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AMADE Analysis and Advanced Materials for Structural Design University of Girona (UdG) 1

AMIC Centre for Environmental and Industrial Applica ons of Catalysis Rovira i Virgili University (URV) 2

ASCAMM ASCAMM Technology Centre Advanced Tecnology Centre 3

ATIC Advanced Technology Innovation Center Rovira i Virgili University (URV) 4

BAPP Bioanalysis, Pharmacology and Proteomics Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) / IMIM 5

BARCELONA MEDIA Barcelona Media Advanced Tecnology Centre 6

BDIGITAL Barcelona Digital Technology Centre Advanced Tecnology Centre 7

BIO-GLS Integral Treatment of Gas Emissions, Liquid Effluents and Solid Waste Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) 8

BIOMEMS Biosystems and Bioengineering Group Bcn Microelectronics Institute(IMB-CNM) Spanish Research Council(CSIC) 9

CAIAC Centre for Accessibility and Ambient Intelligenceof Catalonia Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) 10

CCiTUB Scien fic and Technological Centres of the University of Barcelona University of Barcelona (UB) 11

CCP Catalan Plastics Centre Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) 12

CD6 Centre for Sensors, Instruments and Systems Development Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) 13

CDEI Center for Industrial Equipment Design Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) 14

CDIF Centre for Industrial Diagnos csand Fluid Dynamics Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) 15

CELLTEC-UB CELLTEC - UB University of Barcelona (UB) 16

CEMIC Microsystems Engineering Centre University of Barcelona (UB) 17

CENFIM Wood and Furniture Technology Centre of Catalonia Tecnology Centre 18

CENTA Centre for New Food Technologies and Processes Tecnology Centre 19

CENTRE CID Colloid and Interfacial Chemistry Centre Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC) Spanish Research Council (CSIC) 20

Centre QCI Centre for Environmental and Product Chemical Engineering University of Barcelona (UB) 21

CEQAP Centre of Research in Toxicology University of Barcelona (UB) and Barcelona Science Park (PCB) 22

CERETOX Special Centre for Food Technology Research Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) 23

CERPTA CETEMMSA Technological Centre Advanced Tecnology Centre 24

CETEMMSA Centre for Innova on and New Product Development University of Girona (UdG) 25

CIDSAV Centre for Innova on and Development in Plant Health University of Girona (UdG) 26

CIEFMA Structural Integrity andMaterials Reliability Centre Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) 27

CIMITEC Metamaterials Research for Innovation in Electronic and Communication Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) 28

CISTIB Center for Computa onal Imaging & Simula onTechnologies in Biomedicine Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) 29

CIT UPC UPC Technology Centre (CIT UPC) Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) 30

CITCEA Centre for Technological Innova onin Sta c Converters and Drives Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) 31

CITEE Centre for Technological Innova onin Electrical Engineering Rovira i Virgili University (URV) 32

CPT Thermal Spray Centre University of Barcelona (UB) 33

CRAHI Centre of Applied Researchin Hydrometeorology Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) 34

CREB Biomedical Engineering Research Centre Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) 35

CRESCA Food Safety and Control Centre Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) 36

CTM CTM Technology Centre Advanced Tecnology Centre 37

CTNS Nutrition and Health Technology Centre Tecnology Centre 38

CTQC Chemistry Technology Centre of Catalonia Tecnology Centre 39

CTTC Heat and Mass Transfer Technological Centre Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) 40

CVC Computer Vision Centre Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) 41

DAMA - UPC Data Management Group Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) 42

DBA Centre of Biotechnological and AgriculturalDevelopments University of Lleida (UdL) 43

DIOPMA Process and Material Design andOp misa on Centre University of Barcelona (UB) 44

EASY Innovation in Computer Science and Industrial Electronics and Intelligent Systems University of Girona (UdG) 45

ECOR Corrosion and Metallic Materials Engineering Group Sarrià Chemical Institute (IQS). Ramon Llull University (URL) 46

FCI CECOT Foundation for Innovation Tecnology Centre 47

FES Eduard Soler Foundation Tecnology Centre 48

FITEX Private Foundation for Textile Innovation Tecnology Centre 49

GCEM Electromagnetic Compatibility Group Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) 50

GEMAT Materials Engineering Group Sarrià Chemical Institute (IQS). Ramon Llull University (URL) 51

GEM-IQS Molecular Engineering Group Sarrià Chemical Institute (IQS). Ramon Llull University (URL) 52

GEOCAMB Centre for Research in EnvironmentalGeology and Cartography University of Girona (UdG) 53

GREA GREA Innovació Concurrent University of Lleida (UdL) 54

GRIB Research Programme on Biomedical Informatics Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) / IMIM 55

GRIHO Human-Computer Interac on and Data Integra on Research Group University of Lleida (UdL) 56

GTI Interactive Technologies Group Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) 57

GTQ Chemical Transducers Group Bcn Microelectronics Institute(IMB-CNM) Spanish Research Council(CSIC) 58

GTS Separa on Techniques in Chemistry Research Group Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) 59

ICIQ Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia ICIQ Foundation 60

INNOTEX CENTER Textile Innovation Centre Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) 61

ITL Technology Institute of Lleida Foundation Tecnology Centre 62

LA SALLE R&D La Salle Research&Development Ramon Llull University (URL) 63

LABSON Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems Laboratory Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) 64

LAM Multimedia Applications Laboratory Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) 65

LEAM Acous c and MechanicalEngineering Laboratory Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) 66

LEITAT LEITAT Technology Center Advanced Tecnology Centre 67

LEPAMAP Paper Engineering and Polymeric Materials Laboratory University of Girona (UdG) 68

LEQUIA Laboratory of Chemical andEnvironmental Engineering University of Girona (UdG) 69

LIPPSO Innova on Laboratory in Organic Chemistry Processes and Products University of Girona (UdG) 70

MAQCENTRE Technology Centre for Agricultural Machineryand Industrial Equipment Other Agents 71

MCIA Centre for Motion Control and Industrial Applications Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) 72

METEOR Innovation Centre in Membrane Technology and Process Engineering Rovira i Virgili University (URV) 73

MIC PRODUCTIVITY Manresa Productivity Innovation Centre (CIP) Other Agents 74

MTG Music Technology Group Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) 75

NANOMOL Centre of Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials Bcn Materials Science Institute-Spanish Research Council (ICMAB-CSIC) 76

NETS Network Technologies and Strategies Research Group Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) 77

NeuroPhar Laboratory of Neuropharmacology Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) 78

NUTREN-NUTRIGENOMICS Centre for Nutrition and Aging University of Lleida (UdL), Lleida Biomedical Research Institute (IRBLleida) 79

PPF Fermentation Pilot Plant Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) 80

SAF Pharmaceutical Analysis Service Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) 81

SART - Medi Ambient Environmental Advice, Researchand Technology Service University of Vic (UVic) 82

SARTI Technological Development of Remote Acquisition and Data Processing Systems Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) 83

SDM Drug Development Service University of Barcelona (UB) 84

SEER Centre for Renewable Electrical Energy Systems Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) 85

SEPBIO Proteomics and Bioinformatics Service Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) 86

SINTEFARMA Development in Organic Synthesis for Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry University of Barcelona (UB) 87

SNIBA Animal Nutrition and Welfare Service Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) 88

SVGM Molecular Genetics Veterinary Service Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) 89

TECAT Innovation Center in Catalysis Rovira i Virgili University (URV) 90

TECHNOSPERM Reproductive Biotechnology Centre University of Girona (UdG) 91

TECNATOX Centre for Environmental, Food and Toxicological Technology Rovira i Virgili University (URV) 92

TIG Graphics and Imaging Laboratory University of Girona (UdG) 93

UDT-IA Technology Development Unitin Ar ficial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence Institute (IIIA) Spanish Research Council (CSIC) 94

UQC-PCB Combinatorial Chemistry Unit University of Barcelona (UB) 95

VICOROB Computer Vision and Robotics University of Girona (UdG) 96

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AMADE Analysis and Advanced Materials for Structural Design UdG 1

ASCAMM ASCAMM Technology Centre ATC 3

BIO-GLS Integral Treatment of Gas Emissions, Liquid Effluents and Solid Waste UAB 8

CAIAC Centre for Accessibility and Ambient Intelligence of Catalonia UAB 10

CCP Catalan Plastics Centre UPC 12

CD6 Centre for Sensors, Instruments and Systems Development UPC 13

CDEI Center for Industrial Equipment Design UPC 14

CEMIC Microsystems Engineering Centre UB 17

CENFIM Wood and Furniture Technology Centre of Catalonia TC 18

CENTA Centre for New Food Technologies and Processes TC 19

CENTRE CID Colloid and Interfacial Chemistry Centre UdG 20

CETEMMSA Centre for Innovation and New Product Development ATC 25

CIDSAV Centre for Innovation and Development in Plant Health UdG 26

CIT UPC UPC Technology Centre (CIT UPC) UPC 30

CITCEA Centre for Technological Innovation in Static Converters and Drives UPC 31

CITEE Centre for Technological Innovation in Electrical Engineering URV 32

CPT Thermal Spray Centre UB 33

DIOPMA Process and Material Design and Optimisation Centre UB 44

FES Eduard Soler Foundation TC 48

GCEM Electromagnetic Compatibility Group UPC 50

GREA GREA Innovació Concurrent UdL 54

GRIHO Human-Computer Interaction and Data Integration Research Group UdL 56

INNOTEX CENTER Textile Innovation Centre UPC 61

LABSON Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems Laboratory UPC 64

LEAM Acoustic and Mechanical Engineering Laboratory UPC 66

LEITAT LEITAT Technology Center ATC 67

LEPAMAP Paper Engineering and Polymeric Materials Laboratory UdG 68

MAQCENTRE Technology Centre for Agricultural Machinery and Industrial Equipment AA 71

MCIA Centre for Motion Control and Industrial Applications UPC 72

PPF Fermentation Pilot Plant UAB 80

SDM Drug Development Service UB 84

VICOROB Computer Vision and Robotics UdG 96

AMIC Centre for Environmental and Industrial Applications of Catalysis URV 2

ATIC Advanced Technology Innovation Center URV 4

BAPP Bioanalysis, Pharmacology and Proteomics UPF / IMIM 5


CCiTUB Scientific and Technological Centres of the University of Barcelona UB 11

CELLTEC-UB Celltec - UB UB 16

Centre QCI Centre for Environmental and Product Chemical Engineering CSIC 21

CEQAP Centre of Research in Toxicology UB 22


CTQC Chemistry Technology Centre of Catalonia TC 39

DBA Centre of Biotechnological and Agricultural Developments UdL 43

ECOR Corrosion and Metallic Materials Engineering Group URL 46

FITEX Private Foundation for Textile Innovation TC 49

GEMAT Materials Engineering Group URL 51

GEM-IQS Molecular Engineering Group URL 52

GTQ Chemical Transducers Group CSIC 58

INDEX of TECNIO Centers by TECHNOLOGICAL SCOPE

Technologies that are used in industrial production (from the design of a product to its release onto the market to end users).

Technological Capabilities: Product design. Testing. Process technologies and advanced manufacturing. Industrial management and scheduling Systems. Automation. Industrial communication. Optical engineering. Optical metrology. Vibration & noise. Mechatronics. Fluid mechanic and pneumatic equipment.

This field features 4 large groups: 1) Obtaining chemical products through reactions. 2) Transformation and structural configuration. 3) Treatment of surfaces. 4) Detection, analysis and recovery of elements and compounds in different substrata.

Technological Capabilities: Design of chemical reactions and processes. Synthesis of drugs, peptides, pseudopeptides, hybrids, bioactive compounds and metabolites. Chemical analysis (HPLC, MS, CE, AEO, etc.). Characterisation of molecules (IR, NMR, etc.). Use of white/industr ial biotechnology. Use of nanotechnology (additives, capsules, molecular structures, chemical transducers, etc.).

GTS Separation Techniques in Chemistry Research Group UAB 59

ICIQ Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia CIT 60


LEQUIA Laboratory of Chemical and Environmental Engineering UdG 69

LIPPSO Innovation Laboratory in Organic Chemistry Processes and Products UdG 70

METEOR Innovation Centre in Membrane Technology and Process Engineering URV 73

NANOMOL Centre of Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials CSIC 76

SAF Pharmaceutical Analysis Service UAB 81


SINTEFARMA Development in Organic Synthesis for Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry UB 87

TECAT Innovation Center in Catalysis URV 90

TECNATOX Centre for Environmental, Food and Toxicological Technology URV 92

UQC-PCB Combinatorial Chemistry Unit UB 95

BIOMEMS Biosystems and Bioengineering Group CSIC 9




CERETOX Special Centre for Food Technology Research PCB 23

CERPTA CETEMMSA Technological Centre UAB 24


CRESCA Food Safety and Control Centre UPC 36

CTNS Nutrition and Health Technology Centre TC 38



NUTREN-NUTRIGENOMICS Centre for Nutrition and Aging IRB 79


SNIBA Animal Nutrition and Welfare Service UAB 88

TIG Graphics and Imaging Laboratory UdG 93








CDIF Centre for Industrial Diagnostics and Fluid Dynamics UPC 15



CEQAP Centre of Research in Toxicology UB 22




CITCEA Centre for Technological Innovation in Static Converters and Drives UPC 31


CRAHI Centre of Applied Research in Hydrometeorology UPC 34

CTM CTM Technology Centre ATC 37


Field applied in the food industry: Nutrition (human and animal) and related industries (containers, analysis and control production systems). Production and processing, Preservation, Packaging, Nutrigenomic, Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Neutraceutic.

Tecnological Capabilities: Functionality of ingredients. Instrumental chemistry, nutrigenomics, nutritional profile. Biotechnology. Nanotechnology. Supercritical extracts. Monitoring, simulation and prediction. Extrusion, lyophilisation, microencapsulation, coatings. Preservation and processing. Predictive microbiology. Well-being, animal nutrition and behaviour.

This field encompasses 2 big areas: -Production, storage, transport, transmission and conversion of energy technologies. -Technologies for preventing or treating air, water and soil pollution; recycling and sustainability technologies.

Technology Capabilities: Fossil fuels and renewable energy generation, storage and distribution. Energy efficiency. Generation and consumption of distributed energy. Hydrogen technology. Electromobility. Treatment of urban and industrial waste. Waste management and treat ment. Soil pollution. Ecotoxicity and ecodesign of products.

