Carlos Méndez, who has over two decades of experience in the engineering and manufacturing sector and currently serves as Chief Sales Officer at ARITEX, has been appointed President of AER Automation for a four-year term.
Laurent Bodin, from Yaskawa Ibérica, will now assume the role of Treasurer of the association. With more than 25 years of experience, Bodin is an industrial engineer specializing in process automation and industrial robotics and has held the position of Managing Director of Yaskawa Ibérica since 2018.
The inaugural Board of Directors meeting, resulting from the recent elections, was held at the association's headquarters in Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona), where the appointment of the new members was formalized.
The final structure of the AER Board of Directors is composed of the following members:
President: Carlos Méndez (Aritex)
Vice President: Joan Guasch (Eurecat - Technology Centre)
Secretary: Luis Basáñez (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - UPC)
Treasurer: Laurent Bodin (Yaskawa Ibérica)
Members:
Urko Esnaola (TECNALIA Research & Innovation)
María Benítez (Robotnik Automation)
Xavier Pifarré (ABB)
Mar Masulli (BitMetrics)
Fernando Sánchez (KUKA)
Francesco Ferro (PAL Robotics)
Luis Taverner (Pilz)
Jacob Pascual (Universal Robots)
Pedro Fonseca (Festo Spain)
