Ikusi
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| IKUSI - Ángel Iglesias S.A | |
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| Type | International Group |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Headquarters | Donostia-San Sebastián,Spain |
| Employees | 750 (2008) |
| Website | www.ikusi.com |
IKUSI - Ángel Iglesias S.A is a globally focused business group in the Basque Country, Spain.is a key player in providing technological solutions in the communications and electronics field. Its business project is based on lasting and mutual confidence with customers, employees, shareholders and suppliers, and society, and on the sound values underlying the company’s operations since it started trading over 50 years ago. Apart from working throughout Spain, IKUSI is now an established player on the international scene.
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[edit] History
The company's philosophy has remained unchanged throughout its history. In 1949, Ángel Iglesias, the company’s founder and current CEO, began the industrial activities where the significant willpower, effort and entrepreneurial spirit shown has resulted in today’s IKUSI. At that time, Spanish households were receiving the first television signals and household appliances had just begun to appear. These were business opportunities that the new company made the most of, thanks to the far-sightedness of its founder and its enthusiastic groundbreaking team of workers.
In the 60s, the company consolidated its corporate status and embarked on a growth process where Technology and Communications were the main driving forces behind the operations, thanks to a state-of-the-art R&D&I Department, set up in 1964. The following years, and until the end of the 80s, IKUSI diversified its operations and began to work on security technologies, public information systems, remote control equipment for cranes, tele-meter systems for household energy consumption and other services. Cutting edge technologies were incorporated and the diversification of products and services intensified. This has continued to be IKUSI’s modus operandi up to the present day. The company’s growth engine has been the R&D&i departments, which developed the first products using optic fibre technology, expert systems, etc. in 1989.
In the 90s, IKUSI decided to take a qualitative jump in its growth process. The company fostered its internationalisation process to ensure it was an active presence and a key player on the world
[edit] Activities
IKUSI works in two business areas - Electronic Systems Integration and Design and Manufacture of Electronic Equipment - whose sphere of application includes many different sectors, such as railways, airports, construction, roads, security or television, to name just a few.
As a systems integrator, IKUSI offers its customers from different sectors its well-established capacity to integrate systems, which always deal with the specific needs and features of each case. The projects are integral, which means that they cover the designing, engineering, installation, software development, commissioning and maintenance of the most advanced systems on the market.
As an electronic equipment manufacturer, IKUSI has always been part in the successive technological revolutions that have taken place since halfway through the last century, and has incorporated the new technologies, developped equipment and offered services that facilitate instantaneous and nearly unlimited access to information.
- High Frequency : Designing and manufacturing electronic equipment for processing sound and image signals, along with developing solutions for telecommunications services that require optic transmission or high frequency technologies.
- Remote Control : Developing and manufacturing wireless remote control industrial equipments that optimises the efficiency of the load handling and lifting processes.
- Transport / Security : “Turnkey” projects tailor made for the specific needs of each client. Designing, installing, developing, commissioning and servicing the systems.
- Airports: Complete cycle Business Unit (design, manufacture, installation and maintenance for providing systems, solutions and services that cater for requirements and optimise the management of airport operations (boarding, check-in, parking, etc.), communications, information, facilities management, etc., at airport terminal buildings. We provide our clients with the latest generation technological solutions, a comprehensive service and accumulated experience of more than 25 years, as vouched for by installations in over 90 airports worldwide.
- Voice and Data Network :The technological advancements in telecommunications during the last decades offers us a broad range of voice, data, security and videoconferencing applications. These applications which traditionally operated on an isolated basis can now be integrated into one with the arrival of convergence.
[edit] Innovation
Innovation is the base of IKUSI’s business. Thanks to its working with the most advanced technologies, IKUSI is capable of offering tailor made solutions. The company is convinced that commitment to innovation is the only guarantee for sustainable growth. The different R&D&I departments are constantly working on innovation. Over 11% of the workforce is involved in this activity. In 2006, the investment percentage in technology grew by 48.7% and stood at 0.8 million euros; this increase will continue over the coming years. In all, 6% of the Group’s turnover is allocated to innovation.
[edit] International presence
IKUSI is now a global competitor in the communications technologies market, with a growing international presence. The company now has customers in over 80 countries, an extensive network of delegations and 9 work centres abroad.
- IKUSI electrónica LDA (Portugal)
- IKUSI France SARL (France)
- IKUSI Anz PTY LTD (Australia-New Zealand)
- IKUSI GmbH (Germany)
- LLC IKUSI (Russia)
- Ingeniería IKUSI Chile, LTDA (Chile)
- IKUSI México, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)
- IKUSI Middle East FZE (Dubai)
- IKUSI Colombia S.A. (Colombia)
The percentage of overseas trade accounted for 41% of the total turnover in 2006. The 2007-2010 IKUSI Strategic Plan envisages that 50% of the turnover will come from the international market within 4 years.
