Eiffage Infraestructuras are expanding their Arocs fleet

"We're betting on the Spanish market," says César Nohales, the General Director of the Los Serranos group. Los Serranos belongs to the Eiffage Infraestructuras group, a subsidiary company of the French Eiffage group. Nohales explains that the company controls over 24 quarries, 22 concrete plants and 27 asphalt factories throughout the whole of Spain. Furthermore, they are the largest asphalt manufacturer in the country: "According to Asefma, the Spanish asphalt manufacturer confederation, we have a market share of nine percent."

Eiffage Infraestructuras, whose parent company built the Eiffel tower, the glass pyramid at the Louvre and the Tour Majunga – the second highest sky scraper in France – want to keep their carbon footprint as small as possible. The company strategy is aligned accordingly – it is based on autonomy as well as high-level investments in research and development.

Recently, a new business division, "EI Logística", was founded. In the long term, it should carry out all the transport applications of the group and also transportation for third parties. "We need easy-care, economical trucks," César Nohales explains. It was not surprising then that the first acquisitions were 19 Arocs – nine 1843 tractor units for tilting operation and ten 3236 concrete mixers. Nohales explains that the deciding factors were consumption, operating costs and residual value after five years. "We also wanted vehicles with a good image - they are, after all, our best advertising out on the road," he feels.

In addition to the previous vehicles owned by Eiffage Infraestructuras, the entire fleet now numbers 70 trucks – however, even this is not enough to meet with current production volumes. "We want to have doubled the number of our vehicles in five years," assures Nohales.