Fundacion PRODINTEC
PRODINTEC is an industry-driven Technology Centre created to boost the competitiveness of European companies by applying research and development activities to either product designs or manufacturing processes. There are 3 main areas of activities i) Industrial production, ii) product design and iii) R&D Management. PRODINTEC possesses in-house cutting-edge equipment for manufacturing and advance software for design along with high-skilled engineers with experience in different fields of science from electronics to micro-manufacturing.
PRODINTEC is an active member of different European Technology Platforms related to manufacturing such as MANUFUTURE and MINAM. It is also member of the management board of the European Platform for Rapid Manufacturing within the “Regional & National” working group and the NANOfutures Platform within the “networking” working group.
PRODINTEC is in direct contact with companies of the region. In fact, in collaboration with other entities, it has created a platform called MANUf@CTURIAS. This platform is a regional initiative of the MANUFUTURE European Technology Platform. Created in Asturias by different entities from both the private and public sphere, it aims to promote the renewal, reactivation and restructuring of traditional industrial sectors via a research and innovation-based strategy. Nowadays, more than 50 industrial and service companies from different sectors are members.
The Foundation participates in several European research programs as, for instance, sixth and seventh framework programme (FP6 and FP7), EUREKA, IBEROEKA, INTERREG, etc. Moreover, PRODINTEC has key knowledge in technology marketing as well as important business network with potential end-users of project outcomes.
Here are 2 project descriptions
- the project called NORPACK was aimed at fostering the packaging activities of different companies, mainly in the food sector
- "Design for all" examples
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