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Visita Secretario Estado de Comercio

Visit of the Secretary of State for Commerce , Mr. Jaime García-Legaz, to Grupo Cuñado headquarters

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Madrid, January 27th, 2016.- At the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness last October, Carlos D. Cunado, the President of Grupo Cunado, extended an invitation to the Secretary of State for Commerce, Jaime García Legaz, to visit the Group’s headquarters. He accepted the invitation, and visited the Grupo Cuñado headquarters yesterday in Alcalá de Henares, accompanied by Carlos D. Cuñado and Gloria Esteban Baturone, CEO of the Group.

The hosts introduced the Management Committee members to the Secretary before showing him the company’s campus. Mr. David de Pastors, Finances and Systems Manager, made a brief presentation of the Group for the visiting delegation.

Accompanied by José Antonio Campos, Supply Chain Manager of the Group, Mr. Jaime García-Legaz toured the 40,000 ft2 of facilities, which contains over 280,000 products. This location works as an operational center to provide complete logistics services throughout the country.

At the end of his visit, the delegation enjoyed a casual drink while Jaime García-Legaz shared lively conversations with the management members of Grupo Cuñado.

Sixth edition of the Technical Conferences held by Grupo Cuñado

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On October 30th 2015, Grupo Cuñado held the sixth edition of our Technical Conferences, in the Palacio Municipal de Congresos in Madrid, gathering more than 700 industry experts related to the use of pipe, valves and fittings.

The event, masterfully led by Mr. Manuel Campo Vidal, included three presenters that headlined the Conference: Mr. Juan Pablo Riesgo (State Secretary for Employment and Social Security), Mr. Pedro Miró (Vice-president and CEO of CEPSA) and Ms. Cristina Lanzagorta (Manager of Business Solutions of Microsoft).

During the session, Mr. Claudio Oroquieta, Manager of the Flow Management Solutions division (FMS) of Grupo Cuñado, presented the new Valves Encyclopedia, a new milestone in our relationship with the market, providing a complete support and assistance tool, with careful attention to detail and editing.

In addition, a new model of control and comprehensive project management, called Cuñado 2.0, was presented by Mr. David de Pastors, Finances and Systems Manager of Grupo Cuñado, which certainly will revolutionize the mode of material supply, where for the first time, the total integration of all parties involved in the construction of industrial plants takes place.

We do not want to miss the opportunity to thank all the companies who joined us throughout the event.

Cuñado Group involved in Perumin 2015

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Between the 21-25 september, it took place the 32nd PERUMIN Edition, one of the most important worldwide conventions in the mining sector, in the city of Arequipa, in southern Perú. The event gathered the most important worldwide suppliers in the mining industry, calling together more than 850 stands of local and international suppliers, as well as more than 5.000 participants. High-level conferences were held in which they were presented topics related to the future of minery in Perú,  progress of the most significants projects, extensions and the latest in technology and logistics in the sector, among other topics.

Cuñado Group was present, once again; in this important mining convention with and excellent stand, in which attended all his sector clients;  discuss with suppliers and showed its whole supply portfolio to the thousands of people who attented the event. Cuñado Group was represented with by a delegation of more than 10 staff of the companies CUPERSA, RAGENSA and GRATING; as well as hedquarters staff presence.

ACHEMA Fair

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Our German company FLABOFORM GMBH – CUNADO GROUP has successfully participated with its own booth in the prestigious ACHEMA fair, which took place in Frankfurt from June 15th to 19th.

With 170,000 attendees from more than 100 countries and 3,800 exhibitors ACHEMA is one of the world’s most important trade shows of the process industry and the trend-setting technology summit for chemical engineering, environmental protection and biotechnology.

Award of Talara Project by Tecnicas Reunidas in Peru

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We are very proud to be awarded with the supply of pipe, accessories and flanges, as well as valves, for the modernization of the plant in South America, located in the city of Talara, Peru. This plant will allow Petroperu to increase its production in more than a third of its capacity. The Spanish engineering, Tecnicas Reunidas, will handle the engineering and construction among other aspects of the negotiation. Grupo Cuñado has extensive experience in the Andean country thanks to the presence of its subsidiary Cuñado Peru, S.A. (Cupersa) for over 15 years.  The prevision for Grupo Cuñado is to deliver some 25,000 tons of material.

Award of Jazan II Project by Tecnicas Reunidas in Saudi Arabia

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The engineering Tecnicas Reudidas awarded Grupo Cuñado with all the packages of pipes, flanges and accessories, as well as the valves, needed in the supply of two contract “llave en mano” (turnkey) inside his next project of refining and maritime terminal in Jazan. Saudi Aramco will build a refinery of 400,000 bpd and the facilities of a Hydrocarbon terminal as part of the overall development plan of the “Jazan Economic City”, located in the sub occidental region of Saudi Arabia. Grupo Cuñado will supply 60,000 tons of material. This provision emphasizes, carbon steel welded pipe, with diameters up to 48”.