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A S T I:
T R A N S FO R M I N G
T ECH I N S PAI N —A N D
M A N U FAC T U R I N G
A RO U N D T H E WO R L D
In 2008, when Veronica Pascual Boe
acquired ASTI, her family's small
conveyor-belt firm, Spain's economy
was heading into a crisis. Between
2008 and 2013, Spain lost 9% of its
GDP, unemployment was surging, and
most Spanish multinationals were
limited to regulated sectors such as
banking, telecoms and infrastructure.
Today, transformed and scaled
under Veronica's leadership into an
international intralogistics mobile
robotics company, ASTI is not only a
beacon of change in Spain but also a
pioneer in tech globally. The company
designs, manufactures, implements and
VERONICA PASCUAL BOE
BY THE NUMBERS:
1 7
countries deploy
ASTI driverless
vehicles
1 0 0
new jobs created
since 2017
1 0,0 0 0
hours spent
training students
in STEM
70 %
of students
trained hired
at ASTI
