Sener chosed as “Company of the Year 2024” by the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg

The Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg has selected Sener as the winning company in the 10th Edition of its “Company of the Year” awards, in recognition of its cutting-edge work in the aerospace and defence sector in these countries.

Through this award, the Chamber hopes to contribute one more year to the promotion of Spanish economic and business development in Belgium and Luxembourg, rewarding the experience and demonstration of leadership and competitiveness of companies in their sector of activity.

With this award, the Chamber seeks to reward the trajectory of Sener, founded in 1956 as the first Spanish engineering company registered as such. More than 60 years later, the company has a workforce of nearly 4,000 professionals, offices on five continents, a permanent presence in 18 countries and production centres for the aerospace and defence markets in Spain and Poland. In addition to the aerospace and defence markets, Sener has a recognised track record in energy, mobility, data centre, digital and naval projects.

Since opening its Brussels office in 2019, Sener has actively collaborated with Belgian companies on 17 European defence projects and 5 European space projects.

As an example of these collaborations, Sener is currently leading an important European Space Agency (ESA) mission being developed under the name Proba-3. This is the first space mission in which two satellites will orbit together in formation, with launch scheduled for the end of 2024. It also leads Commands (for the development of technology that facilitates smart cooperation between manned and unmanned systems) and has actively participated in programs such as HYDEF (for the development of a hipersonic missile interceptor system).

In Luxembourg, Sener is leading a multinational very low orbit satellite project, coordinated by the European Defence Agency (EDA) and called VLEO. Among others, the Luxembourg companies SPARK and LIST are participating, as well as the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology. On December 2, the award will be presented to Sener at an event that will bring together a hundred people from European institutions and the community innovation ecosystem.

“We are honoured that our activity is recognized with this award, which confirms our track record in Belgium and Luxembourg. It also encourages us to continue collaborating with institutions and companies in Belgium and Luxembourg to continue offering innovative and cutting-edge technological solutions that help us reach the next frontier in strategic areas for Europe, such as space and defence,” says Fernando Horcada, director of EU and NATO Programs and of the Aerospace and Defence Representation Office of Sener in Brussels.