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SENER’s New Director of Healthcare Technology

 Íñigo Gurrea, the current Director of Aeronautics and Vehicles at SENER, is set to combine this role with that of Director of Healthcare Technology.

 The two departments share the same high standards for excellence and the development of highly competitive and technologically innovative projects.

 SENER’s solutions in Healthcare Technology include the AUTOPLAK device, which will be on display at the Arab Health Exhibition & Congress in Dubai from January 26 to 29.

Madrid (), January 14th, 2015 – Íñigo Gurrea, the current Director of the Aeronautics and Vehicles Department for the engineering and technology group SENER, has taken on the extra role of Director of Healthcare Technology. This department is responsible for the design and manufacture of products that are marketed under the brand NTE Healthcare and is comprised of professionals with more than 25 years’ experience in the development, integration and supply of high performance scientific and biomedical systems, instruments and equipment for scientific research and advanced applications.

A mechanical and industrial engineer from the School of Industrial Engineering of Barcelona (ETSEIB), Íñigo Gurrea has also completed ESADE’s Program for Management Development (PMD). Various roles he has filled since joining SENER in 1997 include Project Manager and Head of the Mechanical Section in Barcelona and he is currently Director of Aeronautics and Vehicles.

NTE Healthcare technological solutions aim to provide cost-efficient products that improve people’s quality of life, leading to efficiency and effectiveness gains for hospitals and the healthcare system. Supplied with this technology, SENER brand products help with the detection of diseases in their early stages, with designs for treatments that are less invasive and harmful for patients and to ensure quality and reliability in tests and analyses.

An example of one of its standout achievements can be seen in AUTOPLAK, a microbiology laboratory automation system that is fully operational in the Spanish hospitals of Vall d'Hebron (Barcelona), Arnau de Vilanova (Lleida) and Joan XXIII (Tarragona). AUTOPLAK has the capacity to streak an average of 140 petri dishes per hour while simultaneously loading 120 liquid microbiological samples of any type. It requires no extra consumables and is operated by the user via a touchscreen. In addition, it is designed to work with a LIS (Laboratory Information System) connection.

The AUTOPLAK device will be on display at the Arab Health Exhibition & Congress, taking place at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Center from January 26 to 29.

About SENER SENER is a private engineering and technology group founded in 1956. It seeks to offer its clients the most advanced technological solutions and enjoys international recognition thanks to its independence and its commitment to innovation and quality. SENER has a workforce of over 5,500 professionals distributed across its offices in , , , , Chile, China, Colombia, the , Spain, the United States, , , , , and the United Kingdom. The group has a turnover of €1.2 billion (2013 data).

SENER engages in the specific activities of Engineering and . It also has industrial holdings in companies involved in Energy and Environment, as well as in Aeronautics. In the area of Engineering and Construction, SENER has become a world leader in Aerospace, Infrastructure and Transport, Power and Process, and Marine.

For more information:

Oihana Casas. Communication. SENER. Tel (+34) 91 807 73 18 / (+34) 679 31 40 85 www.sener-group.com

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For more information:

Oihana Casas. Communication. SENER. Tel (+34) 91 807 73 18 / (+34) 679 31 40 85 www.sener-group.com