Angel

AGE 48
OCCUPATION Industrial SME manager
FROM Langreo
LIVES IN Gijón
WORK IN Avilés

«We need experts in economics and industrial projects, not politicians. We have to position the basins as a reference point for innovation and technology, and invest in training»

Challenges
- Talent. «Talent drain in the basins, lack of options»
- Mentality. «There is a lot of pessimism in the basins about everything»
- Lack of training. «There is a lack of training. «The Mieres campus is also underused»
- Lack of professionals. «Lack of professionals, welders, boilermakers. There is a lack of trained people»
Opportunities
- Location. «Advantages of the location in Lada, geographical positioning»
- Innovation. «Re-use of company structures. «It would be possible to see if any of the plant’s structures could be used»
- New energy site
- Development of ancillary services for SMEs
- Internationalisation

Angel

Challenges

Opportunities

Underlying perception

«We have no endogenous capacity for change»