• The company assembles front and rear axles for the automotive industry at its facility
• The production centre has 28,000 sq meters of manufacturing space, the capacity for 1.3 million assemblies per year and coordinates more than one hundred suppliers
• It is one of Sesé’s eight production sites worldwide and the most innovative in terms of technology
• The project represents a total investment of around 40 million euros

Zaragoza, 17 May 2023. Sesé’s production facility in Chattanooga (USA) celebrates its first anniversary and consolidates the company’s presence in North America. The plant has the capacity for 1.3 million assemblies per year, which translates into 325,000 vehicles per year. It represents an investment of around 40 million euros.

Sesé manages every phase of the entire supply chain for the automotive industry, including the assembly of all types of vehicle components and assemblies. The company assembles front and rear axles for electric and combustion vehicles at its plant in Chattanooga, which it supplies directly to the manufacturer just in sequence. Sesé has a team of over 400 people, coordinates more than 100 suppliers worldwide and manages more than 360 sub-components.

“This project has consolidated Sesé’s position as a strategic partner for the automotive industry and our ability to successfully execute a complete project from start to finish: from site identification, construction of the plant, design of production lines, installation of equipment, systems integration, commissioning, start-up testing and prototyping, to the first Series 0 deliveries”, saidSesé USA CEO Araceli Carrasco.

The most innovative and efficient plant

Sesé has eight production centres around the world where it carries out the complete assembly of any vehicle modules. Of those eight, the plant in the United States is the newest and most advanced in terms of innovation, technology and Industry 4.0. It has 28,000 sq meters of manufacturing space and four production lines in which 16 collaborative automated robots interact with 56 Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs).

In order to combine innovation with sustainability and maximum efficiency, all the company’s production plants also follow a plan to reduce the environmental impact of industrial activity. The plan includes high-efficiency machinery, process digitisation, use of recycled and recyclable raw materials, installation of photovoltaic panels for power at the plants and reuse of water used for cooling injection equipment to reduce overall consumption.

• It is now the most sustainable long-distance heavy goods vehicle in Spain and southern Europe
• It will travel 4,500 kilometres per week between Pamplona and Barcelona, and it will reduce the net CO2 emissions for each journey by up to 90%, thanks to the renewable fuel supplied by Repsol
• Sesé was already a pioneer, having implemented the first duotrailer in Spain in 2018

Zaragoza, 23^rd March 2023. Sesé, Repsol, Volkswagen Navarra and Scania are promoting the first duotrailer in Spain to be powered by renewable fuel that allows the net CO2 emissions for each journey to be reduced by up to 90%. This makes Sesé the first company to promote this type of vehicle in Spain and southern Europe, and reaffirms its commitment to the decarbonisation of goods transportation.

The vehicle will travel 4,500 kilometres a week in total between Pamplona and Barcelona, thus avoiding the emission of approximately 4,5 tonnes of CO2. So far, tests have been carried out on tractor units with a single semi-trailer using this advanced biofuel. These vehicles have travelled more than 550,000 kilometres over a period of months, demonstrating reliable results with no incidents.

The renewable fuel is produced from waste such as used vegetable oils, agricultural and forestry waste. It also has the sustainability certifications required by the European Union’s Renewable Energy Directive, and it meets all the technical requirements that guarantee its use in vehicles, without the need for any modifications.

Innovation and sustainability

Finding efficient, sustainable and innovative supply chain solutions is one of Sesé’s top priorities, as it seeks to become an emission neutral company by 2050. As part of this commitment, Sesé was a pioneer in introducing the duotrailer for the first time in Spain in 2018. This is the largest, most efficient goods distribution vehicle in Europe, with a total length of 31.7 metres, and two 13.60-metre trailers which also support intermodality with rail transport.

The duotrailer is a vehicle which is designed to travel on high-capacity roads, reducing the number of lorries travelling on conventional roads, where the highest accident rates are located. Sesé currently has 4 duotrailers in its fleet, which cover an average of 600,000 kilometres per year and reduce total emissions by 30%.

