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Today is a week since K08 decided to stop production, since K08 decided to close its doors, as all the companies in the sector did, to face the coronavirus pandemic. Because the most important value of a company is its workers, because they are the ones that give it life. […]

A week without you all

27 March, 2020 in job security tagged coronavirus / production / workers by administrador

February is the month chosen by first visitants to know our facilities and the elaboration process of our slate K08. This first group was moving from Nantes, France to make the first visit of many more that we expect to receive this year. They began the tour in the quarry, […]

The first visit of 2020

20 February, 2020 in Sin categoría by administrador

In K08, work of each person is unique and unrepeatable. As in many other manual jobs, every employee leaves his/her mark on the part of the chain he dominates, all are different and all important. Because the final result, depends on each shackle. And each shackle is a artisan who […]

Amazed for their work

11 February, 2020 in Sin categoría by administrador

Between January and November of 2019, quarries exportated 446.205 tons of slate, a 3.9% more than previous year, 2018. This translated to euros means that 243 million were invoiced, which represents an increase of 5.2%. According to export statistics, France has increased its imports in more than 5.646 tons, which […]

Slate’s exportations increase in almost a 4% interanual

31 January, 2020 in Sin categoría by administrador

The K08 is a slate chosen for rehabilitation of old roofs in buildings listed as historic. Our brand can be found on top of emblematic buildings that have gone through a process of restoration and improvement of cultural and architectural heritage, with the final goal of its best conservation. In […]

Construction of the month. January: San Xil of Casayo Chapel

21 January, 2020 in construction of the month by administrador

2020 begins and we check visits received at our facilities last year. There were a lot and from many points of our country and different foreign countries. We hope we would continue raising the same or more interest, to all those who want to learn how the world of extraction […]

For a 2020 full of visitors

10 January, 2020 in Sin categoría tagged visites / visiteurs / visitors / visits by administrador

The largest group of slate companies called Cluster da Pizarra de Galicia, organized a meeting in which the main political representatives, businessmen, professionals and unions of Valdeorras, Orense and Lugo participated. There, K08 team was present. Three projects were showed in an event which took place in Sobradelo, Carballeda de […]

K08 participates in a technical day of Cluster da Pizarra ...

9 January, 2020 in Sin categoría by administrador

Recent data about statistics of slate exportation, provided by the Cluster da Pizarra de Galicia, show an interanual rise of 5% regarding to data of previous exercise. In general, France has increased its imports by more than 8,500 tons, which is 5% more than in 2018. This puts the country […]

Slate exports increase 5%

8 January, 2020 in Sin categoría by administrador

In addition to the achievements of the senior category, the K08 indoor football team works, many years ago, with children’s categories, in Sport Schools. The attendance of many children in the region has grown exponentially in these years, due to the human potential we have. In fact, training with children […]

King Cake tournament to begin the year

7 January, 2020 in Sin categoría by administrador