Naeco, winner of the SME of the Year Award in Asturias

The award was presented to Antonio Fernández, founding partner of the company, at an event organised by the Oviedo Chamber of Commerce.

On 20 June, Naeco received the Asturias SME of the Year Award for its work as a company that generates wealth and creates jobs in the region.

The SME of the Year Award is a distinction that is awarded in 50 provinces and has the participation of 52 territorial Chambers of Commerce, 13 Territorial Directorates of Banco Santander and the newspaper El Comercio belonging to the Vocento Group.

In addition, four runners-up prizes were awarded in different categories: Oxiplant for Training and Employment, Iturcemi for Internationalisation, Futuver for Innovation and Digitalisation, and Construcciones García Rama for Sustainability.

The Asturias SME of the Year 2023 award gives Naeco access to participate, along with the other winners at provincial level, in the National SME of the Year 2023 Award, which will be announced in the first quarter of 2024 at a ceremony scheduled to be held in Madrid.

The event was presided over by the presidents of the Chambers of Commerce of Asturias: Carlos Paniceres (Oviedo Chamber of Commerce), Félix Baragaño (Gijón Chamber of Commerce) and Daniel González Menéndez (Avilés Chamber of Commerce), together with the Regional Minister of Industry, Enrique Fernández, Manuel Iturbe, territorial director of Banco Santander in Asturias and Cantabria and Ángel González, deputy director of the newspaper El Comercio.

At the event, Naeco was highlighted for its circular economy model, which contributes to diversifying the economic fabric of Asturias and strengthening the region's export vocation. The jury, made up of representatives of the organising and collaborating entities, particularly valued NAECO's contribution to the creation of young jobs, with professionals oriented towards new technologies, marketing and innovation.

Naeco is proud of this prestigious award, recognition of the daily effort and work of each and every one of the professionals who form part of the company. The company is aware that without the human capital it currently has, it would not have been possible to have the results and the trajectory achieved to date.

The focus of the company is to offer sustainable logistics and storage solutions with high added value, where the plastic waste from the yellow container is transformed into raw material, used for the manufacture of pallets, boxes and plastic containers. The company has more than one hundred employees and has managed to consolidate its international presence, demonstrating its leadership in the business field and its contribution to economic development.