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The environment is a key element in our quality of life. Its state has a direct impact on our health and, therefore, it is everyone’s task to preserve it. The proper use and exploitation of natural resources are fundamental, without forgetting that they are limited and that if we do not act from now, at some point they will run out of them. On the way to the development of new materials to reinforce the circular economy, ALFRAN offers its customers refractory solutions with a wide range of materials, made from recycled materials, coming from industrial waste, which contributes to sustainable development, without interfering in our quality standards and providing a great added value. With this gesture, we collaborate in reducing energy consumption and therefore in CO2 emissions on our planet.

As always, we are available to our customers, to offer them, as we have done for more than 100 years, our Solutions in High Industrial Temperature.

Alfran started its activities in Mexico in 2003, so for more than 15 years we have been offering our materials and services on high temperature solutions for major industries in Mexico, such as steel, non-ferrous metals, cement, lime, oil&gas and energy, among others.

Alfran Mexico offers solutions in refractory, fireproofing, thermal insulation and industrial painting, mainly, both for new construction projects, as well as maintenance. From our offices in Nuevo Leon and the State of Mexico, our commitment of exceptional customer service can be confirmed by companies as important as ArcelorMittal, WEG, Mexicana del Cobre, Cemex, Rebasa, Pemex or Iberdrola, to name a few.

In 2019, Alfran employed more than 200 workers in Mexico. It is the subsidiary with the largest number of employees in our entire Group of companies, which has other American subsidiaries in Brazil, Colombia and the United States of America.

Refractories will always be an essential and vital industry for the manufacture of countless products that are fundamental to our everyday life. At the same time, our top priority is, and always has been, the safety and well-being of our employees as well as the environment around us. Since the earliest stages of the COVID 19 threat, ALFRAN has been proactive in taking preventive measures, to guarantee the health and safety of all workers, by designing an Action and Contingency Plan with our Health and Safety department. This includes complying with all the recommendations and guidelines set by the World Health Organization (WHO), both in our facilities and outside them, favoring and prioritizing teleworking , in those activities that allows it.

At these times, as always, ALFRAN continues to be available to all our customers in all our locations, to provide, as we have done for over 100 years, “High Temperature Solutions”

• WRA COVID 19 Position Statement

Our Managing Director, José María Dominguez, informs us about the importance of the refractory materials for almost any basic industry and its consideration as an essential activity within strategic sectors such as power generation, oil&gas, food, incineration, copper, aluminum, steel, etc.

These sectors are involved in the conservation and maintenance of the critical infrastructure that ensures the production and distribution of essential services that is why the activities carried out by ALFRAN cannot be suspended despite the health emergency.

On 13^th December, the traditional Christmas lunch of Grupo Aldomer took place in Spain. It was held in Seville and was attended by employees from different parts of the world, as well as members of the Board of Directors. We spent a friendly day and enjoyed one more year, the fellowship and complicity that offers this annual meeting.

The Christmas lunch was the closing of our Annual Convention, a conference of project’s presentations and objectives that showed our work fulfilled and our coming expectations for the future.

During our Christmas lunch, we gave the prize for innovation and the health&safety prizes, being evaluated:

ATTITUDE in the compliance with the safety standards of Grupo Aldomer, as well as the safety rules and procedures in the plants where we develop our activity. COLLABORATION by detecting unsafe situations and reporting them. And CONTRIBUTION in safety improvements.