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InCom Group awarded as Best Rated Provider
INCOM GROUP AWARDED BY TPI COMPOSITES AS BEST RATED PROVIDER IN LEAN ADVANTAGE SOLUTIONS OF THE YEAR
InCom Group has been awarded by TPI Composites as the Best Rated Provider in Lean Advantage Solutions. TPI Composites is one of the leading global companies in the manufacturing of wind turbine blades and advanced composite materials. This award highlights the crucial role of InCom Group as a strategic provider in promoting sustainability and innovation in the renewable energy sector.
The collaboration between InCom Group and TPI Composites has been a fundamental pillar in the development of projects aimed not only at improving operational efficiency but also at achieving ambitious sustainability goals. Since the beginning of their partnership, InCom Group has provided invaluable expertise and strategic solutions that have enabled TPI Composites to advance its sustainability initiatives.
This award reflects the importance of InCom Group’s strategic solutions in the wind industry: helping our clients address environmental challenges and achieve higher levels of sustainability. None of this would be possible without the dedication of every InCom Group member involved in project management and development alongside our clients. It is thanks to this commitment that InCom has received this recognition.
InCom Group is moving toward a sustainable future and continues to establish itself as a key provider in the industry. Their mission is focused on developing solutions that enhance sustainability in its clients’ projects. The company is committed to constant innovation and process improvement to meet the challenges of a rapidly evolving sector.
This recognition not only celebrates InCom Group’s past achievements but also reinforces its commitment to continue offering solutions; which make a difference in the renewable energy industry, as well as in the other sectors InCom provides support to: marine, mobility, and industrial. InCom Group, not only promotes innovation, but also sustainability globally.
InCom Group new distribution agreement
We’re very happy of announcing a new commercial deal. Incom Group has signed a collaboration agreement with Global Composites, a distribution company for composite materials.
EThrough said agreement, Global Composites will market and distribute pre-engineered fiberglass reinforcement components, structural cores and materials for resin infusion that INCOM will develop and manufacture, as well as associated engineering and technical assistance services to the shipbuilding industry. In this way, Global Composites will be able to offer sustainable and cost-effective technical solutions, providing more complete and integrated services to its customers in this sector.
Carlos Vidal, Founder of INCOM, highlights “Although the development and supply of composite materials kits has historically been our main objective, technical and supply chain solutions have come to occupy a prominent place in our portfolio, giving rise to a whole new variety of products designed to create added value for our customers.
Luis Azorín, general director of INCOM, states: “I am totally convinced of the synergy that we can contribute between both companies to the existing value chain, and where this combination of both commercial and technical resources from InCom and Global Composites, together with a strong belief in offering an efficient service to our customers, will ensure that we succeed in projects and opportunities that are more difficult to access separately, in sectors full of many challenges and where we are forced to adapt in an agile and competitive way”
Rafael Mellado, managing director and CEO of Global Composites, considers that “a company like INCOM with which we share the same values is key to the successful development of this collaboration. We know the markets, we offer high value-added products and services that our customers appreciate, and now we have the opportunity to expand our portfolio by incorporating more products and services of high quality”.
InCom Group ha estado presente en el desarrollo del Foro Económico Marruecos-España
InCom Group has been present at the development of the Morocco-Spain Economic Forum, organized in Rabat by the Spanish and Moroccan Business Confederations, with the presence of representatives of the business fabric implemented or with direct interests in Morocco and the assistance of senior members of both governments with the president of the Spanish government and the head of the Moroccan government at the head.
At the same time, there was active participation in the working breakfast with the Official Spanish Chambers of Commerce in Morocco (Casablanca and Tangier) in Rabat, with the participation of the President and the General Director of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce, Vice President of the CEOE and International CEOE President and Directors of the Economic and Commercial Offices of Spain in Morocco. These events took place during the XII session of the RAN (High Level Meeting) Morocco -Spain, with the presence of an important Spanish delegation and various members of the Moroccan government, marked for the signing of some twenty agreements between the two countries. This meeting is held eight years after the last session and is part of the framework of the strategic association and the new dynamics experienced by relations between the two countries.
TECNOCOMP PROJECT LAUNCH
On August 4, the launch meeting of the “TECNOCOMP” project (Research and development of composites with high technical performance and differentiating aesthetics) took place in which INGENIERIA DE COMPUESTOS (INCOM) participates together with the companies FRANCOTEX and NATURTEX.
