Aiming to accelerate
its transformation process, increase its competitiveness and adapt productive
process to their customers’ demands, Draxton announced the creation of the
Direction of Engineering, Research and Global Development.
GIS said that in order to
face future changes within the automotive industry and serve more than 100
customers in different markets, technologies and materials, Draxton gives a
step forward in technology, research and development worldwide.
Draxton is the
auto-parts business from GIS, dedicated to the codesign, foundry and machining
of gray and nodular iron auto-parts, as well as of aluminum for engines, break
systems, powertrain and chassis, present in six countries of America (Mexico,)
Europe (Spain, Italy, Poland and Czech Republic) and Asia (China.)
Every year Draxton
addresses 7 million dollars to processes related with research and development,
what represents about 1 % on its sales.
In this sector are grouped
expenses and investments related with key development areas: smart plant,
processes and technology, products and tooling, materials and environment.
It is estimated that in the
upcoming years this investment could be duplicated to 2 % of incomes to align
technical and operative capabilities to trends, technology and emerging
materials for the automotive industry.
The new Global Direction of
Engineering, Research and Development of Draxton, with venue in Boroa, Spain,
will be focused in promoting operative excellence, enable capabilities of
designs and research and development, as well as promoting the development of
talent.
This new position will be
in charge of Jose Manuel Corrales, Draxton executive with more than 30 years of
career in the automotive industry and who performs as director of the European
company ACE, acquired by GIS in 2015, and that as of April this year integrated
to Draxton.
Jose Manuel Arana, general
director of GIS, said that “the final result of such plan will be the
development of products and high value added processes.”
“Our Technology Plan pretends
to establish an acting framework that allows the global development in medium
and long term, anticipating to our customers’ needs and collaborating in the
design of automotive parts,” he ended.
