
Since they were first set up, all of Aciturri's industrial facilities have remained in the town where they were originally created or incorporated into the company: These locations include Miranda de Ebro (since 1977), Tres Cantos and Boecillo (since 2009), Alcalá de Guadaira (since 2010), and Getafe, Seville, Puerto Real, Puerto de Santa María, and São José dos Campos (Brazil) (since 2019), as well as Rochefort (France) (since 2022).
It also promotes economic activity and job creation beyond its own business. Examples of this are the initiatives developed in Miranda de Ebro, which are described in the following paragraphs.
Despite recent years being marked by international instability, rising raw material and energy prices, and supply chain difficulties, especially in the aeronautical industry, which continue to hinder the full recovery of demand and workload after the pandemic, the company is on a path of progressive recovery. For the third consecutive year, it has recorded a sales increase compared to the previous year, which impacts the environment.
Thus, no significant negative impacts, either actual or potential, on local communities have been identified.
1. Fundación Instituto Técnico Industrial
The Comprehensive Vocational Training Center operates in Miranda de Ebro and offers intermediate and advanced vocational training courses, as well as supply- and demand-driven employment training.
The center began its activity under the guidance of the Society of Jesus, but announced its closure in 1999, which could have consequences for a city with an industrial tradition. The closure would mean the loss of one of its main sources of professional training in industrial sectors and the only one in the machining sector. Faced with this situation, Ginés Clemente, founder and executive president of Aciturri, promoted the creation of a business foundation that includes Aciturri. The foundation's aim is to ensure the center's continuity. This made it possible to continue offering formal training while strengthening training and services for companies.
Since then, the ITI has been supplying companies in the area with qualified professionals, establishing itself as one of the region's leading training centers while maintaining and increasing the number of jobs at the center itself.
2. The Miranda de Ebro Technology Center (CTME)
The CTME is a technology center established in 1992 and supported by the nonprofit CTME Foundation.
The CTME Foundation comprises around 40 companies from the Miranda de Ebro area and is privately managed. Ginés Clemente is the president of the board of trustees.
The foundation's aim is to increase the competitiveness and technological development of local companies through R&D&I activities.
Aciturri has contributed to developing and consolidating a business sector at the center that includes a wide range of aerospace services and sells to Spain and other European countries.
3. Polo Positivo
Polo Positivo is an industrial project accelerator. It is an initiative launched by Fundación Caja de Burgos, Fundación Tomás Pascual y Pilar Gómez-Cuétara, Gonvarri, and Grupo Antolín. The companies Hiperbaric, Grupo Cropu, and Correa have also joined.
In 2024, the partners renewed their commitment to promoting industrial entrepreneurship in Burgos through the Impulso Pyme, IMÁN de ideas, and Desafío Industrial programs.
4. Family Business in the Classroom
Since 2018, Aciturri has participated in the Family-owned Business Association's initiative, which aims to reinforce business and entrepreneurship content in the curricula of sixth grade, third and fourth grade secondary school, and first year high school.
The program includes activities that facilitate direct contact between students and teachers with family businesses. The goal is to help students learn about the businesses' values and their role in the socioeconomic environment in which they operate. The program also aims to promote entrepreneurial and business vocations among young people.
In 2024, Aciturri collaborated with the project again through the participation of the company's president and founder, Ginés Clemente. He visited one of the participating schools and welcomed students to the company's facilities.
5. Formula Student
In 2024, Aciturri will continue its collaboration agreements with the Formula Student teams ARUS Andalucía Racing (University of Seville) and Formula Student Bizkaia (University of the Basque Country). This non-profit educational project's main objective is to promote training, talent, and employability by using active teaching methodologies in various engineering areas to design and manufacture Formula-type single-seater cars and compete with other European universities.
The Aciturri team supports the student teams in both cases during the development of the project by providing technical advice from company professionals, supplying materials and products, and allowing the use of its facilities for manufacturing various carbon fiber components.