ASLA Foundation

What ASLA Foundation does

ASLA Foundation (legal name: Fundación ASPRONA Laboral) is a Spanish non-profit foundation established by ASPRONA Plena Inclusión in Albacete, Spain, dedicated to creating stable employment pathways for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities. It operates as a Centro Especial de Empleo (Special Employment Center) under Ley 50/2002, employing 250 people, 92% of whom have disabilities, and follows a structured integration itinerary: Centro Ocupacional > Centro Especial de Empleo > Enclave laboral > Empresa Ordinaria. The parent association ASPRONA was founded in 1962 and serves 1,903 people with intellectual or developmental disabilities across 10 localities in Albacete province.

ASLA delivers a diversified portfolio of operational services: environmental maintenance (parks and garden upkeep, street cleaning, organic waste management) covering approximately 300,000 m² in Albacete, Villarrobledo, and Caudete; plant nursery production from a three-hectare site in Albacete and a 3,000 m² facility in Villarrobledo, yielding roughly 300,000 flowering plants and 100,000 shrubs and trees annually; industrial manipulation, assembly, and packaging outsourcing for manufacturing clients; graphic arts and printing via CTP direct-to-plate systems and 1-5 color offset presses up to 50×70 cm; document digitization with planetary and high-production scanners; Level III-certified document destruction; screen printing, embroidery, and advertising merchandise; carpentry; and carnival float, window display, and props fabrication. Operations are distributed across four locations in Albacete province with retail outlets at Centro Comercial Imaginalia and Plaza Benjamín Palencia. The foundation holds ISO 9001:2015 (quality) and ISO 14001:2015 (environmental) certifications from Bureau Veritas Certificación and is pursuing ISO 27001.

Revenue is generated through multi-year service contracts with public institutions (Ayuntamiento de Albacete, Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha, Diputación de Albacete and other municipalities), private-sector outsourcing partnerships (Crisnova Vidrio/Grupo Vidrala, Velilla Group, Quirónsalud, FCC, Arcos, Eiffage Energía), retail product sales at ASLA's own stores and nurseries, and recurring public subsidies and grants from CEPES, the European Social Fund, Fundación ONCE, Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha, and municipal authorities. The parent ASPRONA reported total income of €12.74M in 2022 with effectively break-even results, reflecting the social enterprise funding model.

Name

ASLA Foundation

Legal name

FUNDACIÓN ASPRONA LABORAL

Website

https://fundacionasla.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1962

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

ASLA Foundation (Fundación ASPRONA Laboral) is a Spanish non-profit foundation employing 250 workers (92% with intellectual disabilities) to deliver environmental services, industrial manipulation, graphic arts printing, document management, and nursery production, facilitating labor market integration for people with intellectual disabilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Employment Services

NAICS

Vocational Rehabilitation Services (6243), Landscaping Services (561730), Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating (115112), Support Activities for Printing (32312)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744), Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGALAB

Workforce Development & Inclusive Employment (Job Training, Placement)

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Enterprises & Impact Organizations

Keywords

• Disability employment services
• Environmental maintenance services
• Vocational training programs
• Nursery horticulture production
• Graphic arts printing

Headquarters

HQ city

Albacete

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Service Contracts and Provision: ASLA generates revenue primarily through service contracts with public institutions (municipalities, regional government, provincial council) for grounds maintenance, street cleaning, waste management, and industrial outsourcing. These are recurring, contract-based engagements with public-sector clients, as well as one-time project contracts with private companies for industrial manipulation, printing, and other services.
2. Product Sales: Direct sales of nursery plants (flowers, shrubs, trees), office furniture (including recovered/refurbished furniture), graphic arts products (calendars, agendas, printed materials), and merchandise (clothing, personalized items). Sales occur through own retail stores (Imaginalia shopping center, kiosk at Plaza Benjamín Palencia) and at nursery locations.
3. Rental of Assets: Rental of props, decorations, and carnival floats for events and festivals. Also rental of urban allotment plots to individuals and organizations.
4. Subsidies and Public Grants: ASLA operates as a Centro Especial de Empleo (Special Employment Center) and receives public funding, subsidies, and co-financing from the European Social Fund, CEPES, Fundación ONCE, regional government (JCCM), and municipal authorities to support employment integration programs and organizational development.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