Scania has been working with renewable fuels in central and northern European countries for many years. Scania vehicles are equipped to use alternative fuels, and they are a real option for transportation. This project represents one more step towards Scania’s decarbonisation targets (Scania Science Based Targets), which include a commitment to a 20% reduction in the CO2 emissions produced by the vehicles it sells in 2025, compared to the CO2 emissions of the vehicles it sold in 2015.

• He will focus on ensuring sustained growth in financial results, as well as on the implementation and fulfilment of the company’s strategic plan, the main focuses of which are sustainability and technological innovation
• He reports to the CEO, Ángel Pueyo, and will participate on the Board of Directors, led by the Chairman, Alfonso Sesé

Zaragoza, 1^st of February 2023. Sergio Treviño has been appointed Sesé’s new General manager, a position he takes up immediately. In his position, Treviño will report to the company’s CEO, Ángel Pueyo, and will participate in the Board of Directors, headed by the Chairman, Alfonso Sesé.

The new General manager faces the challenge of ensuring the sustained growth of economic results, the consolidation of the company as a comprehensive supply chain manager, as well as implementing the strategic plan for the coming years focused on two fundamental pillars of development: sustainability and technological innovation.

“The impulse we want to give to the company’s strategic plan requires a reinforcement of the organisational structure, starting with the people. Sergio has extensive national and international experience, as well as experience leading teams, which will undoubtedly be key to ensuring the achievement of the objectives set”, said  Alfonso Sesé, Sesé’s Chairman.

Sergio Treviño joins Sesé after an extensive career spent mainly in Spain and France. He began his experience in Bilbao, holding different positions in companies such as Andersen Consulting, Saunier Duval and Vaillant. In 2008, he joined Fagor, where he held various international management positions such as Group Marketing Director and Director of the Cooking Division, until he was appointed CEO of the company in 2013. Between 2014 and 2017, he was CEO at Groupe Brandt (leading French manufacturer and distributor of cooking appliances), a company based in Paris, and since 2018 he was CEO of INVIFLAM (European leader in the manufacture and sale of biomass heating products) in Paris. Treviño holds an ESDEN MBA from the University of Deusto, a Master in Marketing and Sales from ESADE and speaks English, French and Italian.

When you are part of a company that puts its technical, material and human resources to help society in the most critical and decisive moments; when you belong to a company in which the ownership and management are committed to creating a Foundation whose purpose is to work and improve the quality of life of disadvantaged people… a smile is drawn on our faces, and a strong pride and a sense of belonging.

Given the difficult situation affecting Ukraine, Fundación and Grupo Sesé are carrying out the following actions as humanitarian aid:

• The first collaborations began with the families of our fellow Ukrainian drivers, who requested help to get their families out of Ukraine. From the start, the colleagues of Sesé Poland, Tadeusz and his team (from HR to drivers in their personal time), have made this possible: they go to the border  to pick up families and then they provide them with flats. They have already supported more than 15 families and they keep on with this work relentlessly.

• A group of 41 Ukrainians between the ages of 6 and 25, mostly orphaned children who have spent time with Aragonese foster families from the Association Asistencia a la Infancia, are trying to leave the country through the border with Poland. These children are meant to travel to Spain on a bus chartered by Grupo Sesé.

• Coordinated by the Aragón Government, we, Grupo Sesé, alongside with other logistics operators such as Carreras, Transportes Sata and Global Spedition, make available the transport to carry goods from a warehouse in Plaza with Fetraz.

• Relatives of our Ukrainian colleagues are also being offered to work in our closest operational units, such as the one in Holland, being able to transfer their family there as well.

• On the other hand, from our fleet, Grupo Sesé has been registered in Kearney Outreach, the international transport platform that connects Organizations and/or people who have goods they want to send to Ukraine with transport companies that offer their collaboration depending on their availability.

• Locally, Sesé is collaborating with several NGOs, such as Hambre Cero (La Fuerza del Corazón) and Asociación Sonrisas in order to transport food, blankets or sanitary products, assessing the needs constantly and always counting on the organization from fleet. This week two trucks will leave with aid; one of them from the NGO Hambre Cero that will arrive directly in Ukraine and another one with medicines from the NGO Open Verein will go from Germany to Ukraine.

