Interview to Pablo Martín, director of Asefave
18 January 2012
According to recent data of Promotion, in the last year has finalised the construction of little more than 140.000 houses, figure very move# away to which gave in Spain in full boom inmobiliario. In which measure is affecting this fall to his sector?
The fall of the volume of edificación has a direct incidence in all the sector of manufacturers of products of construction, with what ours associated are seeing deeply affected by these low figures. Only a reaction in the sector of the reform and rehabilitation could paliar, in some measure, this brusque descent.
It thinks that this fall has touched already bottom? It considers that it can have a mejoría in 2012?
Unfortunately, any prediction has gone seeing surpassed negatively by the reality. At the beginning of the crisis, situated the start of the recovery for 2010, afterwards demoró for the 2011 and now already speaks of the 2013.
With the official data, possibly the 2012 was something worse that the 2011, but moderating the descent in relation to previous years.
Of course, for our sector, the start of the recovery no intuye in the next twelve months.
It supposes the edificación no residential a road of leakage for the sector of the light faã§ades and windows? Neither it saves of the crisis this activity?
Although the descents in the edificación no residential, up to now, have not been so brusque as in the house, also have produced . The situation of financial crisis is global and no encircled to some products.
Even can be worse the 2012 that other years for this subsector since, in good measure, is very tied to initiatives by part of the Public Administration, that is tackling important budgetary cuts.
Which level of internationalisation have reached already the Spanish manufacturers of light faã§ades and windows?
Given the intrinsic conditions of the Spanish market during several years, characterised by a high volume of work, our sector, formed mostly by microempresas, did not feel the need to look to the outside.
In the current moment, even the small companies are orienting to the international exit, with which, to global level, the internationalisation is an asignatura pending to surpass.
In which countries or regions of the world are attaining the Spanish companies a greater implantation?
By geographic vicinity, in our European surroundings, mainly Portugal, France, Italy, and in minor measured Germany, United Kingdom and some east countries. And on the other hand, the north of Africa, fundamentally Morocco.
By cultural affinity, Latin America, mainly Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Argentina, but seeing with interest markets in Panama, Peru and Colombia.
Nevertheless, also there are cases of companies working in the Africa Subsahariana, in Extreme Orient or in the Gulf Pérsico.
Specifically for the construction with ventilated faã§ades, what material are employing mostly in Spain?
For the main structure use mostly metallic systems (aluminium and steel). Regarding the revestimiento, the solutions are very wide:
- Aplacados pétreos: stone, fibrocemento, concrete polymer…
- Aplacados with metallic ironinging: profiles with steel galvanised, lacado and stainless, aluminium anodizado and lacado, cinc, copper…
- Revestimiento with meshes of steel.
- Wooden conglomerates.
- Glasses.
- Material plastics.
Like association very engaged with the fair Veteco, how presents the next edition of this living room?
Knowing that the conditions are difficult for all, Veteco 2012 presents again like the most important appointment for the sector, encouraging in showing be the ideal forum for dinamizar the situation, dumping in the rehabilitation and the internationalisation, but without forgetting the new work that, although scarce, in occasions seems to forget that exists.
Besides, this next edition engloba inside the I International Week of the Construction of Madrid, with which expects that it have still greater power of announcement for the visitors.
To finish, could give us some data on Asefave? When it was cream the association? What last attainments would like him stand out?
Asefave Constituted in 1977, with what reaches his 35 years of existence. And regarding the most important attainment, already from his foundation, is to have achieved be the reference of the sector so much to internal level like outside. His representativeness is recognised and sued so much by the Administrations as by other organisms and associations. Likewise, it is recognised to international level by his belonging to the European Federation Facef and by his relations with homologous associations in Latin America.
Definitely the most important challenge is, in the current moment, be a tool more to disposal of the associated that it help them in his day in day out.
