Albert started as ERP Software Consultant after completing his studies in Computing Engineering. He quickly started managing important international projects and he specialized in logistics for automotive industry, thus acquiring a broad experience in multiple projects in several companies in the sector.
He joined Nifco in 2011 as IT Manager and shortly assumed also Logistics, leading an important department transformation. After a period, he was appointed as Operations General Manager, combining currently this position with being the Director of Nifco Products Spain. When he is not in Nifco, Albert loves training for his great hobby: long-distance races.
After working in financial area in Holland, his native country, he started working as Director of Finance for Nifco Products España in 2002.
Gradually, he took on more responsibilities and in 2011 he was appointed Managing Director.
In recent years, together with the managing team, he has achieved an important increase in turnover and initiated an ambitious growth plan for the future.
Outside of the office, Mario likes playing sports and traveling to unknown places.
Gregory Fierens studied Electromechanical Engineering in Belgium and complemented his training with a Master in Business Administration from the University of Antwerp, including an exchange with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Since then he has worked in B2B companies in the field of plastics, automotive and renewable energies. Most of his professional life has been focused on the different phases of the automotive business: CAD and data management, assembly and transportation lines, and original equipment parts projects. He started as a Project Engineer, later he held a Project Manager position and finally he was promoted to commercial manager. He prioritizes being pragmatic and understanding all points of view of a problem, always using the most appropriate language to communicate and thus continue learning every day. After passing through different companies, he joins TAG Automotive in April 2022 as General Manager of Business Development. Passionate about challenges, both professionally and personally. When he is not in TAG he dares with long distance triathlons (he finished his second Ironman in 2021). He is a great fan of cycling – especially mountain biking –, running and home automation technology. All this while enjoying his family and another of his passions: cooking.
After completing his degree in Engineering at Cuba, he started working as professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the UCLV, teaching various mechanical engineering related subjects for 7 years. In 2010 he turns a new page and joins Nifco, designing components for automotive industry as part of the Engineering Department and managing projects for different customers. In 2014 he becomes Process engineer and later, assumes the responsibilities of head of Automation and Process Engineering. At the end of 2019 he is appointed Engineering and Tooling Manager.
In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family and friends, hiking and developing domotic projects at his house.
He started in the plastic industry during high school and lately in Acriplas S.A. University. He has over 30 years of experience in Plastic injection molding industry.
He worked for Acriplas S.A in all operations positions: Production, Planning, Purchase and Logistics for over 20 years. When Nifco acquired Acriplas in 2002, he was responsible of Production, Planning, Purchase and Logistic Departments until 2012.
Since 2012, he is responsible of a new department that was created in Nifco’s Process and Automotive Engineering in order to improve NSP’s productivity. This embraces four sections: Automotive, Process Engineering, Moulds and Maintenance.
It is worth mentioning that he and his team has won the Nifco Annual Gold Prize for automatizing grab handle assembly. Besides Plastic Industry, Jordi likes mountain sports like hiking on weekends, especially in Parc de sant Llorenç del Munt, and skiing in winter. Jordi has climbed main Spanish mountains.
He has a degree in Chemical Science from University of Barcelona, specialized in materials. He started as an associate teacher at UPC Technology Center, working in the injection process optimization and in new processes set-up. He joined Nifco in 2004 in production area. During his career at Nifco, he has always developed activities related to production: project start-up, planning, maintenance and process improvement. From 2013, he became Production Manager. Outside Nifco, his main hobbies are watching movies, reading and spending time with friends.
Carles has over 18 years experience in the automotive industry in the Quality Department.
He has been working as Quality Engineer, SQA, Customer Quality and as Quality Manager since 2005. He worked for Faurecia for 10 years (weld and assembly), Ricardo Prehn, Delmon Induestrie Group for 8 years (black rubber injection) and, since the beginning of September 2016, for NIFCO. His hobbies are every kind of sport. He played indoor football for many years, but nowadays he practices trail running and MTB.
Javier has developed his career in the field of operations, always putting special emphasis in continuous improvement. Since his beginnings in a Dutch company, he developed a wide experience in international environments, with responsibilities at local and corporate level, leading multicultural teams in improvement projects at different Asian, European and American sites.
After a few years as consultant, Javier joins Nifco team in 2017 with two main challenges ahead: the launching of the important project of TPM and the creation of a more robust structure for the already existing continuous improvement culture of the company.
Outside of Nifco, Javier’s main hobbies are reading, music and spending time with his family and friends.
Sergi, who joined Nifco at the end of 2017, has developed his career for over 20 years in logistics field, mostly in the highly demanding logistics for automotive industry. During his professional career he has acquired operational experience in all the different fields related to logistics (planning, procurement, warehousing, transports, purchasing), in different types of companies –size, supplier level, in-sequence deliveries (JIT-JIS), growing companies, etc. All this enabled him to acquire an overview of the flow of materials and information, which is essential in order to be able to serve as an efficient Head of Logistics. Regarding his studies, in addition to specific qualifications in logistics (Master in Supply Chain Management – MSCMT), he holds an Executive MBA. Sergi enjoys spending his time in all kinds of family activities.