UPV/EHU and Loire Gestamp inaugurate the Intelligent Machine-Tool Classroom
The University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and Loire Gestamp join forces to create the UPV/EHU-Gestamp Intelligent Machine Tool Classroom. This exciting project is the result of a framework collaboration agreement between the UPV/EHU's Gipuzkoa School of Engineering and Loire Gestamp.
The director of the Gipuzkoa School of Engineering, J. Xabier Ostolaza, highlighted the importance of this new initiative by stating that "the creation of this classroom in our school will add significant value to the training our students receive. The digitalization competencies we offer in our degrees align perfectly with LOIRE GESTAMP's priority areas of expertise, such as Advanced Manufacturing. The objective of this classroom is to carry out academic work of study, analysis and research in collaboration with professors and students from our school. This framework provides an excellent opportunity to attract student talent to the sector and encourage the development of new processes, technologies and resource management systems."
César Garbalena, CEO of Loire Gestamp, expressed his confidence that this collaboration agreement with one of the leading universities in the region will help them to accelerate the incorporation of young people with an industrial vocation and excellent technical training. César mentioned that through the internships and end-of-degree and master's degree work that will be carried out as part of this initiative, students will have the opportunity to discover a strategic and locally powerful sector that offers interesting career opportunities, good remuneration, an international vision and projects that address current sustainability and digitalization challenges.
This agreement also fosters the exchange of knowledge and the transfer of talent between academia and industry, allowing the university to better understand the needs of companies in the advanced manufacturing sector and improve its training offerings in advanced industrial and digital skills.
The main objective of the creation of this Classroom is to promote the realization of Final Degree Projects, Master's Degree Projects and internships, in order to train talent that meets the needs of the machine tool sector and improve the employability of students through a closer university-business training. Within the framework of this agreement, it is also planned to jointly organize sessions and conferences, as well as to carry out academic work of study, analysis and research on topics relevant to the machine tool sector, with the participation of professors and students of the UPV/EHU's Gipuzkoa School of Engineering.
