Our Mission and Values

Our commitment to develop innovative solutions
for efficient and sustainable cold chain management

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Our Mission
and Approach

Be the best of the followers

AKO follows a simple philosophy in its business activity: dedicate all its talent and technology to creating high-value products and services that contribute to a better society at the global scale. To achieve this, AKO highly values both its personnel and its technology.

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AKO
Values

AKO undertakes to live under strict values, the key for success in the market. That’s why our fundamental values and our rigorous code of conduct are at the core of any decision made by the company.

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The commitment that defines the AKO spirit

We strongly believe that the human factor is what truly drives our company. We like to establish business relationships with people, because they tell us about their needs, concerns and desires.

We work with people who share our DNA of establishing solid business partnerships not only with customers but also with key suppliers and collaborators to craft a collaboration and sustainable growth strategy definitively differentiating us from the rest, while staying keenly sensitive to the Digital Transformation that AKO has been working on for years.

 

Innovating for
sustainability

At AKO Group, we develop innovative solutions for sustainable and efficient refrigeration, driving care for our planet and the people living on it.
We believe the design and usability of all the technology solutions we offer the market is crucial; these attributes significantly improve user experience to guarantee a safe, efficient and sustainable cold chain.

Anything is possible
with a great team

Our engine for growth is our people

The human factor is what truly drives our company. AKO Group is comprised of a high-performance, multidisciplinary and multinational team contributing a wide variety of experiences. This human capital is what provides know-how and the attitude necessary to develop innovative solutions that satisfy all our customers’ needs.

We also work with universities to create internships for talented young people and support the engineering and technology industry’s next generation of professionals.

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Internationalisation

AKO growing rapidly

AKO Group is a company with an international vision, a company constantly evolving to become the one we are today. Our expansion project has brought us beyond our borders. Our market and commercial operations are global. We have developed business in more than 70 countries. We manage our operations around the world from our headquarters in Barcelona and our office in Mexico, with sales offices in France, Portugal and Turkey and distributors around the world with whom we have established sponsorship and collaboration partnerships.

Operations
around the world

An expansive sales network means that we have operations in more than 90 countries around the world. We are able to establish trade relationships and manage operations anywhere in the world with a major presence in strategic locations. We have an organisational structure based on geographical proximity to provide complete, innovative and competitive solutions.

That is why we have offices in Mexico and France and sales offices in Portugal and Turkey.

 

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A great company
with a great history

AKO Group is a company with an international vision, a company constantly evolving to become the one we are today. Our expansion project has brought us beyond our borders. Our market and commercial operations are global. We have developed business in more than 70 countries. We manage our operations around the world from our headquarters in Barcelona and our office in Mexico, with sales offices in France, Portugal and Turkey and distributors around the world with whom we have established sponsorship and collaboration partnerships.

AKO Group was founded more than 4 decades ago, when five entrepreneurs decided to build a company focused on the needs of the temperature regulation and control sector.

 

1978

Our journey begins

Our first emergency lighting equipment with visual and acoustic alarms for people locked in cold storage were put on the market in 1978.

1980

Passion for customers

Since then, passion for our customers has been the cornerstone that has always driven the company’s growth.

We firmly believe in establishing long-lasting relationships based on trust, both with our customers and with our collaborators and partners around the world, so we began exporting to various countries.

1985

New business

The exponential growth in demand for our equipment via our distribution network led us to move our factory to a new facility with a new machine shop.

1986

Focus on temperature control and regulation

Bolstering continuous innovation, our temperature regulation and control product portfolio expanded with the production of our first thermostats.

1997

We ensure customer satisfaction

Backed by ISO9001 certification for compliance with the ISO quality standard, which guarantees the quality of our activities, products and services, reducing errors in pursuit of increased customer satisfaction.

2004

Our vision, international presence

With a staff of more than 70 professionals, the company committed to growing its sales network by expanding its sales offices, increasing the number of global operations from our headquarters in Barcelona.

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Committed
to the Planet

One of our goals is to work to continuously improve our processes and automation. For more than four years, we have had an automated warehouse and production process built on Lean Manufacturing, focused on achieving more productivity, flexibility and ergonomics for our operators. All of this with the goal of producing solutions more efficiently, minimising quality incidents and optimising the production space.

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Fábrica infraestructuras

>8,000 m2
of Infrastructure

One of our goals is to work to continuously improve our processes and automation. For more than four years, we have had an automated warehouse and production process built on Lean Manufacturing, focused on achieving more productivity, flexibility and ergonomics for our operators. All of this with the goal of producing solutions more efficiently, minimising quality incidents and optimising the production space.

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We Invest
in Innovation

AKO Group’s growth and expansion strategies drive our need to always stay one step ahead of the market. We allocate 12% of our sales to R&D. We have built infrastructure at our headquarters to foster research applicable to our solutions.

We work using an open innovation model with universities, laboratories, institutions, customers and suppliers to design solutions to satisfy the future needs of the sector.

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12% Investment 
in R&D&i

Investing 12% of our turnover in R&D&i is a strong commitment to drive our research area, ability to develop and generate know-how, so as to offer the market the reliable, high value added technology solutions of today and tomorrow.

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40%
Engineers

We have a multidisciplinary staff, 40% of which is comprised of specialists and engineers. 15% of them hold PhDs in engineering. Constantly evolving over the course of our 40 year history, we have always believed in a model of innovation, development and acquisition of applied knowledge. That’s why we have signed training agreements with a variety of institutions of higher education and training.

Always acting as an engine for local growth and creator of a professional future, finding young talent and promoting their professional careers at the international level. This work also requires a serious social commitment to these young people.

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The Best Partners
The Best Opportunities

We do not work alone. We aim to develop solid commercial relationships not only with our customers but also with our key suppliers. We work together to design solutions that offer added value for our customers and are a truly differentiating factor on the market. This collaboration strategy definitively differentiates us from the rest and makes us more competitive.

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>300 Customers
and Counting

We have a portfolio of more than 300 customers around the world, with whom we establish relationships beyond sales. We accompany our customers on the journey and sometimes work with them on joint engineering projects. Because our closeness to our customers, flexibility and ability to develop allowed us to position ourselves more than 40 years ago as a leading company in the industrial and commercial refrigeration sector.

 

Regulatory and Certification
Compliance

We develop and produce systems applying the most advanced technology allowing us to meet efficiency, food safety and connectivity needs in compliance with the strictest regulatory requirements in each country, always keeping people and our environment in mind.

Our company’s intellectual property is protected by more than three patents (requested and issued) for our innovative energy efficiency and early refrigerant gas leak detection solutions.

 

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Join the team and add your distinctive flair.

Discover how you can make your mark: meet our teams, learn about our offices around the world and check out opportunities for students and professionals in the industry.

Our values are present in everything we create. Teams included. Accessibility, Sustainability, Innovation, technology and commitment to our customers and collaborators.

Due to our strategy of solid and sustainable expansion, AKO Group is always looking for talent interested in becoming part of our company. We are a constantly evolving, flexible and efficient company that firmly believes that our collaborators are the true engines of our evolution.

With your imagination and our values, we can create great things.

You don’t just get here. You build it too.

 

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+34 938 115 800

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ako@ako.com

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Av. Roquetes, 30/ 38
08812 St. Pere de Ribes (Barcelona) España

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