Month: November 2010

Getaria (Guipúzcoa) SPAIN, 18/10/2010

Luis Peña, the Technical Office manager, retires after 40 years dedicated to the design and development of Made in Indaux products. His co-workers at Indaux will see him off at a dinner on the 17th December to pay tribute to his personal and professional work over the years.

From the 1st January 2011 he will be substituted by Xabier Aginagalde, aged 41, who has 17 years of experience at the company as a product engineer, and who has taken part in key projects as BAAN implementation at the Technical Office or the first 5’s group.

Luis Peña, born in Renteria and living in Zarautz, initiated his professional career at the age of 14 at the Errenteria plant of the Niessen Company where he combined work and studies. He began at Indaux in 1971 at the age of 25 and started up the Technical Office under the direction of Miguel Ángel Rioja. He has lived through the evolution of the company, from the first workshop located beside the current Elkano restaurant, after that, the old factory located at Calle Herrerieta 16, to the 4 current production plants and the new location for the central headquarters in the San Prudencio neighbourhood, always located in Getaria.

Luis Peña has witnessed the technological transformation of the furniture components world, “specifically the fittings have evolved tremendously, each time with greater quality and automation. In this aspect, Indaux has been a pioneer in the fittings world in Spain; we have paid attention to the market demands and the new trends which have come from abroad”. This is clearly reflected in the Indaux range of products, which has gone from a catalogue of barely 14 pages in 1971 to a general catalogue of over 800 pages and 9 product families which includes around 5,000 references. “The first fittings manufactured were mail boxes locks and hidden hinges; little by little we expanded the offer. A key moment was the decision to start manufacturing sliders, and later drawers, with the “Indaux” model, I believe that was one of the most decisive changes for Indaux”.

Getaria (Guipúzcoa) SPAIN, 15/11/2010

From the 1st December, Xabier Noguera will begin a new phase at Indaux as the individual responsible for the Northern Europe area and all America. Xabier’s mission will be to create new collaboration agreements to expand and strengthen this important market. As it was already communicated, Jon Galardi will be in charge of maintaining and developing the markets in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Northern Africa.

Xabier Noguera tells of his feelings before this new challenge, “I am very excited about this new professional challenge at Indaux, which will allow me to work with clients all over America. The main objective in this phase is to consolidate our penetration strategy in the American market”.

Getaria (Guipúzcoa) SPAIN, 01/11/2010

Indaux did not miss its autumn engagement in Italy and exhibited its latest innovative products at the Sicam 2010 Fair which gets stronger each year. In this latest edition of the Italian auxiliary industry exhibition, which took place from the 20th to 23rd October, approximately a hundred international visitors passed by the Indaux stand, they were able to see the latest product proposals made by the company from Getaria first hand.

The “Atlas” mounting system which recently completed its offer with the incorporation of the new lower support and a new wall plate, captured the interest of those present; they could also review other furniture solution like the systems for sliding closets, “Junior-6” and “Sistema-4”, the “Vertikal” system for vertical doors and the double walled drawers “Europa-2” and “Attraction”, all equipped with the Indamatic soft-close. The Ø25 and Ø35 spiral cam assemblies also deserved special attention, a product on the increase patented by Indaux.