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José Ignacio López De Arriortúa Dies, 'Superlópez': the Basque Engineer Protagonist of the Biggest Industrial Espionage Plot

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Basque engineer José Ignacio López de Arriortúa, born in Amorebieta in 1941 and known worldwide as Superlópez, died at 84 years of age, according to El Diario Vasco, after a life dedicated to the automotive sector, where he stood out for printing a radical transformation, becoming one of the most influential and controversial executives in the automotive industry. His career was marked by fulgurant ascents, radical innovations and high-voltage j…

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Image ID: /clip/d2c5f17d-e84b-4c0e-8dd9-e413d66d9285_media-libre-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg José Ignacio López de Arriortúa died on June 10 at the age of 84 and says goodbye as one of the figures that shaped the automotive industry in the 80s and 90s. Orihundo de Amorebieta, Vizcaya, where he was born in 1941, managed to make a hole in the international sector thanks to his policies for cost reduction and military discipline when it came to opti…

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José Ignacio López de Arriortua, who earned the nickname Superlópez as a leading business manager of the automotive sector in the 80s and 90s of the last century, died this Wednesday at 84 years in his home in Busturia (Bizkaia).Continue reading...

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As controversial as it was effective, its measures succeeded in bringing General Motors and the Volkswagen group out of bankruptcy in the 1990s.

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"Superlopez" became one of the top managers of General Motors and Volskwagen, and tried to install a car factory in Amorebieta

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The director, known as 'Superlópez', passed away at 84 this Wednesday, leaving a legacy in the automotive industry

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He marched from the US company to the German company Volkswagen with the dream of opening a plant in his native Amorebieta with more than 4,000 jobsRequest the declassification of the documents on 'Naparra' when the 46th anniversary of his disappearance is fulfilled The businessman and engineer José Ignacio López de Arriortua, known as 'Superlópez', has passed away on Wednesday. He was 85 years old. Born in the Vizcain town of Amorebieta, he beg…

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Noticias de Navarra broke the news in Pamplona, Spain on Wednesday, June 10, 2026.
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