These composite materials would have direct application in the habitat sector, especially the contract sector, forming part of wall and floor coverings, furniture, separating elements, etc. inside public spaces.
INCOM, who will act as project leader, participates as an expert in engineering and manufacturing of “composites” while NATURTEX and FRANCOTEX will be in charge of the development of all the textile and chemical parts respectively to guarantee good compatibility between the materials that make up the composite. final and guarantee that it has the final properties sought, these are; great aesthetic value, structural resistance and fire retardant properties.
The project, which will have an estimated duration of 20 months, will be executed during the 2021-22 years and will be financed by the Valencian Innovation Agency within the Consolidation of the Business Value Chain program, with a total budget of 688,736.89 €.
WITH THE AIM OF AGENCIA VALENCIANA DE INNOVACIÓN
The project “INVESTIGATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE COMPOSITES AND DIFFERENTIATING AESTHETICS” of INGENIERÍA DE COMPUESTOS, S.L. With file number INNCAD / 2021/115, it has been the beneficiary of a grant granted by the Valencian Agency for Innovation – AVI, through the aid program in terms of strengthening and development of the Valencian Innovation System for the improvement of the production model for fiscal year 2021-2023
InCom finaliza con éxito Proyecto ROBOTICELL
INGENIERIA DE COMPUESTOS SL completes the project “New concept of robotic cell for processing multimaterial structural nuclei” co-financed by CDTI.
The company INGENIERIA DE COMPUESTOS has concluded the project “New concept of robotic cell for the processing of multimaterial structural cores”, with the acronym ROBOTICELL, thanks to the help of the Center for Industrial Technological Development (CDTI) of the Ministry of Industry, Economy and Competitiveness, co-financed by the European Union (ERDF Funds) through the Operational Program for Smart Growth (2014-2020).
This project began in March 2019, when the R&D staff, in their quest for research, set themselves the goal of becoming a leading company at the national level in terms of preform manufacturing technology, developing a new concept of robotic cell for the processing of structural cores. In this way, they have taken a strategic leap by expanding the range of products.
After 21 months of work at the Elda plant and a CDTI contribution of € 1,223,237.55, the company has managed to successfully complete the technological challenge.
InCom expands productive capacity in the UK with the support of COFIDES
InCom Group, designer and manufacturer of composite materials for the production of aeolian blades, will strengthen its position in the United Kingdom with the expansion of the productive capacity of its affiliate in the UK. COFIDES has allocated Euros 750,000, debited to FIEX, as a co-investment loan to the specialised company InCom Composite Engineering UK Ltd.
Counting the contribution from Spain's development finance institution, total investment in the project is Euro 1.1 million. The specialised company will use the financing for equipment, machinery and working capital.
GROWING MARKET
The UK market for wind power is in a growth phase and expectations are that the trend will continue over the next few years. Robust customer demand, therefore, requires the company to expand its facilities and develop a new production line in a new plant that will be operational by end-2019.
This project will mainly impact Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 12 (Responsible Production and Consumption) and 13 (Action for the Climate) since the InCom Group is implementing a system of nearby supplier selection and approval that aims to gradually reduce its carbon footprint. Moreover, the company produces materials ultimately destined for the production of renewable energy and the consequently reduced consumption of fossil fuel.
COFIDES President José Luis Curbelo underscored the Spanish company's commitment to innovation as the supplier to the main manufacturers of windmill blades and turbines. "For COFIDES, it is very important to support projects that enable the reduction of greenhouse gases and contribute to the global energy transition that is needed if the goals of the Paris Agreement and the SDG are to be met."
InCom CFO Rodrigo Gómez acknowledges the importance of this financing for the future of the Group and asserts that "the expansion of our productive capacity in the UK will allow us to continue to grow and take advantage of the opportunity for strong development that Spain is promoting, with a clear bet on wind energy. We accept this new challenge with a sense of commitment and responsibility, but also with the desire to stimulate the use of renewable sources of energy and sustainable consumption, both socially responsible values that define the InCom Group".
