Nigeria has begun exploring strategic partnerships with Spain’s established footwear industry to modernise native shoe manufacturing, enhance manufacturing requirements and strengthen the competitiveness of Nigerian producers in home and worldwide markets.
The Nigerian Ambassador to Spain, Dr Victor Ikpeazu, made the transfer throughout a go to to Alicante Province on Monday, November 2, the place he held discussions with main Spanish footwear industry stakeholders on technology transfer, technical coaching, innovation and business-to-business partnerships.
According to an announcement issued by the Nigerian Embassy in Madrid, Ikpeazu met with the President of the Valencian Association of Footwear Manufacturers Entrepreneurs (AVECAL), Vicente Pastor Perez, in addition to representatives of the footwear technology centre, INESCOP, and producers Pikolinos and Hispanitas.
The engagement is a part of efforts by the Nigerian Mission to join native footwear producers with Spain’s established manufacturing ecosystem and create alternatives for expertise improvement, industrial cooperation and funding.
At INESCOP, a footwear technology and innovation centre based mostly in Elda, Alicante, the ambassador was acquired by its Director of Technologies and Materials, Elena Orgilés Calpena, who carried out him spherical the power to showcase its technological capabilities, analysis actions and manufacturing requirements.
INESCOP works with greater than 400 member firms throughout totally different international locations, offering help for advances in footwear design, supplies and manufacturing processes.
Discussions centered on how its technical experience could possibly be tailored to strengthen Nigeria’s footwear industry, notably by specialised coaching, technology transfer, high quality administration, certification and innovation.
The events additionally explored capacity-building programmes for Nigerian technicians, producers and industry-support organisations, with emphasis on sustainability, improved productiveness and compliance with worldwide high quality requirements.
Speaking throughout the engagements, Ikpeazu highlighted the entrepreneurial capability and ingenuity of Nigerian footwear producers, noting that many had continued to produce totally different classes of sneakers manually regardless of restricted entry to trendy technology and superior manufacturing tools.
He mentioned the Nigerian Embassy was ready to facilitate direct engagements between Nigerian entrepreneurs and their Spanish counterparts to encourage partnerships and business-to-business matchmaking.
At his assembly with AVECAL, Pikolinos and Hispanitas, the ambassador explored alternatives for structured collaboration, together with knowledge-sharing platforms, technical exchanges, joint programmes and publicity to trendy manufacturing processes.
Pastor Perez assured the ambassador of AVECAL’s willingness to work with the Nigerian Embassy to set up the required preparations for sustained engagement between Spanish footwear companies and Nigerian entrepreneurs.
The affiliation additionally expressed readiness to discover sensible cooperation that would facilitate entry to industry experience, coaching alternatives and potential enterprise partnerships.
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