The factory of automotive Manuel da Conceição Graça - MC Grace will go to the automation of its first line of presses and operate from a new larger, an investment of two million.
The MC Graça (MCG), which is leading customers to GM, Delphi, Faurecia and Bosch, however, that to invest in more technology, "human resources needs more qualified," according to its chairman, José Medeiros. The company wants to see, therefore, investment in new lines of presses associated with the implementation of a project under the partnership of the Portuguese Government with the Americans at MIT. The MCG is one of the first affiliates program in the North American university.
On the day that Prime Minister José Sócrates unit went to the Carregado the prize for Innovation SMEs, those announced their intention to qualify more than a dozen engineers and recruit them. The aim is that from the same basic training, each young engineer then develops a specific project within the core-business of the company.
As one of the industry that most companies have invested in technology and qualified human resources in recent years, promising even in 2008 "another year of strong investment", the MCG also seeks an urgent review of employment law so that " even over the human resources in companies creating a climate of stringency, progress and willingness to continuously improve. "
The prize given by Socrates is to distinguish companies that make major investments in new technologies and innovative production methods.
10 is the number of projects that develop the MC Grace and young engineers recruited through the same training as a common basis and links to the program in partnership with the MIT. Are projects ranging from welding to stamping.