The DOMINGO ALONSO GROUP - over 1,500 people dedicated to mobility and the distribution of vehicles in more than 35 countries.
Domingo Alonso, a family business group, began its activity exporting tomatoes. In 1935, using the international relations established, it ventured in the automobile sector thus becoming the fourth oldest Volkswagen importer worldwide.
Eighty years later, in an unsettled world with so many changes in all sectors of the economy, there is one thing that differentiates us: knowledge. This is why we must surround ourselves with the best talent, be willing to fail and think exponentially to achieve success in the world of mobility. In order to achieve this objective, we have the best technology to lead and promote the digital transformation that enables us to always put the client in the center of all our activities and become a data driven company. Thus, the Domingo Alonso Group, with its strategy of expansion, diversification and transformation, backs investment in information technologies, communication and consultancy, with more than 10 million euros invested and the creation of several companies within these sectors over the last decade.
Today the Domingo Alonso Group is a benchmark company present in more than 35 international markets.
Welcome to the corporate website of the Domingo Alonso Group.
In this WEB we will attempt to transmit not only our experience over more than 80 years of existence,
but also how we see our future, a future full of passion for what we do, in which we will accompany
our our partners, employees and business collaborators and of course our customers, manufacturers
and the brands that have distinguished us with their trust, all of whom, we are very proud.
In addition, we want to share with you the ethical values at the base of each action we take. We
understand that honesty, effort and passion must always preside over our conduct in order to satisfy
the expectations of our clients, without whose approval nothing we do would make sense, which is
why strive to improve every day.
We also work to create a better world for our children, improve the environment and contribute to
education and training for young people and adults. Our commitment to defending the environment
and improving social conditions in the Canary Islands is evident not only in our participation in Foresta
and the Sergio Alonso Foundation, but also in our employment of reusable materials in our daily
activity in order to become a zero plastic and paper company.
In this welcome I must also thank my father Sergio Alonso for his 55 years of dedication and devotion
to the company and the generous and unlimited support of my mother. There were good and bad
times, but with his daily exertion and love for the company he has left us a legacy that we will defend
from a position of unity and responsibility.
I hope you enjoy our website and to achieve a place in your heart with our dedication and daily
determination.
Oliver Alonso
President & CEO of the Domingo Alonso Group
September 19th 2018
Many years, many faces
80 Years of History
Domingo Alonso's story begins in the Canary Islands, where it exported agricultural products. As a result of the experience and international relations it develops, Domingo Alonso starts importing cars.
Domingo Alonso's story begins in the Canary Islands, where it exported agricultural products. As a result of the experience and international relations it develops, Domingo Alonso starts importing cars.
1953
1953
Domingo Alonso becomes Volkswagen´s importer for the Canary Islands. This agreement makes it the fourth oldest importer for the brand worldwide.
1966
1966
Domingo Alonso is officially set up as a corporation, with an initial capital of 15 million pesetas. At that time, its head office is in León y Castillo 33, in Las Palmas.
1967
1967
The Wolfsburg factory prepares to ship the 5,000th Volkswagen to Canarias. At this point, Domingo Alonso is the market leader in the Canary Islands.
1975
1975
The agreement as Audi importer for the Canaries is signed. For Domingo Alonso, this brand is the epitome of technology, innovation, performance and design.
1987
1987
Domingo Alonso secures the import contract for MAN vehicles for the province of Las Palmas, even though the company has imported these vehicles to the islands since 1952.
1994
1994
An agreement is signed with Citroen Hispania, and the "Genial Auto" dealership is launched exclusively to sell and market Citroën, in the Las Palmas province.
1995
1995
Domingo Alonso secures Volkswagen´s import rights for communities of Ceuta and Melilla.
1998
1998
Domingo Alonso starts to manage ŠKODA, another brand in the Volkswagen Group, under an exclusive import contract.
1998
1998
The Domingo Alonso Groups opens the dealership “Cuatromoción” in Tenerife, which has over 3,000 m2 of shop floor to showcase the groups brands; Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, ŠKODA and Audi.
1998
1998
Cape Verde is the first step towards the internationalization of the Group. VAS Cabo Verde is set up, and becomes the official importer of Volkswagen, Seat, Skoda, Audi and MAN.
1999
1999
The Group launches SoporteMedia, a media planning agency.
