The Barcelona Chamber of Commerce has selected their 2016 IWEC Foundation Awardees, Anna Vicens Rahola of Vicens Vives and Isabel Alonso Alonso, Isabel Alonso, S.L. They will accept their award at the IWEC Conference Gala on Tuesday November 8th in Brussels, Belgium. They will be joined by 40 other successful women business owners from 21 countries in accepting their awards.
Anna Vicens Rohala, Vicens Vives, S. A., www.vicensvives.es
Anna is editor-in-chief of Vicens Vives publishing house, dedicated to the publication of all types of school textbooks and educational materials and publishing teaching materials. The company’s goal was and is to publish books and materials fully adapted to the changes in society and the demands of the educational community for both teachers and students. Our policy of methodology renewal and updating remains a constant feature in our books. In addition, the presentation and design of our products is of a very high level of technological, educational and aesthetic quality, which has led to the receipt of numerous national and international awards. This has led us to be among the leading publishing companies in the Spain and to have a huge market presence in South America.
Caixa Bank, IWEC Founding Sponsor also has nominated an awardee through the Barcelona Chamber. Thank you Caixa Bank for introducing us to Isabel!
Isabel Alonso Alonso, Isabel Alonso, S. L., www.isabelalonso.com
In 1988 Alonso Valero S.L. was formed with one truck and a rented, small industrial warehouse for cold storage. Five years later, Isabel also formed Isabel Alonso, S.L., a transport company starting with 4 trucks. When her sons joined the business, the logistics company continued to grow and now has 200 trucks and 569 employees. Their strategy focused on covering a part of the market that was not entirely serviced and originally had routes were in Holland and Belgium. Now they are opening new markets in Germany and England. isabelalonso@isabelalonso.net
Congratulations Anna and Isabel!