Pedro Jose Arteta
G2 President, Edimca and Aglomerados Cotopaxi
Ecuadorian, 79, married 3 children, 9 grandchildren.
Pedro Jose started his professional life at 21 in Menatlas, a construction company that belonged to his family. His father invested as a partner in the wood manufacturing companies that belonged to Juan Manuel Durini Palacios, who later became Pedro José’s father-in-law and mentor. Thus, Pedro José participated as a board member in Plywood, Maderotecnia and Empresa Durini.
In 1975 he funds Endesa, a plywood and wood veneer manufacturer, with his brother-in-law and later in 1978 they fund Aglomerados Cotopaxi again with his brother-in-law and other relatives as partners. Finally in 1982 another plywood manufacturing industry, Botrosa is funded by the same group.
Menatlas stopped operations in 2016. Today Pedro Jose is the president of Edimca (previously Empresa Durini the commercial company of the group) and Aglomerados Cotopaxi. He is also an enthusiastic farmer and dedicates part of his time to the administration of a dairy farm.
Session
Planting for the future – sustainability as a vehicle for transparency
Case Study
Aglomerados Cotopaxi is an enterprise dedicated to planting sustainable, commercial forests, which are harvested and transformed into fiberboard, particle board and moldings for both the Ecuadorian and international markets. Since its founding in 1978, the business has been focused on sustainability, as the wood is sourced from their own sustainably managed plantations. The company is part of a group of forestry, industrial and commercial businesses.