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"Be associated supposes to have first hand information on the sector"
Interview with David Ruiz Garzón, Secretary general of Anagrual, grouping business national public service cranes Alquiladores
Esther Güell / Laia Banús08/01/2009
January 8, 2009
Anagrual was founded in May 1983, fruit of the initiative of a group of businessmen from different communities, by the need to establish a series of agreements that would enable the rationalization of the activities of the rental of cranes, which was the common link. David Ruiz Garzón, Secretary general of the Association, explains what supposed to be associated to the companies in the sector.
Firstly, how many companies are part of your Association?
Anagrual is currently composed of 316 companies.
And to what area are you heading?
Our framework for action is all Spain. We have companies in the whole country.
What advantage does for a company being associated?
The have first-hand information on the sector; with the rules which applies it; changes in law that may affect them, as well as the road more quickly and directly to move the Administration both the problems of the sector and the necessary improvements. And all this added to a series of services and offers of suppliers Anagrual obtains for its clustered.
Anagrual brings together today to approximately 316 crane rental companies. In the image, a compact model of Palfinger.
At the moment, what financial advantages can the rental business sector provide?
In these times of economic crisis, but also in good times, the sector was obliged to work with dilatadísimos payment deadlines, leading in many cases to finance the work of our clients. Unfortunately we have the imposition, by one of our clients, the establishment of very long payment deadlines, reaching even the 210 days to be able to collect a work already done.
Finally, in the future, where it does that the sector will develop in the coming years?
Currently the most serious economic crisis that runs through Spain, and has no likely to end up before the end of next year, can lead to the sector to a concentration of companies. Perhaps the way of mergers is one of the solutions that will now look more widely as a means of averting the crisis.
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