The Innovation team Spain

1. Álvaro Jiménez Gradillas

   

   Leader & Coordination Innovation, Spain

   "What I love about my job is that every day is completely different. We have project related topics with various materials and processes with new technologies like the collaborative robot. These are all entirely new frontiers for us. We now have to enter into a very creative dialog with these opportunities.”

2. Ángel García Gismero

   

   Innovation Technician, Spain

   Angel started as a mechanical engineer in Germany prior to working at SG Spain. He focussed ever since on automatization and machine maintenance. Instead of maintaining the same thing over and over again, he was always driven by finding new solutions to the root cause. The challenge to integrate a collaborative robot into a fully automized machine seems to him the perfect match.
   
   "I work here for 20 years now. What I really like about this place is Juan’s continuous engagement for improvements. He came to the company and changed it into a much more personal and engaging atmosphere.”

3. Raul Serna Pozuelo

   

   Innovation Technician, Spain

   He actually started his career as a cook and peeled onions for 6 months. Raul switched jobs to a factory that manufactured tooling for bathrooms. After 12 years being there the factory closed and he started at SaarGummi three years ago working the extrusion line.
   
   “I like the complexity of this machine. In the innovation team now I support mainly Angel with the 
tooling of the robot and how the profile ends up at the robot always in the same position. I also help Patricia with the programming.
   What I like the best here is that I am learning something new every day as opposed to the former factory where it was always the same.”

4. Patricia López Alves

   

   Robotics Programmer, Spain

   Patricia worked at BMW automotive for five years prior to SaarGummi Spain. She collects and analyzes data. At the moment her focus is on the programming of the collaborative robot.
   
   “In parallel I am in the second year of studying psychology because I am very interested in what’s going on inside humans. I love my colleagues - they make for a beautiful and great team.”
   
   If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find excuses 

5. Manuel R. Gonzalez Martín

   

   Innovation Technician

   Manuel's expertise is electronics which he implements for 15 years at the plant. The innovation team benefits greatly from this. At the moment he finds ways on how to automatically transfer parts into boxes as part of robot assisted automatization.
   
   “I like the atmosphere in our team, the research for new technologies like cameras, software and the fact that there could be useful for any of our projects."

6. Isabel García Galdón

   

   Administration Innovation

   Isabel started as floor operator 21 years ago, worked as an assistant in the production department and is for two years now in the Innovation team.
   
   “I am looking into financial support for our projects. This year for example our 
ministry of economy co-financed our new extrusion line. We are proud of this acknowledgment from the Spanish government. 
I love my job: it is very satisfying for us when projects are funded and realized because of it. And I love my team.”
   
   The best way to predict the future is to invent it