CTTC Heat and Mass Transfer Technological Centre UPC 40

CVC Computer Vision Centre UAB 41





GEOCAMB Centre for Research in Environmental Geology and Cartography UdL 53




ITL Technology Institute of Lleida Foundation TC 62

LA SALLE R&D La Salle Research&Development URL 63


LEAM Acoustic and Mechanical Engineering Laboratory UPC 66





NETS Network Technologies and Strategies Research Group UPF 77

SART - Medi Ambient Environmental Advice, Research and Technology Service UVic 82

SARTI Technological Development of Remote Acquisition and Data Processing Systems UPC 83

SEER Centre for Renewable Electrical Energy Systems UPC 85




BAPP Bioanalysis, Pharmacology and Proteomics UPF / IMIM 5










CISTIB Center for Computational Imaging & Simulation Technologies in Biomedicine UPF 29



CREB Biomedical Engineering Research Centre UPC 35





GEM-IQS Molecular Engineering Group URL 52

GRIB Research Programme on Biomedical Informatics UPF / IMIM 55










NeuroPhar Laboratory of Neuropharmacology UPF 78

NUTREN-NUTRIGENOMICS Centre for Nutrition and Aging IRB 79


SAF Pharmaceutical Analysis Service UAB 81


Comprises: Biotechnology: applied to living organisms and derivatives. Health sciences: obtain new medicines, health products and medical technologies.

Technological Capabilities: Omic sciences. Molecular design, biology, screening and characterisation. Biochemistry, medicinal, pharmaceutical, colloidal and interfacial chemistry. Pharmaceutical technology, micro- and nano-technology, biopharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics and pharmadynamics. Clinical research. Biomaterials. Biotechnological processes. Bioinformatics and statistics. Regenerative cellular therapies. Medical technologies.

SEPBIO Proteomics and Bioinformatics Service UAB 86

SINTEFARMA Development in Organic Synthesis for Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry UB 87


SVGM Molecular Genetics Veterinary Service UAB 89

TECHNOSPERM Reproductive Biotechnology Centre UdG 91









CCP Catalan Plastics Centre UPC 12




CIEFMA Structural Integrity and Materials Reliability Centre UPC 27










GEOCAMB Centre for Research in Environmental Geology and Cartography UdL 53












BARCELONA MEDIA Barcelona Media ATC 6

BDIGITAL Barcelona Digital Technology Centre ATC 7

CAIAC Centre for Accessibility and Ambient Intelligence of Catalonia UAB 10



CENTRE CID Colloid and Interfacial Chemistry Centre UdG 20

CIMITEC Metamaterials Research for Innovation in Electronic and Communication UAB 28

CISTIB Center for Computational Imaging & Simulation Technologies in Biomedicine UPF 29

Technologies that allow obtain and form materials. Technologies capable of modifying the properties of previously formed materials. Technologies needed to join or repair the materials that make up a part of equipment.

Tecnological Capabilities: Smart and functional materials. Nanomaterials. Advanced materials for new industrial Applications. Material forming and processing technologies. Thermal treatments, surface coatings and treatments. Characterisation of materials and components. D esign, calculation and simulation of forming components and processes. Structural materials.

Hardware: Technologies based on electronics, semiconductors, superconductors, optics. Software: Programming technologies for information Systems processing and creating. Communication technologies which connect and integrate devices and systems.

Tecnological Capabilities: Multimedia. Vision. Computational chemistry. Bioinformatics. Security, mobility, navigation and positioning, decision-making, artificial intelligence. Internet. Human-PC interaction. Electronics, Micro-and-Nanoelectronics, Mechatronics. Electromagnetic interference and compatibility. Industrial and underwater robotics. Sensor systems, actuators, control, optical systems. Wireless connectivity.






DAMA - UPC Data Management Group UPC 42

EASY Innovation in Computer Science and Industrial Electronics and Intelligent Systems UdG 45

FCI CECOT Foundation for Innovation TC 47

GCEM Electromagnetic Compatibility Group UPC 50


GRIB Research Programme on Biomedical Informatics UPF / IMIM 55


GTI Interactive Technologies Group UPF 57



LAM Multimedia Applications Laboratory UPC 65



MIC PRODUCTIVITY Manresa Productivity Innovation Centre (CIP) AA 74

MTG Music Technology Group UPF 75


SARTI Technological Development of Remote Acquisition and Data Processing Systems UPC 83


UDT-IA Technology Development Unit in Artificial Intelligence CSIC 94


AMADE

About the Centre

Technology portfolio

Most relevant projects

Customers

Relevant equipment

Environmental chambers for testing materials. Impact tests and C-scans. Test conditioning.

TECHNOLOGICAL FIELDS

Address Surface area (m2)

UdG, EPS P-II, Av. Montilivi s/n

17071 GIRONA

Contact person

Dr. Joan Andreu Mayugo Majó Staff 47

[email protected] PhD holders 17

(+34) 972 418 853

Director

Dr. Josep Costa

Analysis and Advanced Materials for Structural Design

University of Girona (UdG)

AMADE is a research group based at the University of Girona. It has 15 years of experience in the study, characterisation and analysis of the

mechanical behaviour of advanced materials and structures.

AMADE develops projects ranging from the analysis of composite materials for aeronautical structures to the simulation of the behaviour of

structural solutions for buildings. Three of AMADE's laboratories have the ISO17025 certification for testing and calibration, and it is in the

process of applying for the aerospace industry's NADCAP accreditation. AMADE has ISO9001.

Aeronautical, Aerospace, Energy, Transport, Capital Goods, Construction.

Simulation of production processes.

AMADE has specialised in the formulation of numerical models for the simulation of advanced materials. The formulations are implemented

into commercial finite element codes to obtain powerful design tools for the analysis of composite materials (aeronautical structures) and

the simulation of the behaviour of structural solutions (buildings).

AMADE LAB is equipped to conduct various mechanical, physical and thermal tests on composite materials. In 2012 it obtained the ISO 17025

certificate for the following: testing tensile properties (ASTMD3039M and EN2561), conducting Mode I tests (ISO15024 and the internal

procedure TP-003 GIC test ISO15024) and Mode II tests (AITM1-0006), all at ambient temperature.

Does 5–6 projects every year for businesses. Also provides testing services. Works with international companies from the aeronautical sector

and with local businesses from different sectors. Took part in the Rotating Cowls project, funded by the European programme Clean Sky and

the COST Action European Network for Durable Reinforcement and Rehabilitation Solutions.

març 2013

Structural calculation of wind turbines.

Advanced simulation; Experimental characterisation.

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http://amade.udg.edu

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AMIC

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

3 laboratories and 1 pilot plant. Apparatus for the synthesis and characterisation of materials.



Av. Països Catalans, 18 - Ed.Ctti - Fundació URV

43007 TARRAGONA

Contact person

Vanessa Torné Staff 22


(+34) 977 558 689

Director

Jesús E. Sueiras Romero

Design of new synthesis methods for obtaining value-added products; Optimisation of new industrial processes; Recovery of by-product;

Pilot tests and scale-up of processes

març 2013

Removal of contaminants from drinking and industrial water using catalyst technologies

Design, synthesis characterisation and modification of materials and nanomaterials

300

http://www.etseq.urv.cat/amic

Chemical. Petrochemical, pharmaceutical, paper, dyes, environment, government agencies, engineering and consultancy.

Work on national and international projects in the field of catalysts and materials.

Design and delivery of research projects customised to meet the needs of the Centre's clients using its know-how in its lines of expertise.

Characterisation of materials using various physical and chemical techniques such as BET surface area measurement, TEM, SEM, TPD, TPR,

TPO, X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy and ICP.

Engineering design of an industrial and pilot plant to remove organics from the spent catalyst slurry based on research results, for the

company DOW Chemical Ibérica, S.L.

Laboratory pilot test for the decontamination of aquifers through the combined use of permeable reactive barriers and in situ

biostimulation, for the company ENRESA.

Centre for Environmental and

Industrial Applications of Catalysis

Rovira i Virgili University (URV)

AMIC is striving to build up a reputation as a leading research centre in the fields of catalysis, new production processes and nanomaterials

that can be used to improve the environment and make new value-added products.

AMIC is working on new lines of research in order to develop cleaner, more efficient ways of obtaining and recovering products, more

environmentally friendly and sustainable processes, and new catalysts that make it possible to attain these goals.

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ASCAMM

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Laboratories for injection moulding, composite processing, manufacturing, rapid manufacturing, battery testing and simulation.



Av. Universitat Autònoma, 23

08290 CERDANYOLA DEL VALLÈS

Contact person

Myriam García-Berro Montilla Staff 154


(+34) 935 944 700

Director

Xavier López Luján

ASCAMM Technology Centre

ASCAMM is a leading centre in the field of industrial technology that sets out to obtain value-added products and solutions for improving the

way businesses manage innovation. It mainly works on applied R&D and knowledge transfer through the R&D projects outsourced to it, the

technology services it provides, the training it gives and the added technological performance it delivers.

ASCAMM's work focuses on generating value through applied R&D, innovation and knowledge-intensive services designed to improve the

competitiveness and efficiency of businesses. Its two fundamental goals are to generate knowledge in the field of production technologies

and transfer it to industry.

Automotive (electric mobility), aeronautic, railway, medical devices, industrial equipment, construction and optics.

Its technological skills and ability to coordinate research projects in the industrial sector enables businesses to make a technological leap

forward. It assists businesses on public requests for tender from the design of a proposal to its submission. It has been largely responsible for

the technology on over 50 research projects on European programmes (NPM, ICT, transport, energy and research for SMEs).

Launch of new products, including prototypes and production set-up. Technical assistance in industrialisation: testing moulds and matrices,

and improving productivity. Automation, optimisation and monitoring of processes. Innovation assistance services (improved technological

performance, business development and the creation of technology-based businesses).

Five technology-based companies market the technology and products developed by ASCAMM for industrial use in the fields of ultrasound,

medical devices and equipment, electric motors and plastic optical components. Patented and licensed micro-injection, blow moulding

extrusion and high-resistance cement technologies. Patented rapid manufacturing systems, industrial nanotechnology applications, a smart

automatic injection system and indoor/outdoor positioning systems.

Integral product development; Simulation; Process and advanced manufacturing technologies (injection moulding, forming,

compounding, casting, semi-solid extrusion, manufacturing, rapid manufacturing, ultrasound processing).

maig 2013

Processing of plastic, metal, composites, biocompatible materials, concrete and nanomaterials

11.000

www.ascamm.com

Automation; Robotics; Mechatronics; Embedded systems; Unmanned systems; Land and satellite navigation and positioning

technologies (GNSS)

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ATIC

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment



Av. Països Catalans, 18

43007 TARRAGONA

Contact person

Robert Rallo Staff 22


(+34) 977 558 721

Director

Robert Rallo

Carbon footprint assessment based on life cycle analysis. Application for making consumer purchases more sustainable. Method for

extracting the toxic gluten prolamin in coeliac disease sufferers.

CDMEDICS: presentation of the first prototype for diagnosing coeliac disease without an intestinal biopsy.

EQCM, PCR, PSR. Spectrophotometers. Potentiostats. Nano-spray and nanoparticle generation and characterisation equipment.

Computer clusters.

març 2013

Environmental protection; Green engineering and sustainable chemistry; Environmental risk assessment

Biosensors, immunosensors, nano-biotechnology and biochips with innovative uses; Diagnostic systems for use in clinical testing and the

agribusiness; Research into the detection and identification coeliac disease.

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http://www.atic-innovacio.com

Advanced Technology Innovation Center


Agri-food, chemical, pharmaceutical and human diagnostics.

Experimental and computational fluid mechanics; Transport of mass and heat: Computational science; Applied mathematics

ATIC is a multidisciplinary centre that generates synergies and transfers technology.

ATIC works on innovation projects with R&D departments in organisations that wish to innovate their products and processes. Its areas of

expertise are bioinformatics, biotechnology, the environment, fluid mechanics and health.

Customised R&D services for businesses in the agri-food, chemical, pharmaceutical and human diagnostics sectors.

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BAPP

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Accredited facilities for phase I and II clinical studies; analytical instrumentation (HPLC/MS, GC/MS, GC/IRMS).



c/ Dr. Aiguader, 88

08003 BARCELONA

Contact person

Laia Roca Staff 70


(+34) 933 160 460

Director

J. Segura i D. Andreu

març 2013

Biomolecular structure analysis of both high and low molecular masses

650

http://www.bapp.upf.edu/

Quality control and management of testing methods. Glycoprotein structure and interactions. Diagnosis of steroid metabolism disorders.

Protein separation by two-dimensional electrophoresis or HPLC. Identification and quantification of proteins by MS. Synthetic peptides for

biomedical applications. Synthesis of peptide immunogens. Development of new drugs. Anti-doping tests.

Treatment of rare diseases, development of tests for detecting peptide hormones, development of vaccines.

Pharmaceutical companies. University research groups, hospitals and health institutions. Official organisations. Anti-doping agencies and

sports federations. Private individuals.

Chemistry associated with pharmacology, toxicology and new drug development

Clinical assays, studies on pharmacologically active compounds and biomarkers for measuring the efficacy of exposure.

Bioanalysis, Pharmacology and Proteomics

Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) / IMIM

The aim of BAPP is to become a leading research centre in Catalonia and one of the best in Spain and Europe specialised in the field of

chemistry associated with pharmacology, toxicology, new drug development and the treatment of rare diseases.

BAPP works on research lines that enable it to identify new therapeutic targets for rare diseases that cause intellectual disability, as well as

research on the causes of drug addiction. It also develops new methods for anti-doping tests in sport and provides services related to the

quantification and identification of proteins.

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BARCELONA MEDIA

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Audio laboratory that designs 3D sound solutions.



Avinguda Diagonal 177, Planta 9

08018 BARCELONA

Contact person

Maria Laura Llapur Staff 113


(+34) 932 381 400

Director

Anna Pàmies I Pahí

març 2013

Image; Voice and language; Sound; Perception and cognition; social media; Virtual visualisation; Culture

2.800

www.barcelonamedia.org

The services provided by Barcelona Media's laboratories deliver innovation to businesses in the media sector by adapting the results of

the research conducted in the framework of its various research lines to the specific needs of each business or organisation. It has a

Culture and Tourism Laboratory, a Virtual Visualisation Laboratory and an Audio Laboratory.

Opinion mining, contents, security, tourism, culture, image, sound, social media analysis and virtual reality.

Innovative solutions that create new interactive experiences and audiovisual content using real and simulated images, sound and text.

Content analysis for maximising the use of signal, text and audiovisual processing technologies, the semantic study of the dynamics of social

media, and research into the latest trends in perception and cognition.

DICO(RE)2S: discount coupon recommendation and redemption system. SOCIAL MEDIA: methods and technologies for social media. imm

sound: a Spanish start-up company with venture capital funding that specialises in 3D sound technology, which has revolutionised the

international market. SV3D: surveillance platform based on multisource video analytics, localised data and cognitive interfaces.

Barcelona Media

Barcelona Media is an interdisciplinary research and innovation centre, as well as an international technology partner that develops creative

and reliable solutions to boost the competitiveness of its clients.

Barcelona Media works on cutting-edge projects that add value to the international technology sector, institutions and research projects.

