Corlago
A Spanish family-owned manufacturer of elevator and heavy-equipment counterweights and welded steel structures, with facilities in Spain, Poland, Brazil, and the United States.
About Corlago
Industrial Counterweights and Steel Structures
Corlago is a Spanish family-owned company based in Corella, Navarra, that manufactures industrial counterweights and welded steel structures. It is part of the Corlago Group, which includes SIC-LAZARO, WELLD (EMS), and BETON. The company describes itself as a European leader in elevator counterweights and has more than 40 years of experience in the sector.
Products and Capabilities
- Elevator counterweights: units weighing up to 25 kilograms, made from dense concrete or steel and using recycled aggregates from nonhazardous industrial waste.
- Heavy-equipment counterweights: units weighing up to 25 metric tons for large mobile machinery such as port forklifts and container handlers, with a steel shell filled with dense materials.
- Welded structures: steel assemblies for mobile equipment, including port-forklift chassis and work platforms. Corlago works as a subcontractor to customer-provided drawings.
- Catenary counterweights: designed and manufactured for rail applications with attention to safety, durability, and theft resistance.
Production Capacity
Corlago manufactures counterweight systems for more than 50,000 elevators each year and produces over 50,000 metric tons of counterweights annually. It manages more than 850,000 order lines per year and reports nearly 99% production-line efficiency. The company serves more than 100 customers across all continents and has a global workforce of over 400 people.
International Facilities
The group operates four manufacturing facilities:
- Spain: The Corella plant covers 49,500 square meters, including 5,500 square meters of buildings. It is the group’s headquarters and makes counterweights for elevators, rail, and heavy equipment; it also houses management, accounting, treasury, purchasing, human resources, design, and engineering. A second plant in Buñuel covers 8,500 square meters, with 8,000 square meters of buildings, and specializes in chassis welding, robotic welding, tooling, and metrology.
- Poland: Two plants, one covering 18,650 square meters with 3,500 square meters of buildings and another covering 13,400 square meters with 2,750 square meters of buildings. Both specialize in counterweights for heavy equipment and elevators.
- Brazil: The Ibiporã plant covers 16,850 square meters, including 1,900 square meters of buildings, and focuses on dense-concrete elevator counterweights.
- United States: The Milwaukee plant covers 32,000 square meters, including 12,000 square meters of buildings, and handles cutting, machining, and heavy-equipment counterweight manufacturing.
Customers and Certifications
Customers include Schindler, Kone, Volvo, Hyster-Yale, Cargotec, Liebherr, and Stadler. The company mentions certifications and quality programs on its website but does not identify specific certificates in this profile. It also works with suppliers such as Arcelor Thyssen, US-Steel, Geodis, and Cemex, and uses technology from Oracle, Faro, IGM, SolidWorks, Prensoland, and Lantek.
Contact
Address: Industrial Park, no street number listed, Corella, Navarra, Spain. Phone: +34 948 782 200. Email: info@corlago.com.
Elevator and heavy-equipment counterweights