1999
1999
An ambitious project is brought to life: the logistics center in Arinaga, Gran Canaria. This center is key to the Group´s organization as it meets, amongst other things, all the storage and management requirements.
1999
1999
The IT Department of the Domingo Alonso Group creates Desy, a simple sales platform that has spread across boarders and is used in nearly 900 dealerships worldwide.
2000
2000
The Domingo Alonso Group enters the Venezuelan market with the company VAS Venezuela managing the Volkswagen, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, ŠKODA, Seat, Audi, Porsche and Ducati brands in the country.
2000
2000
The company “MAN Vehículos Industriales Importador Canarias” is launched in order to give the brand a greater role within the Group.
2001
2001
The Group´s dealerships “Chevion Auto” and “Genial Auto” lead the Citroën market in the Las Palmas province.
2002
2002
The Domingo Alonso Group becomes a Patron of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, donating the sculpture "The Thinker", by the famous sculptor, Martín Chirino.
2003
2003
The Domingo Alonso Group expands its horizons by taking over the dealership in Gibraltar.
2004
2004
DoctorJob, an innovative and creative advertising agency, is launched.
2004
2004
Bentley, the luxury vehicles brand belonging to the Volkswagen Group, is handed over to Domingo Alonso, along with the arrival of the first Bentley Continental GT to the Canaries.
2004
2004
The Domingo Alonso Group buys its first plot in La Pardilla, in the local municipality of Telde in order to build a "Motor City" which will hold new and pre owned car fairs, after-sales service, offices, etc.
2005
2005
The dealership Domingo Alonso Servicio opens its new, 16,000 m m², headquarters in Gran Canaria.
2006
2006
Domingo Alonso becomes the official importer of the Lamborghini brand.
2007
2007
SIMA (Integrated Automotive Management System) is created, a tool for both the importer and dealer, to help them manage the workshop and spare parts, as well as sales and admin aspects.
2007
2007
The Canarian car rental company AVIS joins the Group.
2007
2007
The Group´s Nursery opens its doors in 2007 to improve the employee`s work - life balance. Currently, about 30 children are enrolled.
2007
2007
The Domingo Alonso Group has record results with a total of 39,123 vehicles sold in the Canary Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, Gibraltar, Cape Verde, Cuba and Venezuela.
2008
2008
VAS Colombia is established to import the Audi, SEAT and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicle brands to Colombia.
2008
2008
The Advanced Logistics Development is created to manage and organize the transport and storage of goods, as well as to track vehicles from when they leave the assembly line to their delivery to dealerships.
2008
2008
The company Domingo Alonso Computer Applications (AIDA), is set up in April as a spin off from the Group´s IT department, and is a statement of the company's commitment to innovation and the development of new information technologies.
2009
2009
Domingo Alonso´s Volkswagen brand in the Canary Islands, is awarded, for the first time, the prestigious Best Car of the Canaries 2009 award for the Volkswagen Scirocco sports model.
2010
2010
Domingo Alonso recieves the "Outstanding Company" award, given by the prestigious BBVA bank, for their strategies on how to beat the recession with credible and transparent projects.
2011
2011
The Domingo Alonso Group, along with its partner, the Portuguese business group Salvador Caetano, enters the Angolan market as the sole importer of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Audi.
2012
2012
The Domingo Alonso Group continues to expand internationally and chooses Miami as a strategic platform to launch its internationalization strategy for the Latin American market.
2012
2012
The Volkswagen and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles dealership in Tenerife, Hatusa, becomes part of the Domingo Alonso Group.
2013
2013
Hyundai Canarias joins Domingo Alonso Group.
2013
2013
Efficiency Cars offers mobility solutions to car rental companies and other type of companies, through mid- and long-term leasing operations.
2014
2014
The La Palma Wagen, the Volkswagen and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles dealership on the island of La Palma, opens.
2014
2014
Singular Factory is a company founded in the Canary Islands, but with a global vocation, specialized in the creation and development of companies over the Internet, bringing ideas to life with the help of our partners, connoisseurs of the sector they belong to.
2014
2014
Arbentia, a business and IT consultant based in Madrid, enters the Domingo Alonso Group.
2015
2015
Despite being already present in other global markets, in 2015 Grupo Domingo Alonso became the importer and distributor for the Premium brand of motorcycles Ducati in the Canary Islands.
