Standard Hydraulics y Medclinics They have been recognized with the 2021 AUNA Awards, which honored the best products of the year and brought together more than 400 professionals, mostly senior managers, from leading companies in the electrical, plumbing, heating, and air conditioning sectors in Madrid.
Standard Hidráulica received the latest award for Digital Information Quality. Mediclinics received the prize in the Most Innovative Product category for its BabyMedi series of diaper changing mats with ionizers and antimicrobial additives.
El president AUNA Distribution, Andrés MateoHe emphasized that the group "is today a consolidated reality not only due to its figures and market share, but also due to its values, trends, and projects," among which he highlighted the AUNA Academy website. Furthermore, Mateo emphasized the role the group is playing not only as a purchasing and services center, but also in what is considered the greatest industrial revolution in recent history: digitalization. Finally, regarding the market situation, Mateo expressed caution regarding the end of the year due to the rise in raw material prices, due to its impact on both manufacturers' tariffs and the prices of renewable energy installations.
Jacint Ragués, Vice President of AUNA Distribution, outlined the figures with which 2020 closed, a year that was "particularly tough, but in which, starting in May, our sectors began to recover activity until achieving an acceptable or more than acceptable year-end," he emphasized. Regarding 2021, Ragués highlighted the €543 million in accumulated management volume of AUNA Distribución through August, which represents 30,71% more than in 2020, and, undoubtedly more significantly, almost 13,50% more than in 2019. Likewise, the Vice President of AUNA congratulated himself on the addition of 12 new points of sale to the group's distribution network so far this year.
