Sener will have a new plant linked to the military industry in Zamudio
- According to the Sendagorta brothers, Sener has experienced “remarkable growth” in recent years, and the aerospace and defense business accounts for “25-30% of total revenue.” They expect 15% growth over the next five years.
The company Sener, founded in Getxo by the family Sendagorta in the 1950s, will feature in Zamudio (Bizkaia) a new plant dedicated to the aerospace industry. The initial investment will be EUR 25 million and is expected to be operational by 2025. This Monday, 30, the president of the CAV has collaborated in the symbolic implantation of the first stone.
It is a workshop based on the development and production of aerospace technologies through the realization of electromechanical systems, correction and precision systems, optomechanics, performance and robotics.
Links and missiles with Israel
Sener works in the military field, among others. After several bombings carried out by Israel decades ago, anti-militarist agents from the Basque Country began an investigation into Sener’s ties with this country. NAIZ recalls that the study concluded that Sener collaborated with Israel in the design of sensors of aggressor aircraft that facilitated the identification of the objectives of the Israeli bombing.
NAIZ stresses that Sener has also acted as a subcontractor in other conflicts: as a subcontractor of the European group MBDA. He indicated that he was dealing with the “controlled missile slope movement.” Andres Sendagorta also reaffirmed in 2020 that “Sener participates in almost all European missile production programmes”.
The company has acquired an area of 30,000 square meters in the Bizkaia Park of Zamudio. In the first phase, 8,000 square meters will be built. The work will start in December 2023 and will last for 20 months. The result is expected by 2025.
Sener, “example” for Urkullu
On Monday, Urkullu stated that Sener is a “model and benchmark” and thanked the investment made: “No doubt, this first stone will serve to give continuity to the dream started years ago.” He added that his organization will always encourage the “entrepreneurial attitude of Basque companies”, “from the smallest to the largest.”
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