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BDIGITAL

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

APPYTEST platform



Roc Boronat, 117 5À

08018 BARCELONA

Contact person

Carles Sans Staff 92


(+34) 935 534 540

Director

Carles Fradera

març 2013

Mobility and energy; Health (eHealth); online security; food and the environment

500

www.bdigital.org

Software quality assurance and certification for multiplatform mobile applications (APPYTEST Service).

ICT, health, banking, food and telecommunications.

BDigital uses its know-how to work on customised R&D&I projects for businesses to develop specific solutions in artificial intelligence,

automatic learning, knowledge extraction and modelling, data mining, recommender systems, advanced user interfaces, IT security,

cybercrime prevention software and cloud computing security.

ICT platforms for eHealth applications (decision support systems , telerehabilitation and standalone life support platforms, and the

BRAINABLE and SAAPHO projects). ICT systems for efficient energy management in grids, buildings and electric vehicles (BEAMS, KNOHOLEM

and MOLECULES projects).

Barcelona Digital Technology Centre

BDigital is an advanced ICT technology centre specialising in R&D&I and technology transfer in the fields of security, healthcare, mobility,

energy, food and the environment. Created in 2008, it has a large project portfolio, 75% of which is made up of European projects and the

rest of private clients. BDigital also delivers innovation and technology transfer services.

BDigital is firmly committed to developing applied research for designing software so that it can provide effective solutions that cover market

needs. With a clear bias towards the private sector, BDigital's solutions are currently up and running in the sectors of banking, healthcare and

software quality assurance in the world of mobile applications.

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BIO-GLS

About the centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Test laboratory. Gas emission, wastewater and solid waste pilot plants . Solid- and liquid-state respirometers.



Escola d'Enginyeria, Campus de la UAB

08193 CERDANYOLA del Vallès

Contact person

Dr Sergio Ponsá Salas Staff 38


(+34) 935 812 143

Director

Dr Francisco Javier Lafuente Sancho

març 2013

Waste management, treatment and recovery (gas emissions, liquid and solid waste)

350

h?p://centresderecerca.uab.cat/biogls/

Technological Centre for the Integral Treatment of Gas

Emissions, Liquid Effluents and Solid Waste

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

Control, simulation and optimisation of biological waste treatment (solid, liquid and gas)

Monitoring, optimisation and automatic control of processes

BIO-GLS Technological Centre is the unification of two Consolidated Research Groups from the UAB’s Department of Chemical Engineering:

GENOCOV is specialized in gaseous emissions and liquid effluents treatment systems, and GICOM in the treatment of solid wastes. BIO-GLS is

able to give an integral solution to the biological treatment of wastes (gaseous, liquid and solid states).

BIO-GLS develops and transfers technologies in the field of waste management, treatment and recovery of materials. It undertakes RDI

projects in a wide range of industrial sectors and Public Administrations at all geographical levels.

RDI agreements with companies that need to develop processes and technologies for waste reducing, management, treatment and/or

recovery of materials. Transfer of technologies developed at the Centre under RDI projects funded by the Public Administration, at regional,

national and international level.

BIO-GLS focuses its technology transfer activities in the design, modeling, monitoring, optimization and control of biological treatments for

any type of waste, minimizing both investment and operational costs and reducing the environmental impact associated. with those waste

treatment technologyies.

a) Construction of a dynamic, solid-state respirometer at the ECOPARC 1 facility. b) Construction of an industrial anaerobic digestion plant

with membranes for SCA (Tarragona). c) NANOGEI project (funded by the Areces Foundation) for the removal of GHG by using nanoparticles.

d) Increasing the production of biogas from sludge and other organic solid wastes using low cost iron oxide biocompatible nanoparticles

(FeNPs) and the simultaneous production of a high quality sanitised compost (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation). e) COMPOBIOL project

based on the optimisation of composting, biodrying and odours (URBASER).

• Industries and government adm. involved in waste management, environmental conservation and renewable energy production.

• Manufacturing industry, mainly: Chemical, pharmaceutical and food.

• textile and leather tanning agricultural Livestock

• Petrochemical

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BIOMEMS

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Clean room, biosensor laboratory, microsystems laboratory and encapsulation laboratory.



Campus UAB


Contact person

Teresa Campos Garcia-Conde Staff 18


(+34) 935 947 700

Director

Francesc Xavier Muñoz

Experience in the application of food safety sensor platforms

març 2013

Experience in the application of water quality sensor platforms

Experience in the application of biomedical sensor platforms

1,500

http://biomems.imb-cnm.csic.es/

New biomedical, water quality and food safety control and monitoring devices.

Biomedicine, environment, food.

As an applied research group in the ICT sector, BioMEMs has broad experience and knowledge in its lines of work that enables it to provide a

number of services and products.

Multisensory point-of-care platform for simultaneously measuring cardiovascular biomarkers, a disposable device for monitoring metabolites

in sweat, cell culture chambers for monitoring the growth of cells subjected to different external stimuli (drugs).

Biosystems and Bioengineering Group

Barcelona Microelectronics Institute (IMB-CNM)

Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)

The team of researchers at BioMEMs forms part of the department of Micro-Nanosystems. Its main aim is to develop new technologies and

micro- and nano- machine tools for making biosensors used in the detection, identification, quantification and control of molecules, cells,

tissues and other biocomponents.

The mission of BioMEMs is to deliver solutions based on the development of new technologies and miniaturised machine tools for the

detection, identification, quantification and control of molecules, cells, tissues and other biological/biomedical components for businesses

and/or end users.

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CAIAC

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment



E2, Edifici Q-Campus de la UAB

08193 BELLATERRA

Contact person

David Castells Rufas Staff 63


(+34) 935 813 563

Director

Jordi Carrabina Bordoll

març

Centre for Accessibility and

Ambient Intelligence of Catalonia


CAIAC seeks to become a leading centre in the field of ambient intelligence and accessibility by creating synergies between people with a

background in the humanities and engineering.

CAIAC researches contents, methods and technologies for creating an intelligent and accessible environment. In order to do so, computer

systems must be embedded in the environment. However, it is important that these systems respond naturally to human interaction.

The Centre endeavours to make innovative ideas that could be used by society a reality. This often means combining the creation of IT

systems and intelligent environments. In addition to its scientific and technical background in a wide range of fields, the CAIAC also has

broad experience in working on national and international research projects. It also has close ties with industry.

LabTav (audiovisual translation laboratory + eye-trackers). Electronics laboratory (design, prototyping, support in industrialisation and

certification). Training and consultancy in technology for businesses

Remote system for reading water and gas meters (Mirakonta). Electronic lock activated via a mobile phone (Alstom).

Industry, technology, information, telecommunications and services.

Industrial electronic systems; Printed electronic circuit boards for production processes

BGA mounting equipment, electronic inkjet printer, confocal microscope, eye-tracker.

2013

Proof of concept of embedded systems and/or intelligent environments; Multimodal interfaces

315

http://centresderecerca.uab.cat/caiac/

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CCiTUB

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Optical and electron microscopes. RMN. NanoSPM. Chromatography and spectrometry techniques. Mass spectrometry.



Lluís Solè I Sabarís, 1-3

08028 BARCELONA

Contact person

Ferran Seco Staff 161


(+34) 934 021 696

Director

Dr. José Ramón Seoane Trigo

març 2013

12,000

www.ccit.ub.edu

Testing of metal; Polymorph and co-crystal characterisation; Molecular characterisation mass spectrometry, Isotope-ratio mass spectrometry,

molecular spectrometry; Separation techniques (HPLC, MS, HRMS, EC, AEO); Radiocarbon dating lab; Magnetic measurements; RMN.

Cytometry; Molecular interactions; Genomics; Bioinformatics; Optic and electron microscopy (TEM, SEM); Electron cryomicroscopy; NanoSPM

techniques; Proteomics and transcriptomics; Animal experimentation facilities; Radiological protection unit.

Surface analysis; X-ray diffraction; Granulometry; NanoSPM techniques; TEM - Materials; SEM; Electron microprobe; Paleomagnetism; Surface-

specific BET and porosimetry; Mechanical, electronic, and vacuum technologies; Bioinformatics and imaging.

Pharmaceutical; food chemistry; biotechnology; health; metallurgy; automotive; cosmetics; environmental; nanotechnology.

Proprietary R&D projects; R&D projects for businesses under contract; R&D projects in consortia with businesses, technology centres and

universities, amongst others; technological innovation projects with businesses (individual and in consortia).

CCiTub 's technology portfolio concentrates on three main areas: materials technologies, technologies in biosciences and chemical

technologies.

Polymorphism testing of various active ingredients; heparin testing according to FDA-USP standards and the European Pharmacopoeia;

development of new Raman imaging techniques; organisation of the REMOA (Spanish Network of Advanced Optical Microscopy) congress;

publication of a handbook of instrumental techniques used by CCiTub; programme of technological seminars for businesses.

Scientific and Technological Centres

of the University of Barcelona

University of Barcelona (UB)

CCiTub is a set of scientific and technological centres belonging to the University of Barcelona whose main mission is to give support to

research and innovation in the fields of chemistry, the material sciences and biosciences.

CCiTub's mission is to promote a culture of innovation through knowledge and technology transfer. CCiTub gives specialised advice to

businesses through strategic agreements and R&D&I projects. It devises specialised, multidisciplinary methodologies and technologies.

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CCP

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment



Edifici Vapor Universitari - C/ Colom, 114

08222 TERRASSA

Contact person

David Arencón Osuna Staff 14


(+34) 937 837 022

Director

Maria Lluïsa Maspoch Rulduà

març 2013

Biopolymers; Foams; Nanocomposites

1,714

http://www.upc.edu/ccp/

Mucell technology, cone calorimeter, extrusion pilot plant, instrumented impact testing in environmental chamber, GOM-Aramis.

Catalan Plastics Centre

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC)

CCP seeks to retain its position as an R&D&I centre of excellence and to serve as a way for businesses to improve their performance.

To do so, it is involved in R&D projects, technology transfer, and the teaching of continuing education courses to people who work in the

sector.

Process optimisation; advanced injection techniques; selection of materials; characterisation of thermal, mechanical and fracture properties.

Extrusion and injection; characterisation of thermal, mechanical and fracture properties; behaviour of plastics in fire; technical consultancy.

Customised courses for businesses; development of low-density plastics; modification of biodegradable polymers.

Automotive, packaging, construction, consumer goods.

Advanced processing techniques

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CD6

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Spectroscopic ellipsometer. Confocal and interferometric profilometers. Optical profilometer. UV-VIS-IR spectrophotometer.



Rambla De Sant Nebridi, 10

08222 TERRASSA

Contact person

Jaume Castellà Maymó Staff 35


(+34) 937 398 314

Director

Santiago Royo Royo

Use of a CO2 laser to treat non-metallic materials and to test the feasibility of polishing optical surfaces. Automation of a diamond wire

tooling manufacturing plant. The Centre has over 25 years of experience in technology transfer to businesses. Over the past 10 years it has

managed over 120 projects for around 90 clients, for which it has earned over €7 M.

Centre for Sensors, Instruments and

Systems Development


Transport, biomedical, consumer electronics, multimedia, textile and paper, cosmetic, graphic arts, solar energy.

Optical metrology ; Colour technology; Optical techniques for non-destructive testing (NDT); Injection moulding manufacturing techniques

for optical components.

CD6 is a technological innovation centre that operates in the field of optical engineering. Experts with complementary expertise (optics,

electronics, mechanical engineering and software) work at CD6 on the development of applications for the market.

The mission of CD6 is to carry out research and provide innovative solutions in the field of optical engineering.

R&D projects in the field of optical engineering. Capacity for designing and building prototypes and turnkey instruments.

Provides optical instrumentation calibration services, services for measuring colour, topography, roughness, photometry, optical quality and

spectra, amongst others, as well as technological advice in the field of optical engineering.

març 2013

Biomedical instrumentation; Ophthalmological instrumentation.

Design of optical systems and sensors.

1,200

www.cd6.upc.edu

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CDEI

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

High speed filming service for detecting failures in high velocity mechanisms and production lines.



C/ Llorens Artigas, Nº 4-6, Edifici U, Planta 0

08028 BARCELONA

Contact person

Sònia Llorens Staff 12


(+34) 934 010 830

Director

Carles Riba Romeva

Redesign of a machine for classifying large particles that had a turbine for separating them using centrifugal force. CDEI tested critical

velocities, stress and distortions in the system, as well as conducting a study of the best gears and materials to use in the redesign of the

equipment to prevent the effects of critical velocity.

In-context design for optimising processes.

Center for Industrial Equipment Design


Companies that make durable goods: industrial sector; energy and environment sector; medical rehabilitation sector; agrifood sector;

other sectors.

Product definition; Product life cycle design; Concurrent engineering

CDEI is a technological innovation centre at the UPC with over a decade of experience in research projects, technology transfer and training

courses. It is a member of the UPC's Centre for Innovation and Technology (CIT UPC).

CDEI delivers strategic services in the innovation, development and optimisation of durable goods and products that give businesses a

competitive edge. It undertakes a number of activities ranging from the design concept, simulation and calculation of product specifications,

to the management of the prototyping and testing of goods for their industrialisation.

Strategic consultancy service. Industrial equipment development service. Training. Applied research.

Definition of product ranges. Concept design and building of products and durable goods. Product simulation, calculation and sizing.

Management of prototyping and small batch production. Energy optimisation of products and processes. Running and management of

technical offices. Concurrent engineering.

març 2013

Environmental diagnosis of products and processes; Renewable energies; Energy saving.

200

www.cdei.upc.edu

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CDIF

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Digital recorders. Analysers. Data collectors. Telemonitoring systems. Impact hammers. Simulation software.



Avda. Diagonal, 647 - Edif. Etseib

08028 BARCELONA

Contact person

Carme Valero Staff 12


(+34) 934 011 737

Director

Eduard Egusquiza

Centre for Industrial Diagnostics

and Fluid Dynamics


CDIF is a technology transfer centre at the UPC and a member of the University's Centre for Innovation and Technology (CIT UPC). CDIF

specialises in fluid dynamics simulation, experimental and numerical modal analysis, the dynamic behaviour of machines and structures, as

well as in problems of fluid-structure interaction.

The aim of CDIF is to give technological support to businesses on matters related to the field of vibration diagnostics, design, and fluid

dynamics and structural problems in general.

Renewable energy, particularly hydropower. Chemical plants and industry in general.

Vibration measurement and analysis in machines. Diagnostics on damage caused by vibrations. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Dynamic

simulation of submerged structures using the finite element method (FEM).

Design. Experimental and numerical modal analysis. Predictive maintenance. Remote monitoring of rotary machines.

Dynamic behaviour of water turbine vibration (VOITH). Monitoring and diagnostics of damage in hydroelectric power stations. Predictive

maintenance (ENDESA). Dynamic behaviour of large submerged structures (IBERDROLA).

març 2013

Structural analysis; Diagnostics; Cavitation and computational fluid dynamics (CFD).

