Fraternidad-Muprespa participates in Valeo Prevention Week, at its headquarters in Martos
Fraternidad-Muprespa, Mutual Collaborator with Social Security, participated this Tuesday in a day framed within the Prevention Week of Valeo, a French parent company supplier to the automotive sector, which manufactures automotive signaling and lighting products (projectors and lights), with more than 3,000 direct workers and as many indirect workers.
The event of this mutual company took place in the Jaén town of Martos, specifically in the assembly hall of the Andaltec Foundation, in turn a mutual company of Fraternidad-Muprespa. It is a Technology Center that offers R&D&I project development services and specialized training to improve business competitiveness.
The event was attended by the Territorial Delegate of the Employment, Economy and Business Area of the Junta de Andalucía in Jaén,Francisco Joaquín Martínez, the Provincial Director of the Jaén Occupational Risk Prevention Center,Manuel Soriano, the manager of ANDALTEC,José María Navarro, the Territorial Director of Fraternidad-Muprespa in Andalusia and the Canary Islands,Sonia Medrano, the Provincial Director of Fraternidad-Muprespa in Jaén,Angel Gilabert, the General Director of VALEO in Martos,Manuel Sanchez, the Vice President of the VALEO Group,Fernando Dinnis, and a large part of the members of the VALEO Martos Management Committee.
Natalia Fdez. Laviada, deputy general director of Prevention, Quality and Communication at
He reported, as an example, that the company's involvement is reciprocated by the involvement of the workers in especially sensitive moments, such as when a Valeo warehouse suffered a fire outbreak years ago and neighbors and relatives of employees as volunteers contributed by helping to extinguish the fire at the company headquarters, which is essential for the economy of the area and where members of different generations of local families have worked.
Fdez. Valeo's commitment to its workers is evident in the retention of talent, which allows for increasingly solvent professional profiles.
Finally, he highlighted that there is still a long way to go in the field of risk prevention to avoid deaths related to work activity. “There is a lot of work to do in terms of the preventive culture in the company,” he stated.
