KIDE (a Mondragon Group company) Details

Founded in 1975, KIDE is a multinational company specializing in the manufacture and sale of refrigeration equipment. The headquarter was established in Bellatorua, Spain. After more than 35 years of development, its subsidiaries and offices in 17 countries around the world.

Basic Introduction Company Name :KIDE Foreign Name :KIDE Headquarter Location :Belia Tua, Spain Founded : 1975 Business Scope :Manufacture and sales of refrigeration equipment Annual Turnover :3,499.000,000 Employees KIDE Profile,Group Profile,Development History,KIDE CHINA,KIDE QUALITY,PRODUCTS,PRODUCTS FEATURES,SOCIETY Responsibility, Introduction of KIDE KIDE is located in the Jiangnan water town city Kunshan, which is one of the top 100 counties in China, between Suzhou and Shanghai. KIDE is a Spanish enterprise specializing in the design and manufacture of refrigeration equipment, and its headquarter is located in the city of Berriatua, Spain, and it is a subordinate enterprise of the largest cooperative group in Europe, the Spanish Mondragon Group (MONDRAGON). Cody has 35 years of refrigeration technology and experience in design, development and production. All products are designed and manufactured by Cody, but also renowned for its excellent innovation ability, with its exquisite production technology and excellent product quality, the products cover Europe, as well as North America, South America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and other countries. This makes every year IKK & CHILLVENTA, the international refrigeration exhibition in Germany, Cody products will become one of the highlights of the exhibition. Cody modularized cold storage unit installation can provide customers with maximum economic benefits. Kide is one of the world's top 500 Mondragon group subordinate enterprises, Mondragon is Europe's largest cooperative group, since the beginning of 2004, by the Kunshan along the Shanghai industrial zone adjacent to Shanghai's superior geographic environment, the group's subordinate enterprises one after another stationed in Kunshan along the Shanghai industrial zone of the Spanish industrial parks, in 2007 there has been a total registered capital of 150 million U.S. dollars of the project settled in, the production area involves medical devices, the The production areas include medical devices, refrigeration (Kide), home appliances (Fagor), bicycles and electronics. The Group currently employs 104,000 people and generated sales of 32.84 billion euros in 2007 and 33.499 billion euros in 2008. Group Profile Cody is a subsidiary of the Mondragon Group, a small town in the Basque Country of Spain. Today the town is famous for the success of its joint-stock partnerships. Mondragon Consolidated Company (MCC) is the seventh largest group in Spain and the first labor cooperative in the world, and most of the company's employees are co-owners. The founder of MCC, Don Joseph María Omarche, now 80 years old, founded the cooperative that is today called Mondragon Consolidated 50 years ago in his hometown of Mondragon, together with four of his boyhood friends. "Mondragon" is a mountainous town in the Basque Country in northern Spain, named after a mountain that is always covered by a band of foggy clouds (MONDRAGON means "Dragon Mountain".) In February 1941, the founders of the Mondragon Cooperative, Jose Mafia Arizmende, were born in the town of Mondragon. In February 1941, Jose Mafia Arizmendiarrieta, the founder of the Mondragon Cooperative, came to the town to promote the idea of a cooperative economy, and in 1943, he founded the Mondragon Technical School to train human resources for the development of cooperatives. 1956, five young engineers*** who graduated from this school, together initiated the establishment of the first industrial cooperative in the area. Since then, one industrial cooperative after another has been born. In order to finance the needs and improve the scientific and technological level of the cooperatives, in 1959 and 1974, the cooperative nature of the Caja Laboral Labor Bank and the Ikerlan Technical Research Center were set up successively. 1991, in order to adapt to the competitive environment of the unified market in Europe, the region's many cooperatives were united to form the Mondragon United Companies (MONDRAGON). CORPOILACION COOPERATIVA (hereinafter referred to as MCC). At present, MCC has developed into an inter-sectoral cooperative association of more than 120 cooperatives in industry, agriculture and agro-processing, commerce, finance, education and training, scientific research and information, and services. The company consists of three sub-groups: Finance, Industry and Distribution, and in 2004, MCC's global turnover amounted to 19.141 billion euros, making it the largest cooperative group in Europe and the world. Mondragón Group History In 1974, after a study of the local economy by Caja Laboral, a subsidiary of the Mondragón Group in Spain, Javier Alcorta and six other people created Kide S. COOP under the conception of José María 0rmaetxea, one of the group's founders. In 1975 the People's Labor Bank (Caja Laboral) decides to purchase 56,000 square meters of land in the Gardotza Industrial Park in the city of Belliato, 20,000 square meters of which are to be used for the construction of the Kide factory. 1975 Cody becomes a joint stock company with an initial 15 shareholders and Javier Alcorta as the first chairman. 1980 Cody's entry into the international market begins with the successful export of its products to France, Algeria and Cuba, and its first participation in an international exhibition, the International Food and Beverage Fair in Barcelona. 