• Constantly a multitude of requests arise. Currently they are being responded sending transport with humanitarian aid to Slovakia and Poland. There are also some more local requests from people who have gotten a huge amount of goods and don’t know how to send them to there, including requests and collaborations from our colleagues.

• Daily collects will be made in Ukrainian communities’s stores in Zaragoza and Grupo Sesé centers with the aim of collecting everything in our Mercazaragoza warehouse and, later, prepare the packages that will be sent to the refugee centers.

• Currently, due to the arrival of refugees in Romania, channels of collaboration with Sesé Romania are also being launched, led by Gabriel Nita.

From Grupo Sesé we want to thank all the people on our team who are involved in all lines of action, as well as the organizations that reach out to collaborate with them, helping us to do our bit.

GRUPO SESÉ announced a partnership with APL Logistics (“APLL”), a go-to global supply chain specialist for companies in the Automotive, Consumer, Industrials, and Retail sectors.

The two companies collaborate to address the growing demand for improved end-to-end supply chain visibility and innovative transportation offerings from origin to destination.

In a time of high volatility and disruption, companies must rapidly adapt their business models and supply chain ecosystems. Efficiency is critical and having unified visibility across the supply chain allows customers to operate efficiently, respond quickly to risks, make smarter business decisions.

This collaboration begins with a fruitful and successful project for an important global benchmark in the retail / textile sector. 
 
We have set up -from “0” in a record time-, a facility located in Amsterdam of more than 15,000 m2. From there, we will also serve clients from all over the continent. 

“This is an exciting opportunity for Grupo Sesé and APL Logistics to move forward into a new generation of supply chain management solutions. Our complimentary services and expertise will deliver a seamless experience across our customers‘ supply chains . Beyond Europe, this alliance will develop new services and business opportunities in Asia, North America and Latin America, where we have recently incorporated a great team “

Alfonso Sesé, President of Grupo Sesé

The partnership provides Grupo Sese customers with access to APLL’s global Order Management solutions and conversely provides best-in-class distribution and land-side services for APLL customers in Europe.

Grupo Sesé’s competitive strength lies in its ability to deliver holistic, innovative transportation offerings such as drones, the duo- and giga-trailers, platooning, and SMART driving. Freight Forwarding, Contract Logisitcs, Assembly Services or e-commerce solutions are among the array of solutions we offer, always under a strong decarbonization strategy.

The two companies have begun their partnership with a successful case study by implementing a distribution solution for a major apparel customer. The facility, located in the Netherlands, will service customers across Europe and take full advantage of the inbound integrations and processes of the “Grupo Sesé PLUS” solution and “APLL Order Management” solution.

Carlos is from Zaragoza, he has an extraordinary background as an industrial engineer and a MBA. He has extensive experience with more than 15 years in various in logistics and transport management positions ; in companies such as General Motors or GEFCO, where he has most recently served as 4PL director.

“I am confident that I can provide the team and the transport division with a model for the future, based on new technologies, that allows us to accompany our clients in their digital expansion and in the development of a sustainable environment. I’m happy for this opportunity and very grateful for having facilitated an orderly transfer with my predecessor, Álvaro Sarría. Without a doubt, it’s a luxury to have had Álvaro’s experience, from which the Corporate Commercial Management will benefit from now on”.

Carlos Giner

Carlos replaces Alvaro Sarría Santamera, who has been holding this position for the last 4 years and who will now perform the duties of corporate commercial director.

“Carlos is an excellent professional and an exceptional person whom we know from his previous positions of responsibility and who will surely achieve the objectives of service, quality, business and profitability of the corporate division of Transportation in Sesé. For me it’s a source of pride and It’s a personal satisfaction that Carlos is the one who replaces me in these functions; he has my full support and also that of the organization”

Álvaro Sarría

ECOVADIS PLATINUM, ONE MORE STEP IN THE SUSTAINABLE CAREER OF GRUPO SESÉ

Only 750 of 75,000 companies have achieved it: we are Platinum!

The international platform EcoVadis has just awarded the company Trans Sesé, a Grupo Sesé company, the Platinum medal for its initiatives in the area of ​​corporate social responsibility and its efforts in sustainability. It is the highest rating and is awarded to only 1% of the companies evaluated globally, 750 out of 75,000 companies from 160 countries around the world.

