{"id":25295,"date":"2017-09-21T08:15:03","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T08:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prosertek.comblog\/celebration-of-proserteks-25th-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2017-09-21T08:15:03","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T08:15:03","slug":"celebration-of-proserteks-25th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prosertek.com\/blog\/celebration-of-proserteks-25th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebration of Prosertek\u2019s 25th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Friday 15 September, <strong>Prosertek&#8217;s celebration of its 25th anniversary<\/strong> took place, with an event where we recalled the company&#8217;s origins and its evolution.<\/p>\n<p>On the 24th floor of the Iberdrola Tower, with <strong>Gorka Elorrieta<\/strong>, our Technical Director, as event presenter and conductor, we enjoyed listening to the company&#8217;s founders, the General Manager and a surprise guest, <strong>Emilio Dur\u00f3<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Speeches and acknowledgements<\/h2>\n<p>Firstly, <strong>Carlos Lasfuentes<\/strong>, President of Prosertek, took the microphone. He recalled how, when he was 56, he decided to take a sharp turn in his professional career and found the company with his son, <strong>I\u00f1aki Lasfuentes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19827\" src=\"https:\/\/prosertek.comwp-content\/uploads\/carlos-lasfuentes2.jpg\" alt=\"Carlos Lasfuentes, Presidente de Prosertek\" width=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prosertek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/carlos-lasfuentes2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/prosertek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/carlos-lasfuentes2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prosertek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/carlos-lasfuentes2-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And so Prosertek was born in 1992, as an <strong>elastomer-based fender manufacturing company<\/strong>, whose work centre at the time was a flat in Portugalete. Since these modest origins, Prosertek has obtained <strong>clients in 30 countries<\/strong>, and in addition to facilities in Biscay, it has <strong>headquarters in Miami<\/strong>, from whence it provides service to the entire American continent (which is 30% of the company&#8217;s invoicing).<\/p>\n<p>After the President&#8217;s speech, his son and co-founder of Prosertek, I\u00f1aki Lasfuentes, took the floor. He currently holds the position of Managing Director. I\u00f1aki recalled that <strong>Prosertek never stops looking to the future<\/strong>, so it needs motivated employees, a market that appreciates its knowledge and experience, an ideal social environment and a network of external collaborators that are committed and professional. As of today, all of these conditions are met, so Prosertek&#8217;s future as a <strong>living, dynamic and emerging project<\/strong> seems guaranteed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19831\" src=\"https:\/\/prosertek.comwp-content\/uploads\/inaki-lasfuentes.jpg\" alt=\"I\u00f1aki Lasfuentes, Consejero Delegado de Prosertek\" width=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prosertek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inaki-lasfuentes.jpg 800w, https:\/\/prosertek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inaki-lasfuentes-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prosertek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inaki-lasfuentes-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The next speech was made by <strong>Ricardo Hernani<\/strong>, Prosertek&#8217;s General Manager, who spoke to us about values. He commented that, after 25 years, the day-to-day fades into anecdotes, while what truly leaves a mark, what remains as a memory, are the <strong>values<\/strong> that brought us here: the <strong>passion<\/strong> of those who started the business and the <strong>perseverance<\/strong> of those who work here every day.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19832\" src=\"https:\/\/prosertek.comwp-content\/uploads\/ricardo-hernani.jpg\" alt=\"Ricardo Hernani, Director General de Prosertek\" width=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prosertek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ricardo-hernani.jpg 800w, https:\/\/prosertek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ricardo-hernani-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prosertek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ricardo-hernani-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Following, an <strong>award was given to employees<\/strong> who have worked for over 15 years at the company since, as stated by Gorka Elorrieta, they are, they have been, and they will be the foundation and pillars of the organisation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19830\" src=\"https:\/\/prosertek.comwp-content\/uploads\/entrega-premios.jpg\" alt=\"Entrega de premios a los trabajadores de Prosertek\" width=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prosertek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/entrega-premios.jpg 800w, https:\/\/prosertek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/entrega-premios-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prosertek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/entrega-premios-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After the round of talks and acknowledgements, we were fortunate enough to listen to an excellent communicator, <strong>Emilio Dur\u00f3<\/strong>, consultant, adviser and trainer for companies. He <strong>spoke to us of passion, happiness and success<\/strong>. His speech certainly enthused and moved all attendees.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19829\" src=\"https:\/\/prosertek.comwp-content\/uploads\/emilio-duro.jpg\" alt=\"Emilio Dur\u00f3\" width=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prosertek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/emilio-duro.jpg 800w, https:\/\/prosertek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/emilio-duro-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prosertek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/emilio-duro-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Final events<\/h2>\n<p>After these speeches, we enjoyed a cocktail in a relaxed, festive setting. To end such a special day, we went to Portugalete, to see <strong>La Jarrillera, the trainera that Prosertek sponsors, and the Portugalete Rowing Club&#8217;s facilities<\/strong>, where the most daring could test how our rowers train.<\/p>\n<p>And thus came to an end this festive, emotive and motivating day, reminding us where we came from and giving us strength to continue 25 more years (at least).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Friday 15 September, Prosertek&#8217;s celebration of its 25th anniversary took place, with an event where we recalled the company&#8217;s origins and its evolution. On the 24th floor of the Iberdrola Tower, with Gorka Elorrieta, our Technical Director, as event presenter and conductor, we enjoyed listening to the company&#8217;s founders, the General Manager and a surprise guest, Emilio Dur\u00f3. Speeches and acknowledgements Firstly, Carlos Lasfuentes, President of Prosertek, took the microphone. He recalled how, when he was 56, he decided to take a sharp turn in his professional career and found the company with his son, I\u00f1aki Lasfuentes. And so Prosertek was born in 1992, as an elastomer-based fender manufacturing company, whose work centre at the time was a flat in Portugalete. Since these modest origins, Prosertek has obtained clients in 30 countries, and in addition to facilities in Biscay, it has headquarters in Miami, from whence it provides service to the entire American continent (which is 30% of the company&#8217;s invoicing). After the President&#8217;s speech, his son and co-founder of Prosertek, I\u00f1aki Lasfuentes, took the floor. He currently holds the position of Managing Director. I\u00f1aki recalled that Prosertek never stops looking to the future, so it needs motivated employees, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23623,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-new"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prosertek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prosertek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prosertek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prosertek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prosertek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prosertek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prosertek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prosertek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prosertek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prosertek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}