Steel Processing
CINTAC
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The company has been expanding geographically in South America through different partnerships. This has allowed it to enter different sectors: agricultural, energy, construction, modular and road safety. Work that continues with greater strength and focus on markets as attractive as that of services to the mining sector. In this development, Cintac has managed to progressively advance from products to solutions that are increasingly closer and more suitable to its final customers.
General Manager interview
Javier Romeno
What are the priorities established by the Cintac Group?
In the Cintac Group, we closed 2019 with 303 thousand tons shipped and a 9.3% increase in sales income in Chile and Peru, compared to the previous year’s figures. Among our priorities are to improve these figures, through the consolidation of new businesses, and to continue with the acquisition process to gain a greater presence in Latin America.
It should be noted that in recent years the Cintac Group acquired three companies in Peru: Calaminon, with more than 50 years in the construction market and today focused on modular solutions; Signo Vial and Sehover, companies with more than 10 years of experience in signaling solutions and road improvement and maintenance; and Agrow, a leader in agricultural structuring systems, in Chile and Peru.
However, the contingency arising from the Covid-19 pandemic has generated new and several challenges for different sectors. Although it is too early to estimate a date for market reactivation, both in Chile and Peru, the company must be prepared to follow the level of activity in order to meet this new demand. Additionally, we will continue to move forward in our long-term strategy. In this context, consolidating the Group’s performance and incorporating new business units will continue to be a challenge for this year.
What were the main developments and events in 2019?
I would like to emphasize that from each of the subsidiaries incorporated to the Cintac Group we have received great human teams, people with great talent, with a constructive view and with a determined and enthusiastic way of tackling different projects and challenges.
The companies that are part of our Group have the responsibility to ensure the development of their activities without negatively affecting the environment and, mainly, taking care of the health and safety of those who are part of them. To this end, the legal requirements that apply in both areas are a basic obligation to be safeguarded. In the area of safety, we have developed different campaigns at a preventive level and each of our subsidiaries incorporates a series of programs in its safety plans. This has allowed us to lower our severity rate, which we welcome, but does not leave us in peace, as we aim to reach zero accident as our main challenge. Additionally, given the interest in contributing with more depth in environmental matters, we have developed some projects and implemented information campaigns that help to create awareness among our collaborators about how important it is to take care for the environment.
In the commercial field, we would like to positively highlight the efforts made by Calaminon, a subsidiary of the Cintac Group in Peru, by being awarded seven large modular projects during 2019 and thus reaching the sale of more than 100,000 m2. We also recognize the Tupemesa team, also in Peru, for moving forward in the development of its strategy and growth in the market, reaching its record sales in October 2019. On the other hand, Sehover and Signo Vial, one year after joining the Group, showed performances above expectations thanks to the permanent effort of their teams to visualize opportunities in tenders and make them concrete. Finally, we also highlight the generation of new business models and new alliances by the subsidiary Cintac SAIC, which aim to strengthen its position in the market as a leading company, with a recognized and renewed mix of products and innovative solutions.
Our performance on 2019
Corporate Governance and Ethics
33%
of female directors.
100%
of the directors
are independent.
0
complaints on the Integrity Channel.
We formalize the structure and role of the holding company.
Own workers and contractors
17%
of our own workers are women.
0
fatalities.
0
own workers with occupational diseases.
1.7
Frequency rate.
100%
of own workers under OHSAS 18001, ISO 9001 and
ISO 14001.
Environment
90%
reduction of particulate material emissions in the Maipú plant’s electricity generation equipment, thanks to the on line Filter.
4%
of the energy consumed comes from the 100,000 m2 of solar plants installed on our roofs.
0
environmental impact incidents.
Community
We launch new construction solutions that contribute to the environment and the quality of life of people.
Sales of modules with 3D technology, to facilitate the purchase of our products and solutions, were installed in retail rooms in Chile.
4,022
suppliers make up Cintac’s value chain. 760 of the suppliers in Chile are SMEs.
Steel Processing
TASA
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TASA is the first Argentinian company to manufacture steel pipes with seams. More than 100 years of history allow us to talk about quality assurance, based on a commitment that we constantly reaffirm until today.
General Manager’s Vision
Paula Poloni
What are the main trends and issues that are impacting TASA’s business?
Our business depends directly on the activity in the internal market of construction and public investment. Our products are traded at a dollar value; therefore, they are highly affected by changes in economic policies.
What are the priorities that TASA has set, and the main progress and developments in those priorities during 2019?
Tubos Argentinos is committed to provide the customer with an excellent service, with customized products and information services that integrate all areas. In this sense, additional equipment as well as drilling and cutting service providers have been developed to be able to add value to the product, meet the requirements of demanding customers who need large scale solutions.
In addition, a digital access was developed through a web page where the customer can manage all the information related to its interaction with all the sectors of the company. As a result of these actions, an improvement was detected in the Customer Satisfaction Survey.
Regarding Tubos Argentinos’ internal priorities, safety was defined as a strategic value, working on the infrastructure and training people. Visual inspections of tasks, housekeeping audits, training regarding unsafe actions, follow-up of improvement proposals, among other activities, are carried out. An in depth work is expected to be carried out with each production line to define the risk points and seek their management.
