“Synergas S. Coop. It will take advantage of synergies to give a more integral service”

The cooperative ferreteras Iruña and Unife have merged , giving place to Synergas S. Coop., a new cooperative that initiated his career the day 1 January with the aim to cover the needs of his partners in Basque Country, Navarra, Soria, Boroughs and Cantabria. “We transfer to Synergas this philosophy of work and of company that characterises us in Iruña and Unife: seriousness, rigour and work”, affirms to Interempresas José Miguel Aranceta, manager of Unife.

That to do of the need virtue. The two cooperatives had arrived to the conclusion that it was necessary to optimise costs in some surroundings recesivo.

Undoubtedly. Also the crises contribute positive consequences. The collaboration always is good, however, think that there are cooperations that split with more advantage that others. What nearer are the “philosophies” of company, greater will be the probability of success. The recent history of the sector also speaks alas of failures in processes of collaboration.

The vision of company that marks our geographic location. I think that, with all our defects and virtues, Iruña and Unife transfer to Synergas this philosophy of work and of company that characterises us: seriousness, rigour, work and, why no, sometimes an excess of introversion and of fear to that see us “” too much.

Although the process is not closed in this appearance, think that all the current partners have given samples to want to form part of the new project. Another thing is that all fulfil with the conditions that the statutes of Synergas demand.

In principle, yes. Always we have thought that the growth only is worth it if it benefits to the partner. Synergas Has to be half and no end. If necessary rebasar our natural field to obtain improvements for our partners will do it. But if no, no. We will not grow only so that the cooperative was bigger. If we can not ensure a good service will not bet by rebasar our traditional geographic field. Although, specifically in the case of Unife, the profile of partner has been the one of a little dependent supply of the warehouse distributor. Claro that it is not the same to have little dependency of the central warehouse to lack he, especially in a situation of crisis like the current in which the partners see forced to minimise his stocks.

In principle, in the geographic areas that cover: Basque Country, Navarra, Soria, Boroughs and Cantabria.

As it could not be of another form, with representation of both cooperatives in the first mandate, although Jose Luis Ollo, of Ironingingmongery Irigaray and current president of Unife, will be it of Synergas. We will explain also with Rafael Zubiría, president of Iruña, in the vicepresidencia of the new cooperative.

Yes, although we pretend to take advantage of synergies to give a more integral service.

Like this is, although the need to do coincide the change with the natural year has prevented us do a reflection of elder calado for racionalizar the mission and the mesh of both warehouses.

Yes, of course. Also in Iruña gave this circumstance although the weight of the industrial was lower. Now we have a potential elder to satisfy to all the profiles of business that exist in the breast of the cooperative. In any case and on the industrial profile would like us develop a subámbito specific inside NCC to answer to these needs. Already there are contacts to this end with cooperatives of NCC.

Specific tools to improve the competitiveness of our industrial and professional supplies; negotiations with providers that by his specificity do not find still in the surroundings of performance of NCC; experience in management of quality; suitable available supports…

Safe. The enlargement of the community will do it viable and, as I have said previously, are had to collaborate with other cooperatives of NCC to achieve this end.

Maybe without NCC there had not been fusion. It is in the head office where have known us and have begun to collaborate. It is necessary to recognise that both cooperative had lived too much time of backs the one of the another.

Of the business ferretero in general, survive to the surroundings recesivo, so much to the decrease of sales as to the restriction of the credits. From the experience of Unife, can say that there are partners that have survived thanks to the financial effort of the cooperative and why not to say it, to a greater exhibition of this to the risk although with the limitations that our statutes or regulations establish. Sometimes, by the expense of the mental health and tranquility of the advisers.

Answer to the new European formulas of distribution verticalizada that is appearing in our subsector. Many of which have surprised by some decisions of Unife on incompatibilities of his partners will begin to understand them. Alas, the need of activity of purchase does that this type of behaviours are tolerated by the cooperatives. But this is 'bread for today and hunger for morning'. In the near future some will agree that they have called us 'Quijotes'.

Fundamental. In time in which the wages are constreñidos, the minimum that demands him to a company is that it keep some safe labour surroundings. It is to satisfy to the that comes in calling the 'internal customer'. The obtaining of the certification OHSAS18001 in labour hygiene and especially the back delivery of the prize Xcellens have been, personally, two of the milestones of my professional career of which prouder seat me. I think that we showed that the preventive surroundings is possible in a small company and without big investments in the matter. This yes, requires of the participation of the staff and the leadership of the steering.

Do that the machinery of the cooperative see the less affected possible by the process of change (integration of staff and forms of management) and that all the partners find comfortable in the new surroundings (integration of customers). With this would conform me.