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The Minister of Labor visits COPRECI
Published on 2020-10-08
The head of the Ministry of Labour and Social Economy of the Spanish government, Yolanda Díaz, visits the Copreci co-operative as part of the tour to get to know the MONDRAGON Corporation.
Her journey through the Co-operative Experience started at 10:00 with a visit to the plant that Copreci - a co-operative devoted to the design and manufacture of domestic appliance components - has in Aretxabaleta (Gipuzkoa).
The minister was accompanied by Denis Itxaso, the Government's delegate in the Basque Country, and by Maravillas Espín, the Director General for Autonomous Work in the Social Economy and Corporate Social Responsibility. At Copreci they were received by Iñigo Ucín, President of MONDRAGON; Javier Oleaga, Vice-president of the Components Division; and Kuireka Etxebarria and Imanol Oleaga, President and Managing Director of the co-operative, respectively.
The Minister said that "Copreci is a valuable experience that reflects the potential of the Social Economy in promoting technological innovation in the industrial field.” ”