Podcast
Sodium cells that, unlike lithium, do not burn or explode; central consoles of the car without buttons; 73 materials that have been replacing oil derivatives in a car’s plastics; Humanoid robots in factories. Simoldes went through the Innovators League to talk about some of its projects
Created in 1959, in Oliveira de Azeméis, Simoldes currently has 36 companies, distributed in 16 countries. In the automotive sector that represents 80% of the group’s turnover, it works with brands such as Volkswagen, Toyota, BMW or Stellantis.
Julio Grilo, ten years ago director of innovation of the group, went through the Innovators League to talk about ongoing projects and medium -term ambitions. We spoke sodium cells that, unlike lithium, do not burn or explode; of central consoles of the car without buttons, of the 73 materials that have been replacing oil derivatives in the plastics of a car; of humanoid robots and some other projects in which the group works, in partnership with other entities.
Other ideas you can hear throughout the conversation:
Cars with the central console without buttons like a mobile phone: ongoing innovations
Buy a car for the label? “The client of the future will not buy only for the price, but also for the carbonic footprint”
“I can reach Simoldes today and hear that we will enter another country. We have continuous growth”
“We want to climb the value chain and be the technological yellow jersey of the mold sector”
“Nowadays almost all innovation projects are done in network”
The podcast that tells us what is innovative and differentiator is being done by companies in Portugal. In the “League of Innovators”, Elisabete Miranda and Pedro Lima talk to managers, directors and professionals who tell us stories that have conquered the market and contribute to the economic transformation of the country and its image. They tell us about the victories that have brought them here, but also about anxieties, the envy, the managers they admire, the professionals they have, and the profiles they need to hire. Every week on Wednesdays.