With headquarters in Elda (Alicante), Spain, the InCom Group is made up of three companies dedicated to the engineering, design and manufacture of composite materials to produce aeolian blades. The Group offers just-in-time service with a global reach that includes three production centres (Spain, UK and Poland), production joint ventures to which it provides support in China and India, as well as a consignment warehouse in the United States. The Group has a workforce of 900 and sells 75% of production in international markets.
World's longest wind turbine blade is already a reality
LM Wind Power has recently manufactured the world’s first wind turbine blade beyond 100 meters.
Just a few weeks ago, LM Windpower announced that its first 107-meter blade did its first trip outside the facilities at their factory in Cherbourg, France.
Being one of the biggest single-components ever built, the 107-meter blade is set to capture the wind for GE’s Haliade-X 12 MW offshore wind turbine, the world’s most powerful wind turbine to date.
At InCom Group we are all proud of being part of this ambitious and stunning project.
Photo credit: Manche Drones Production / LM Wind Power
Source: https://www.lmwindpower.com/en/stories-and-press/stories/news-from-lm-places/107-meter-blade-emerges-from-cherbourg-factory
GE presents the nacelle of its Haliade-X 12 MW, the world's most powerful wind turbine
GE Renewable Energy has presented a few days ago the first nacelle that will be sent from France to the Netherlands in the coming weeks, where its components will be assembled in the Haliade-X 12 MW prototype to be tested there.
This initial phase is designed to allow GE Renewable Energy to obtain the necessary data to receive its type of certification, a key component before marketing the product in 2021.
«The presentation of the first 12 MW Haliade-X gondola in Saint-Nazaire is the beginning of a new key phase in our ongoing commitment to structure the offshore wind turbine segment. This project clearly reflects our ability to invest and innovate, supporting our clients in an ultra-competitive market in exponential growth. Thanks to Haliade-X 12 MW, we are proud to prepare for the future of the marine wind industry in Saint-Nazaire, a reference site for the production of international offshore wind projects», said Jérôme Pécresse, CEO of GE Renewable Energy.
The Saint-Nazaire production plant manufactures marine wind turbine generators and gondolas and has already assembled more than 80 Haliade 150-6MW wind turbines since its opening in December 2014.
The market-leading 12 MW Haliade-X gondola and 107 meter long blades will allow GE Renewable Energy customers to generate more energy. With a rotor of 220 m and a height of 260 m, the turbine can generate 67 GWh in annual gross energy, providing enough clean energy to power 16,000 European homes and save up to 42 million metric tons of CO2, which is the equivalent of emissions generated by 9,000 vehicles in a single year.
InCom Group expands into larger premises in Andover
Multinational composite kitting and engineering specialist InCom Group is to move its UK operation to larger premises in Andover to accommodate continued expansion.
The company will relocate from its current base in Crown Way, on the Walworth Industrial Estate, to a dedicated 28,499 sq ft facility at North Way on the nearby Walworth Business Park, Andover.
Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) and Stratfords Commercial secured the new tenant on behalf of the landlord, M7 Real Estate. Avison Young acted for Incom.
InCom Group, established in 1997, specialises in the engineering, design and manufacture of composite kits for the wind blade industry. It has operations in Spain, Poland, the UK, China and India. The new premises will be used for production, warehousing and distribution, employing 40 staff.
Dan Rawlings, Senior Surveyor – Industrial at the south coast offices of LSH, said: “InCom Group is a world leader in its field and a superb example of the high calibre of business that thrives and grows in the area.”
Alex Lee, Business Development Manager of InCom UK says, ‘We are very excited about InCom’s expansion into the new premises and are pleased to commit our long-term future to Walworth Industrial Estate.’
InCom Group has joined APQP4Wind
APQP4Wind is a common quality assurance methodology for the global wind industry, which helps companies reduce risk and lower the costs of poor quality.
We are proud of announcing that InCom Group is adopting the APQP4Wind process by getting three of our employees certified as APQP4Wind Specialist, on behalf of our three major subsidiaries: Spain (Headquarters), Poland and UK.
APQP4Wind aims to make the process of product quality assurance demands (APQP) as well as the product release process (PPAP) as clear as possible.
The standards made available in APQ4Wind have been created to substitute company-specific procedures and set aligned methods and procedures for all suppliers and subsuppliers nationally and internationally.
You can read more about our Quality Policy here