Associação Brasileira de Tecnologia
para Construção e Mineração

Publicado em 11 de dezembro de 2013

Party of Sobratema associates gathered more than 500 persons

A Gala Night in Transylvania was the theme chosen for the event of this year

 In November 30, Sobratema promoted in São Paulo its twentieth Party of Associates including businessmen, partners and collaborators and gathering 507 invited guests. Although being carried out every year, the event of 2013 had a special significance as part of the 25-year celebration of association activities, showing also photos of several important moments of the entity, from its foundation to the current days. 

Afonso Mamede, president of Sobratema, expressed his gratitude to all people present by the constant support given by companies and businessmen in the consolidation, evolution and strengthening of the entity in the areas of mining and construction.

The Party of Associates had as its theme and decoration A Gala Night in Transylvania and—as occurred in the last three editions—Sobratema encouraged invited people to wear costumes. To select the best masculine and feminine costumes, a judging committee—including representatives of the 25 sponsors—was created. This committee awarded Lilian Leite and José Luis Vicentini due to the originality, creativity and excellent adherence of their costumes to the theme. The winners were awarded with a Samsung Galaxy Tablet. 

The event was sponsored by Atlas Copco, BMC – Brasil Máquinas, Brasif, Case Construction, Caterpillar, Cummins, Iveco, JCB, John Deere, Komatsu, Liebherr, Mega, Metso, Mills, New Holland Construction, Putzmeister, Sandvik, Sany, Scania, Schwing Stetter, Solaris, Sotreq, Terex, Tracbel and Volvo. A set of trip packages offered by Almax Viagens, Transline Viagens, Trend Operadora and Sobratema was balloted among the participants.

The winners were: Walter Cover, president of Abramat – Associação Brasileira de Materiais de Construção (Brazilian Association of Construction Materials), that got a weekend in the Hotel Slaviero, in São Carlos; Manuel Fernandes, of Flutrol, that got a weekend in the Hotel Matsubara, in Campos do Jordão; Ray Bales, of Caterpillar, that was awarded with a São Paulo/Buenos Aires/São Paulo air ticket; Kelly Guaraldi, of Ytaquiti, that got a weekend in Mendoza, Argentina; and Márcia Isique, of Sobratema, that was awarded with a trip package to the Conexpo 2014, that will be carried out in Las Vegas/EUA.

In 2013, Sobratema carried out the Construction Expo 2013 – 2ª Feira Internacional de Edificações e Obras de Infraestrutura (International Exhibition of Edifications and  Infrastructure Works), the Construction Congress, the Sobratema Workshop and Technical Missions. The entity issued also a new publication, the Guia Sobratema de Equipamentos 2013-2015 (Sobratema Equipment Guide) and the book Conversando com a Máquina (Talking with the Machine), written by Silvimar Fernandes Reis. Published also updated editions of the Sobratema Study of Brazilian Construction Equipment Market and of the survey Main Infrastructure Investments in Brazil till 2018. In the training area, the Instituto Opus established a partnership with Abendi – Associação Brasileira de Ensaios Não Destrutivos e Inspeção (Brazilian Association of Non-destructive Tests and Inspection) to certificate some professionals that already work in load hoisting and handling, in functions such as Rigger, Rigging Supervisor and Slinger Signaler. 

The photos of the party may be seen in the flickr:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobratema/sets/72157638345353814/ and in the facebook fanpage: https://www.facebook.com/sobratema