Sagunto Delegation Visits Salzgitter to Advance Twin-City Agreement
A Sagunto City Council delegation led by Mayor Darío Moreno is in Salzgitter, Germany on 2 and 3 June to push forward the twinning process begun with a preliminary agreement in 2024.
Mayor Darío Moreno and Industry Councillor Toni Iborra led the first day of the visit with a stop at a secondary school in Salzgitter-Bad and a meeting with local officials at Salzgitter-Lebenstedt city hall. Salzgitter's mayor, Frank Klingebiel, and honorary mayor Stefan Klein accompanied the group throughout the day.
On Tuesday the focal point of the programme is the PowerCo battery gigafactory in Salzgitter, already in full production, whose operational experience is directly relevant to the parallel plant under development in Sagunto. Both cities face a comparable industrial shift: the arrival of PowerCo gigafactories — owned by the Volkswagen Group — is reshaping their economic and manufacturing base.
Salzgitter, located in south-east Lower Saxony, is home to around 105,000 people and owes its industrial character to a deep-rooted tradition in steel and automotive manufacturing, anchored by Salzgitter AG steelworks and a longstanding Volkswagen plant. It is worth noting that the bond between the two cities remains a preliminary deal signed in 2024 — formal twinning has yet to be completed. The stated aim, according to Sagunto City Council, is to share know-how across economic, social, cultural and educational fields.