History

Jorge Sendagorta Cudós, Managing Director of SENER Engineering since 2018,  is named as the new CEO, succeeding Jorge Unda.

Andrés Sendagorta, hitherto Vicepresident of SENER, is the Group's new President, taking over from Jorge Sendagorta, who will continue to be linked to the SENER Group as its Honorary President.

Enrique de Sendagorta Aramburu, founder and Honorary President of SENER, and President of the SENER Foundation passed away on January 5.

It have been 10 years since the opening of the first SENER delegation in the United States with the opening of its first office in the country.

The SENER Foundation celebrates its 15th anniversary promoting initiatives and activities to serve the community through the training and education of engineers, while also aiming to develop social responsibility in business activities in the fields of engineering and technology.

SENER celebrates its 60th anniversary with a long track record of projects, international experience and a team comprised of thousands of professionals who are the co-creators of the innovations that have marked its past and will shape its future. 

SENER consortium is awarded the HS2 Engineering Delivery Partner contract in the UK.

SENER wins the contract to perform the environmental and engineering services for the California high-speed railway line (USA).

SENER confirms its international expansion in the transport infrastructures sector with projects in Europe, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, North Africa, and the Middle East, including such noteworthy endeavors as the Toluca-Mexico City passenger train, the Guadalajara metro in Mexico, and the metros in Riyadh and Doha (Saudi Arabia), Dubai and Abu Dhabi (UAE).

Opening of SENER’s new corporate headquarters in Catalonia, located in Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona), a SENER project.

Operation begins of Barcelona metro’s L9, the longest driverless line in Europe, and the Perpignan-Figueras international high-speed railway line between France and Spain. On both projects, SENER is responsible for everything from the design to the certification and operational start.

Sagunto regassing plant (Spain), the first LNG plant built by SENER.

José Manuel de Sendagorta Aramburu, General Director of SENER from 1961 to 1985 and one of its founders passed away on September 22.

In the 90s, first contracts in high-speed rail (Basque Y, Madrid-Barcelona, Madrid-Valencia, Madrid-Lisbon) and large airports, ports and singular buildings on the Iberian Peninsula.

SENER undertakes work on the projects for the Bilbao, Barcelona and Valencia metros. These are its first urban transport projects.