Bicycle sharing system launches in Vantaa

On June 19, the public bicycle service has opened in the city of Vantaa (Finland). The scope of this new service is 1,000 bicycles and 100 stations, with the possibility of expanding up to 1,000 more bicycles, as well as electric bicycles might be introduced. The contract has 4 years long, with an extension of 3 more years. The opening ceremony, organized by the Helsinki Regional Transport Authority (HLS), had a marked festive component.

This new service is added to those already managed by Moventia in Finland, Helsinki, and Espoo; France, Paris and Peru, Lima, consolidating the commitment of sustainable urban mobility, with 28,400 bicycles and 1,843 stations.

 

Transport company IZARO joins Moventia group

The expansion department of Moventia is pleased to announce that, following the group’s strategic lines of action for growth, diversification and consolidation in the field of mobility, Moventia has become a shareholder of Autocares IZARO – a benchmark company in the discretionary passenger transport service sector.

We have the pleasure of presenting to you a company with over 48 years of experience, positioning it as one of the best options for mobility services and vehicle and coach rental services catering for all sorts of leisure activities, tourism, incentives, conferences, conventions, school trips and major events to the highest standards of quality.

IZARO employs a team of over 180 professionals seeking a common goal: to meet the needs of all the customers using their discretionary and regular services.

IZARO has a large fleet of coaches and premium discretionary transport vehicles. A total of 130 vehicles with an average age of 6.2 years includes several highly exclusive vehicles with luxury interiors for its premium Izaro Status services. These are all equipped with the latest market innovations, both in terms of comfort and safety (ISO 9001:2008 for quality, ISO 14001:2004 for environmental issues, OSHAS 18001:2007 for occupational health and safety; ISO 39001:2013 for road safety management and UNE 13816:2003 for regular transport), and are fully adapted for persons with reduced mobility. 

Welcoming IZARO into the Moventis group—with its history, tradition and strength in the sector—will strategically consolidate the period of growth undertaken by the group in recent years and bring complementarity and synergies at both a regional level throughout its sphere of influence and at an operational level with the other companies in the group, which also operate regular and discretionary services and are fully aligned with the Moventis mentality to offer the best response to any mobility need expressed by people, companies and institutions. The current management team at IZARO will continue to be led by Manuel and Diego Tena (from the second generation of the family) and by Manuel’s children Mari-Cel and Kevin Tena (third generation), who are the Commercial Director and Fleet and Garage Manager, respectively. They will all maintain their current roles at the company headquarters in Zona Franca (Calle Virgen María del Puerto in Barcelona), at their magnificent and fully-equipped 18,000 m2 installations that include both offices and parking areas.

The companies Poch, Calella Moventis, Emilio Seco, Carrilets Turístics, Izaro, Pujol and the discretionary services departments of Sarfa and Casas now make up a new vehicle and coach rental services business area that will be run by Miquel Martí Pierre, who will combine these responsibilities with his role in the group’s expansion area. 

The entire IZARO team can now count on the full support of everyone at Moventis and Moventia and, by warmly welcoming them into the fold, we hope that this will be the start and future basis of a new period of ongoing success for us all.

Regional expansion by Movento following integration of Motorprim

The acquisition of Motorprim forms part of the expansion strategy being implemented by the automotive group in Catalonia.

Movento, the automotive division of Moventia, recently incorporated Motorprim into the group, an official Hyundai dealership operating in Badalona and Mataró. Integration of this company forms part of the global growth strategy being implemented by the family business to boost operations around the region. The acquisition of Motorprim in the Barcelonés Norte and Maresme area has resulted in the addition of another automotive brand of recognised standing. This operation adds over 1,000 sales units to the Movento group.

Movento and Motorprim share a similar track record given insofar as that both have 25 years of experience in the districts of Barcelonés and El Maresme. Motorprim represents Hyundai while Movento operates with the Renault and Dacia brands.

“The addition of this new brand represents a new and encouraging challenge for Moventia, which will no doubt make a positive contribution to the consolidation and positioning of Movento within its automotive business”, said Miquel Martí, Chairman of Moventia Group.

At present, Motorprim employs a total of 33 people and owns two facilities in Badalona and Mataró. Over the course of 2016, the dealership sold 700 new and 350 second-hand vehicles. In light of its positive results, Motorprim was officially recognised by Hyundai as one of the best dealerships for the brand in Europe and was given membership to its special ‘Frontier Dealer Club’ programme. 

2017 Catalan Mobility Conference

The Catalan Mobility Conference took place on 7 June and was attended by some 350 people at the Els Costals Auditorium in Castellbisbal to hear the Councillor for Regional Affairs and Sustainability of the Regional Government of Catalonia, Josep Rull, among others. This was the 13th such conference and was organised, as it is every year, by the AMTU to examine the role played by council authorities in mobility and improving it.

Under the title of ‘The Future of Public Transport in Catalonia’, Councillor Rull gave the conference’s opening address, speaking about the need for mobility to respect the environment, among other things. According to Josep Rull, “we have a very important problem with air pollution and climate change” at the moment and public transport forms part of the solution to these two problems.

The councillor’s speech came just after the opening talks, which were led by the AMTU Chairman, Jordi Xena, and the Mayor of Castellbisbal, Joan Playà.

Moventis was represented by a sizeable delegation led by Josep Maria Martí (Managing Director) and Joan Giménez (General Manager).

To tackle the effects of air pollution and reduce them, the AMTU Chairman encouraged everyone attending to take part in a new session of the Catalan Mobility Conference that will also take place in Castellbisbal, in October.