1983 Orders were received from Auchan and Eroski supermarkets. 1987 Completion of the effective investment in the production system and the revision of the sales strategy. Employees as shareholders. Cody became one of the fastest growing companies in terms of sales and trade within the Mondragon Group. 1995 Cody purchased new land for factory expansion, invested in production resources and designed an up-to-date production line to further develop the market for large industrial cold storage. In 2000 Cody made an important reform to adapt to the market, Cody developed modular cold storage and supporting refrigeration units, automated production lines, so that Cody can achieve delivery within 48 hours in the European region. In 2007, RCS KIDE, KD's Indian plant, was established to meet the needs of the Asian market. In 2008, Cody invested 10% of its earnings in various social sectors: Education (27%), Basque Language and Culture (25%), Mondragon Social Responsibility Fund (20%), University of Mondragon (10%), Lea-Artibai Region Development (10%), Cultural Creation (4%), NGOs (2%), Social Organizations and Institutions (1%), Sports (1%). Sports (1%). In 2009 KUNSHAN KEDI, a Chinese factory located in Mondragon Industrial Park in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, was established to provide better services to the Asia-Pacific market. Offices: Portugal Office France Office Germany Office Russia Office Cuba Office Mexico Office India Office China Office North-West Office Central Office Catalonia Office Balearic Islands Office Canary Islands Office Western Andalusia Office Eastern Andalusia Office Levante Office Cody China 2007 The first four enterprises invested by Mondragon Consolidated Company (M CC) started production at the same time; then three factories joined in the second phase of the industrial park; Fagor Home Appliances was built; KIDE was stationed in Kunshan along the Shanghai industrial zone; in 2008, MCC had 3,000 employees in China; on October 25th, 2009, the Investment Briefing by the Spanish Chamber of Commerce of Kunshan Along the Shanghai Industrial Park and the unveiling of the plaque of the Mondragon Industrial Park by the Spanish Chamber of Commerce were held. Mondragon Industrial Park inauguration ceremony was held in Qiandeng Town. Shen Baoming, Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, Vice Mayor Han Wei, Vice Chairman of the Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Zhu Yuming, as well as Carlos Pascual Pons, Commercial Consul of the Consulate of Spain in Shanghai, Santiago Díez, President of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce, Miren Madinabeitia, Chief Representative of the Basque Office in Shanghai, and Jose Ignacio Otto, Vice President of the Mondragón Industrial Group in Spain, attended the event. Miren Madinabeitia, Chief Representative of the Spanish Basque *** Office in Shanghai, Jose Ignacio Otano, Vice President of the Spanish Mondragon Industrial Group, attended the ceremony. Cody Quality ISO 14001/2007: Cody is the first European company in this field. European CE certification, European AENOR certification, ISO9001 certification, ISO14001 certification, European Center for Science and Technology in Building CSTB certification, food grade safety certification for warehouse panels. Products ●Commercial Refrigeration Units ●Industrial Refrigeration Units ●Industrial Coldroom Panels ●Coldroom Doors ●Modular Coldroom Cody refrigeration units, designed and developed by a team of designers and engineers from Spain, use European production technology and are compact one-piece units that are easy and quick to install. The elaborate system design also makes the maintenance of the units easy, fast and safe. Modular cold storage can be installed quickly, saving 20% of manpower and time, greatly reducing the labor cost of cold storage installation. Product features Monoblock The monoblock unit is designed as an integrated unit with compressor, chiller, valves, thermostat, etc. There are two types of monoblock, Wall-mounted monoblock and Ceiling-mounted monoblock, the purpose of which is to provide a simple, fast and safe post maintenance. mounted monoblock), the purpose is to adapt to a variety of site installation conditions. Configuration: ●Surface spraying and anticorrosion treatment on the outer cover of the unit; ●High-efficiency heat exchanger with internally threaded copper tubes and aluminum fins; ●Forced convection evaporation system, as well as perfect defrosting and water collection system; ●Fully-automatic condensation temperature control system; ●Fully-integrated multifunctional electronic control system; ●Synchronized control system for the unit; ●Remote control system for the unit. SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY In line with the objectives of Cody and Mondragon Group, energy efficiency will always be one of our main values. Cody was the first European company to obtain ISO 14000 and will remain a leader in responsible production and optimization of energy consumption. Social responsibility is part of the company's management and development, and in 2008 Cody invested 10% of its earnings in various areas of society: ● Education (27%) ● Basque language and culture (25%) ● Mondragon Social Responsibility Fund (20%) ● University of Mondragon (10%) ● Development of the Lea-Artibai region (10%) ● Cultural creation (4%) ● NGOs Relief (2%) ●Social organizations institutional support (1% ) ●Sports (1%).