Francisco Grau

Managing Director – Ports & Terminals
Orbita Ingenieria

At the start of his career, Grau programmed PLCs and SCADAs, mainly in the Ford Motor Company factory in Almussafes, Valencia.

In 2003, he started to work alongside the Port Authority of Valencia on its automation projects, eventually becoming more involved in management and the port’s operations.

Grau became one of the founders of Orbita Ingenieria in 2006, which sought to provide its founders and those involved in the company with an environment to develop their passion for engineering and address the challenges being faced in the industry through automation.

Today, Francisco leads the Ports & Terminals division in Orbita, which is a reference in automation and OCR projects with projects in 5 continents