It has been with hard work, dedication, imagination and very strict attention to technical and financial matters that the activities of the AFA Group have been built up, developed and consolidated over the past twenty-five years.

To reach the goals that were established the AFA Group chose as its basic objectives:

• - To provide continually improved service to its customers;
• - To create wealth and well-being;
• - To act based on strict and demanding criteria;
• - To implement methods which are environmentally appropriate and sustainable;
• - To strengthen the social responsibility of the Group in the surroundings where it is active.

Grounded on these objectives and with strict discipline, hard work, imagination and dedication from everyone-management and employees alike-the AFA Group grew, was modernized, expanded and went international, successfully overcoming the more difficult periods it encountered.

It is with this same attitude-with strict technical and financial discipline, hard work and a spirit of mission-that I am convinced that the AFA Group will be capable of creating its own opportunities to carry on meeting the challenges placed before it and reinforcing its position in the global market.

However, in this highly competitive world, the dedication, the spirit of co-operation within the AFA Group, and above all the capacity to sacrifice and adapt to the new realities and demands of internationalization are just as important as our technical and financial capacities.

With this group culture, I believe that we will be able to consolidate and strengthen the position the AFA Group occupies in its target markets. We will overcome the adverse situations which most certainly are to come.