The Forinvest finance-business forum presented its awards for the 16th of 2023 this Tuesday. Awards marked among its five categories for the recognition of innovation and the role of women in business management. Among the winners was the Banyeres textile company Hilaturas Ferre.
As part of the Finance Night, which was held in front of hundreds of participants at Feria Valencia yesterday and will be the beginning of the two-day conferences that will be held at the fairground today and tomorrow, Cárnicas Corporate Relations Director Serrano, Carmen Serrano with the ‘professional career in the business sector’ award; Ana Muñoz, general secretary of Cobrejo (Association of Insurance Brokers), with the ‘professional career in the insurance industry’ award and the ‘professional career in entrepreneurship and innovation’ award from Sesame HR (human resource management) or Zeus Smart Visual Data (data analysis and visualization) with.
Added to these are the awards ‘for the centennial company’ awarded to Hilaturas Ferre from Alicante. Founded in 1914 but now going hand in hand with innovation thanks to its recycled yarnssya PowerCo, owned by the Volkswagen Group, which won the 2023 Forinvest Award for the role it will develop with the gigafactory construction in Sagunt.
In an action in which Las Cortes president Enric Morera or ministers Rafael Climent and Rebeca Torró were present, as well as CEV president Salvador Navarro. Minister of Finance, Arcadi Spain, stressed that equality in business and politics “still has a long way to go” and that’s why we don’t stop fighting for it. Likewise, he valued the role of the public sector and stressed that “our country would not function” without companies and their managers, and with regard to workers, I can assure you that “there is no good company without workers.” behind.”
War in Ukraine brings industry concerns into focus
The event was marked by a dialogue between Spain’s ambassador to the OECD, Manuel Escudero, and geostrategist and NATO adviser Mira Milosevich, who discussed various issues, such as the war in Ukraine, which both Kiev and Moscow “believe they can win”, which is “in the phase of wear and tear” and A war where they don’t see an “immediate solution”. They also highlighted the opportunity to invest in Africa, the growing importance of geopolitics in a “more fragmented” world, and confronting “ecological, energy, digital and geographic transitions”, among other issues.