Parque Empresarial Boroa P2A-4,
48340, Bizkaia
(+34) 944 20 98 77
info@acicae.es
The range is alive
Aratubo is an Alava-based company specialised in the manufacture of precision welded steel tubes for a range of sectors, with the automotive sector being one of the company’s strategic focuses. Its clients include the main players in the automotive industry throughout the entire supply chain: TIERS 1 and TIERS 2. Aratubo also offers its clients a comprehensive solution, delivering the final transformed part.
Founded in 1997 as a supplier of steel tubes, the company made a gradual transition from supplying a ‘commodity’ product to serving a range of clients demanding technically complex parts, finally beginning its journey to serve the demanding automotive industry in 2009.
Aratubo currently has a total area of 70,000 m2, a production capacity of 120,000 tons per year, 180 employees, and a presence in over 25 countries, with 90% of its production destined for the export market.
Aratubo’s commitment to the future involves making investments that will allow it to adapt to new trends in the automotive market, the development of R&D&i projects, addressing priority issues such as industry 4.0, linked to its digital transformation, in addition to continuing to expand its range of precision welded steel tubes. All this activity is undertaken within a responsible and sustainable brand approach.
Appart from the full production of welded steel tubes, Aratubo integrates new processes such as:
• Saw cutting
• Laser
• Punching
• Bending
• Expanding / Flattening
• Marking
• Washing
• Customised packaging
We are experts in manufacturing welded steel tubes under the specifications demanded for automotive components. Sectors as seat structure, whippers, reinforce bars, cross car beams, hinges and headrests.
Our manufacturing processes comply with the EN 10305-3 and EN 10305-5 standards with a range of tubes from 9.8 mm to 88.9 mm in diameter, with thicknesses from 0.7 to 4.0 mm and up to 8,500 mm in length
Aratubo supplies to the main actors of the automotive industry throughout the whole supply chain : TIERS 1 and TIERS 2.
Nowadays, 90% of our production is exported to Europe, North Africa, Mexico and EEUU being present in more than 25 countries.
