Relatorio de gestao_2010_INGLES.indd - Efacec

2008
• Establishment of two Joint Ventures (JV) for the production of
Medium Voltage on a worldwide scale, with the Indian group C&S –
Control and Switchgear, one of the four largest Indian groups in the
fi eld of Low Voltage.
• Inauguration of a second manufacturing unit of Bauen Efacec in
Argentina, in July 2008. This new unit, along with the fi rst one that
was inaugurated in July 2007, are part of a worldwide network that
manufactures and distributes High and Medium Voltage Switchgear
components to the several Efacec assembly centers around the
world.
• Performance, in September 2008, of the fi rst stone ceremony for
the construction of the new Power Transformers factory located
in Effi ngham, in the State of Georgia (USA). This project, which
amounted to nearly USD 180 million, will create up to 600 jobs by
2015.
•On the 30th of September 2008, the Board of Directors rectifi ed its
decision to classify India as one of Efacec’s priority markets. So,
within the organization of the Group, it will be referred to as the
Market Unit of India, joining the 6 regions previously mentioned.
• Creation of a contracting JV – Efacec Contracting Central Europe
GmbH – with headquarters in Viena (Austria). The JV performs
business activities in High Voltage projects for the markets of Central
and South Europe, including the Mediterranean region.
• At the start of 2008, a signifi cant corporate change in the Human
Resources Management area (HRM) was made. Two teams were
created: a Strategic HRM team exclusively dedicated to establishing
global HRM policies, management of Graduates, management of
talent and global management of international HR; and another
operational HRM team basically dedicated to global administrative
management, management of Professionals and work relations.
• Implementation of a vast Cultural Change project based on four
essential pillars: efaINmotion (aimed at the company’s Graduates);
efaEvolution (aimed at the company’s Professionals); 1st Efacec
International Meeting; and efaPI, with the purpose of adopting the
English language as the company’s offi cial language.
• Efacec was the fi rst Portuguese company chosen by IEEE (Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers) to be visited by 250 individuals,
in the scope of the annual Power Transformers Committee of IEEE/
PES.
• Launch of the “Piloto Colombo Efacec” programme, with the purpose
of encouraging the creation and implementation of ideas to promote
the increase of productivity.
• RDI certifi cation awarded by APCER, in accordance with Portuguese
standard NP4457:2007, to the Switchgear Business Unit.
• Efacec was the only Portuguese company to participate in the ESA –
European Space Agency project to provide the fi rst ever Electronic
Instrument to be completely developed and manufactured in
Portugal. The equipment was qualifi ed by both ESA and NASA, and
began fl ying in space at the start of 2008, in the loading bay of SPACE
SHUTTLE – ATLANTIS.
• Offi cial sponsorship of the inauguration ceremony of the new particle
accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) of the European
Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN). Efacec took part in this
project since the LHC began to be developed.
• Tribute to engineers Guilherme Ricca Gonçalves and Rui Gilberto
Sabino Marques, who were awarded by the City Council of Matosinhos
with the Medal of Honour and the title of Honorary Citizen of the
City of Matosinhos. The ceremony took place at Efacec’s facilities in
Arroteia, since the company decided to fully endorse this tribute.
• On the 3rd of December, their excellencies the Portuguese President
Mr. Aníbal Cavaco Silva and the Prime Minister of Economy and
Innovation, Mr. Manuel Pinho visited Efacec’s facilities in Arroteia
with the purpose of inaugurating the expansion of this Hub’s power
transformers production unit. This expansion of the transformers
production capacity entailed an investment of about EUR 30 million,
with the contribution of national and community funds of nearly EUR
7.5 million.
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