ASLA Foundation is a non-profit Special Employment Center that delivers environmental maintenance, industrial outsourcing, plant nursery production, graphic arts/printing, document management, and office furniture services to public administrations and private companies, while employing people with intellectual disabilities (92% of 250 workers) and creating structured pathways to ordinary employment. Services include grounds maintenance across approximately 300,000 m² in Albacete province, production of 300,000 flowering plants and 100,000 shrubs/trees annually, CTP offset printing, Level III-certified document destruction, and adapted IT-supported industrial manipulation.

Product overview

ASLA Foundation operates as a multi-service social enterprise providing diverse products and services through its Special Employment Center (Centro Especial de Empleo). The portfolio spans environmental services (waste management, street cleaning, park/garden maintenance, plant nurseries), industrial/manufacturing services (industrial manipulations, carpentry), document management (digitization, destruction, custody), creative services (floats, window displays, screen printing, graphic arts), and office furniture. The services are delivered through vocational training centers and specialized workshops for people with intellectual disabilities, with the goal of creating stable employment opportunities and facilitating their integration into the ordinary labor market. The core offering consists of environmental horticulture services, industrial outsourcing, and document management, supported by creative workshops for advertising and printing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gestión de Residuos Orgánicos (Organic Waste Recycling) Organic waste recycling and composting service processing garden and green area waste generated from maintained zones, with plans to expand processing facilities for broader waste management and public attention.
• Limpieza Viaria Pública y Privada (Street Cleaning) Street cleaning service covering approximately 300,000 m² of gardens and other zones in Albacete, Villarrobledo, and Caudete, including integral management, maintenance, and replacement of urban furniture and plants from ASLA nurseries.
• Producción y Venta de Plantas, Viveros (Plant Nursery Production and Sales)