1,000

http://www.upc.edu/cdif

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CELLTEC - UB

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Bio-II A safety cabinets for cell cultures, fluorescence and PhC microscopes with in vivo imaging systems.



Av. Diagonal; 645. Edifici Anex; Facultat de Biologia; 1ª Planta

08028 BARCELONA

Contact person

Dr. Susana Castel Staff 13


(+34) 610 531 094

Director

Dr. Manuel Reina

In vitro screening and safety of chemical products.

març 2013

250

http://www.ub.edu/celltec-ub/

Development of new cell and molecular models as screening tools; Development of active ingredients; Functional mass screening of

compounds; Efficacy and safety studies of compounds and products for regulatory filings and trade reports (scientific marketing).

Development of new cell and molecular models as screening tools; Development of active ingredients; Functional mass screening of

compounds; Efficacy and safety studies of compounds and products for regulatory filings and trade reports (scientific marketing).

Chemical, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical (functional food), agrifood and veterinary.

Development and optimisation studies of therapeutic (pharmaceutical and veterinary) and functional (cosmetic, chemical, nutritional, textile,

etc.) targets. Studies to determine safety, toxicity, efficiency, mechanisms of action and functionality are also carried out. Development and

validation of new in vitro experimental models and methods. Biotechnological materials and tissue engineering.

In vitro toxicity and efficacy of biomolecules; characterisation of biotechnological materials; scientific advice on development projects.

Safety and efficacy studies of active ingredients. Studies of mechanisms of action of new drugs and cosmetic active ingredients. Research into

molecular screening systems as an alternative to animal experimentation. Research into tissue engineering and biomedical engineering.

Research into stem cells. Advice on cell and molecular technology to industry. Technology transfer on specific request.

CELLTEC - UB


CELLTEC UB aims to ensure that our understanding of cell biology and the advances made in new cell models play an even greater role in

both the development of new drug targets and new active ingredients, and to make this knowledge available to its clients (businesses,

research centres and academia).

CELLTEC UB is increasingly using its know-how to develop proprietary products. It is currently developing and implementing new cell models

and methods, which it uses to develop compounds and products for third parties, as well as for the development of projects already

underway.

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CEMIC

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment



Martí I Franquès 1, Planta 2

08028 BARCELONA

Contact person

Dr. Esteve Juanola Feliu Staff 98


(+34) 934 037 247

Director

Dr. Josep Maria López Villegas

Microprocessor laboratory; circuit design and testing equipment; instrumentation, control and power equipment; optical instrumentation;

EMC.

març 2013

Control devices; Sensors and actuators

Micro- and nano-electronics; Electronic technology

900

www.cemic.ub.es

Microsystems Engineering Centre


Research on demand, and national and international R&D&I projects in the fields of electronic engineering and ICT.

Instrumentation and testing, ICT, automotive and transport, medical technologies, and energy and sustainability.

Communications and RF systems

CEMIC is a research and technology centre that works in the fields of electronic engineering and IT.

CEMIC focuses its efforts on the development of European and national projects; it is proactive in promoting and retaining the loyalty of its

industrial partners on R&D&I projects; it actively pursues policies for the protection of intellectual property; and it has a flexible,

multidisciplinary team.

Its team conducts research prior to industrialisation at its 12 laboratories and prototyping facility. Technology monitoring services,

assessment of know-how and technologies, and scientific, technological and innovation consultancy.

DNA electrochemical sensor " (Genómica S.A.U.); miniaturisation of the regulator of a capsule endoscope (Ovesco Endoscopy AG);

nanosensors integrated on monolithic ceramic microtechnology (FAE S.A.); research to obtain graphene oxide nanoplatelets using carbon

nanofibres (Grupo Antolín-Ingeniería S.A.); study for the integration of a Doppler radar sensor in the seat of a vehicle (Fico Mirrors S.A.);

design, manufacture and testing of implantable antennae for biotelemetry applications (FAE S.A.).

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CENFIM

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Laboratories for testing raw materials, finished products and innovative materials; photographic laboratory and pilot plant.



Avinguda De La Generalitat, 66

43560 LA SÉNIA

Contact person

Jordi Albacar Staff 9


(+34) 977 570 122

Director

Joaquim Solana I Monleón

març 2013

Environmentally friendly products and processes; Life cycle analysis; Eco-design.

Innovative materials for use in the housing sector; Sensory assessment of materials.

1,115

http://www.cenfim.org

Habitat Internet 2.0: making businesses prominent on social media.

Tech&Mueble: addition of different technologies to furniture.

InteriHotel: trade fair for hotel fixtures and furnishings.

Eco-design and sustainable manufacturing.

Integration of technology to furniture; training to companies on how to use open source software and enter new marketing channels;

development of innovative materials.

Market research, the marketing of businesses on the Internet and social media, product design, eco-design and sustainable manufacturing,

internationalisation, assistance in the use of IT.

CENFIM concentrates on the wood and furniture sectors in Catalonia, but it has planned to build up its expertise as a leading research centre

in housing to include taps, fireplaces, domotics, lighting, etc.

Factories of the future/lean manufacturing; Systems for improving production management; Performance and traceability

management systems.

Wood and Furniture Technology Centre of Catalonia

Leading technology centre for the wood, furniture and housing sectors in Catalonia. Affiliated to Rovira i Virgili University, its main goal is to

increase the competiveness of businesses in these sectors.

CENFIM mainly works on R&D&I projects, provides technological services (related to design, production technologies, innovation in

materials, marketing, etc.), promotes training in businesses and engages in internationalisation activities that will benefit the wood, furniture

and housing sectors in Catalonia.

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CENTA

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

High pressure industrial equipment (hyperbaric wave 120/6000), microwave and radio frequency technologies, autoclaves and CT scanner.



Finca Camps I Armet S/N

17121 MONELLS

Contact person

Raül Encinas Staff 13


(+34) 972 630 052

Director

Joan Manel Albacete Sancho

Centre for New Food Technologies and Processes

CENTA is a not-for-profit foundation committed to contributing to the modernisation and competitiveness of the agri-food industry. Its

ultimate goal is to consolidate its position as a leading centre in technological innovation and knowledge transfer in the food sector.

CENTA's fields of specialisation are the creation of new products and processes, packaging technologies, sensor technologies, and food

hygiene and safety.

R&D&I projects on an individual basis or in partnership with business consortia, technology centres and clusters.

R&D projects with companies such as INNOEMPRESA, CDTI and DAAM.

R&D projects developed in-house.

Expert advice on joining and obtaining funding for national and international R&D projects (the FP7 programmes KBBE and R4SME, ENPI,

Agri-food sector (raw materials, processing and distribution).

Industrial sector (manufacture of equipment for the agri-food industry).

Projects in the Centre's fields of specialisation: food safety, new products and processes, packaging technologies, preservation technologies

and sensor technologies.

Customised technical training courses, validation of industrial processes tested using the Centre's technologies (HPP, microwaves, thermal

processes, packaging technologies, etc.), the development of new products, the optimisation of formulations, shelf-life studies and challenge

tests.

Hygienic design of facilities, workflows and equipment; New optimised systems for cleaning and disinfecting food facilities, equipment,

containers and utensils.

març 2013

Development of new products, concepts and formulations that are innovative and healthy.

4,500

www.centa.cat

Food processing using high pressure and thermal treatments; Research lines based on new technologies (electrolysed water, ozonised

water, luminous pulses, radio frequencies, microwaves, etc.) for developing food hygiene and/or processing systems.

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CENTRE CID

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

CAD and simulation software.



C/ Pic de Peguera 15, 17003 Girona

17003 GIRONA

Contact person

David Viñas Staff 9


(+34) 972 419 817

Director

Josep Tresserras Picas

maig 2013

Consultancy services for implementing innovation and design plans

90

www.cidweb.udg.edu

Extrusion machine; Deck chair; Signage showing city services; Impeller pump; Tableware for catering.

Centre for Innovation and

New Product Development


Metallurgy, Electromedicine, Electronics.

Definition of technical specifications and documentation for industrialisation; Application of a range of methodologies and techniques (rapid

prototyping, QFD, value management, benchmarking, TRIZ)

The CID Centre at the University of Girona delivers services related to the development of new products. It places special emphasis on

innovation and industrial design by drawing on the concept and the idea as tools for creating competitive products.

The CID Centre is currently working with companies so that they gain a competitive edge through innovation.

The technology portfolio is built on framing concepts for new products with innovative features in the following fields: industrial design,

graphic design, QFD and value management.

Devises new concepts and uses (ergonomics and use, aesthetics, form and functionality, perception and sensations, techniques/production

systems, wrapping and packaging, economics and the market); Defines and draws up technical specifications for industrialisation and related

documentation; Applies a range of methodologies and techniques (rapid prototyping, QFD, value management, referencing, TRIZ, production

processes and techniques that consolidate product improvement).

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Centre QCI

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Specific equipment for the characterization of nanostructured liquid and colloidal systems.



Jordi Girona, 18-26

08034 BARCELONA

Contact person

Laura Sobrevias Staff 29


(+34) 934 006 100

Director

Jordi Esquena

Colloid and Interfacial Chemistry Centre

Institute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC)


QCI, belonging to IQAC-CSIC and CIBER-BBN, is devoted to the study of colloidal surfactant systems in order to contribute to the development

of technological applications in two main fields: colloid chemistry and advanced materials.

Innovation in this area involves studying the colloidal and interfacial properties of surfactant systems, developing formulations, improving

preparation processes, obtaining advanced nanostructured materials, and modifying surfaces for chemical and physical (plasma) treatments.

The chemical, cosmetics, detergent, pharmaceutical, textile, polymer, environment, energy and biotechnology sectors.

Collaboration with companies is carried out in the framework of research projects, which could involve the study of the phase behaviour of

surfactant systems, the design of tailor-made formulations and the improvement of their properties, the preparation of advanced materials

based on colloidal surfactant systems, and the modification of surfaces by using plasma treatments or by adding nanostructured materials.

Collaboration with companies may also be done in the framework of a Service, which has the equipment necessary for the characterization

of nanostructured liquids, colloidal systems and interfaces.

1) Development of nano-emulsions using low-energy emulsification methods. 2) Preparation of nanoparticles by reaction in O/W type

microemulsions. 3) Preparation of highly concentrated emulsions of bitumen in water for cold road paving. 4) Design of advanced materials

with dual porosity obtained by highly concentrated emulsion templating. 5) Development of functional textiles using hydrogels.

Study of colloid and interfacial properties; Study of formulations and improvement of preparation processes

març 2013

Development of colloid surfactant systems for the release of active ingredients

300

Preparation of advanced materials based on colloid surfactant systems ; Modification of surfaces using physical (plasma) and chemical

treatments

www.iqac.csic.es/qci

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CEQAP

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Ozonation pilot plant of 10 g/h. Membrane pilot plant. SBR biological reactors. Shear stress rheometers.



Marti i Franques ,1

08028 BARCELONA

Contact person

Bernardi Bayarri Ferrer Staff 9


(+34) 934 021 288

Director

Santiago Esplugas

Centre for Environmental and

Product Chemical Engineering


Chemical, environmental.

març 2013

300

http://angel.qui.ub.es/ceqap

The remit of CEQAP is to give advice, render services and transfer technology to businesses and public authorities

about wastewater and waste treatment; process design, improvement and optimisation; and the formulation, processing and

characterisation of products.

Product and process engineering department: R&D&I projects; process design, improvement and optimisation; calculation of the flow and

rheological properties of any type of material; material stability testing; optimisation of formulations; characterisation of rheological

behaviour; expert support and advice.

Environmental chemical engineering department: R&D&I projects; development of new industrial and urban wastewater treatment

processes; feasibility and pilot studies.

Characterisation of the rheological behaviour for monitoring a physical and/or chemical process. Improvement of processes for removing

organic matter and nutrients in wastewater. Development of new processes for industrial and urban wastewater treatment. Feasibility and

pilot studies. Experimental work for the design of a biomethanation plant. Development of a process for manufacturing concrete paving and

cladding that looks like natural stone.

Colloidal systems (emulsions, microemulsions, nanoemulsions, sols, gels, etc.); Surfactants; Polymers; Particle technology; Porous

materials; Viscometry; Rheology

Biological treatment of wastewater; Ozone wastewater treatment; Application of membrane techniques; Anaerobic digestion

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CERETOX

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment



PCB - Ed.Cluster C/Baldiri Reixac, 10-12

08028 BARCELONA

Contact person

Alce Coloma Ibarz Staff 13


(+34) 934 039 710

Director

Miquel Borràs and Joan M.Llobet

Histopathology service, fluorescence microscope and camera, analytical software, cell culture cabinet, ecomodule, algae growth chamber

and biochemical/haematological testing.

Centre of Research in Toxicology

University of Barcelona (UB) and Barcelona Science Park (PCB)

CERETOX is a research centre specialised in toxicology technology transfer. It is made up of the Experimental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology

Unit at Barcelona Science Park (PCB) and the UB's Toxicology Unit at the Faculty of Pharmacy. The vision of CERETOX is to fill the gap that

currently exists in unregulated toxicology.

CERETOX makes its know-how and experience available to industry by conducting in vivo and in vitro toxicology studies, both in the

laboratory and in the field.

Risk assessment of the safety, efficacy, toxicology (in vivo and in vitro) and ecotoxicology of products for human and/or veterinary use.

Advice given on the design of customised toxicology studies to be carried out based on the needs and requirements of each client.

In vivo and in vitroexperimental toxicology. Pre-clinical toxicology studies. Exotoxicology studies. Regulatory exotoxicology assays. Food

safety, quality and research. Risk assessment and expert reports. Analytical toxicology. Research into nanotoxicology.

Some of the most relevant publically funded projects over the past few years are: RIBEFOOD, INTARESE, SOSTAQUA, NANOSOST,

ONCOLOGICA, COPONAMRI.

Pharmaceutical, food, cosmetics, chemical/biocide, veterinary and healthcare industries; public authorities involved in environmental

management through collaborations on research lines in Spain and Europe.

Food safety; Food quality; Food research

març 2013

Risk assessment and expert reports; Ecotoxicology studies

In vivo and in vitro experimental toxicology. Pre-clinical toxicology studies on drugs, chemicals, cosmetics and veterinary products;

Nanotoxicology; Analytical toxicology

265

www.pcb.ub.cat/ceretox

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CERPTA

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

High pressure testing equipment, ultra high pressure homogenisation machines, UHT steriliser with multi-tube heat exchanger.



Campus de la UAB. Facultat de Veterinària.

08193 BELLATERRA

Contact person

Martin Buffa Staff 38


(+34) 935 811 447

Director

Buenaventura Guamis López

Special Centre for Food

Technology Research


Food sector.

