ledsC4 has been recognized as the company Positive Industry of the Year, for being the one that best represents all the values of the movement Positive Industry, which champions the need to put industry at the center and contribute to an industrially sustainable future. The president of amec, Pere Relates, and the CEO of ICEX, Maria Pena, have delivered the recognition during the Positive Industry Day, which has brought together companies and the industrial ecosystem in the modernist Sant Pau site, in Barcelona.
amec celebrates for the first time the Positive Industry Day and the delivery of these recognitions, which are awarded by a jury made up of high-level people, to the companies that best represent the values of the Positive Industry movement, which defends a solid and diversified economy, in which the industry is recognized as one of the agents with the greatest power of social and economic transformation. "The only industry that is sustainable, adapts, wants to anticipate, is willing to collaborate and is capable of glocalizing represents the positive industry", explained the president of amec, Pere Relats. Through this event and the award ceremony, amec wants to contribute to the implementation of these values in the community of industrial companies. The jury for this first edition of the awards is made up of the founder and CEO of Stage2, Oriol Pascual; the executive director of B LAB Spain, Pablo Sánchez; the general director of UNE, Javier García; the professor at ESCI-UPF Pelayo Corella; and the CEO of amec, Joan Tristany.
"Thank you for this recognition, we are very committed to the values of the Positive Industry, our activity generates an impact on society and the planet and is the result of many years of work", he thanked Jordi Rocasalbas on behalf of Leds C4. This activity, which was born as a small professional workshop in Torà (Lleida) designing forging, was a pioneer in incorporating LED devices, many years ahead of its use and compared to the big competitors. Now "as specialists in intelligent and connected lighting, which provides very valuable data, we began a career in digitization some time ago and very soon realized that it had to do completely with circularity", indicated Rocasalbas, who in addition to acting with Always keeping sustainability in mind in its strategy, it has highlighted the company's commitment to each territory in which it is established.
In addition to the main recognition for the Positive Industry Company of the Year, LedsC4 and Hiperbaric have received recognition for the companies that best represent the value of Glocalization. EV Charge and Ausa have received recognition for Anticipation; Genebre and Bio-Fil for Sustainability; and VEGA Chargers and Exel Fil the recognition of the Collaboration.
Claims of middle market companies
In front of an audience made up of companies and the industrial ecosystem, the Positive Industry Day has also served to amec Raise the problems that companies must overcome in their glocalization strategies. "A tribute must be paid to our foreign sector, which has shown a very strong capacity for adaptation and resilience in the context of the convulsions experienced since 2020," said the CEO of ICEX, María Peña. Sustainability, digitization and the new data economy are the new challenges for the industry, according to Peña, who has highlighted the great presence of the Spanish company in the American continent and Europe and the need to get closer to Asia.
The CEO of amec, Joan Tristany, has highlighted the feeling of "loneliness" that leading companies in their niche have at a global level, which, due to being larger than a large part of SMEs but smaller than large companies, are often excluded from numerous initiatives promoted by the administrations. "Yes, they are innovative, sustainable companies that use all the levers of competitiveness, and are left out in various aspects, as we saw with the Next Generation Funds", confirmed Peña, who has shown his support and has attributed part of the problem to the environment. of the European Union: "From ICEX we are working on it and we will accompany you in this task of lobbying the Ministry (of Industry and Economy) and the European Union", he stated. The executive committee of amec has subsequently shared a lunch with the CEO of ICEX.
First Awards to the Positive Industry
Special recognition for the Positive Industry Company of the Year
ledsC4: for his example of positive progress, through the adoption of the new 5 competitiveness factors. The first is his ability to adaptability It is no coincidence: it has created a new design and innovation center specialized in the retail and office segments, and with a focus on efficient lighting solutions. Omnichannel allows you to adapt communication to each sales channel, and your digital transformation project is designed for the company's adaptation to the increasingly volatile and changing environment.
As for the sustainability, highlights its holistic treatment within the strategic plan and prepares a sustainability report under the GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) standards. In 2022 EcoVadis awarded them the gold medal in sustainability, placing them in the top 5% of companies with the best score among 90.000 companies analyzed from 160 countries and 200 sectors. It has invested 1,7 million euros in a project to achieve more sustainable and quality light for people. Its packaging has evolved and more than half of its products are now easily segregated and recyclable.
Likewise, LedsC4 collaborate with a large number of companies in the manufacture of products, in addition to collaborating with the entire value chain to become fully sustainable. Collaboration with its clients is fundamental and for this reason it has developed an application to standardize and make integration with their systems more flexible.
Knowing the importance of to anticipate, its strategic plan includes initiatives focused on anticipating future market needs and reinforcing, in order to make things more agile, aspects such as the development of local suppliers, digitization, innovation and sustainability. A concrete example has been the pre-Covid reading of a possible world crisis that has had a response in the increase in stock, being able to respond to the market during the restrictions stage.
And finally, LedsC4 is a great example of glocalization. The awareness that being a highly internationalized company, proximity to the market and adaptation to its specific characteristics is increasingly essential, has led them to seek formulas that allow them to maintain open, fluid and practical communication in each market.
The company has established its own subsidiaries in various markets (Germany, UK, Poland, EmiratesAU, Singapore, China, South Africa, USA, Colombia and Peru). It has its own staff in France and Belgium. It has developed collaborations with local agencies in Australia, Mexico, Chile and the Netherlands, as well as a Customer Service that allows you to assist you in your own language.
Recognition of GLOCALIZATION
ledsC4 e hyperbaric.
Recognition of ANTICIPATION
Technic y Ausa.
Recognition of ADAPTABILITY
Ramon Soler y circontrol.
Recognition of SUSTAINABILITY
genebre y Bio Phil.
Acknowledgment of COLLABORATION
Vega Charges y Excel File.