2016
2016
Honda Canarias joins the Domingo Alonso Group family, assuming the import of the brand to all the Canary Islands. However, since 2014, it already was the Official Importer for Honda in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
2016
2016
Domingo Alonso Group acquires the operation of Hyundai Portugal.
2017
2017
Domingo Alonso Group begins to manage the import of Honda cars for Portugal.
2017
2017
On 1 June, the Domingo Alonso Group opened its innovative facilities in Tenerife after an investment of more than 8 million euros, thereby welcoming the future and offering the client a faster and more digital service.
2017
2017
Domingo Alonso Group is placed at the European front-line in the digital transformation of the automotive sector with the creation of the Volkswagen Digital Store, in the Atlantic Commercial Centre, in Gran Canary. This offers the buyers the information on the models that they are interested in through touch screens, videowalls and driving simulators in a totally virtual environment.
2017
2017
Because of the history that guarantees the commitment of the Canary Islands corporate group, the Sergio Alonso Foundation was born. This Foundation aims to contribute to the development of educational and training projects, as education is the pillar of society.
2017
2017
The Avis Canarias second-hand car fair is 10 years old and, to celebrate the more than 600 reserves that are made this year, one of its super offers is raffled between all those customers who have made a reservation during the weekend.
2017
2017
Lovesharing is the first project of the Domingo Alonso Group towards a new type of mobility, becoming at the same time the first carsharing in the Canary Islands and offering a flexible rental system for 100% electric cars.
2017
2017
In the newly opened Alisios Commercial Centre, Hyundai opens its first 'City Store', an innovative proposal from the dealers housed in a cutting edge space where the client enjoys a wide interactive experience and new capabilities to acquire the vehicle of their choice.
2017
2017
Xtravans was born as a specialized platform in flexible renting, offering innovative mobility alternatives and adapted to both companies and individuals.
2017
2017
Bringo was born as the DAL Commercial Division and with the aim of being a specialized platform for the distribution of Original Spare Parts to the professional sector and becoming the No. 1 in the Canary Islands in 5 years.
2017
2017
The digital department is created to use the power of the data and information to analyse and predict the current and future behaviour of the customers by offering them a value-added service.
2017
2017
Domingo Alonso Group enters the shareholding of the Portuguese holding company Salvador Caetano. This investment means strengthening the relationship with its international automotive partner. Thus it participates in a group of more than 75 companies with more than 300 dealers in Portugal and Spain, which represents more than 25 brands with a turnover exceeding 2000 million Euros.
2018
2018
Hyundai Canarias opens their new facilities in Tenerife, with an innovative design and the most advanced technology. The new facilities of the iTenerife dealer in La Cuesta mean a qualitative leap in service and close proximity to the client.
2018
2018
Domingo Alonso Group receives the Canary Islands Award for Human Resources Excellence for its People in DAG Project. The four main pillars 'DAG Academy', 'Work & OHP', 'Selection and Development' and 'Infant School' have developed a HR policy that is pursuing the success and motivation in the management of people.
2018
2018
Silence Canarias is created as an official importer of the Silence brand in the Canary Islands, providing alternative mobility solutions both to companies and to private individuals through 100% electric scooters.
2018
2018
Colwagen becomes managed by DAG. After leaving the importation of Audi, VW LCV, Seat, Skoda in 2015, the group is once again betting on the country increasing its participation, taking over the majority, and remaining with the management of one of the main dealers of the Group's brands Volkswagen in Colombia. Company that goes through a restructuring process to join the group's processes, methods and systems. In addition, they represent brands such as Honda and Hyundai, among others.
2018
2018
Hyundai Canarias receives the "Distributor of the Year" award in an act that took place coinciding with the 5th anniversary of the presentation of Hyundai Canarias by the hands of Domingo Alonso Group. In just 5 years the Korean brand has gone from the 16th to the 5th position in the sales ranking.
2018
2018
The Two agency is awarded a Bronze EFI in the XX edition of the Efficacy Awards, the only awards in Spain that focus on the results achieved thanks to the communication actions of the brands, with the Make it Easy campaign of Hyundai Canarias in the category Best Regional Local Campaign.
2018
2018
Audi Canarias, recognized worldwide at the Audi Communication Awards. Audi Canarias takes bronze in the final phase of the prestigious international competition organized by AUDI AG: Audi Communication Award, held in Germany. Audi Fashion Night and Audi Golf Night outperformed prestigious events held by markets such as the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan, in the Experiential Marketing category.
