The industrialist died in 2014 and was the founder of the company Plásticos Industriales CA, which began activities in 1961.
On December 14, the President of the Republic, Guillermo Lasso, presented the decoration post mortem of the National Order of Merit in the Degree of Commander to the renowned Guayaquil businessman Jose Antón Diaz, died on July 12, 2014.
Antón, nicknamed Don Pepe by his closest friends, He was the founder of the company Plásticos Industriales CA (Pycca), which began activities in 1961. He forged his career from a young age, when he began manufacturing ice buckets in a small store in downtown Guayaquil, where he employed six people.
By the sixties, The plastic industry was beginning to take shape in Guayaquil, but Antón saw an opportunity for growth. Over the years and the incorporation of technology, his company developed to position itself as one of the largest in the country.
The businessman was also linked to the hotel industry and the commercial sector. He was a shareholder, director and chairman of the board of the Hotel Oro Verde for three decades, He founded the Unihotel and the Unicentro shopping center, one of the first in Guayaquil, and the Santa María University, in Puerto Principal.
In the decree signed for the decoration, Lasso stressed that Antón was “a distinguished businessman and a man who throughout his fruitful professional life It was recognized as the best industrialist by the Chamber of Industries of Guayaquil in 2004″ And mentioned that “he received the Business Merit Award from the Guayaquil Chamber of Commerce in 2013 ″, among other distinctions.
The president made mention of Antón’s career, which he assured it was based on moral and civic values.
“He stood out for being the founder of companies in the fields of commerce, construction, tourism and education, in addition to having been president of the board of the newspaper The Telegraph and president of the board of directors of Banco Sociedad General de Crédito, among others ”, the decree cites.
Antón Díaz, son of the Lebanese Esteban Antón and Cristina Díaz, He was married to Violeta Bucaram de Antón, with whom he formed a home and had four children: María Elena Antón de Hanze, José Antón Bucaram, Jeannet Antón de Hanze and Patricia Antón de Himmel, who follow the business legacy.
His son, José Antón Bucaram, stated that his family welcomed the recognition given to his father. President Lasso was the one who notified him directly of the distinction.
“The important thing to highlight about my father is the legacy of work, family and fulfillment that he left, that sums up the life of who José Antón Díaz was, my family is very proud,” he says.
Antón Bucaram highlights that for the Antón family it is essential every day to remember “the mark that their father left on them, on their behavior as citizens, as individuals and as a family.” (I)
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