The AEC shows how Industry 4.0 reinvents automotive production

The 21st Automotive Quality Congress, organized by the Spanish Quality Association and held late last week in Bilbao, showcased how Industry 4.0 is changing production processes and factory work in the Spanish automotive sector. Under the theme "Quality and Industry 4.0," the congress brought together a significant number of experts and more than 200 professionals and companies from the automotive sector, according to sources from the AEC.

The president of the AEC, Miguel Udaondo, stated that “ Industry 4.0 entails a new organization of production , incorporating Information and Communication Technologies, Big Data and the Internet of Things, as well as the development of new human skills, which will be able to automatically recognize problems and solve them at the right time and place.” Furthermore, Udaondo highlighted that “no one better than professionals in the automotive world to realize the change in the current established order of factory work and how it is necessary to change the way of working with new technological advances and new cultural models.”

The congress featured the participation of José Manuel Prieto, Deputy Director General of Quality and Industrial Safety of the Ministry of Industry, Energy, and Tourism, who emphasized that " the industry competes in a global market that is now dominated by Industry 4.0 and that must be approached from an open perspective, involving all members of the supply chain." Prieto also indicated that Industry 4.0 joins other challenges and opportunities in this sector, such as alternative energies, emissions, connectivity, autonomous cars, and the circular economy.

The congress was attended by two of our colleagues , Ana I. Martínez, Quality Manager, and José A. Blázquez, Production Manager at Maflow Spain Automotive and Borygo , a leading manufacturer of pipes for mobile cooling systems and automotive liquids. Their opinion of the event was very positive, providing solutions, ideas and decisions that were favorable to our company.

During the Congress, Mikel Álvarez, the Coordinating Councilor for the Mayor's Office, Economic Development, and Good Governance of the Bilbao City Council, stated that "the automotive industry is the driving force for industrialization and R&D," and announced the launch of the Industry 4.0 Development Center in Bilbao, a project led by the Bilbao City Council to strengthen local businesses in this area.

Source: Autorevista