Galician Automotive Cluster (CEAGA) (Cluster de Empresas de Automoción de Galicia / CEAGA)

Achievements

Grouped negotiation of electricity

• Launched in 2003 with 6 companies.
• 104 plants currently participating (58 in high voltage and 46 in low voltage).
• A volume of 140 GWh, representing a €16 Million turnover per year is negotiated.
• Advice and optimization of the electric supply contracting parameters, information on regulatory changes in the electric market, periodic control of invoices.

Lean Experts Development Plan

• Launched in 2009 to improve the competences of the Lean coordinators coming from the participating plants.
• Four levels: Initiation, Junior, Senior and Expert.
• More than 350 Lean Managers from 44 companies trained.
• 210 "Learning by doing" sessions performed in plant.
• 280 Lean projects successfully developed and audited.
• Own programme with CEAGA’s copyright.

Business Factory Auto (BFA)

• Project started in 2016, promoted by the Galician Government, the Free Trade Zone Consortium of Vigo, Stellantis (at that time Groupe PSA) and CEAGA.
• Objective: to identify, accelerate and consolidate specialized automotive projects and transform them into viable and scalable innovative companies that attract and retain talent
• Support to entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship.
• Two programmes: acceleration (for newly created companies) and consolidation (for more mature companies).
• BFA in figures: 44 companies created, 70 Million euros of turnover and 70 jobs generated.

Project Manager Automoción (PMA)

• Training programme developed by CEAGA and faculty almost entirely made of active professionals from the Sector.
• Execution of real product/process development projects proposed by companies of the Sector.
• The “Management and Development of New Products” programme was awarded with the “Excellence in Practice Award” from the prestigious organization European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD).
• In 2017, the Program was readjusted and renamed Automotive Project Manager (PMA).
• 156 innovation technicians from 49 companies trained.
• 34 cooperative innovation projects developed.

Competitiveness observatory / Benchmanager Project

• 16 editions.
• 22 participating companies.
• Comparison of the current situation and the evolution of the company with the rest of the Cluster members, to identify improvement areas.
• Tool for monitoring the evolution of Sector competitiveness.
• Interest from international clusters.
• Complemented with visits to share good practices among participating companies

Team Leader Lean Development Programme 4.0

• Project launched in 2015 to develop the Team Leader, key figure in the Lean deployment.
• Methodology focused on obtaining continuous improvement tools and developing personal skills for their application.
• The interaction with professionals from other companies and the visit to the car manufacturer contribute to reinforce motivation, global vision and sense of belonging of participants.
• At the end of the training programme, professionals will have the skills required for managing, getting involved and motivating their team.
• 17 groups in 15 editions. More than 190 professionals from 35 companies trained.

Automotive Pilot 4.0

• 29 SMEs participating, wich are representative of the entire Galician automotive value chain.
• Objective: to promote the transition of Galician automotive companies to the "Factory of the Future" through the investment in Industry 4.0 technologies and the dissemination of experiences and results among other companies in the Sector.
• More than 7 million euros of total investment, with an average investment of 250,000 euros per company.
• Investments cover a wide range of technologies: automation, machine to machine intercommunication, collaborative robotics, digitalization, sensor systems, Internet of Things, etc.

Events to present Galician suppliers

• Project launched in 2015 with the aim of promoting the productive and technological capacities of CEAGA SMEs.
• The project consists of putting big companies in contact with small ones, within the Cluster, to promote the intracluster commercial relations.
• Three events organized in the plastics, metal and capital goods areas.
• 48 different companies have participated in this initiative..
• Possible organization of similar events in the future, focused on other areas like logistics.

Virtual Cluster Car

• Sector’s promotional tool in augmented reality, available as an App and downloadable from any Smartphone or Tablet.
• Project initiated in 2017 to support the internationalization of Galician automotive suppliers, with special attention to SMEs.
• Available to companies, at their business meetings, and to CEAGA/CTAG, as part of the multiple visits they receive annually.
• It allows to show the most representative products/services of the companies in 3D.
• 100% of automotive suppliers in Galicia are represented, including companies in the auxiliary industry. Currently there are about 70 products in 3D.
• Its dissemination is planned with purchasing managers of the main vehicle manufacturers and first level suppliers.