At TKgune we continue to bet on new technologies also in audiovisual media. So we have got down to work with the second podcast in collaboration with AIRinVET, and made by Enpresabidea, using as a theme a TKgune project developed for the company BATZ.
Do you know BATZ Group?
Global provider of products and services for the automotive sector. Founded in 1963 and headquartered in Igorre (Bizkaia), it is part of MONDRAGON, one of the largest cooperative groups in the world.
The commitment and customer orientation of its professionals have made them a solid industrial group, thanks to their firm commitment to innovation as a solution to sustainability challenges.

What do they do?
They integrate advanced engineering capabilities and manufacturing knowledge to continue to meet the needs of an evolving market, and are focused on the following sectors and technologies:
Tooling
European leader in the design and manufacture of stamping dies for all types of parts, both cold and hot forming, applied to structural and leather panels, from conventional tools to transfer tools and complex progressives, and with extensive experience in advanced materials such as boron steel or new generation of aluminium. offering a comprehensive service ranging from the conceptual design of the product to its fine-tuning for the customer.



Automotive
The main automotive manufacturers recognize BATZ as a qualified company in the design and manufacture of mechanical and mechatronic systems characterized by providing safety, lightweighting, ergonomic and efficiency attributes.


Aeroespace
BATZ Aero focuses on sheet metal forming of special alloys for the aerospace industry. In addition, BATZ manufactures high value-added tooling for advanced alloys.


Localization
In the Basque Country, the main headquarters are in Igorre and they have another plant in Zamudio. They have more floors as you can see in the following world map:



TKgune’s second podcast
We present the second podcast that we have developed in the TKgune network, produced thanks to the collaboration of the AIRinVET project, and which has been carried out by Enpresabidea.

It is the podcast entitled “TKgune podcasta: BATZ eta Zulaibar ikastetxea elkarlananean”, which shows the close relationship that has existed since its origins between the Zulaibar vocational training centre and the BATZ company, located in the Arratia valley of Bizkaia.
As a result of this, in the latest project in which they have collaborated, they talk about the problems detected in a steel die developed by BATZ and in production for an important customer in the automotive sector, such as the well-known firm Volvo, and the innovative solution proposed by Zulaibar by integrating other non-metallic elements into the same die. which have been machined from materials such as epoxy resins.
In the TKgune projects area and within the INDUSTRY 4.0 AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING area, you can see another of the collaboration projects previously carried out for BATZ by Zulaibar Arratiako Lanbide Ikastegia, which you can access through the following link: Tooling for the fins of the active aerodynamics systems

The podcast is recorded in Basque and offers us in an entertaining way very interesting additional information about the project, from how the idea came about, the steps developed, the difficulties and achievements, the transfer of knowledge, anecdotes, etc., all told by 3 key people in its realization, such as (from left to right):
Gorka Goikoetxea, professor at Zulaibar and member of the TKgune project management office, Xaber Ozerinjauregi, president of the company BATZ group and Eneko Iriondo, professor and TKgune coordinator at Zulaibar Arratiako Lanbide Ikastegia.
We invite you to listen to it and we hope it will be of interest to you:
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