Construction Magazine November 2014 | Page 220

KUBIEC-CONDUIT
in the construction of low-income housing . Another activity they continuously promote is the “ Steel Tour ” which aims to promote entrepreneurial values to college students .
Steel of Kubiec - Conduit for Quicentro North Shopping in Quito
The opening of their new plant took place this 2014 , with an investment that exceeds 40 million . They have also invested around $ 10 million in technology this past year . Among their goals for 2015 are to increase their annual sales and export more products overseas .
Growth with Innovation “ I ’ m proud of this company and how it ’ s growing more and more each day , now it has an impeccable size for Ecuador and it continues to develop rapidly and with more resources ,” says Henry Yandun , CEO and founder of KUBIEC-CONDUIT .
The company emerged 19 years ago , with a total investment of $ 40,000 ( in which Yandun and an additional partner contributed with 20,000 each ). Their first employees were two disable workers , therefore the company was complying with Ecuador ’ s Labor Law that requires for at least four percent of the human resource to be disabled .
KUBIEC-CONDUIT currently produces more than $ 100 million a year and is listed as the
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