The sixth edition of ‘Mobility Industrial Suppliers Meetings’, organized by the Automotive and Mobility Cluster of Aragón (CAAR), brought together 55 purchasing managers and 130 suppliers from automotive, mobility, and railway industry, which held more than 400 bilateral meetings in Zaragoza with the aim of identifying new business opportunities.

The event, which has become the leading subcontracting event with the highest participation of the sector in Spain, was supported by the other seven automotive clusters in Spain (Galicia, Castilla y León, Valencia, Cantabria, La Rioja, Navarra and Catalonia).

The main focus of the event was to propose solutions to the future challenges of the sector and facilitate both the location of production in Spain and the collaboration with suppliers in Europe, to avoid arising problems from supply crises and to reduce CO2 emissions, as well as enlarging the supplier portfolio of several companies while updating the technology and products offered by the Spanish value chain.

The conference programme included Bart Ader, Vice President Purchasing Europe & Global Project Purchasing. MANN+HUMMEL GmbH; Juan Carlos González, Senior Purchasing Manager Spain and Emerging Markets Sourcing Ford of Europe; Rafael Mayordomo Cámara, GPSC/PSEE. Industrial Purchasing Manager Stellantis; and Marc Riera, Director of Purchasing Strategy and New Projects SEAT S.A.