Last week, at the headquarters of the Galician Automotive and Mobility Cluster, a working meeting took place between CEAGA, the Xunta de Galicia and the Vice-Presidency of Purchasing and Supply Chain in Europe of Stellantis, in which the Regional Minister of Economy and Industry, María Jesús Lorenzana, presented the Supplier Funding Plan recently approved by the regional government.

The Vice President of Purchasing and Supply Chain in Europe of Stellantis, Yann Martin, attended the meeting by videoconference from Paris, in order to know in detail the actions deployed in Galicia to contribute to the competitiveness of component suppliers that manufacture in the region.

The Cluster was represented by its President, Patricia Moreira, and the Manager, Alberto Cominges. The Xunta de Galicia was also represented by the Secretary General of Industry, Nicolás Vázquez. The Delegate of Purchasing in the Iberian Peninsula of Stellantis, Luis Lozano, was also present.

The objective of the meeting was to present to the Vice President of Purchasing of Stellantis the Extraordinary Funding Plan for Automotive Suppliers promoted by the Xunta de Galicia, aimed at promoting greater competitiveness of suppliers installed in the Community, and to ask Yann Martin that Galician suppliers approved to supply components to Stellantis be consulted in future tenders of the company, especially those related to the new STLA Small platform.

The Xunta’s Funding Plan for Automotive Suppliers, which is currently open for applications, has a budget of 18 million euros for this year 2024 and it is expected that in the coming years support will be available to continue boosting competitiveness, innovation and digital transformation.

For the President of CEAGA, Patricia Moreira, this first meeting “is an opportunity to defend the competitiveness of Galician automotive suppliers and to be taken into account by the automotive group. We value very much having this opportunity and we are fully confident that the current competitiveness of our industry will be further strengthened with this funding plan, which will automate, robotize, modernize and reactivate our industrial apparatus”.