Successful public presentation of the results of the Smart and Sustainable Maintenance 4.0 innovation project.

May 26 2023

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The results of this project, led by CIFP Simón de Colonia from Burgos city, were presented on May 24 to a large number of industrial companies.

The event, which had the collaboration of DIHBU (in the framework of the support services supported by DIGIS3), and the City Council of Burgos, included an interesting business round table, where ideas were shared to attract young talent for industrial digitization environments.

Large industries with factories in Burgos, such as Benteler, L’Oreal, Nicolás Correa Group or Adisseo, were present, as well as key companies in IT talent management, such as Eurofirms.

The General Manager of DIHBU, Belén Lanuza, moderated the round table, which consisted of: Emilio Adrián, Head of Maintenance and Energy Area of Benteler Southern Europe; Carlos Estébanez, Head of Benteler Industry 4.0 Area, José Carlos Martínez, General Manager of GNC Electrónica (Nicolás Correa Group), José Manuel Zarain, HR Director of L’Oreal, and Mariluz Fernández, Regional Director ETT Eurofirms.
Image: Courtesy Promueve Burgos.

The presentation of the innovation project results surprised all the attendees through the excellent intervention of two final year students of the Automation and Robotics Cycle of the CIFP Simón de Colonia, who explained the progress they had achieved in their training, through a live demonstration on robotic elements created within the framework of the project.

Manuel Luque, Project Manager at CIFP Simón de Colonia, expressed his satisfaction with this type of initiative, which is also carried out in coordination with other VET centers (specifically, Salesianos Urnieta, (from Basque Country); CIFP A Farixa (from Galicia Region); IES Galileo, from Valladolid) and other technology providers (like SMC).

Angélica Medina, IT manager of Adisseo Spain, intervened in substitution of Gerardo Juez, Adisseo’s plant manager and vice-president of DIHBU, showing the role of DIHBU in this project, its trajectory, and the main opportunities provided by its participation as a member of the DIGIS3 European Digital Innovation Hub.

The event was closed by the Deputy Mayor of Burgos and President of Promueve Burgos, Mr. Vicente Marañón, who gave an interesting perspective on the need to attract and retain talent 4.0 in the city, and the commitment of the government team to link young talent and local industry. He considered the project presented as an example of of active and useful initiative, congratulating both the students and the teachers of the automation and robotics cycle involved in the project.