULOSA ARAUCO, CELULOSA CMPC.
Jun 17
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grupo cuñado con el deporte

Cuñado Group supports and appreciates the sport

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CUÑADO GROUP, faithful to its commitment to promote and support sport in general, has sponsored the participation of several employees in the 4th edition of Padel Tournament Enterprise Business Padel Cup, organized by the Association of the Henares (AEDHE) and Momo Sports Club, which facilitate a meeting between companies Henares Corridor, promoting mutual understanding in an exclusive, leisure and sport framework.
Players of Cuñado Group have been finalists of Christmas Tournament of the company, Jorge Muñoz and Jose Manuel Arribas, and managed to reach the final of Category 3 absolute, losing in the tie break, after 3 match points, and José Mª Coca and Pablo Gomez, who reached the semifinals of category 2 absolute. Congratulations to them all!

Congratulations to them all!

Jun 02
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XIX CONGRESO DE AERCE

Participation of Cuñado Group Procurement & Project team in the XIX AERCE Conference

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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.

May 26
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Visita Repsol - Supply Chain E&P

Repsol visited Cuñado Group

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Last Friday, May 6th, we received the visit of a group of Repsol people, from its Supply Chain E&P Department. Mr. José Franco, Global Group Manager Facilities & Operation headed the group, comprised by:
Walíd Estaitih… Contract Analyst Facilities & Operations
María José Facal… Category Manager Equipment
Román Torroja… Category Manager MRO
Gustavo Ponce… Facilities Engineer
The objective of the visit was to give a detailed introduction to our product range and manufacturing processes, so they can know more closely our daily work.