After the achievement of the Gold medal in 2020, this new recognition of the company’s sustainability strategy, as well as the excellent score in the Environment category, ratifies the organization’s commitment to the environment where it operates and confirms its leadership position in the sector thanks to the ambitious and robust Smart & Green decarbonisation strategy that works to become a CO2 neutral company by 2050.

EcoVadis is an international institute that offers independent qualifications in the field of social responsibility. The ratings are divided into four subject areas: environment, labor and human rights, ethics and sustainable purchasing. The institute is highly trusted by European car manufacturers.

Europa, the Americas, Africa and now Asia; Grupo Sesé starts up operations in Pakistán increase the number of countries in which we are active to 16.

In line with the corporate strategy and as part of our process of continued internationalisation we have taken a new step by starting up a new office: Sese Rahmani Pakistan, which will focus on logistics services and solutions.

The current infrastructure and experience of our partner RAHMANI with his company -specialized in customs clearance since 1968 in Pakistan-, together with our knowledge and experience, will place this group subsidiary as a global reference provider in the country.

Turnkey end-to-end solutions integrating the full supply chain from pick up at origin to delivery at final destination manly focussed on the automotive, retail, textile and consumer industries.

The activity in Pakistan has been started up as a result of an agreement reached with Premier Motors to launch a CKD operation at the new Volkswagen plant in Pakistan; where Grupo Sesé is going to be the logistics engineering provider. In the near future, industrial services and value-added pre-assemblies will be developed, as well as consulting and engineering solutions.

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GRUPO SESÉ DA SU PRIMER PASO EN ASIA

Europa, América, África y ahora Asia; Grupo Sesé se establece en Pakistán, logrando así estar presente en 16 países.

Como parte de del proceso de internacionalización de la compañía, y dentro nuestro plan estratégico, Grupo Sesé damos hoy un nuevo paso para desarrollar un conjunto de servicios y soluciones logísticas en nuestra nueva filial en Pakistán: Sese Rahmani Pakistan.

La infraestructura actual y experiencia de nuestro socio RAHMANI -con su empresa especializada en el despacho de aduanas desde 1968 en Pakistán-, junto con nuestro conocimiento y expertise, situarán a esta filial del grupo como proveedor global de referencia en el país.

Ofreciendo soluciones llave en mano “end to end”; integrando toda la cadena de suministro -desde la recogida en el origen hasta la entrega en el destino final-, tanto para el sector de la automoción como para el sector del retail, el textil y el de gran consumo en general.

Iniciamos ahora la actividad en este país a raíz de un acuerdo alcanzado con Premier Motors para poner en marcha una operación de CKD en la nueva planta de Volkswagen, en Pakistán; donde Grupo Sesé va a ser el proveedor de la ingeniería logística. En un futuro próximo se van a desarrollar servicios industriales y premontajes de valor añadido, así como soluciones de consultoría e ingeniería 

For the first time in Spain, two companies connect their facilities through drones that will guarantee the supply of “Just In Time” parts in just 15 minutes. This innovation will increase efficiency and allow greater flexibility in supply chains in the near future.

Grupo Sesé and SEAT are once again at the forefront of innovation, this time with a joint project that allows the supply through drones of components “Just In Time”, from the Sesé logistics center in Abrera to the factory of SEAT in Martorell, covering a distance of just over 2 kilometers.

Spain suffered in 2018 the lowest number of births in history. With the aim of increasing this index, and betting on family reconciliation, Grupo Sesé has become the first Baby Friendly company in the Spanish logistics sector, through an agreement signed by Ana Sesé, Vice President of Grupo Sesé and President of the Foundation Sesé, and Elena Gómez del Pozuelo, CEO of BebeDeParis.

Grupo Sesé shows its commitment to society through this support and with the incorporation of a series of measures that not only promote birth rates, but also guarantee labor improvements and quality of life for those who decide to expand their families.

Grupo Sesé thus becomes the first company in the logistics sector in Spain, and the first in Zaragoza, to join the Baby Friendly club of companies formed by Seat, Volkswagen, Sareb, Peppermoney, NorteHispana, Atlantic Copper, Azucarera, etc ..