TECHNOFLEXhttp://www.technoflex.es/We design, produce and sell our own light construction machinery. Our products are divided in four sections, concrete vibration, concrete surface treatment, concrete perforation and soil compaction.We are in a deep process of global sales distribution network development. We are making a great technical improvement in our current product portfolio. Finally but not least, we are developing new product lines and business opportunities, with out leaving our main core business.

We produce silent vertical axis Small Wind Turbines. We develop Off Grid Hybrid (solar + wind) generation and accumulation systems as well as Grid Connected net metering projects for energy efficiency.Our expertise is Engineering, Production and Assembly of grid connected and off-grid renewable energy solutions.

Automotive Security Systems Division of FICOSA International, S.A. in JV with HUF Hülsbeck und Fürst, GmbHFICOSA requested me to return to the plant that I already knew due to our past experience.I was the suitable person for the job, because I knew the product, the team and due to the great job done in our past.I had the chance to return to run the commercial and purchasing departments, as well as help the technical department to solve the production quality problems reducing internal scrap and turning around on the return on warranties.In one year the team achieved to return to a situation of normality to be able to move forward for the benefit of the company with a solid system and procedures of continuous improvement.

Automotive Business Unit dedicated to Manual, Automatic and Electronic Vehicle Gear Shifting Command and Control Systems.Managing the Business Unit of Manual and Automatic Shifting Systems, consisted on the commercial management as well as all the project management teams in the development of all FICOSA Shifting Systems Levers world wide.The launch of the Automatic Shifting Levers of Ford Motor Company for the US Market was one of the most important challenges.The launch of Investigation programs of shifters “shift by wire” became later on a an important asset for the division to obtain projects from the FIAT Group for such type of products.Also, the achievement of the global GM automatic shifting systems for the M-Size/Car Vectra platform, where our division was competing against all worldwide shifter systems suppliers of General Motors, was another of the great achievements of the team.

FICOSA International 's Country Manager. Division dedicated mainly to Rear View Mirror Systems. Responsible of two production plants and one engineering research and development center.When FICOSA bought the View Mirrors Division of Magneti Marelli, I had to take charge of the operations of FICOSA on that country. It was entrusted not only to keep the FIAT’s view mirrors market share, but also try to win projects from other divisions of the company. But one of the most important targets of the country manager was to help the new team to adapt to the spirit, values and work systems and procedures of the FICOSA Group, trying to be the best ambassador for the Italians in a new group for themManaging FicoMirrors Italia and FICOSA Italia consists on running the Technological and Development office with 35 employees in Turin and the two production plants in Turin and Morcone (south of Italy) with 211 and 150 employees each, where almost all the view mirrors are produced for the brands Fiat, Lancia, Alfa Romeo and Iveco for the European market, and the view mirrors of Ferrari and Maserati.Due to the big crisis that the FIAT Group suffered on that time, that became a reduction of more than 25% of the sales in few weeks, and the labor union problems, the closure of the plant in Turin was done (one of the most difficult professional moments I have lived) and the transfer of production lines to the plant in the south, except for the view mirrors with high labor content, such as the Iveco trucks, which was transferred to the FICOSA plant in Poland.La adaptation of the resources to the new local market situation and the consolidation of the new Italian directive team are between other, some of the great achievements.The engineering centre of Turin became the R&D centre of excellence of the group in the development of view mirrors, where nowadays command shifting systems are being developed.

Automotive Security Systems Division of FICOSA International, S.A. in JV with HUF Hülsbeck und Fürst, GmbHOne of the most enriching experiences I have had in my professional live, I had the opportunity to run during six years on of the best FICOSA plants, with the most advanced product and production systems.The responsibility of Administrative Managing Director is to manage the Finance and Accounting, Purchasing, Logistics, IT and the Sales / Commercial Areas, all of them very close related to the Production, Process and Product Engineering Areas, in the everyday work.CommercialSome of the most important goals achieved on that time were to return to have the biggest share of SEAT’s security systems. We won 100% supply of the rear tail-gate logo handle of SEAT, and 100% of body color painted door handles. But with out any doubt the most difficult and therefore satisfying achievement was to become security systems supplier of PSA Peugeot – Citroën by getting 100% of the Peugeot 307.Thanks to that, today’s HUF España’s sister plant HUF Portuguesa, has more than 50% of market share of PSA’s Security Systems.PurchasingDuring my responsibility of the purchasing department, we installed a system of purchasing cost reduction plan, with which we got very important achievements with long term supplier contracts being signed in plastic and mazak raw materials. HUF España together with the FICOSA, FicoMirrors plant in Soria, is the biggest consumers of mazak in Spain.

Since it was the plant with which I had more professional relations during my stage in France, and since knowledge of French was a requirement to run the plant, it was the plant chosen to start with my professional experience. During my mandatory military service at the Spanish Marines, I started working at that plant going back and forward from Barcelona to El Burgo de Osma, each time I had free time given by the commander. I started on this plant of production of mechanical cables and systems, to boost my knowledge on the Industrial / Production Areas. Once the mandatory military service was done, I was placed there definitively as Plant Manager.The plant with around 60 people on that time, was producing mechanical clutch, manual shifter and hand break cables for Renault and Peugeot-Citroën French automotive groups, as well as for Nissan and as supplier of semi-elaborated goods of other group production plants.I was located there for a short period of time, since in few months a near by FICOSA plant had a free position of Managing Director.