20th anniversary of our alliance with IVECO

At Edison Next we are celebrating, since it is the 20th anniversary of the start of our company’s activity at Iveco Valladolid. At that time, the contract that extended the service that had begun in 2001 at Iveco Madrid had also been formalized.

From those distant days to the present, a period of continuous changes has passed that have modernized both the facilities and the processes of both companies. A complete transformation that has been witnessed by the fir tree located at the entrance to the factory, which has grown together with our alliance. A gift from Edison Next to Iveco, symbolizing joint growth.

The project began with 10 people who were subrogated from Iveco, headed by Félix Rodríguez, and who were initially joined by another 5. Currently, the project is made up of 17 people, who have been shaping the alliance from the beginning. This is the case of Marcos García, Miguel Ángel Carpintero and José Merino, who came from Iveco and; Alberto Prieto, Israel Alonso and Ángel Franco from Edison Next.

During these 20 years we have worn uniforms of all colors, we have experienced the change of logos and tools, we have “enjoyed” the changes from Coningas to SharePoint and, later, to the beloved ODOO. In addition to “surviving” all the transformation of tools until reaching the implementation of IRIS. And the fact is that we have experienced a complete metamorphosis in the IVECO factory that is nothing like the factory with which we undertook this journey in January 2002: the production lines are more ergonomic, automated, more modern, up-to-date…

Undoubtedly, the engine of change at Iveco has been its workforce and WCM (World Class Manufacturing), which has made this Valladolid factory one of the benchmarks with 73 points (gold level).

From Edison Next we have been participants in that change. We have been and continue to be that Global Energy Partner, which hand in hand and in parallel has been certified with the 9,001, 14,001, 18,001 and 50,001. We are responsible for the modernization of the facilities that at the beginning of the contract became the property of Edison Next. In this way, we have changed, for example, the compressor room completely, turning it into a much more efficient and reliable system, we have modernized the electrical, air conditioning and heating installations. We have also improved waste management by implementing selective collection from the point of origin (the production lines) and turning a problem into a source of income by selling plastics, wood and cardboard, among others.

Looking to the immediate future, our goal is to implement energy efficiency investments that allow both companies to grow, from changing facilities to more efficient ones, as well as installing solar panels that allow Iveco to benefit from self-consumption and reduce carbon footprint.