CERPTA uses emerging technologies and nanotechnologies for improving food safety, the nutritional value of food and the development of

functional food, as well as for the pharmaceutical and cosmetics sectors.

CERPTA is a research centre at the UAB. It is mainly involved in research work and technology transfer for businesses in the food sector so

that they can become more competitive and profitable, and produce and sell new, healthier and more stable products.

Work on and coordination of funded R&D&I projects (local, national, European and international).

R&D&I for private businesses (delivers know-how).

Consultancy services for optimising processes. Use of traditional (UHT) and new (HPH, UHPH) technologies for improving the quality and

safety of food. Studies for testing pathogenic microorganisms and food spoilage markers. Development of optic sensors for the control of

processes in the food industry.

CERPTA is working with the Eduardo Dos Santos University in Angola on the construction and set-up of the first agrifood research and

technology transfer centre in Africa. Part of an inter-university project devoted to the training of experts and technology transfer to micro-,

small- and medium-sized businesses.

Quality control and stability of food; Use of new technologies for improving food safety, and the nutritional and organoleptic properties of food; Use

of traditional technologies for improving the quality and nutritional value of processed food; Studies for testing pathogenic microorganisms and food

spoilage markers

març 2013

950

www.cerpta.com

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CETEMMSA

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Roll-to-roll flat screen printer, semi-industrial inkjet, bar-coating, spin-coating, thermal evaporation.



Avda. Ernest Lluch, 36, Parc Científic Tecnocampus

08302 MATARÓ

Contact person

Baldomer Aymà Staff 78


(+34) 937 419 100

Director

Anna Escoda Sabater

març 2013

Biosensors and biofunctionalisation; Printed sensors; Monitoring of constants

Photonics (OPV and HyLEDS); Printed sensors; Printed circuits and electronic components

3,200

www.cetemmsa.com

CETEMMSA Technological Centre

R&D&I consultancy services and specialised training in the field of printed electronics and value-added R&D.

Health and welfare, sport, automotive, aeronautics, energy, textile, occupational hazard prevention, games and furniture.

Printed electronics; Coating of active and organic materials, and polymer conductors; Surface treatment

CETEMMSA conducts research in the field of printed electronics and transfers its knowledge to businesses that are seeking to innovate by

creating differentiated products with greater added value. It specialises in printed, flexible and flat electronics as an alternative to traditional

silicon electronics, which enables new functionalities to be added to different types of surfaces.

Emitting light, storing energy, receiving physical and biological signals, and interacting with people or objects in a different and innovative

way is possible and CETEMMSA is able to deliver all of this thanks to its full value chain that covers processes from the applied research stage

through to product engineering and industrialisation.

CETEMMSA conducts applied research in the field of printed electronics, particularly in the areas of printed sensors, photonic sensors (OPV

and HyLED), printed circuits and components, the biofunctionalisation of surfaces, high performance fabrics and smart engineering.

WIISEL: wireless insole for independent and safe elderly living. ML2: development of an efficient production cost system. ENERCIUDAD2020:

energy harvesting system for urban environments. PRINTLED: printing electronics for signal applications. FLEXeTOY: scaling of flexible

electroluminescent devices for use in the toy sector. AUTENTICLOUD: authentication system for security documents and packaging

applications.

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CIDSAV

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment



Pic de Peguera 15, La creueta

17003 GIRONA

Contact person

Emili Montesinos Seguí Staff 16


(+34) 972 41 97 27

Director

Emili Montesinos Seguí

CIDSAV has laboratories and nurseries equipped to conduct in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo tests.

març 2013

Design of antimicrobial peptides for use in a number of fields

Evaluation of the efficacy and viability of phytosanitary products

300

www.udg.edu/cidsav

Phytosanitary businesses, the production sector, institutions, and public and private research centres.

Development of biofungicides and biofertilisers; Diagnosis of diseases

Projects in the field of epidemiology: diagnosis, identification and control of causal agents of plant diseases, and the evaluation of the

efficacy of fungicides, bactericides, plant growth promoters, and fertilisers, whether in vitro, in vivo, or for field assays.

Development of biofungicides and biofertilisers: from the isolation stage through to their selection, characterisation, efficacy evaluation,

development of testing techniques, and action, production and formulation mechanisms.

CIDSAV has developed microbial biofungicides designed to pass the various stages for registering phytosanitary products. During the various

stages of the project, a micro-organism was selected based on its efficacy, followed by the development and formulation of a product, and

ending with toxicological and environmental impact studies.

Centre for Innovation and Development

in Plant Health


CIDSAV is a research centre at the University of Girona. Its work on plant diseases includes research, service provision, technology transfer,

training and dissemination. It has the ISO 9001 (2008) certification and over 20 years of experience in working on projects with businesses.

CIDSAV acts as a consultant in the phytosanitary quality of plant materials sold by the nursery and seed production sector. It is likewise

involved in the diagnosis and control of diseases during the production, storage and marketing of plant products.

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CIEFMA

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment



Avda. Diagonal, 647

08028 BARCELONA

Contact person

Gemma Fargas Ribas Staff 19


(+34) 934 054 454

Director

Marc Anglada Gomila

març

Dynamic and static universal testing machines. Microstructural characterisation techniques.

2013

Fracture and fatigue of metals, ceramic materials and inorganic matrix composites.

200

www.ciefma.es

• Study of the structural reliability of materials (stainless steel, titanium alloys, composite materials) during their useful lifetime and of

materials used for machine tools (hard metals and high speed steel) in a wide range of applications.

• Mechanical behaviour of high performance ceramic materials and multilayer composite materials at high temperatures.

• Microstructural design of metal alloys made using different manufacturing processes (casting, plastic deformation, powder metallurgy,

etc.).

• Contact behaviour of advanced structural materials.

• Micromechanics and nanomechanics of coatings.

Bioceramics for bone repair (BIOBONE-7PM). Increased efficiency and competitiveness of powder metallurgy processes through the

optimisation and prediction of performance, and calibration (oPtiMa-INNPACTO). Improved behaviour of fatigue and the formation of

metastable steel through microstructural design (IMPROMETA-MICINN).

Transport. Metallurgy. Mechanics. Construction.

Structural Integrity and

Materials Reliability Centre


CIEFMA specialises in materials technology. Its activities are based on the study of the mechanical properties of materials, their behaviour

during their useful lifetime, and the causes of the degradation and fracture of industrial products. All work is carried out in response to the

need to assess the structural reliability of materials and components.

The Centre's work focuses on the study of mechanisms that govern the mechanical behaviour of engineering materials, with special

emphasis placed on ascertaining the effect of microstructures on mechanical behaviour.

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CIMITEC

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment



Escola d'Enginyeria, Edifici Q, Campus de la UAB s/n

08193 BELLATERRA

Contact person

Gerard Sisó Staff 11


(+34) 935 814 803

Director

Ferran Martín

març 2013

RF/microwave components; Antennae; Radiofrequency identification (RFID)

70

http://cimitec.uab.cat

Telecommunications. Aeronautics and aerospace industry. RFID. Radar. Security.

Projects that require the design of miniaturised RF/microwave components and/or improved performance and new functionalities.

Development of demonstrators and characterisation.

The design of RF/microwave components based on metamaterial structures can be applied to technologies such as RFID, and the

development of rotary, position and aligned sensors. May be implemented using standard techniques or other new ones such as MEMS and

printed electronics.

Design of multiband components and filters. Design of RFID-UHF tags optimised to deliver good performance in the labelling of objects in

adverse environments, such as metal, CDs and liquids. Design of antennae for standalone RFID-UHF readers. Automated synthesis of

FR/microwave components.

Micro milling machine (manufacture of PCB prototypes). Network analysers of up to 50 GHz. Set-up and characterisation of antennae and

tags for RFID systems.

Metamaterials Research Centre for Innovation in Electronic and

Communication Technologies


The main goal of CIMITEC is to promote research into an emerging field with great technological potential, namely, metamaterials for use in

the electronics and communications sector. It also aims to transfer technology to businesses that work in this field, as well as to make

training in the subject one of its priorities.

CIMITEC devises innovative design strategies that make it possible to optimise electronics and communications components and sub-systems

in terms of performance, size and cost. It also identifies potential markets where metamaterials technologies could be put to good use, and is

involved in technology transfer and patent projects.

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CISTIB

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment



C/ Tànger, 122-140

08018 BARCELONA

Contact person

Alejandro Frangi Staff 21


(+34) 935 421 446

Director

Alejandro Frangi

març

High performance computer cluster. Online repository. System for the virtualisation of applications.

2013

Computational imaging; Computational pathophysiology; Management of biomedical information

Software components and systems

60

http://www.cistib.upf.edu

Medical diagnostic and technology businesses. Healthcare providers. IT industry devoted to healthcare software.

3D-FemOS (VALTEC09-0-0012): development of software for predicting the risk of femur fractures.

EndoTreat-IA (2010 VALOR 00064): tool for planning endovascular treatment in cerebral aneurysms using coils.

CardioSuite (2010 VALOR 00130): application for assessing cardiac function and planning cardiovascular treatment.

· Customised software development.

· GIMIAS prototyping platform for advanced biomedical image computing and simulation.

· Support in the development of new applications based on GIMIAS.

cvREMOD (CENIT): this project conducted research into the pathophysiological mechanisms of cardiovascular remodelling to find innovative

and integrated methods for diagnosing, treating and preventing cardiovascular diseases efficiently on a case-by-case basis.

Center for Computational Imaging & Simulation

Technologies in Biomedicine

Pompeu Fabra University (UPF)

A pioneering and internationally recognised centre for its transnational R&D&I projects on medical imaging and multimodal sensing, the

computational analysis of images and the computational modelling of physiological systems.

CISTIB contributes to generating knowledge about healthcare treatments and to shortening the critical path in the development of medical

products.

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CIT UPC

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment



Edifici Til·lers (planta 1), C/ Jordi Girona 31

08034 BARCELONA

Contact person

Antonio Álvarez Staff 366


(+34) 934 054 419

Director

Susana Sánchez Galve

març

Generation of new products on a molecular scale. Treatment of surfaces to modify properties.

Reformulation of ingredients to reduce manufacturing costs without affecting their properties or improving them. Optimisation of

packaging. Analysis of health risks and detection of pathogens in food. Management of waste biomass.

It has a wide range of equipment such as pilot plants for manufacturing prototypes, the OBSEA seafloor observatory, etc.

2013

Electric vehicles, smart networks, renewable energy, sustainability in the design of equipment, environmental contamination control, noise

management, hydrometeorological simulation and prediction.

Biomechanics, biomaterials, dosimetry and radiophysics, biomedical instrumentation, robotics and vision, biomedical signals and systems.

Selection of materials, degradation and fractures, metals, ceramic materials, coatings and multilayer materials, hard materials, new smart

technical textile structures , nanocapsules for smart structures.

Big data, artificial intelligence for automatic learning applications, connectivity and the design of optimised protocols for production

environments, industrial and underwater robotics, computer vision.

www.cit.upc.edu

CIT UPC has a wide range of technological skills that enables it to take on complex projects and technological challenges in its areas of

specialisation, such as production, materials, energy and environmental, ICT, medical, chemical and food technologies.

Thanks to the knowledge generated by the UPC, its experience and specialisation in the fields of engineering, architecture and the sciences,

CIT UPC is able to develop projects in a broad spectrum of technological fields adapted to the needs of businesses.

Some of its most outstanding R&D results in 2012 were: biofeedback for urinary incontinence; the first charging station to return energy

from an electric vehicle to the grid; the use of microcapsules in the spinning process; the development of a mobile photometric device able

to assess light flow and direction; and the development of a new technology for integrating iron casting processes. All have been made

available to the business world for their potential use in products and processes.

Durable goods, medical technologies, metallurgy, transport, aeronautics, construction and infrastructures, energy and the environment,

lighting, paper, textile (textile technology, fashion and household wear), automotive, financial, consumer electronics, communications,

packaging and sport.

Product design, automation of industrial machinery and processes, optical metrology, remote monitoring, behaviour of vibration and noise

in machinery and facilities.

UPC Technology Centre (CIT UPC)


The UPC Technology Centre (CIT UPC) is a strategic partner for businesses. Its remit is to make the methods and results of university research

available to businesses. A total of 19 R&D centres belong to CIT UPC, all of which are leading technology transfer centres and members of

the TECNIO network.

It gives responses in the shape of the technology it generates, all of which is intended to obtain high added value R&D outcomes. It delivers

integral, multidisciplinary technological solutions and turnkey projects to the highest level of service and quality. It has teams of researchers

with long-standing careers and experience in industrial research (57% are PhD holders).

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CITCEA

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Dranetz PX5-XFAST network analyser. Programmable power grid simulator.



Avda Diagonal 647. Planta 2.

08028 BARCELONA

Contact person

Maria Marín Macaya Staff 68


(+34) 934 016 727

Director

Antoni Sudrià i Andreu

març 2013

Electric vehicles; Smart networks; Wind power; Solar power; Micro-grids.

800

www.citcea.upc.edu

Renewable energy; distributed generation. Manufacture of equipment, electric actuators, automation, communications.

Power electronics; Industrial automation and communications; Electric machinery.

In the field of mechatronics, CITCEA provides a customer service that spans from the design stage to the completion of a functional

prototype. It designs mechatronic systems that are made up of components such as semiconductors, refrigeration units, controllers,

measuring devices and interfaces, in addition to power components.

In the field of enertronics, smart energy systems are made using power electronics, control and communications technologies in combination

with the analysis and design of electrical energy and power systems. Work is being carried out in a number of areas: renewable energy, smart

grids, smart cities and electric mobility.

Design and implementation of a 700 V DC NiMH battery charger (up to 14 kW) using a high-frequency full-bridge converter. Plasma generator

interleaved buck converter (1400V 280A output). Parallel resonant converter (current-fed) of 50 kW and 70 kHz. Design of an electric

actuator for electric resistance welding. Dynamic modelling of wind-turbine power generation systems.

Centre for Technological Innovation

in Static Converters and Drives


CITCEA is a technology transfer centre at the UPC specialised in responding to the needs of businesses to build functional prototypes that can

be industrialised and marketed.

CITCEA has expertise in all types of applications requiring the control of energy and/or movement. It develops technologies in electricity,

control electronics, power electronics, industrial communications and digital signal processing.

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CITEE

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Processor simulators for microprocessor boards. Electronics and component welding laboratory.



Avda. Països Catalans, 26

43007 TARRAGONA

Contact person

Ernest Gil Dolcet Staff 5


(+34) 977 559 629

Director

Ernest Gil Dolcet

Centre for Technological Innovation

in Electrical Engineering


CITEE is a research centre at the URV that mainly carries out R&D projects involving hardware and software development for embedded

electronic systems customised to meet its clients' needs.

CITEE's area of specialisation is ICTs, particularly in the fields of control, machine and process automation, communications, instrumentation

and power electronics systems.