2018
2018
Archipélago Next, the first private investment fund for Canarian startups Grupo Satocan, Grupo Hermanos Domínguez, Astican, Binter and Domingo Alonso Group, join in 2018 to lead a project to create the first private fund in the Canary Islands to invest in technology startups in the Canary Islands and Africa.
2019
2019
Domingo Alonso Group awarded in the seventh edition of the Faconauto Awards in the category "Innovation and Digitalization". A recognition granted unanimously by the Executive Committee of the Federation that highlights the effort of this company to achieve its goal: to offer the best and most innovative experience to customers and partners.
2019
2019
Domingo Alonso Group makes its delivery more special. Domingo Alonso Group also shows its most supportive side with the children who have to live through the anguishing experience of going through an operating room. The Canarian business group has donated to the Maternal and Child Hospital, Ntra. Señora de La Candelaria University Hospital, Doctor José Molina Orosa Hospital, General Hospital of Fuerteventura and General Hospital of La Palma, nine small electric cars to convert the route to the operating room , as far as possible, not only in a mere displacement, but in a fun trip.
2019
2019
Archipélago Next celebrates its II Archipélago Challange with new partners and more than 30 candidates. After the success of the first edition, the DISA Group, Lopesan Group, Hospitales Perpetuo Socorro, Grupo CAPISA, Montesano, Grupo MUR and Aguas de Firgas, leading companies in the Canary Islands, incorporate the private investment fund opening this second call with a potential still more attractive for Startups. With this second call, SATOCAN, Domingo Alonso Group, Binter, DinoSol Group, Inetel and the new partners of the fund pursue together the objective of converting the Canary Islands into a competitive international knowledge industry.
2019
2019
The first motorsharing comes to the Canary Islands from the hand of Lovesharing. The first motorsharing lands in the Canary Islands at the hands of Lovesharing. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife take a step towards the future of sustainable urban mobility with the reception of this first shared, ecological and efficient service.
2019
2019
Faconauto Canarias was born in October 2019 by the hand of Domingo Alonso Group and Grupo Rafael Afonso. Both groups saw a need to strengthen ties with the national employers, so that the specific particulars of the Canarian archipelago are taken into account in the peninsula and in Europe, thus achieving a representativeness, until now nonexistent. Currently, Faconauto Canarias represents 90% of the archipelago's market and has established itself as a benchmark in a sector that generates 3.3% of regional GDP and has a turnover of 708 million euros per year.
2020
2020
Domingo Alonso Group has added Erich Krohn to its board in order to replace Cecile Rohner, wife of Sergio Alonso, president of the company who died in 2018. Krohn comes to Domingo Alonso Group to contribute all his extensive knowledge and experience in this sector as an independent member.
2020
2020
Due to Covid-19 pandemic, Domingo Alonso Group launched the solidarity initiative #ACarForAHero with its brands Volkswagen, Volkswagen Commercial, Audi, ŠKODA, Hyundai and Honda. AVIS Canarias vehicles are available to healthcare workers in the Canary Islands. More than 135 professionals from the health sector have been helped by Domingo Alonso Group.
2020
2020
In order to achieve maximum satisfaction and be the trusted option at all times, the leading automotive group on the islands, presents its new loyalty club: WAH! By DAG. A new product that has been designed to surprise and support the group's customers and anyone who seeks to benefit from endless advantages and solutions. This loyalty club was born in a digital environment so that users have the WAH! By DAG in the palm of your hand.
2020
2020
Domingo Alonso Group inaugurates its new dealership in the capital of Gran Canaria with more than 4,000 square meters of exhibition and official service. A monumental project with the most innovative, modern and technological building in the sector to offer its clients a 360º experience, a pioneer in the islands. The new facilities house the brands Hyundai, Honda with its two divisions, Automobiles and Motorcycles, and Carplus, the group's new second-hand vehicle firm.
2020
2020
Barcelona incorporates 8 new units powered by hydrogen into its bus fleet, the cleanest energy that does not generate waste. The strategy of TMB (Transportes Metropolitanos De Barcelona) takes an ambitious leap towards hydrogen with an investment of 6.5 million euros with CaetanoBus, a company owned by Domingo Alonso Group.
