We have received the award in the category "Most disruptive technology in the production process" at the Advanced Manufacturing Awards for the production process designed for the manufacture of a battery module for Lucid Motors, the most exclusive brand of electric vehicles.
Our company has its production center in Albal, one of the towns near Valencia where the waters came with fury last Tuesday. Forty workers were trapped in the plant, but fortunately they were rescued the following day. And they also left enormous losses in our facilities. But there is no time for regrets. Inside the factory, a highly involved workforce has been working since the authorities allowed us access to the area. The goal is to recover production as soon as possible so that our customers can continue to count on the committed production.
Starting up a production project as complex as this one has meant for our company to take on several challenges. But it has also made us finalists in such prestigious national awards as the Advanced Manufacturing Awards, which recognize the most disruptive companies in the production process.
Last June, the Governing Board and the Honors Committee met at AVEP's headquarters. On the agenda, of great importance for the plastics sector, was the evaluation of nominations for the recognition of the Granza de Oro, the award with which the association recognizes people who have dedicated their lives to develop and promote the plastics sector.
Since this summer we have been members of the ITE and we hope to collaborate closely both with the institution and with the rest of the members. We want to contribute with our energy and our knowledge! Because we know that, in this moment in which we are moving towards clean energies, the union will allow us to go further.
Our colleague Mónica Alegre was the voice of the SMEs at the last Sernauto meeting held in early July. Within the framework of this annual event promoted by the Spanish Association of Automotive Suppliers, our commercial director presented our company's recent innovations, especially for electric vehicles.
A couple of weeks ago the Ford plant in Almussafes said goodbye to its Transit model. It was foreseen. All the companies that work in its environment had that date marked on our calendar. What worried us months ago and still worries us today is the lack of that model or models at the Ford Almussafes plant that would maintain production levels and ensure profitability levels for companies that are highly dependent on Ford.