The automotive and mobility industry continues to face a very complex scenario in which different elements of pressure come together. In this context, we have asked different Purchasing managers a series of questions so that they could offer us their vision. In this first delivery, Ana Belén González Veganzones, Country Purchasing Head Alliance Renault Nissan Mitsubishi (APO) in Spain, Renault Group
In the first fortnight of January, the Cluster of Technological Innovation and Talent in Semiconductors of the Community of Madrid was presented, directed by Daniel Granados, professor and executive director of the Fundación Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia). He explains the keys to this newborn entity.
Through an Equity Transfer Agreement under which BorgWarner has agreed to acquire the Electric Vehicle Solution, Smart Grid and Smart Energy businesses of SSE.
With AutoForm Assembly R10, users can optimize the assembly process and ensure the desired level of quality very early in the BiW assembly process chain. AutoForm Assembly R10 offers full assembly process support from early feasibility through production.
Miguel Majuelos, Managing Director at Atotech Spain and Portugal, part of MKS Instruments, talks about the evolution of this company as an innovative player in the automotive value chain
“The Renault R&D&I Centre in Valladolid has a competitive team and state-of-the-art facilities that have made it a key player in the development of all the products manufactured by Renault in our country”, says the Director, José González Para.
José María Sánchez, Head of Purchasing at Teknia Group, reviewed the history of the Teknia Group, from its foundation in 1992 to the present with 22 plants, 17 of them in Europe (9 in Spain) and five technologies.
Josep Nadal, CIAC Cluster Manager, who participated remotely, explained that the initiative to create what we decided to call the marketplace, created in 2020
Beatriz García, SEAT and CUPRA brands Purchasing Manager for Connectivity, Powertrain and Batteries for electric cars, commented that her responsibility covers as the vast majority of electronic elements of the vehicle as electrical elements such, for example, wiring.
Jesús Otero, CEO at Europea Group, explained that the group he leads is specialized "in processing and customs advice, through its companies Europea Advisor, Europea Expeditions, European Automotive and European IT. The first is responsible for support and advice to our clients. In Expeditions, the service borrowed is 24/7.
Emilio Adrián, Maintenance, Energy and Facility Manager at Benteler Ibérica Holding, structured his presentation explaining his vision of the automotive industry market and how it affects the job market in terms of the qualification of technicians and operators.
Tiago Sacchetti,Director of Bosch Industrial Consulting Spain and Portugal. spoke about “bringing the factory of the future to the present”. To address digitisation and its success factors, the Bosch speaker presented the Iceberg Model.
Dr. Eduardo García Magraner, Manufacturing Manager of Body & Stamping at Ford's Almussafes factory and the person in charge of all plant maintenance strategies, began by talking about "AGVs whose implementation is relatively simple in a new plant, but when we talk about a factory with many years of activity, it becomes an external element that must coexist with other industrial networks different from the plant”.
Remarkable advances in bodywork, chassis and mechanisms.
Paul Farrell, Executive Vice-President and Chief Strategy Officer at BorgWarner, and Harry Husted, Vice-President & Chief Technology Officer talk to Luis Miguel for Spanish magazine AutoRevista during BorgWarner's participation in IAA Transportation Hannover 2022
Presentation by Mohamed Bachiri, CEO of Renault Group in Morocco in the US Africa Summilt, at Marrakench from 19 to 22 July