2020
2020
Domingo Alonso Group is committed to renewable energy for self-consumption with the implementation of new photovoltaic solar installations. Facilities with a total power of 500,000 watts have been studied, with an estimated reduction of 300 tons of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere, a supply quota of approximately 50% that allows supplying clean energy to the fleet of electric vehicles. Domingo Alonso Group is moving towards sustainability by working to reduce its carbon footprint.
2020
2020
Domingo Alonso Group presents tuCarMarket.com in collaboration with the Canary Islands dealer association, Faconauto Canarias. tuCarMarket.com becomes the first automotive marketplace in the archipelago, in which a wide variety of reference brands in the automation sector are available such as Volkswagen, Volkswagen Commercial, Audi, ŠKODA, Ducati, Hyundai, Honda, Honda Motos and Citroën among others that will be gradually incorporated.
2020
2020
Domingo Alonso Group has created a safety, protection and hygiene protocol adapted to each of its sales and workshop exhibitions, and offices. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Domingo Alonso Group conditions all its facilities, processes, tools and ways of working to the new situation to facilitate the return to normality for clients and workers.
2020
2020
Domingo Alonso Group and Hyundai Canarias bring out their most supportive side with the donation of more than 31,000 masks to different ONGs present in the Canary Islands to collaborate in the fight against Covid-19. Red Cross, Cáritas Diocesana de Canarias, Yrichen Foundation, Nuevo Futuro, Spanish Association Against Cancer and the Alejandro Da Silva Foundation have received from the Korean brand a total of 31,200 masks in order to help the important work of these institutions.
2020
2020
In collaboration with Foresta, Volkswagen Canarias is planting Canarian forests after the fire that hit Gran Canaria in 2019. With a total of 2,000 trees, the brand has contributed to reforesting laurel forests in the Canary Islands. Domingo Alonso Group, importer of the brand in the Canary Islands, has always shown its concern for the preservation of the environment and goes one step further with the donation of a chipping machine to help in the daily work of the Foresta Foundation and in prevention tasks.
Sergio Alonso
Former President Domingo Alonso Group (Deceased 2018)
Board of directors
Marcelino Villalobos, Sonia De Parellada, José Manuel Soria, Julio Antoranz,
Oliver Alonso, Cecile Rohner, Evelyn Alonso y Claudio Alonso.
Espíritu de servicio
Management Team
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Oliver Alonso
President & CEO
Domingo Alonso Group
Julio Antoranz
CFO
Domingo Alonso Group
Magüi Melián
CEO Volkswagen Brands
Domingo Alonso Importer
Marcelo Pérez
CEO Volkswagen Brands Own Retail Business
Domingo Alonso Tenerife, Domingo Alonso La Palma & Hatusa
Roberto Dávila
CEO Mobility Division
Avis Canarias
Lovesharing
Xtravans
Silence
Fernando Hernández
CEO Software Business & Retail Colombia
Domingo Alonso Group
Juani Jiménez
COO International Automotive Business
Domingo Alonso Group
Celia Hernández
Executive assistant to the President & CEO & Sustainability Manager
Domingo Alonso Group
Sabina Hernández
Chief Digital Information Officer (CDIO)
Domingo Alonso Group
Lorena Pérez
COOOpportunity
Domingo Alonso Group
Miguel Ángel Blanco
CEO two
Domingo Alonso Group
Alberto Medina
COO Aftersales & Logistic
Domingo Alonso Group
Miguel Castillo
HR
Domingo Alonso Group
Daniel Guillén
Brand Manager Volkswagen Passenger Cars
Domingo Alonso Importer
Néstor Rodríguez
Brand Manager Audi
Domingo Alonso Importer
Nayra Pérez
Brand Manager ŠKODA
Domingo Alonso Importer
Benigno Hernández
Brand Manager Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
Domingo Alonso Importer
Irene Gálvez
COO
Hyundai Canarias
Adriana Mujica
COO
Honda Canarias
Gustavo Guerra
CEO VW Brands Own Retail Business
Domingo Alonso Servicio Gran Canaria & Delfinauto
Daniel Hernández
CEO Hyundai Canarias Own Retail Business
Corauto Canarias
Pedro Déniz
CEO
MAN Canarias
Ruyman Caballero
CEO
Genial Auto & Chevion Auto
Ainhoa Aristi
COO
myCarflix
Fernando Ramírez
Used Car Manager
Domingo Alonso Importer
Gustavo Medina
CEO
SingularFactory
Emilio Macías
COO Software Business AIDA Canarias
Domingo Alonso Group
Jose Luis Sújar
Chief Innovation Officer
Domingo Alonso Group
Irene González
PR Manager
Domingo Alonso Group
Yaiza Díaz
Nursery School Manager
Domingo Alonso Group
Personal, professional and family development
Social engagement
Domingo Alonso fue constituida en 1935, con motivo de la actividad exportadora de productos agrícolas y las relaciones que se establecen en el exterior, comienza la actividad importadora de productos del sector automoción
In its commitment to renewable energies and environmental protection, the Domingo Alonso Group invested, in 2008, approximately 600,000 euros in a PV system.
