Jon Ander Kortabarria, student of the Master’s Degree in Energy and Power Electronics, obtains the second Orona Get Up award
Jon Ander Kortabarria, student of the Master’s Degree in Energy and Power Electronics, obtains the second Orona Get Up award
Jon Ander Kortabarria, student of the Master’s Degree in Energy and Power Electronics, obtains the second Orona Get Up award
The contest acknowledges the work carried out by students and rewards the best research projects of the End-of-Course or End-of-Master’s projects in Engineering
Orona, a company specialising in urban mobility solutions, held on 15 November, at its corporate Orona Ideo head office, in Hernani, Spain, the 10th edition of the Orona Get Up Awards. The contest aims to promote the final projects of studies that incorporate new developments in the field of vertical transport, urban mobility, and energy management of buildings, in addition to providing innovations in the field of research. In this 10th edition of the contest, 11 projects were submitted.
The second prize, endowed with €1,000, was given to Jon Ander Kortabarria Elguero, a student of the Master’s Degree in Energy and Power Electronics of Mondragon Unibertsitatea. In his work, Kortabarria proposed the review and optimisation of the current manufacturing process of electric motors in order to increase the capacity and productivity of Orona.
The event, held in the auditorium of the Orona Zero building, was attended by Dania López, Corporate Director of Social Management at Orona; Jose Miguel Lazkanotegi, Corporate Director of Technological Innovation; Jon Altuna, Deputy Dena of Mondragon University; Javier Ganuza, Head of External Relations of Tecnun; and Faustino Mujika Garitano, Deputy Director of Foreign Relations of the School of Engineering of Gipuzkoa, UPV-EHU.
A bet on training
Through the awards, Orona strengthens its commitment to training and young talent and provides students with the opportunity to carry out their research project in the company, in addition to working in depth with their multidisciplinary team and their network of collaborations. Through these actions, Orona values the projects and the capacity of young people, in addition to acknowledging their effort and dedication.
Orona is the leading company in productive capacity of complete lifts in Europe and represents a business group composed of more than 30 companies in 11 countries in Europe and America. The Orona lift technology is present in more than 100 countries worldwide.