Interview with Santiago Rodríguez Moving in SANTIAGO RODRÍGUEZGeneral manager lockstep: MCM & UCEM unite Santiago Rodriguez discusses the challenges and triumphs of merging two companies in today’s market. TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOURSELFroom for advancement. I joined MCMrange of locks. We have a selection AND DOM-MCM: in 2009, when the Spanish economyof locks primarily for wooden doors, My name is Santiago Rodríguez,was in serious decline; the deep crisisbut also for PVC and aluminium I am 54 years old, and I live in Eibar.in our sector lasted until 2013. In 2015,doors. We’re particularly strong in after a period of negotiation, MCM wasmulti-point locks but we also make After studying economics, I beganacquired by the DOM Security.mortise, knob and rim locks. working in an automotive industry We produce door closers and panic company with three plants acrossDOM-MCM specialises in thedevices, and also manufacture and Europe, eventually rising to themanufacture of entry and commercialise electronic devices position of Deputy General Manager.medium-level cylinders, withfor access control and hospitality. I continued to study in business atcomplementary services like the same time because there’s alwaysmasterkey systems, and a wide Best of DOM | 63