On November 24 in Madrid, AutoRevista presented the 32 Dirigente of the Year Awards, in an event that was sponsored by Automobile Barcelona, Fira de Barcelona, Gestamp and Saint Gobain Sekurit, as well as with the collaboration of the Europa Group. On the morning of the 24th, our publication organized the 9th Purchasing Day, with the sponsorship of Advanced Manufacturing Madrid, an event organized by EasyFairs with a projection also in Barcelona in 2023, as well as the collaboration of Fuchs Lubricantes and Mapfre, and with the participation of CIAC, Europa Group, SEAT and Teknia Group.
Mariluz Villamor, Director of Supplier Quality at Mercedes Benz Spain and Argentina, receives the award from Luis Miguel González, editorial director of AutoRevista.
The Leader of the Year Award in the Builder category recognized the work of Mariluz Villamor, Director of Supplier Quality at Mercedes Benz Spain and Argentina. The board thanked her family for the award “and especially my father who instilled in me the values of discipline and continued effort, and of course my company and its maximum commitment to quality, which has allowed me, from the base, to grow professionally.” . Also to all my team that has accompanied me along the way, from trust, support and challenging talent, something that abounds in the Spanish automotive industry.
José Antonio García de Vicuña, general director of AGME, accepts the award from Mireia Arroyo, director of Government and Institutional Relations at Gestamp.
The recognition as Leader of the Year in the Supplier category went to José Antonio García de Vicuña, general director of AGME, a leading manufacturer in the design and development of special machinery, with high specialization in riveting machines, he shared the award “with everyone who has helped me in my professional career and my family. I want this type of recognition to be for this type of company, such as AGME, which was born almost 75 years ago, with the initiative of two young people who today would be called entrepreneurs such as José Aguirregomezcorta and Sabin Mendicute, who have become “a company that manufactures standard machines, some of which are world leaders and whose team maintains the values of those who founded it in 1948.”
Rafael Boronat, former CEO and general director of Nissan Motor Ibérica, after receiving the award presented by Arancha Mur, director of the Economics and Logistics Area of ANFAC.
The Constructor Honorary Leader Award honored the figure of Rafael Boronat, former CEO and general director of Nissan Motor Ibérica, of whom he remarked that “he should never have disappeared”, with a fruitful period both in that company and in the company that preceded him. Iberian Motor. Boronat, who thanked the constant support of his wife, Mercedes Álvarez, was also recognized for his work as general director of the Fundació Center CIM of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and for his management as president of the Society of Automotive Technicians (STA) for 25 years, in different periods.
Javier Quesada Suescun, founder of Teknia Group, with the award presented by Jesús Otero, CEO of Europa Group.
The award corresponding to a supplier went to Javier Quesada Suescun, founder of Teknia Group, who “was grateful to have always had the help and support of my wife, Coral de Luis, and Javier Lazpita, president of Teknia, who put me in contact with a very well organized workshop with a client, Ford Motor Company”, which has become a multinational with 22 plants in 11 countries with 3,700 people and a multi-technology automotive supplier. The winner also thanked “the step forward of one of our sons, Javier Quesada de Luis, as general director of the company since March to provide continuity to a family business.”
Asier Inchaurbe, Sales Director of SSAB in Spain, with the award presented by Cristina Campoy, Key Account Manager of Saint Gobain Sekurit in Spain and Portugal.
The 2022 AutoRevista Award for Technological Innovation distinguishes the recent trajectory of the Swedish multinational SSAB, a benchmark in special steels for different sectors, with a special mention for the automotive industry. Asier Inchaurbe, Sales Director of the Scandinavian firm in Spain, who stated that “we are prepared to take the next step, as the first company in the world to manufacture steel free of fossil fuels, emitting water instead of CO2 in the process of production”.