Based on its clients' specifications, the Centre designs circuit board hardware, fieldbus communication protocols, remote communications via

GSM mobile phones, motor control hardware and software, battery chargers, and the treatment of renewable energy sources and auxiliary

systems.

The main technical service provided by the Centre is to prepare feasibility studies prior to project start-up.

Development of a distributed control system for the integral control of multi-zone irrigation systems. The Centre designed the intra- and inter-

zone communication protocol, in addition to the hardware and operating system used by the system, including the power systems for driving

the motors. The project was developed for an SME in Catalonia devoted to the manufacture of agricultural machinery.

Manufacturers of machinery and any type of mechanism: industrial, automation, agri-food, textile, transport (railways).

SCADA monitoring systems (proprietary software); Remote control

març 2013

Power electronics; Embedded control systems; Communication protocols

Embedded control systems; Communication protocols

65

http://etse.urv.cat/CITEE

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CPT

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Thermal and cold spray technologies (cold gas spray, high velocity oxygen fuel). Characterisation of coatings.



Marti i Franquès, 1

08028 BARCELONA

Contact person

Adriana Simona Iliescu Staff 22


(+34) 934 021 302

Director

Prof. Josep Maria Guilemany

Development of coatings, industrial technology transfer, in-company training and the integration of thermal spray technologies into

production lines.

març 2013

Bioactive coatings

Modification of materials using microcrystalline coatings and nanostructures for improving thermal, electrical and biological surface

properties: Hardness, resistance to wear, resistance to corrosion, friction coefficient

150

www.cptub.com

Thermal Spray Centre


Petrochemical, transport, biotechnology, chemical, energy, paper and automotive.

Development of new thermal spray applications; Application of coatings and implementation of thermal spray technologies in the design

cycle; Consultancy on the integration of technologies into production lines; Technical and financial feasibility studies; Total quality

The Thermal Spray Centre is a research centre at the University of Barcelona with over 25 years of experience in the field of surface

engineering whose aim is to deliver solutions for problems encountered in processes and products. Created in 1994, CPT has a firm

commitment to providing businesses with technological expertise.

CPT is a leading surface engineering centre on a national and international level. The bulk of its activities involves working on research and

technological innovation projects in the field of surface engineering and implementing thermal spray technologies to modify surface

properties.

Management of R&D projects for businesses and work on publically funded national and international R&D projects.

Consultancy, advice and auditing: solutions for problems encountered in processes and products. Industrial innovation projects and R&D

projects in the field of surface engineering. Advice, technology transfer and patent development.

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CRAHI

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

CRAHI basically needs computer systems, PCs, servers and similar equipment to do its work.



Jordi Girona 1-3. Parc UPC K2M S104

08034 BARCELONA

Contact person

Estefania Ripollès Casellas Staff 7


(+34) 934 017 371

Director

Daniel Sempere Torres

Centre of Applied Research

in Hydrometeorology


CRAHI is a leading centre in providing scientific and technical responses to needs in the field of hydrometeorological forecasting and water

management. It belongs to the UPC Technology Centre (CIT UPC).

CRAHI's applied research focuses on combining observations and the data processed from remote sensors to model the processes and

systems that govern surface water cycles.

Environmental impact studies, water cycle management and hydrometeorological risk assessment.

Development of advanced hydrometeorological systems to aid decision-making about risk management and water resources.

CRAHI offers a number of technical services related to its field of expertise according to its clients' requests and needs.

1) Coordinator of the European projects IMPRINTS and HAREN . 2) Involvement in the European LIFE+ project: WATER CHANGE. 3)

Development of hydrometeorological prevention systems on the HYDS and Water Idea projects. 4) Location studies for wind turbines: ENEL

GREEN POWER, GAMESA, EGMASA, GECALSA, NATURAL ELECTRICS. 5) Experimental work on the RainScanner radar system in collaboration

with GEMATRONIK in Barcelona. 6) MINECO projects: FFGrad, ProFEWS.

març 2013

DSS tools for water cycle risk and resource management; Modelling of hydrometeorological prevention and alarm and systems.

151

www.crahi.upc.edu

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CREB

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Each division has a laboratory equipped with the latest technology in its field.



Pau Gargallo 5

08028 BARCELONA

Contact person

Manel González Piñero Staff 80


(+34) 934 011 693

Director

Pere Caminal Magrans

Smart lighting system for operating theatres (patent sold to TELSTAR). Set up of ROB SURGICAL SYSTEMS SL, a spin-off company that works

on the design and manufacture of robots for laparoscopic surgery. Serious 3D games for the early detection of mild cognitive impairments

(used in rehabilitation centres in Italy). Development of dental implants that are sold by a number of companies (AVINENT, KLOCKNER).

març 2013

Biomaterials, Biomechanics and tissue engineering; Dosimetry of ionising radiation.

Computer graphics; Biomedical signals and systems.

Robotics and vision; Instrumentation and bioengineering.

900

www.creb.upc.es

Biomedical Engineering Research Centre


Industrial, health and institutional.

The Biomedical Engineering Research Centre (CREB) at the UPC is a multidisciplinary research Centre in biomedical engineering with over

three decades of experience. It belongs to the UPC Technology Centre (CIT UPC).

The aim of CREB is to fulfil the requirements for research, technological development, innovation and knowledge transfer of companies,

hospitals and institutions working in the field of medical technology.

It provides services in the following fields: biomaterials; biomechanics; medical dosimetry and radiophysics; computer graphics;

instrumentation and e-health; robotics and vision; biomedical signals and systems.

CREB has specialised laboratories where 80 experts respond to demands and needs in the field of biomedical engineering.

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CRESCA

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment



C/ Colom, 1

08222 TERRASSA

Contact person

Judith Crespiera Portabella Staff 18


(+34) 937 398 654

Director

Josep Garcia Raurich

Hazard analysis and critical control points; Durability and traceability of food products; Optimisation of packaging; Machine prototypes for

the food industry; Design and/or construction of new equipment or facilities in food companies; Use of medicinal plants.

març 2013

185

www.cresca.upc.edu

Agrifood.

Development of predictive models. Characterisation and diagnosis of organic waste and compost. Sanitation and environmental quality

processes. Natural products and functional ingredients.

Consultancy and advice. Specialised training. Specific R&D agreements. Organisation of workshops and conferences.

Specialisation courses. Biennial National Congress on Legionnaires' Disease and Environmental Quality; last edition held in 2013. R&D

agreement with the company CEOSYCAR to develop insect repellent prototypes.

Terrassa School of Engineering Chemistry Laboratory. Terrassa Technical Institute Chemistry Laboratory. Terrassa Technical Institute

Mechanical Engineering Laboratory. Microbiology Laboratory in the GAIA Building.

Food Safety and Control Centre


CRESCA has played a major role as a research centre in boosting the competitive edge of the business network in the agrifood sector. CRESCA

belongs to the UPC Technology Centre (CIT UPC).

CRESCA conducts both basic and applied research, as well as teaching specialised courses in the field of food health and safety. It likewise

acts as a technology transfer centre for businesses.

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CTM

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment



Plaça de la Ciència, 2

08243 MANRESA

Contact person

Jordi Garza Benito Staff 124


(+34) 938 777 373

Director

José Manuel Prado Pozuelo

oct 2013

R&D on water, waste and soil; Environmental impact; Energy optimisation; Integration of renewable energies

Biomechanics and biomaterials studies; Forming processes; Functional appraisal of medical devices and implants

R&D on the development of materials; Forming processes; Simulation and innovative design

2,600

www.ctm.com.es

Partnerships with businesses in securing and conducting major international, national and local R&D projects. Has acted as coordinator on

five CENIT projects with SEAT, Bodegas Torres, Carburos Metálicos and AGBAR; and on six FP7 projects with VW, Gestamp and Arcelor,

amongst others. Active involvement with businesses in adding value and transferring technology to them, as well as the development of

proprietary products.

SEM, PVD reactor, confocal microscope, press, (Hg, C, N) analysers, TGA, ICP-MS/OES, HPLC, GC-MS, membrane pilot plant, electric discharge

machining, traction.

CTM Technology Centre

The multidisciplinary nature of the Centre enables it to work with any business sector, particularly the industrial sector.

CTM is a foundation whose aim is to efficiently contribute to the improvement of competitiveness and the technological development of

companies by providing specialised services and carrying out R&D and IT projects in the fields of materials technology, environmental

technology, biomechanics, energy, simulation and innovative design, and forming processes.

CTM's team works for businesses, bodies and institutions in its fields of expertise on local, national and European R&D projects of high added

value and scientific excellence. Through its work with them it is able to transfer and add value to its know-how.

R&D projects developed in-house or in partnership with individual companies or business consortia in the Centre's fields of expertise. Broad

experience in coordinating the scientific output of large joint R&D projects (FP7, CENIT, etc.).

Advanced microstructural and mechanical characterisation. Failure analysis. Forming processes. Hard coatings. Corrosion. Vibration.

Elastomers. Fluids. Innovative design. Ultrasound. Environmental technology testing. Industrial ecology and waste management. Energy

efficiency. Electric mobility. Biomechanical studies.

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CTNS

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

CTNS has specific facilities for validating active ingredients and the latest equipment used in the omic sciences.



Av. Universitat, 1

43204 REUS

Contact person

Àurea Rodríguez López Staff 16


(+34) 977 300 431

Director

Lluís Arola Ferrer

Validation of the efficacy of ingredients with healthy properties.

març 2013

Omic technologies, including metabolomics, proteomics, transcriptomics and genomics.

Chemoinformatic and bioinformatic applications in the field of nutrition and health.

1,400

http://www.ctns.cat

Agri-food, pharmaceutical, health, biotechnology, cosmetics, new technologies.

CTNS designs and develops projects for testing the efficacy of ingredients and nutraceuticals based on the nutrition and health claims a

product intends to advertise. To do so, it specialises in fields ranging from chemoinformatics, cell modelling, yeast, animals and human

intervention studies.

CTNS has a platform unique to Europe that runs on the latest technologies used in the omic sciences. This cutting-edge tool is used to

perform metabolomics, proteomics, transcriptomics and genomics analyses (See: http://omicscentre.com/)

CTNS works with companies in the food, cosmetics, pharmaceutical and health sectors on the validation of the healthy properties of new

products and on research into the biological mechanisms of action of nutrients. It also develops proprietary products and software. By way of

example, CTNS recently developed a microarray for the hamster in partnership with the company QGenomics.

Nutrition and Health Technology Centre

The vision of CTNS is to become a leading international centre of excellence in providing scientific support for new food products with

nutrition and health claims.

The mission of CTNS is to assist the business sector by providing technology services throughout the value chain for the launch of new food

products on the market with healthy and nutraceutical properties.

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CTQC

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Laboratories and apparatus: glovebox, pressure reactors, GC-MS, HPLC, TEM, SEM, AFM, Raman, X-rays, etc.



Carrer Marcel·lí Domingo, S/N

43007 TARRAGONA

Contact persons

Josep Montornés / Isabel De Lucas Staff 34

[email protected] / [email protected] PhD holders 14

(+34) +34 977 256 194 / 182

Director

Fernando Torres

Chemical processes; Industrial biotechnology; Photonics and ultradetection; water chemistry.

març 2013

Renewable energy; Environmental impact and sustainability.

Advanced materials; Membranes and encapsulation; Polymers and coatings.

1,360

www.ctqc.org

Chemical, oil, materials, paper, components.

Chemical processes: synthesis and catalysis, CO2 transformation, chemistry and renewable energy, process design.

Advanced materials: materials technology, membranes and encapsulation, polymers and coatings.

Industrial nano/biotechnology.Environment and sustainability: environmental impact and water chemistry.

Scientific and technical consultancy: corrosion and mechanical failure studies; data analysis of contaminating emissions; good laboratory

practices; correlation studies on episodes of bad smells detected by local inhabitants in a town and the surrounding industries.

Industrial wastewater treatment. Immobilisation of catalysts for production lines. Encapsulation of active ingredients for controlled release.

Chemistry Technology Centre of Catalonia

CTQC is a not-for-profit foundation that was set up in 2008 with the aim of improving the competitiveness of chemical companies and

becoming a leading international centre in sustainable chemistry.

CTQC contributes to improving the sustainability, competitiveness, innovation and technological progress of businesses of Catalonia's

chemical sector by providing services, carrying out R&D&I projects, and seeking, adapting and transferring innovative technologies alongside

other stakeholders.

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CTTC

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment



Colom 11

08222 TERRASSA

Contact person

Joaquim Rigola Staff 47


(+34) 937 398 066

Director

Assensi Oliva

març

Heat and Mass Transfer Technological Centre


CTTC strives to provide customised solutions through its technology transfer of innovative and competitive technology. Specifically, it works

on the design of codes for the simulation of thermal equipment, computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer software, the design and

optimisation of heat systems with reduced environmental impact, energy saving and the reduction of costs.

The aim of CTTC is to conduct research and transfer technology in the fields of heat mass transfer and fluid dynamics, and thus make it a

leading group of worldwide renown.

Heat and mass transfer: turbulence, multiphysics, compressibility, solid interaction and HPC.

Optimisation of heat and fluid dynamics in thermal equipment and systems.

One CENIT project on washing technologies. One INNPACTO project on domestic refrigeration systems. One FP7 project on aerospace. Five

KIC living lab energy efficiency projects with companies from the CSP sector on energy storage, wind turbines and buildings.

Solar power, wind power, HVAC&R, energy efficiency in buildings, aeronautics and aerospace.

Environmental chamber, refrigeration systems, absorption systems and air curtains. Solar cells and solar collectors.

2013

Heat and mass transfer: turbulence, multiphysics, compressibility, solid interaction and HPC.

500

www.cttc.upc.edu

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CVC

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Eye-trackers, 3D colour printer, 3D scanner.



Edifici O - Campus UAB

08193 BELLATERRA

Contact person

David Rotger / Helena Piulachs Staff 78


(+34) 935 812 536

Director

Josep Lladós Canet

Computer Vision Centre


CVC is a not-for-profit institution founded in 1995 by the Government of Catalonia and the UAB that is devoted to research and development

for computer vision (the acquisition and processing of images using computers). It is a cross-disciplinary technology that can have a wide

range of applications for human use and in production processes.

The Centre's mission is to conduct research of recognised quality and international renown, transfer its knowledge to businesses and society,

and train experts in its field of specialisation.

Biomedicine, mobility, security, production, society, media.

State-of-the-art research in the following fields: analysis of medical images, visual recognition of objects, analysis of documents,

understanding of images, colour and texture, on-board vision, visual perception, industrial vision, multimedia indexing and retrieval,

interpretation of video-surveillance images, interactive 3D displays and augmented reality.

The Centre provides highly specialised technical consultancy services, delivers technology transfer to businesses through the development of

projects for them and trains highly qualified people able to work for industry.