Domingo Alonso Nursery School supports coeducation, integration, individualization and attention to diversity; because we consider Education as a process that covers different aspects, which build the autonomy, security and personality of the pupils, taking into account the individual and social dimensions.
Domingo Alonso is a patron of the Foresta Foundation, a regional and private foundation championing forestry, and whose goal is to restore and improve the remarkable, but severely depleted, Canarian Natural Heritage.
Domingo Alonso Nursery School supports coeducation, integration, individualization and attention to diversity; because we consider Education as a process that covers different aspects, which build the autonomy, security and personality of the pupils, taking into account the individual and social dimensions.
Domingo Alonso Nursery School supports coeducation, integration, individualization and attention to diversity; because we consider Education as a process that covers different aspects, which build the autonomy, security and personality of the pupils, taking into account the individual and social dimensions. (Hasta aquí entradilla) Moreover, the Educational Team of this School has agreed to a series of values that set our line of action to internalize in the children. These are: solidarity, respect, social harmony and tolerance.
In the Centre, the methodology will be active, global and meaningful, promoting the participation, offering resources and making proposals to move forward in learning. For the achievement of such methodology, the previous knowledge of the pupil, the individuality of every one of them, as well as the general characteristics of the group/class will be considered as base. As the main methodological resources, early childhood development programs, teaching units, organized projects and workshops, structured in accordance to the pupils’ interests and needs, will be used.
Additionally, as part of the methodology, the center addresses the principles of activity, experience, games, autonomy, globalization, interaction and significant learning, which regulates Childhood Education as an educational stage; using always the previous knowledge of the pupils, their age and their potential development level as a cornerstone.
Communication with parents will be fluent, day-to-day and direct. To this effect, we daily use an App, Diary4kids, where parents will be able to monitor the routine activities of their children. In addition, there will be several group and individual meetings with families during the year for a more personal and comprehensive supervision of every child’s learning.
The School owns a wide variety of materials that eases the handling and observance, allowing the development of different capabilities of the student body, in accordance with their age. In order to stimulate and motivate children during the performance of pretend play, the kids will be provided with recycled commercial material or real objects from everyday life, amongst others.
Domingo Alonso Nursery School pursues technological innovation and digitalization within the classrooms, promoting the development of the ICT, through the usage of Tablet and Interactive Digital Whiteboard, which increases the motivation and participation of the student body, adapting the Center to the current and future societies.
The introduction of a foreign language since Nursing School is essential. Therefore, a project for teaching English in daily lessons where common expressions and vocabulary are used to make children aged from 1 year old familiar with the language, has been started. The obtained results are very satisfactory.
Patrons of the ULPGC (2002)
Domingo Alonso, in 2002, donated the Martín Chirino sculpture «The Thinker», to the University of Las Palmas.
Domingo Alonso, in 2002, donated the Martín Chirino sculpture «The Thinker», to the University of Las Palmas.
The Thinker, finished in 2001 and made out of solid bronze, stands 4.15 meters tall and weighs 7,000 kilos, is situated in one of the University´s most symbolic areas: the large roundabout at the entrance to the campus of Tafira. In 2012 the sculpture was relocated to the Campus entrance. By donating this sculpture we hope to contribute to the cultural development of both the University, and the city of Las Palmas.
Nursery Domingo Alonso Group (2007)
Domingo Alonso Nursery School supports coeducation, integration, individualization and attention to diversity; because we consider Education as a process that covers different aspects, which build the autonomy, security and personality of the pupils, taking into account the individual and social dimensions. Moreover, the Educational Team of this School has agreed to a series of values that set our line of action to internalize in the children. These are: solidarity, respect, social harmony and tolerance.
