AMRC has held its meeting at IK4-IDEKO facilities and has visit DANOBATGROUP
The In fact, the AMRC meeting has been held at IK4-IDEKO's headquarter in Elgoibar, the technology centre specialised in manufacturing and industrial production technologies, with which the British centre has been collaborating for several years. During the working day, the attendees has also visited DANOBATGROUP's facilities, which is the main partner of the technology centre as well as a regular supplier to several of AMRC's partners. Specifically, they have visited DANOBAT and SORALUCE facilities, two of the European leading companies in the machine tool and manufacturing sector. Among the attendees at the AMRC meeting some of the principal international companies in the aeronautics and production systems sector has been represented, to which Advanced Manufacturing provides crucial R&D in order to be competitive. Among these can be highlighted: Boeing, Airbus, BAE Systems, Diad Group, DMG Mori Seiki, Hexagon Metrology, Messier Bugatti Dowty, Sandvik Coromant, Starragheckert, Technicut, UTC Aerospace Systems and Wardjet. The welcoming ceremony has been attended by relevant institutional representatives such as Ms. Estíbaliz Hernáez Lavina, Deputy Minister of technology and competitiveness of the Basque Government, Mr. Alex Arriola, General Manager of SPRI -The Basque Business Development Agency, Mr. Jon Peli Uriguen, Regional Deputy for Innovation, and Mr. Alfredo Etxeberria, Mayor of Elgoibar. Likewise, the Director of Technology and Strategy of the Basque Government, Ms. Leire Bilbao, has accompanied the AMRC during the visit to the different facilities of IK4-IDEKO and DANOBATGROUP. 'Excellent opportunity' for the Basque Country It is customary for the AMRC board of directors to hold the meeting outside the United Kingdom once a year, in order to enable its members to meet companies with whom new partnerships in R&D for the development of future aircraft components can be established, such as DANOBATGROUP, who is already developing projects with some of the partner companies of AMRC. On this occasion, the British centre identified the contribution of IK4-IDEKO in terms of R&D inAdvanced Manufacturing as valuable, and they wanted to take the opportunity to find out about it in first hand. The visit is of special importance at a time when the Basque Government is working on a strategy to set up Advanced Manufacturing Centres in the Basque country, while AMRC is a benchmark of it at European level. In the words of the Managing Director of IK4-IDEKO, Mr. Ramon Uribe-Echeberría, AMRC's visit is 'An excellent opportunity for the Basque country to demonstrate its capabilities in Advanced Manufacturing'. 'After maintaining for years a close collaboration with the AMRC, which is a benchmark for us, we find extremely positive that the ARMC has choose us for the meeting, as it will give us the opportunity to show them in first-hand how our management model and how we focus R&D on results for companies'. About DANOBATGROUP DANOBATGROUP–European leader in machine-tool manufacture- innovates and delivers turnkey solutions and stand-alone application oriented machine for high tech industries and customers demanding highest technological requirements. The group is the machine tool division the MONDRAGON Corporation, it counts with over 1,222 employees around the globe and a turnover of € 230. DANOBATGROUP is a worldwide leading supplier for the aerospace sector, providing the most advanced machining solutions to critical components of aircraft engines and landing gear and leading worldwide airlines. It collaborates with Rolls Royce, General Electric and Boeing among others. The group has extensive experience working for the development of advanced technology machines and processes together with leading manufacturers of the aeronautical industry. It is also collaborating in the development of production means engines for future one corridor aircrafts.