CVC has designed many systems for the medical and pharmaceutical sectors that are used by international companies such as Given Imaging

and Boston Scientific. Its diagnostic devices for performing non-invasive colonoscopies and for use in cardiology have been patented jointly

with the companies for which it has worked.

març 2013

Driving assistance systems; Mobility and transport

Medical imaging; 3D displays and modelling

Object recognition and interpretation; Analysis of documents; Industrial vision; Video-surveillance

2,000

www.cvc.uab.cat

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DAMA - UPC

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Cluster of 24 computers; server with 4 quad-cores and 256 GB of memory.



Jordi Girona 1-3

08034 BARCELONA

Contact person

Pere Baleta Ferrer Staff 14


(+34) 934 054 045

Director

Josep L. Larriba Pey

Data Management Group


DAMA is a technology transfer centre at the UPC that focuses on the research and technology transfer in the field of the management of

large data volumes, information quality and data exploration in areas such as science, marketing and health.

The quality of research and technology transfer projects is essential to ensuring that DAMA's clients are satisfied with the work done by it,

whether research or technological development.

Software companies, marketing companies, media analysis, hospitals and document management companies.

1) DEX: a high-performance and scalable graph database management system. Available at www.sparsity-technologies.com. 2) Sciencea:

online search engine that gives an analytical breakdown of the European Commission's Cordis open database. Available at www.sciencea.org.

3)DAURUM: system for removing duplicate entries. Available at www.dama.upc.edu.

DAMA carries out customised R&D projects in the field of information networks and open data, provides consultancy on data management

and creates applications for managing large volumes of data in graph form. DAMA works alongside businesses and universities that have

technologies and expertise that complements its own.

Social network analysis for the companies MPG and ACCESO GROUP. Merger and cleanup of data sources using DAURUM to remove

duplicate entries (DAMM). Management of music databases to detect duplicate entries using graph techniques (BMAT). Benchmarking of

data management systems in graph form (European project at www.ldbc.eu).

març 2013

Management of large volumes of data and large graphs; Information integration.

165

http://www.dama.upc.edu

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DBA

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

NMR, chromatography, MS, Raman, RFIT. Microreactors. Microwave reactors. Atomisation. Supercritical extraction.



Rovira Roure 191

25198 LLEIDA

Contact person

Mercè Balcells Staff 18


(+34) 973 702 841

Director

Mercè Balcells

març 2013

Biofuel and the use of glycerol; Compounds with a low carbon footprint; Analytical chemistry

400

www.dba.udl.cat

Improved growing conditions for obtaining products with certain characteristics. Production of fruit juices and the recovery of by-products.

Processing of waste oil to make value-added products. Recovery of waste from the meat sector. Development of composts for use in

agriculture.

Recovery of by-products and biofuel; Instrumental chemistry; Biocatalysts

Centre of Biotechnological and Agricultural

Developments

University of Lleida (UdL)

Agri-food sector: agriculture, forestry, food companies, fertilisers, algae/biofuel.

Biorefineries; Chemical-enzymatic methods; Instrumental chemistry; New biocatalysts

DBA began its existence as a UdL research group with over 20 years of experience. It works in the field of the recovery of by-products

produced by agriculture, forestry and the food industry using chemical and/or enzymatic methods (industrial biotechnology) so that they can

be processed to make value-added products.

DBA mainly works for businesses in the agri-food sector on projects related to agricultural, forestry and algae production, the recovery of by-

products to obtain products with different uses and the conversion of biomass to produce biofuel. It also has expertise in advanced

instrumental chemistry.

R&D&I projects for agricultural businesses, the production of algae, the development of compost for use in agriculture, the recovery of by-

products from the food industry, the manufacture of biofuel and the preparation of extracts that exhibit biological activity.

DBA specialises in advanced instrumental chemistry, analytical chemistry, the development of new analytical methods and the comparison of

analytical methods. It likewise has expertise in the field of microbiological analysis.

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DIOPMA

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment



c/ Martí i Franquès, 1, Facultat Química, Plta 7 Despatx 702A

08028 BARCELONA

Contact person

Esther Galindo Batanero Staff 19


(+34) 93 402 13 16

Director

Mercè Segarra Rubí

març 2013

Fuel batteries; Superconductors; Storage; Recycling, recovery and inertisation

200

www.diopma.org

Purification of metals; Metal coatings; Formulation of alloys; Reinforced composite materials; Flame resistant polymers; Fireproof

mortars and cements; Thermal and sound insulation

Environment, metallurgy, energy, mining, automotive and construction.

Pilot plants; Optimisation and improvement of production processes

The staff at the Centre have wide experience in working on R&D&I projects. DIOPMA has been involved in a number of national projects,

both on an individual basis and in partnership with other research groups. It has also taken part in various projects funded by the European

Union. The vast majority of projects undertaken have been secured through subcontracting arrangements with businesses.

DIOPMA specialises in the characterisation of mechanical properties, the evaluation of flame resistance, advice on the selection of materials,

the recovery and purification of noble metals, studies on the possibility of recovering and recycling by-products and studies on the

inertisation of waste materials.

The following two patents stand out:

1) Patent ES2332300, “Method for reducing the concentration of ammonia in excrement in cattle farms”. 2) Patent application

PCT/ES2012/070036, “Inertisation of electric-arc furnace dust by means of the stabilising integration thereof in a construction material”.

Nanoindenter, mechanical testing machines, high-temperature and induction furnaces with controlled atmosphere, TG, FTIR and conductivity

meter.

Process and Material Design and

Optimisation Centre


DIOPMA is a scientific research centre based at the University of Barcelona's Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering.

It is recognised as a consolidated research group by the Government of Catalonia and is made up of a group of PhD holders, graduates and

engineers.

DIOPMA is a centre of technological innovation devoted to research and the provision of services to businesses. It thus contributes to

technological development and competitiveness through the generation, adaptation and transfer of innovative, sustainable technologies.

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EASY

About the Centre



Customers

Relevant equipment

Agents Research Lab (ARLab); Technology transfer lab (Tlab).



Calle Emili Grahit 91

17003 GIRONA

Contact person

Miquel Montaner Rigall Staff 27


(+34) 972 418 854

Director

Josep Lluis de la Rosa

març 2013

Virtual helplines using natural language; Social media; Digital preservation

290

www.easyinnova.com

Delivers cross-sector solutions. Works mainly for local public bodies.

EASY has broad experience working on joint R&D projects in Catalonia, Spain and Europe. Delivers customised artificial intelligence solutions

to public and private organisations in the framework of technology transfer projects.

EASY has 6 areas of specialisation: 1) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: Semantics and natural language, Recommender systems, Multi-agent

systems. 2) ICT. 3) SOCIAL NETWORKS: Communities, Social Search Engines, Sentiment analysis, Opinion Mining. 4) COMPLEMENTARY

CURRENCIES. 5) DIGITAL PRESERVATION. 6) ROBOTICS AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS.

ASKS, a research project that proposed a new information search method: the advanced social knowledge search.

Complementary currencies.

Centre of Innovation in Computer Science and

Industrial Electronics and Intelligent Systems


EASY is a research centre based at the University of Girona (UdG). It delivers innovation and technology transfer specialised in Computer

Science and Industrial Electronics ans Intelligent Systems in the field of ICT-Media; based at the University of Girona Science and Technology

Park.

The Centre delivers innovation in applied artificial intelligence solutions for the public and private sectors.

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ECOR

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Atomic absorption and emission spectrometry. Electron microscopy. Electrochemical interfaces.



Via Augusta, 390

08017 BARCELONA

Contact person

Núria Vallmitjana Palau Staff 10


(+34) 932 672 004

Director

Dr. Jordi Abellà Iglesias

Major projects and studies in the fields of electrochemical sensors and fusion technology.

Corrosion and Metallic Materials Engineering Group

Sarrià Chemical Institute (IQS). Ramon Llull University (URL)

Environment. Pharmaceutical. Food. Energy. Industry in general.

Analytical chemistry and the environment

ECOR is an interdisciplinary group made up of researchers from the departments of Analytical Chemistry and Industrial Engineering at the

IQS, which belongs to the URL. It is mainly devoted to the study of corrosion phenomena, the development of chemical cleaning processes,

the detection of heavy metals and the mechanical behaviour of materials.

The Group is also involved in specialised training, and basic and applied research. One of its objectives is technology transfer to industry.

Most of its research outcomes are intended for use in industry.

Development of electrochemical sensors. Development and adaptation of electrochemical processes in general. Energy efficiency. Smart

Grids.

Study of corrosion phenomena. Determination of metals. Spectrophotometric techniques. Electron microscopy analysis.

març 2013

Lifetime management of industrial facilities

Metallic materials and electrochemistry

350

http://ecor.iqs.es

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FCI

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment



C/ Sant Pau, 6

08221 TERRASSA

Contact person

Abraham Arcos Staff 12


(+34) 937366005

Director

Abraham Arcos

CECOT Foundation for Innovation

Multisectoral

FCI makes its services available to businesses to help them rise to the challenge of becoming increasingly competitive through ICTs and

innovation.

FCI provides services in the fields of ICT management, innovation management, internationalisation and international projects, and studies.

Search engine optimisation service, audits of social networks and digital marketing plans, audits of ICTs and system plans.

Services for businesses in the ICT sector: appraisal of ICT products, market research, etc.

Training courses on web 2.0 design (blogs), social media (Linked In, Facebook, Twitter) and digital marketing (search engine and social media

optimisation).

maig 2013

Web 2.0; Information systems for the public and private sectors.

-

www.fci.cat

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FES

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Machine tool and electrical workshop, software and CAD-CAM-CAE virtualisation tools.



Av. Eduard Soler, 1

17500 RIPOLL

Contact person

Eva Demunts Staff 39


(+34) 972 715 130

Director

Jaume Cabaní

març 2013

5,000

www.fes.cat

CAD-CAM-CAE (CAx); advanced precision engineering (CNC, casting, electronics; software development.

Laboratory and medical equipment, household appliances and proprietary mechatronic products in general.

Advanced mechatronics services.

Design and manufacture of mechatronic prototypes (products and processes). Know-how and technology transfer through its services and

staff.

FES has worked with over 200 companies on the design and manufacture of new products, from making sculptures using exotic materials to

the development of the working parts of interferometric microscopes. For the durable goods sector it has developed and manufactured CNC

cutting machines, and has designed linear electric motors, as well as advanced dies and machine tools for the automotive sector.

Eduard Soler Foundation

FES is a leading mechatronics centre that provides services to make businesses from all sectors more competitive, but basically those that

manufacture their own products for export.

The Foundation trains experts able to work in the field of mechatronics who also have personal skills and values, provides mechatronic

technology services and manufactures prototypes for businesses.

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FITEX

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

3D design equipment. Two computerised rectilinear knitting machines. Prototype production line.



Av.Mestre Montaner, 86

08700 IGUALADA

Contact person

Lídia Morcillo Jornada Staff 12


(+34) 938 035 762

Director

David Garcia Usle

Private Foundation for Textile Innovation

FITEX is a not-for-profit organisation set up in 2000 by a group of companies from the textile cluster in the Anoia region, the Spanish

Association of Knitwear Manufacturers and Igualada City Hall. The vision of FITEX is to become a leading R&D partner for the textile and

clothing sector.

The mission of FITEX is to promote R&D&I in the textile sector. FITEX is the only technology centre that is devoted exclusively to the clothing

sector, for which it has undertaken projects in the areas of fashionwear, workwear, hospital-wear and sportswear. It develops innovative

products, processes and marketing strategies, thus contributing to the performance of each of the sectors for which it has worked. It has

worked on international projects.

Textile sector (fashionwear, sportswear, protective clothing). Healthcare. ICT. Electronics.

Its projects involve the development of new textile products that incorporate technologies based on conductor materials for creating sensor

fabrics and items of clothing that have had active ingredients added to them to relieve skin disorders such as psoriasis, atopy and diabetic leg

sores.

It also uses its know-how to manufacture clothing made of conductor materials so that it has heat-generating properties, in addition to

conducting R&D into new materials and processes that improve the comfort and sustainability of the final product.

The SANITEX project is worth highlighting for the results and know-how acquired in the nanoencapsulation process of active ingredients for

skin disorders. Another success story was the SALUT&SPORT project, which enabled FITEX to work with both the ICT and sports clusters on

the development of a new smart textile for monitoring physiological parameters.

Nano-additives for fabrics; Nano-additives for finishes; nanoencapsulation of active ingredients.

març 2013

R&D into eco-sustainable raw materials and new sustainable production processes.

Smart textiles; Conductor fabrics; Pressure sensors; Electroluminescence and luminous textile.

547

www.fitex.es

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GCEM

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Anechoic chamber for emission and radiated immunity testing; facilities for testing electromagnetic interference and electrical safety.



Campus Nord Edifici C4. C/ Jordi Girona 1-3

08034 BARCELONA

Contact person

Andreu Atienza Staff 10


(+34) 934 011 021

Director

Ferran Silva

Electromagnetic Compatibility Group


GCEM belongs to the UPC's Department of Electronic Engineering and to the UPC Technology Centre (CIT UPC). GCEM is made up of a team

of researchers and qualified technical staff who work on applied research projects and engage in technology transfer to the industrial sector.

GCEM works in partnership with businesses on research and technological innovation projects in the field of electromagnetic compatibility

(EMC). It trains and advises engineers involved in the design and installation of electronic devices. It allows businesses to use its laboratory

equipment as an extension to their own facilities so that they can test their products.

All sectors that use electric or electronic components in their products.

Electromagnetic compatibility; Electrical safety

GCEM provides consultancy and development services to businesses in relation to technological research and innovation in the field of EMC.

It has all of the facilities, equipment and specialised staff necessary to conduct electromagnetic compatibility and electrical safety tests.

GCEM gives direct expert advice to industry throughout the development cycle of products, devices, systems and industrial installations. It

likewise gives legal advice on certification, self-certification, and on the setting up and management of laboratories.

VERDE: CENIT project led by SEAT that set out to analyse the new EMC requirements for electric and hybrid vehicles.

HIRF-SE: EU project with 44 partners for assessing the use of numerical simulation methods in EMC analysis.

PHItEH: development of probes for the simultaneous measurement of high-intensity electric and magnetic fields both in the near-field region

and in the time domain. For use in aeronautics.

març 2013

Electromagnetic compatibility; Electrical safety

100

www.upc.edu/web/gcem

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GEMAT

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment



Via Augusta, 390

08017 BARCELONA

Contact person



(+34) 932 672 004

Director

Salvador Borrós Gómez

Development of formulations

març 2013

Development of polymers; Characterisation of materials; Surface engineering; Biomaterials; Bioengineering

400

http://gemat.iqs.url.edu

Biomaterials and bioengineering; Biomimetic composite materials for the removal of scars; Assessment of bioavailability;

Cell growth

Polymers and adhesives. Coatings. Biomedicine. Pharmaceutical. Rubber. Pigments. Environment.