In the Centre, the methodology will be active, global and meaningful, promoting the participation, offering resources and making proposals to move forward in learning. For the achievement of such methodology, the previous knowledge of the pupil, the individuality of every one of them, as well as the general characteristics of the group/class will be considered as base. As the main methodological resources, early childhood development programs, teaching units, organized projects and workshops, structured in accordance to the pupils’ interests and needs, will be used.
Additionally, as part of the methodology, the center addresses the principles of activity, experience, games, autonomy, globalization, interaction and significant learning, which regulates Childhood Education as an educational stage; using always the previous knowledge of the pupils, their age and their potential development level as a cornerstone.
Communication with parents will be fluent, day-to-day and direct. To this effect, we daily use an App, Diary4kids, where parents will be able to monitor the routine activities of their children. In addition, there will be several group and individual meetings with families during the year for a more personal and comprehensive supervision of every child’s learning.
The School owns a wide variety of materials that eases the handling and observance, allowing the development of different capabilities of the student body, in accordance with their age. In order to stimulate and motivate children during the performance of pretend play, the kids will be provided with recycled commercial material or real objects from everyday life, amongst others.
Domingo Alonso Nursery School pursues technological innovation and digitalization within the classrooms, promoting the development of the ICT, through the usage of Tablet and Interactive Digital Whiteboard, which increases the motivation and participation of the student body, adapting the Center to the current and future societies.
The introduction of a foreign language since Nursing School is essential. Therefore, a project for teaching English in daily lessons where common expressions and vocabulary are used to make children aged from 1 year old familiar with the language, has been started. The obtained results are very satisfactory.
Photovoltaic Plant (2008)
In its commitment to renewable energies and environmental protection, the Domingo Alonso Group invested, in 2008, approximately 600,000 euros in a PV system.
In its commitment to renewable energy and environmental protection, the Domingo Alonso Group invested in 2008 approximately 600,000 euros in a large PV system that saves the Canaries over 140 tonnes of green house gases every year. The PV plant is located on the roof of Domingo Alonso´s Logistics Center, in the industrial area of Arinaga, Gran Canaria. It is made up of 612, 175W monocrystalline PV panels, attached to the roof of the centre along with 4, 25,000W inverters.
With this, the Domingo Alonso Group carries on backing renewable energy, helping to cut CO2 emissions and reducing the effects of climate change in the Canaries. This PV system will provide clean solar energy for years to come, with no emissions.
Moreover, the geographical location of the Canaries and its climate provide it with above average yearly sunlight hours, guaranteeing high energy production throughout the year. With this important contribution to the environment, the Domingo Alonso Group follows the Volkswagen Group´s worldwide initiative to search for new ways to cut emissions.
Offering the best and most innovative mobility experience to our international clients, maximizing the usage of technological solutions, and being pioneers and innovative.
Vision
Being considered by our clients and partners as the most attractive and innovative option offering mobility solutions, tailored to their specific needs at any time, permanently challenging ourselves to beat their expectations.
Being the best place to work in, where people enjoy the best conditions for feeling inspired to do their best, with the spirit for developing an efficient and profitable company, which accepts and achieves the challenge that comes with competing and growing internationally.
Salvador Caetano Group started its activity in Portugal in the year 1946, under the great tenacity of its founder, Salvador Fernandes Caetano, whose motto was “Always present in tomorrow’s construction”. Ever since its incorporation as manufacturer of bodyworks for buses, the Salvador Caetano Group has travelled a long way, and has become a strong-rooted Group, allowing the expansion of its activity to other business areas and cross-border expansion. It currently has more than 100 companies located in 33 countries on two different continents: Europe and Africa, employing over 6,000 people in five different business areas: industry, distribution, retail, energy and services.
After several years of strategic alliance between both groups in order to carry out new innovative projects, and therefore, to become even more competitive in the automotive sector, in 2017, Domingo Alonso Group entered the shareholding of the Portuguese holding company Salvador Caetano. This investment means strengthening the relationship with its international automotive partner. Thus it participates in a group of more than 75 companies with more than 300 dealers in Portugal and Spain, which represents more than 25 brands with a turnover exceeding 2000 million Euros. For the Domingo Alonso Group this alliance allows it to become the main operator in the Iberian Peninsula, with annual sales that exceeds 110,000 vehicles, while at the same time increasing its growth in international context and support to deal with the changes in the new era of the car sector.
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