Feature 5 | MEDITERRANEAN GHENOVA evolves with AVEVA Marine
Spanish engineering company GHENOVA Ingeniería has opened up new opportunities in Brazil through the capabilities of AVEVA Marine
says that it has seized opportunities in the high-growth markets of Latin America. A key project enabling them to establish a strong position in this market is the design of a fleet of LPG tankers for Transpetro, using AVEVA Marine. Ignacio Grau, GHENOVA’s head of
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marketing and communication, says that Europe, especially the naval sector, has been GHENOVA’s core market since the company’s foundation. Several projects signed in Brazil, both for naval engineering and energy, are now expanding the company’s client base. “For us, expansion into Latin America was the natural choice,” explained Julián Fontela, GHENOVA’s manager of business development. Te depressed shipping market following
the slump in 2008 especially impacted GHENOVA’s customer base in Europe and
An engineer works on a design in AVEVA Marine at global head offices in Seville, Spain. Photographs courtesy of GHENOVA
in the naval sector; the company recognised the need to pursue new opportunities in high-growth markets. “Our main office in Latin America is in
Brazil, and from there we are orchestrating our expansion into the rest of Latin America,” Julián explained. “Projects executed from the Brazilian office are of strategic importance for us, because each one demonstrates both the high quality of our work and our long-term commitment to our customers in the region as a whole. Tis strategy really represents a key ingredient for the growth of the company.” In September 2011, a year after
GHENOVA first entered Brazil, the company signed a €7 million (US$8.7 million) contract with the STX Promar shipyard (now Vard, part of the Fincantieri group) to carry out the engineering of eight LPG tankers for Transpetro, a subsidiary of Petrobras.
Julián Fontela, GHENOVA’s Manager of Business Development, and Ignacio Grau, GHENOVA’s Head of Marketing and Communication.
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o mitigate the shipping industry’s contraction, Spanish engineering company GHENOVA Ingeniería
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