Quantifiable outcome

• 10 people with disabilities obtained civil servant positions in public administration through ASLA's Capacitación Service in 2022
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• El Corte Inglés SegurosminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 November 2025ASPRONA signed a collaboration agreement with El Corte Inglés Seguros offering advantageous insurance conditions for members and professionals of the entity. The agreement was signed at the inauguration of a new insurance office on Pasaje Lodares in central Albacete.
• AVICONminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 30 October 2025ASPRONA and AVICON (a livestock cooperative) signed a collaboration agreement at Expovicaman offering a 10% discount to ASLA workers. AVICON also became a sponsor of Club Deportivo San Ginés with a contribution of €1,200 to support inclusive sports.
• PodoactivaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 October 2025ASPRONA and ASLA signed a collaboration agreement with Podoactiva Albacete clinic to facilitate access to specialized podiatry and biomechanics services for members, workers, and first-degree family members of both organizations.
• Grupo IncomminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 June 2025Students from ASLA's Warehouse Operator course made a training visit to Grupo Incom facilities, a company specializing in the supply of composite material kits and engineering services for the wind energy industry. This visit was part of their vocational training program.
• Plena Inclusión Castilla-La ManchacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 May 2025ASLA formally joined Plena Inclusión Castilla-La Mancha in May 2025, becoming part of a regional network that advocates for the rights and inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities. This affiliation provides access to best practices, policy advocacy, joint projects (including the Employment Personalized pilot), and collaborative agreements with other member organizations.
• Vitaldent (DONTE GROUP)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 March 2025Plena Inclusión Castilla-La Mancha (which ASLA joined in 2025) signed a collaboration agreement with Vitaldent to improve access to dental health for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities in the region. ASLA professionals benefit from this agreement.
• Velilla GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 February 2025After 10 years of collaboration, Velilla Group has five workers with intellectual disabilities from ASLA in its logistics center in Polígono Industrial Romica, with full-time labor contracts. Velilla Group represents a model case of labor inclusion in a multinational company.
• Vega SotuélamosminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 October 2023A team of five people with disabilities from ASLA began working at Vega Sotuélamos, a cheese-producing company in Albacete, through a service contract. Prior to their incorporation, workers visited the facilities for training and to understand their job responsibilities.
• QuirónsaludcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 May 2023Quirónsalud Albacete signed a cooperation agreement with ASPRONA and ASLA for people with intellectual disabilities to carry out training activities at Hospital Quirónsalud Santa Cristina. The partnership enables internship placements of up to 480 hours, supported by ASPRONA/ASLA job preparation professionals, with the goal of improving employment opportunities and social inclusion for people with disabilities.
• Crisnova Vidrio (Grupo Vidrala)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 January 2023ASLA has maintained a 16-year partnership with Crisnova (subsidiary of Grupo Vidrala, leader in glass container production) for bottle sorting and pallet repair services. The contract was renewed for three more years in 2023. ASLA also collaborates with Crisnova on urban garden maintenance at their Caudete facilities.
• UNED AlbacetecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 March 2021ASLA and the National University of Distance Education (UNED) in Albacete signed a cooperation agreement for the labor insertion of a person with disability. The agreement was signed at the UNED associate center in Albacete.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Fundación Prodis: Fundación Prodis is a Madrid-based non-profit foundation dedicated to the labor inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities, operating Special Employment Centers and supported employment programs. It shares ASLA's Centro Especial de Empleo model and integration mission, with a comparable service portfolio including training, employment placement, and corporate partnerships.
• Fundación Juan XXIII: Fundación Juan XXIII is a Madrid-based non-profit foundation providing training, Special Employment Center operations, and labor inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities. It is comparable to ASLA as a similarly structured Spanish social enterprise with overlapping service lines and a Centro Especial de Empleo operating model.
• ASPREM (Aspanaes): ASPREM/Aspanaes is a Spanish non-profit operating Special Employment Centers and occupational programs for people with intellectual disabilities. It mirrors ASLA's Centro Especial de Empleo structure and labor integration mission, providing comparable sheltered employment and corporate services.
• APROCOR: APROCOR is a Madrid-based non-profit foundation providing vocational training, occupational centers, and Special Employment Center services for people with intellectual disabilities. It mirrors ASLA's structure of occupational-to-ordinary-company pathways and offers similar sheltered employment services, making it a direct peer in the Spanish social enterprise ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• FCC Medio Ambiente: FCC is a major Spanish infrastructure and environmental services conglomerate whose Medio Ambiente division handles urban services, waste management, and green space maintenance. It is a listed ASLA client and a broader incumbent competitor in the same municipal grounds maintenance, street cleaning, and urban services market that represents ASLA's largest operational line.
• Ilunion (Grupo Social ONCE): Ilunion is the largest Spanish social enterprise group, operated by ONCE, providing facilities services, document management, industrial laundering, healthcare, and hospitality. It is the most comparable large-scale Spanish Special Employment Center operator, with overlapping service lines (facilities, document management, industrial outsourcing) and the same disability-employment mission as ASLA, but operating nationally across multiple business divisions.

Others

• Crisnova Vidrio (Grupo Vidrala): Vidrala is a leading European glass container manufacturer whose Crisnova subsidiary has maintained a 16-year industrial outsourcing partnership with ASLA for bottle sorting and pallet repair. As a long-term enterprise customer, it provides a peer reference point for the type of industrial client that contracts Special Employment Centers for operational outsourcing.
• Plena Inclusión España: Plena Inclusión is the Spanish national confederation of organizations serving people with intellectual disabilities, of which ASPRONA is a member and ASLA joined the Castilla-La Mancha federation in 2025. It is the umbrella advocacy and policy network for ASLA's parent ecosystem, coordinating member organizations, policy advocacy, and joint projects.
• FEACEM: FEACEM is the Spanish Business Federation of Special Employment Centers, representing more than 150 CEE member organizations including ASLA. It is comparable as a peer industry association and platform for ASLA's public procurement participation, training, and lobbying.

Regional players

• ASPRODES: ASPRODES is a Salamanca-based non-profit association for people with intellectual disabilities, operating occupational centers and Special Employment Centers across Castilla y León. It shares ASLA's mission and Special Employment Center structure but serves a different geographic region with comparable environmental and industrial service lines.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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