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FAGORNEWS 2011<br />
OUR 2.0 STRATEGY,<br />
FINALIST FOR THE<br />
2010 EUROPEAN<br />
EXCELLENCE<br />
AWARDS<br />
The Internet communication strategy developed<br />
by Fagor Industrial was a finalist in the<br />
Social Media category of the European Excellence<br />
Awards, Europe’s most prestigious<br />
communication awards. The prize-giving ceremony<br />
for these awards, which acknowledge<br />
the best international achievements in the<br />
communication and public relations sphere,<br />
was held in Prague in December.<br />
ALMOST 7 MILLION<br />
EUROS RECEIVED IN<br />
R+D DEPARTMENT<br />
SUBSIDIES<br />
Fagor Industrial has always considered an<br />
active research and development policy to<br />
be vital for any technology company wishing<br />
to grow and provide optimum quality standards<br />
in today’s increasingly competitive<br />
world. The work of our R+D department has<br />
always been one of our main assets in finding<br />
the solutions that have placed us at the<br />
forefront of our sector.<br />
#04 / FEBRUARY 2011<br />
The five shortlisted projects were selected<br />
by the jury from a total of 1,450 presented in<br />
this category. Fagor Industrial’s entry, entitled<br />
A Recipe for Social Media Success, focused<br />
on projection of the brand in the different Internet<br />
channels with the creation of a corporate<br />
blog and a Twitter channel that has succeeded<br />
in bringing together a community of<br />
nearly 800 enthusiasts in under a year, in-<br />
This talent for keeping at the cutting edge<br />
has enabled the company to receive almost<br />
seven million euros in subsidies for the<br />
projects it has presented to various public<br />
tenders for encouraging innovation in research<br />
and development, energy efficiency<br />
and business competitiveness. They include<br />
the New Single Systems Platform for<br />
the Fagor Industrial Group, which received<br />
over two million euros from the Ministry of<br />
Industry, Tourism and Trade’s Avanza 2009<br />
R + D Sub-Programme, or the High Energy<br />
Efficiency and Low Consumption Industrial<br />
Dishwashing Projects and the New Line of<br />
Industrial Ovens with their own Electronic<br />
System, which obtained over 600,000 and<br />
870,000 euros respectively in the form of<br />
loans and subsidies as a result of the call<br />
by the CDTI (Centre for the Development<br />
of Industrial Technology) for Research and<br />
Development Projects. Another project, for<br />
TOGETHER WE EVOLVE<br />
cluding sector professionals, chefs, culinary<br />
and catering bloggers and the media. In the<br />
words of Peio Bengoetxea, Fagor Industrial’s<br />
Marketing Manager, “having reached the finalist<br />
stage when we were up against top<br />
international campaigns is the best proof that<br />
we have exceeded all our expectations”.<br />
http://www.fagorindustrial.com/blog/<br />
http://twitter.com/FagorIndustrial<br />
developing Versatile and Efficient Small-Sized<br />
Industrial Ovens, has benefited from a<br />
subsidy of almost 500,000 euros from the<br />
call by the Technology Fund of the National<br />
Inter-Company Cooperation (CIE).<br />
In addition to these we would also mention<br />
the projects for Compressor Replacement,<br />
New High Load Capacity Programmable<br />
Industrial Washer Extractors, the New Electronic<br />
Pan Washer with Water Spray Technology<br />
and the Development of Industrial<br />
Induction and Vitro-Ceramic Cookers, which<br />
have obtained aid in the form of loans and<br />
subsidies as a result of several calls connected<br />
with the development of innovation and<br />
energy efficiency projects. In short, outstanding<br />
work by a department whose in-house<br />
efforts have produced results essential for<br />
our image with respect to our partners and<br />
customers.<br />
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