Instituto Nacional de Industria acts ended up in failure (e.g., Adaro), INI soon turned itself into the biggest industrial conglomerate of Spain. INI included a broad range of companies, from heavy and basic industries to "soft" services, most of them with E.N., standing for Empresa Nacional (National Corporation), in their names. Among them were: Ensidesa (Empresa Nacional Siderúrgica S.A.)–Aceralia (steel), Enasa (Empresa Nacional de Autocamiones S.A.)–Pegaso (trucks), SEAT (Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo) (cars), INH (Instituto Nacional de Hidrocarburos)–Repsol (Refinería de Petróleos de Escombreras Oil) (oil and gas), ENCE (Empresa Nacional de Celulosas de España) (cellulose, biofuels), ENDASA (Empresa Nacional de Aluminio S.A.)
Real Sociedad Bascongada de Amigos del País Real Sociedad Bascongada de Amigos del País The Royal Basque Society of Friends of the Country (in Basque "Euskalerriaren Adiskideen Elkartea" and in Spanish "Real Sociedad Bascongada de Amigos del País"), also known as "La Bascongada" or "Bascongada Society", was founded in the mid-18th century to encourage the scientific, cultural and economic development of the Basque Country. The founding members were the "Knights of Azcoitia" or the "Triumvirate of Azcoitia", under the encouragement of Xavier María de Munibe e Idiáquez, count of Peñaflorida, José María de Eguía, marquis of Narros, and the encyclopedist and Enlightenment scholar Manuel Ignacio de Altuna.