In an ever-changing business world, the strategic transformation to battery electric vehicles has become Musashi Europe's prime directive. Introducing our management team of the European forging and machining plants to you.
Management German Plants
Hideki Suzuta
COO - Chief Operating Officer
Born in 1972 in Japan.
Appointed COO of Musashi Europe in April 2023. Responsible for Operations in Musashi Europe.
Formerly President of Musashi Auto Parts Thailand.
Joined Musashi February 1997 and worked as Manufacturing Director in Indonesia and General Manager of Ueta plant in Japan.
Degree in engineering.
Luis Filipe Lopes
Plant Manager Bad Sobernheim
Born in 1987, Portugal.
Appointed as Plant Manager of Bad Sobernheim in July 2023. Responsible for all matters at Bad Sobernheim plant- from Operations to Budget.
Before, he worked as General Manager in the 1. Tier automotive industry (Grünewald Feinmaschinenbau).
Degree in engineering.
Jens-Uwe Nennstiel
Plant Manager Bockenau and Grolsheim
Born in 1964, Germany.
Appointed Plant Manager of Musashi Bockenau in May 2022 and Toolshop of Musashi Grolsheim in 2025.
Joined Musashi in 2021 and was Director Operations before becoming Plant Manager.
Before, he worked for forging plants (MAHLE) and foundry (Fritz Winter) in the automotive industry.
Engineer and business economist.
Frank Schartmann
Plant Manager Lüchow
Was born in Aachen, Germany in 1970
Appointed plant manager Lüchow in June 2025
Specialist for quality management and operational optimization
Responsible for strategic development and optimization of the Musashi Lüchow site
Previously Managing Director in China, Germany and Russia
M.Sc. in Q4/2025
Mick Wabbals
Plant Manager Hann. Münden and Leinefelde
Born in 1981, Germany.
Appointed Plant Manager / Managing Director of Musashi Hann. Münden and Leinefelde in March 2025.
Previously worked as plant manager and managing director in the automotive industry (CIE Automotive, Gestamp Automoción and Rasche Umformtechnik).
Degree in engineering.
Management plants Europe
Szilárd Gelányi
Managing Director Fuezesabony, Ercsi - Ungarn
Born in 1977, Hungary.
Joined Musashi in June 2020 as Managing Director of Musashi Hungary Manufacturing and Musashi Hungary Füzesabony.
Before, he worked in the automotive Industry in similar positions.
•Degree in IT and Quality Management.
Juan Carlos Garacía
Managing Director Villalba - Spanien
Born in 1975, Spain.
Appointed Managing Director of Musashi Spain Villalba in August 2022.
Joined Musashi in 2019 as local Finance Director becoming Managing Director.
Before, he worked in banking, communication, food and the automotive industry (TRW Automotive and ZF Friedrichshafen) in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany and UK.
