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Kondia takes its history to go to the future
15/03/2002
It reaches its 50 anniversary overturned in new technologies
A technical, mechanical and electronic dictionary, a CD with songs of the countries to which exports, a sculpture and a meal of employees, retirees and distributors are only the story; the symptom that something is happening. And so, neither more nor less than 50 years manufacturing machines and 30,000 milling machines built turret they provide Kondia a 'plus' in the field of machine tools, an experience that your customers recognize when buying centres of machining or milling machines is.
In 1952, in the street Santa Ana of Elgoibar, Urbano Conde Isasi-Isasmendi decided to take advantage of his experience in the sector of the machine-tool and his learning in the School of Arts and Jobs to build the first fresadora in the recently premièred Kondia. A new company that knew to find his gap, and that has gone adapting to the technological tendencies until arriving to our times. After that first fresadora, the MK-1 that so many sweats cost by the need of those times of an integral manufacture of the machines, the times have changed. Definitely. But maybe it have not changed so much an elementary concept as it is the one to serve to the industry, looking for his profitability.
With this objective in the horizon, in the 1970s took a big step forward with the construction of the facilities of San Antolín, where it is still and where, a few years later, ended its progress in the field of numerical control with the presentation to the market of the first turret milling with this innovation: K-76-CNC.
And much of this historic route, at least in recent history, has been seen by many of its workers. This is an interesting peculiarity in Kondia and that gives an added value: a 40 per cent of the staff has more than 15 years old in the company, a continuity which eventually also benefit the customers of Kondia.
The first Center of machining of high speed of Kondia, model HS 1000 in 1997, has led to many subsequent innovations
Clear that the experience, if single, doesn't say much. One can be 50 years doing the same thing and not learn anything. No this is certainly the case of Kondia, is knowing which take half a century of experience to develop new machines of high speed and precision or five axle configurations, to cite some examples.
Precisely, Kondia built its first high speed machining center in 1997. It was the model HS 1000, has given way to multiple later innovations to occasionally perform very complex parts for which were previously required several processes. Kondia has adjusted its offer to the requirements of the various industrial sectors in every sense, i.e. not incorporating more of what customers need to not shoot costs or conducting real suits tailored to very specific issues.
All this is easy to say, but it requires a major effort in r + d Kondia has always valued and whose result is, for example, its latest development, the P60-V2. A centre of high precision machining, by the way, this year has won the design award organized by DZ during the BIEMH.
In its production plant in a room heated to Assembly of heads and of quality with three-dimensional measurement room, which performs the unitary check of the key elements of the machines, always with the objective of ensuring a long life of the equipment available.
Its position in the market requires a major effort in r + d whose result is, for example, its latest development, the P60-V2
The results of these 50 years and our commitment to the future are easily quantifiable: the 30,000 turret milling machines and 2,300 machining centres in the market might not tell it all, but certainly say a lot. And we're not only talking of Spanish companies. 60 Per cent of its production is destined for export, mainly to Europe, followed by America, Asia and Oceania, a situation which will be strengthened, especially in the Americas, due to the opening of the new factory of Kondia in Brazil, in the province of Sao Paulo.
Subcontractors, moldista and millwrights, companies that work for the automotive sector and aviation, but also centres of training, the medical industry, the textile, optics, jewellery... All of them probably know Kondia and many of them will have significantly improved their processes and their returns after acquiring this Gipuzkoan company teams.
5) METALUNIVERS March 2002
