IBERFOIL receives the largest oven ever built in Spain
IBERFOIL Aragón, the aluminum foil rolling mill, part of the Alibérico Group, received today at its factory located in Sabiñánigo (Huesca) the largest furnace ever built in Spain for the annealing of aluminum coils, which will form part of the new production line.
The furnace will be able to house up to four coils of aluminum with a total maximum weight of 46 tons. Its capacity is 30% higher than any other similar furnace that exists in Spain in this type of aluminum rolling process.
The design and construction of this kiln, first of the two contracted by IBERFOIL Aragón, has been carried out by the Madrid company HEA, specialized in the design and production of high technology components for the aeronautical industry, and its manufacture has materialized in Zaragoza by the company Rapa Caldedería and Montajes.
The transport from Zaragoza to Sabiñánigo of this voluminous piece of 10 meters long, 4.70 meters wide and 4 meters high, has been made in a special vehicle of 26 meters long, which has required the deployment of a special device Coordinated by the Traffic Police.
IBERFOIL is currently facing a process of expansion of its facilities, which involves an investment of 15 million euros, with an objective of tripling its total production capacity, which currently stands at 20,000 tons per year. IBERFOIL will add another 40,000 tons to its current capacity, reaching a total of 60,000 tons per year of finished product.
“The reception of this piece represents a milestone for our company, which faces the final stretch of the enlargement process, and confirms the good rates of regeneration of industrial and economic activity in Spain,” says Clemente González Soler, president of IBERFOIL Aragón and the Alibérico Group.
IBERFOIL Aragón is part of Alibérico, the first Spanish private group and the first European family group manufacturer of semi-processed aluminum products, with a strategy based on the development of its own technology, a wide range of premium products and brands. It currently has factories on 4 continents and sells its products in more than 70 countries, in sectors as diverse as food, packaging, construction, transportation, industry and renewable energy.
