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abstracts ฀฀฀NEWS ROLSER฀ RECEIVES THE฀PEPE฀MIRALLES฀AWARD Last฀year,฀on฀9฀December,฀Cadena฀Ser฀Denia held฀the฀36th฀José฀Marsal฀Caballero฀awards ceremony,฀ and฀ this฀ year฀ the฀ Pepe฀ Miralles Special฀ Prize฀ was฀ awarded฀ to฀ Rolser.฀ The panel฀ placed฀ special฀ emphasis฀ on฀ «its฀ 50th anniversary฀ of฀ progress฀ and฀ constant innovation;฀ the฀ company฀ currently฀ having embarked฀ on฀ an฀ internationalization฀ process in฀which฀ it฀exports฀ to฀more฀ than฀60฀countries worldwide».฀ Joan฀ Server,฀ surrounded฀ by฀ the rest฀ of฀ his฀ family,฀ wished฀ to฀ express฀ his฀ gratitude฀ for฀ this฀ award, which฀ has฀ rounded฀ off฀ an฀ important฀ year฀ for฀ the฀ company,฀ which began฀with฀a฀ trip฀ to฀ Ibiza฀with฀all฀ the฀workers฀ to฀commemorate฀ the 50th฀anniversary,฀the฀multitudinous฀party฀held฀in฀the฀factory฀and฀the fact฀of฀being฀speakers฀at฀the฀Pedreguer฀festivities. A฀CAPITAL฀ INVESTMENT฀FIRM BUYS฀THE฀ARAGONESE฀COMPANY,฀ARAVEN GED,฀a฀Private฀Equity฀group฀operating฀in฀the฀middle฀market฀segment, has฀acquired฀90%฀of฀Araven฀in฀an฀operation฀that฀has฀also฀involved the฀ investor,฀ Oquendo,฀ which฀ takes฀ a฀minority฀ stake฀ in฀ the฀ share capital฀and฀contributes฀resources฀in฀the฀form฀of฀mezzanine฀debt. The฀sellers฀are฀Ibercaja฀(which฀was฀the฀majority฀shareholder฀of฀the Aragonese฀company),฀Capital฀Innovación฀y฀Crecimiento฀and฀A฀Capital Activos฀Empresariales฀(regional฀investment฀companies),฀companies acquired฀by฀Araven฀S.L.฀in฀2006.฀The฀operation฀has฀taken฀place฀after the฀ objectives฀ of฀ the฀ investment฀ have฀ been฀ achieved,฀ in฀ terms฀ of both฀profitability฀and฀compliance฀with฀the฀company’s฀strategic฀plan, based฀on฀internationalization฀and฀the฀launching฀of฀new฀products. Araven฀closed฀ the฀ financial฀year฀2016฀having฀exceeded฀ its฀ targets, with฀a฀turnover฀of฀22.3฀million฀Euros.฀At฀present,฀72%฀of฀its฀revenues are฀generated฀outside฀Spain฀(compared฀to฀45%฀in฀2007).฀It฀exports its฀production฀to฀70฀countries฀worldwide. PEPE฀ RODRÍGUEZ AND฀BERTÍN฀OSBORNE, AMBASSADORS฀OF฀BERGNER This฀ year,฀ Bergner฀ has฀ two฀ outstanding ambassadors฀who฀complement฀each฀other perfectly:฀ the฀ 1-Michelin฀ star฀ chef฀ and member฀ of฀ the฀ MasterChef฀ panel,฀ Pepe Rodriguez,฀ and฀ the฀ television฀ host฀ and singer,฀Bertín฀Osborne. This฀is฀the฀third฀year฀running฀in฀which฀Pepe Rodríguez฀ and฀ Bergner฀ collaborate฀ with each฀other,฀weaving฀an฀alliance฀based฀on trust฀ and฀ professionalism.฀ Rodríguez’s very฀ personal฀ style฀ of฀ cooking฀ in฀ which creativity,฀ technique฀ and฀ tradition฀ merge in฀ perfect฀ harmony฀ has฀ been decisive฀in฀Bergner’s฀decision฀to continue฀ collaborating฀ with฀ «a chef฀of฀his฀stature».฀The฀novelty this฀ year฀ comes฀ in฀ the฀ form฀ of television฀ host฀ and฀ singer, Bertín฀Osborne,฀one฀of฀the฀most charismatic฀and฀popular฀figures of฀ the฀ small฀ screen฀ and฀ the music฀scene. ADI฀AND฀FAGOR฀SIGN A฀COLLABORATION฀AGREEMENT ARC฀ Distribución฀ Ibérica฀ (ADI),฀ a฀ distribution฀ subsidiary฀ of฀ the French฀group,฀ARC,฀has฀concluded฀a฀collaboration฀agreement฀for the฀ development฀ of฀ different฀ categories฀ of฀ kitchenware฀ products with฀Fagor,฀a฀company฀of฀Spanish฀origin฀with฀more฀than฀60฀years’ experience฀in฀the฀sector฀and฀recognized฀prestige฀in฀the฀market. In฀the฀ADI฀portfolio,฀Fagor฀(which฀has฀been฀part฀of฀the฀CNA฀Group since฀ autumn฀ 2014)฀ represents฀ a฀ guarantee฀ for฀ its฀ customers฀ in the฀ form฀ of฀ high฀ quality฀ products฀ that฀meet฀ the฀ demands฀ of฀ new lifestyles฀at฀an฀affordable฀price.฀With฀ its฀slogan฀«Experts฀ in฀you», the฀Fagor฀brand฀reinforces฀its฀commitment฀to฀consumers฀«because more฀ important฀ than฀ what฀ we฀ do,฀ it฀ is฀ who฀ we฀ do฀ it฀ for».฀And, nowadays,฀ in฀ the฀ general฀ public’s฀ purchasing฀ decision-making process,฀ top฀ brands฀ such฀ as฀ Fagor฀ offer฀ the฀ consumer฀ reliability and฀security. MARKETS COOKWARE: NEW฀ CONCEPTS Heat฀ conduction,฀ adaptation฀ to different฀sources฀of฀energy,฀efficiency, safety฀ and฀ ergonomics฀ of฀ handles, strength,฀ durabi l i ty฀ and฀ di fferent materials฀ are฀ the฀ focus฀ of฀ current฀ research฀in฀the฀field฀of฀cookware,฀which฀is also฀ concerned฀ about฀ health฀ and฀ the฀ environment.฀ Handles฀ and lids฀are฀also฀a฀major฀aspect฀of฀the฀new฀features฀that฀have฀recently been฀presented. CUTLERY, A฀DIVERSIFYING฀MARKET The฀cutlery฀industry฀is฀firmly฀rooted฀in the฀ Spanish฀ and฀ European฀ industrial tradition.฀ This฀ can฀ be฀ seen฀ in฀ the associative฀ force฀ of฀ the฀ Albacete companies,฀the฀main฀hub฀of฀production in฀Spain;฀but฀also,฀for฀example,฀in฀the union฀ of฀ the฀ French฀ cutlers฀ of฀ the 64฀-฀menaje

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