LABORAL Kutxa and LagunAro, EPSV focus on three specific activities: banking, insurance (through the Seguros Lagun Aro brand) and social welfare.
LABORAL Kutxa, a cooperative banking project, has 1.2 million customers. It is now one of Spain’s most solvent financial institutions. The Lagun Aro brand provides a comprehensive range of insurance services for private customers, the self-employed and businesses. LagunAro, EPSV also manages its own social welfare system for all cooperative members.
GLOBAL PRESENCE, INNOVATIVE APPROACH
The industrial area covers a broad range of activities, including goods and services in the sectors of consumer goods, capital goods, industrial components, construction and services to business.
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The EROSKI GROUP is one Spain’s leading retail chains, with a network of more than 1,600 shops. It operates mainly in the food sector, although it also has dedicated stores in such sectors as sports shops, petrol stations and opticians. The company’s parent company is the Eroski cooperative, owned by both its workforce and customers, who make up its governing bodies.
ERKOP. In Retail, the agri-food group ERKOP is also part of the MONDRAGON Corporation, operating in catering, cleaning, livestock farming and agriculture.
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Training and education have traditionally been a mainstay of the cooperative experience. In 1997, the Corporation founded Mondragon Unibertsitatea. The university now has more than 5,000 students, with campuses in Mondragón, Oñati, Eskoriatza, Markina, Goierri, Irun, Bilbao, Aretxabaleta and San Sebastián. The degrees at Mondragon Unibertsitatea include undergraduate, master’s and PhD courses in the fields of engineering, education, communications, business management, entrepreneurship and food science. MONDRAGON has also developed an integrated system of Innovation, Promotion and Knowledge (M4FUTURE), which involves the cooperatives themselves, research centres, the university, and the Corporate Promotion Centre.
University
Higher Polytechnic Institute, Faculty of Business, Faculty of Humanities and Education Science, and the Faculty of Food Science
Technology Centres
Business R&D units
Education and Professional Training centres
Innovation Agents
