On July 21, 2022, the CLAUGTO Business Networking event took place, which was held in collaboration with the authorities of the municipality of Celaya and the Government of the State, through the Secretary of Sustainable Economic Development.

As the first stage, Omar Ascencio, Commercial Director of Grupo Dealba, delivered the conference "Win-Win in Business Relationships," where he offered some advice to suppliers on how to approach buyers, emphasizing collaboration with other suppliers to offer comprehensive solutions.

Next, a networking activity was conducted where socialization dynamics were employed to establish relationships among professionals involved in the industry. The aim was to continue fostering synergies that drive regional development and opportunities, benefiting supply chains, particularly SME suppliers in Guanajuato. As such, approximately 85 supplier companies and 15 buyer companies participated.

This leads us to highlight the special collaboration we have with the authorities of Celaya. In this edition of the BNC, we focused on boosting the city's businesses, which is why we have signed a collaboration agreement. This agreement will help us achieve this objective effectively.

In the agreement, we establish the agreements that will allow us to promote the development of the automotive industry through projects and strategies that generate a positive impact in the region.

Celaya has played a very important role within the regional automotive industry. 

We had the presence of the Secretary of Sustainable Economic Development, Ramón Alfaro; the Mayor of Celaya, Francisco Javier Mendoza; and the honorary president of CLAUGTO, Fidel Otake.

It's also important to highlight the sponsors of the event, without whom, this event wouldn't be the same: Grupo RAC, Eko Empaques, and Iberdrola.

Additionally, the Automotive Supply Forum was presented, which reaches its 9th edition on September 21st and 22nd, 2022. Its objective is to conduct business meetings, strengthen automotive supply chains, and thus achieve better unity and synergy among the various buying and supplying companies in the industry.

We must remember that with past editions of FPA, more than 15,000 business meetings were achieved, generating over 140 million USD in sales to small and medium-sized service, product, and trade suppliers, among others. Additionally, there have been participants from countries such as Japan, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Canada, the United States, and others...

This edition will feature specialized conferences, a 4.0 pavilion, in-person B2B meetings with over 100 buying companies, an exhibition floor, and networking sessions led by Automotriz Directory segmented by direct, indirect, and service providers.

Around 300 companies and over 1,000 visitors are expected to participate. As part of the FPA2022 program, the CLAUGTO Automotive Congress (CAC) will take place. This being the second edition of the program, it will feature a keynote speech, 2 panels, and 5 specialized conferences focusing on the CLAUGTO committees, which are:

• Human Capital

• Asset Security

• Purchasing

• Suppliers

• Operational Excellence

Our commitment is always to generate strategies that lead us to offer added value to the industry. For this, we work with different entities.