Product, material and/or process development projects that last for at least six months. Technical assistance to R&D departments in

companies. Proof of concept validation. Assessment of patent and intellectual property protection requirements for businesses with which it

works.

Characterisation of the microscopic, surface and mechanical properties of materials. Fatigue testing. Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) and

rheological analysis (rheometry, MFI, etc.). Fractography and failure analysis. Characterisation of cosmetic formulations and adhesives.

Evaluation of the chemical resistance of materials.

Development of hybrid polymers, Improvement of pigment production processes. Characterisation of the vulcanisation of tyres.

Development of biodegradable polymers for crossing the blood brain barrier. Development of conductive inks.

AFM, quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D), plasma polymerisation and CVD, nanotracking analysis (NTA), X-ray diffraction,

DMA.

Materials Engineering Group


GEMAT is a URL research group set up in 1994 and has been a member of the TECNIO network since 2001. It conducts research into

technologies and methodologies related to materials and bioengineering.

Given its experience in materials, GEMAT has a broad cross section of clients ranging from pharmaceutical companies to companies that

make mass market products (adhesives, paint, etc.). It conducts long-term research projects, provides specific technical services

(characterisation of materials) and generally assists research departments in industry.

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GEM-IQS

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Software. Microwave synthesis systems. Photochemical instrumentation (lasers, UV-Vis). 400 MHz NMR.



Via Augusta, 390

08017 BARCELONA

Contact person



(+34) 932 672 004

Director

Dr. José Ignacio Borrell Bilbao

març 2013

Molecular design; Organic synthesis; Photochemistry and biomedical applications of light

500

http://gem.iqs.url.edu

Spectroscopic characterisation of molecules (IR, NMR, 1H, 13C-NMR), polarimetry, elemental analysis (C,H,N,S) and industrial sample

testing; Development and characterisation of molecules and photoactive materials

GEM delivers integral research and consultancy services on the design of biologically active molecules, their synthesis and characterisation,

the study of physical and chemical properties and technical assistance in the development and implementation stages.

GEM's lines of expertise include computational chemistry, molecular and QSAR modelling, organic synthesis, combinatorial chemistry,

photochemistry and biomedical applications of light, infrared spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance.

GEM is currently working on the development of research programmes in the field of AIDS and hepatitis (SAF2010-21617-C02-02), targeted

photodynamic therapy (CTQ2010-20870-C03-01), myotonic dystrophy (TV3 Marathon Project) and cancer (partnership with the Hospital

Clínic teaching hospital).

GEM offers its services to any businesses that need new biologically active molecules or that are seeking to find an application for already

conjugated molecules. Therefore, GEM works for the chemical sector in general, but particularly for pharmaceutical and related companies

(API and generic drug manufacturers).It also covers the use of molecules in related fields such as the cosmetics, veterinary, agri-chemical and

food sectors.

Molecular Engineering Group


GEM is a URL research group set up in 1998 at the IQS in response to the need for molecular engineering and specialised training in the

chemical and related sectors such as medical chemistry, biomedicine, photochemistry and biomedical applications of light.

GEM offers its services to any businesses that need new biologically active molecules. It works for the chemical sector in general, but

particularly for pharmaceutical and related companies (API and generic drug manufacturers).It also covers the use of molecules in related

fields such as the cosmetics, veterinary and food sectors.

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GEOCAMB

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Geotechnics laboratory; geophysical seismic surveying, electromagnetic and electrical tomography equipment.



Facultat de Ciències

17071 GIRONA

Contact person

David Brusi Staff 10


(+34) 972 418 169

Director

Dr. David Brusi

Organisation of workshops on applied geology every two years (GEOLO-MUN) attended by over 100 experts in each of the editions held:

geology for city planning management and low enthalpy geothermal resources.

març 2013

Cartography; Geophysics; Hydrogeology; Natural hazards; Geothermal resources

Geotechnical and soil mechanics studies for public works and civil engineering projects

200

http://geocamb.udg.edu/

Centre for Research in Environmental

Geology and Cartography


Construction, public authorities, renewable energies, water.

As part of the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Girona and based at the UdL's Science and Technology Park,

GEOCAMB focuses its expertise on tackling problems in the field of APPLIED GEOLOGY.

GEOCAMB places special emphasis on aspects related to thematic mapping, hydrogeology, geophysical surveying, geotechnics, natural

hazards, environmental impact assessment, environmental restoration, geothermal resources and natural heritage conservation, amongst

many others.

The Centre is open to listening to the needs and problems put forward by the industrial sectors, businesses and the public authorities, to

which it gives quick, specific and satisfactory answers in terms of innovation and the knowledge transfer of topics related to applied geology.

Hydrogeological nitrate contamination studies across Catalonia.

Use of electrical tomography for the characterisation of water resources and the contamination of aquifers.

Cartography of geological, geoanthropic and seismic microzonation maps.

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GREA

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Mechanical and electronic engineering workshops, calorimetry laboratory, high temperature pilot plant and 32 experimental cubicles.



C/ Pere de Cabrera s/n

25001 LLEIDA

Contact person

Cristina Domínguez Staff 38


(+34) 973 003 576

Director

Luisa F. Cabeza

maig 2013

Power generation and storage; Applications for solar energy and other renewable energy sources.

Automation, robotics and control.

11.041

www.grea.udl.cat

GREA Innovació Concurrent


Energy generation, storage and use; agricultural and industrial machinery and durable goods; construction; ICT.

Design and optimisation of machinery.

GREA was set up in 1999 by a group of lecturers who taught in Mechanical Engineering, it has been a multidisciplinary group from the

beggining.

The Group puts forward concurrent engineering solutions to industry resulting from its research into the fields of energy engineering,

mechanical design optimisation, and automation and control. It likewise engages in technology transfer and training.

Work on R&D&I projects for businesses within the framework of its lines of research. Customised training courses. Energy audits and the hire

of its facilities to conduct them.

Services rendered by its mechanical engineering workshop, electronic engineering workshop and calorimetry laboratory.

Two main projects, which have both produced successful outcomes: the only high temperature energy storage pilot plant in Europe and the

experimental facility in Puigverd de Lleida, where a number of research lines are being developed that are proving to be highly popular

amongst businesses.

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GRIB

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment



C/ Dr Aiguader, 88 - PRBB

08003 BARCELONA

Contact person

María Jesús Donlo Staff 74


(+34) 933 160 538

Director

Ferran Sanz

març 2013

Structure-based drug design; Genome-based prediction of cancer

Prediction of the toxicity of drugs; Software development for processing biomedical data

500

http://grib.upf.edu/

Pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors, and the health sector in general.

All of the facilities available on the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB).

Its technology portfolio includes the development of systems for detecting adverse reactions to drugs, and for better predicting the safety

and side effects of new drugs; the creation of an open-source infrastructure for integrating chemical and biological data to help lead to the

discovery of new drugs.

FP7 projects: INBIOMEDvision (project coordination); RNPnet (Marie Curie ITN); ARITMO; VPH (NoE); EU-ADR. Current IMI projects: eTOX (in

a consortium of 13 pharmaceutical companies, six SMEs and seven academic partners coordinated by GRIB); OpenPHACTS and EMIF. Joint

coordinators with Farmaindustria of the Spanish Technological Platform for Innovative Medicines (PTEMI). The director of GRIB, F. Sanz, is a

member of the Scientific Committee of the IMI. GRIB is responsible for promoting the biomedical informatics platform, BiB, in Catalonia.

Research Programme on Biomedical Informatics

Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) / IMIM

GRIB is a joint associate of the UPF and the IMIM. It is made up of a team of over 70 scientists who are divided into six multidisciplinary

research groups.

ICTs and computational methods have now become essential in managing data obtained from biomedical research. GRIB's mission is to

develop computational models to improve the understanding and prediction of biological phenomena, with special emphasis placed on those

related to human diseases, their prevention and treatment.

GRIB works alongside many pharmaceutical companies in the framework of FP7 projects and the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI JU).

These companies include Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Bayer.

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GRIHO

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment



C/ Jaume II, 69 Campus Cappont

25001 LLEIDA

Contact person

Toni Granollers Staff 11


(+34) 973 702 759

Director

Toni Granollers

març 2013

Application of user experience techniques and knowledge management.

Usability, accessibility; Data integration; Knowledge engineering; Semantic web content.

144

http://www.griho.udl.cat

Public bodies (city councils, universities).

Service companies.

Communications companies.

Interaction in industrial environments.

GRIHO gives support to interactive system (IS) developers in their catchment areas, preferably in Catalonia, by 1) using new methodologies,

technologies and developments; 2) testing products and issuing quality certifications; and 3) adapting ISs to different platforms depending on

their use and the user profile.

GRIHO specialises in interfaces for industrial systems, mobile devices (PDAs, tablets, smartphones), software in general and web

environments (intranets, applications and websites). It also adapts the most recent paradigms to appear, such as touch user interfaces,

interactive TV and ubiquitous computing.

System for the molecular diagnostics of food. Open source video as a teaching material in higher education. MediaMixer: community and

networking for the remixing of online media.

Eye-tracking devices. Usability laboratory. High performance computers.

Human-Computer Interaction and Data

Integration Research Group


GRIHO researches human-computer interaction and data integration at the UdL. It has a dynamic organisational structure, an inter-university

team of scientists who deliver excellence and the latest equipment.

GRIHO uses its research outcomes to improve everyone's experience of using technology. GRIHO considers that the most important part of

technology are the people who use it, regardless of their abilities, knowledge or skills.

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GTI

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment



c\ Tànger 122

08018 BARCELONA

Contact person

Miguel Angel Carralero Staff 32


(+34) 610 386 005

Director

Josep Blat

març

1 laboratory, 4 offices.

Interactive Technologies Group


The vision of GTI is to make a significant contribution to boosting the human side of technology. Over the past 12 years, it has built up its

experience as a research group at the UPF's Department of Information and Communication Technologies to work on publicly and privately

funded international projects on various continents.

The mission of the Group focuses on research, development, innovation, experimental outcomes and the training of experts, all with a

practical approach for use in interactive systems, e-learning, customised graphics and games.

Technology transfer projects. Works with businesses that wish to add new lines of innovation to their portfolio.

Use-case analysis. Development of technologies with a strong graphic component that contribute to innovation. Big data crawling, mining,

warehousing and visualisation.

A description of GTI's most relevant projects and those currently in progress is given on its website.

Communications, entertainment, advertising, telemedicine and e-learning.

2013

Technology-enhanced learning; Human-computer interaction; Advanced 3D graphics

130

http://gti.upf.edu

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GTQ

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Micro- and nano-fabrication clean room (Class 100-10.000/1,500 m2), optics laboratory and chemical transducers laboratory.



Campus UAB


Contact person

Ferran Vera Gras Staff 27


(+34) 935 947 700

Director

Cecília Jiménez Jorquera

Electro- and opto-chemical transducers

març 2013

Advanced materials and processes for developing chemical sensors

Chemical sensor systems and matrices

2,000

www.imb-cnm.csic.es/gtq

Projects for the research and development of micro-sensors and electro- and/or optical (bio)sensors for measuring liquid media.

R&D&I projects, viability studies, and the manufacture of devices and sensors.

Chemical and pharmaceutical, bio-diagnostics, agri-food, process control, environment.

ITACA: research into technologies for a sustainable future in the treatment, reuse and monitoring of wastewater (ADASA).

Coordination of the FP7 project LIPHOS: Living Photonics: monitoring light propagation through cells.

Chemical Transducers Group

Barcelona Microelectronics Institute (IMB-CNM)


GTQ is an internationally recognised R&D&I group in the field of microelectronic-based sensor devices and for delivering technology that

ranks it as a leader in the industrial sector at every stage of its value chain: devices, sensors and systems.

GTQ develops new (bio)chemical transducers made using different materials and interaction methods, as well as new technologies based on

microelectronics, nanotechnology and processes that enable it to adapt sensors to new market demands.

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GTS

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

ICP-MS. ICP-OES. FP-XRF. Clean room. HPCE. AAS. HPLC. GC-MS.



Edifici Cn. Dpt. Química. Facultat Ciències. Campus UAB


Contact person

Gustavo Pérez Staff 25


(+34) 935 814 938

Director

Manuel Valiente Malmagro

Treatment, characterisation and monitoring of wastewater and polluted soils (chemical and environmental technologies).

Development and characterisation of biomaterials, drugs and food products (biotechnology and the health sciences).

Manufacture of products for the remineralisation of teeth and for speeding up the setting time of dental cements. Various patents. Calculation

of lithogenic risk in humans/animals for the development of efficient preventive treatments.

Formulations of biomaterials. Development of nanotechnology for use in wastewater treatment.

Preparation and management of joint R&D projects with companies (collaboration agreements).

Customised in-company training for businesses with the potential to benefit from the use of the facilities and equipment at GTS (FP-XRF, ICP-

MS)

Separation Techniques in

Chemistry Research Group


GTS is a leading basic and applied research centre that works on dental regeneration and the prediction of urinary lithiasis in the field of

biomedicine, the separation and/or speciation of potential contaminants in the field of the environment and the development of new hybrid

devices in the field of analytical instrumentation.

GTS works in its fields of expertise to conduct research based on a mutual learning experience between the businesses for which it works and

the synergies created by TECNIO. It likewise provides R&D&I consultancy and project (usually turnkey) management and funding services. Its

team of experts gives its projects a competitive edge and reduces the risk of R&D&I investments.

Analytical chemistry and chemical analysis; Pre-treatment and introduction of samples in atomic spectroscopy and chromatography; Characterisation and

development of analytical instrumentation for ICP-MS, ICP-OES, FP-XRF, HPLC, CG-MS, CZE

Treatment, characterisation and monitoring of wastewater and polluted sediments and soils; Assessment of the speciation, presence and persistence of

contaminants using analytical and synchrotron techniques; Design and characterisation of bio- and nano-materials; Presence and persistence of

contaminants; Hydrogen generation

Development and characterisation of dental biomaterials; De-/re-mineralisation studies on dental whitening, abrasion, fluoride availability and uptake in

dental enamel; Controlled drug release; Separation and purification of chiral compounds; Prediction of urinary lithiasis and renal calculi

Chemical, environmental, dental, hospital, food, power generation and transport, analytical instrumentation.

març 2013

210

http://grupsderecerca.uab.cat/gts/

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ICIQ

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment



Avinguda Països Catalans, 16

43007 TARRAGONA

Contact person

Irene Puntí Staff 242


(+34) 977 920 238

Director

Miquel Àngel Pericàs

març 2013

Catalysts for the generation of clean energy and the development of organic solar cells

13,000

http://www.iciq.es

Nanoscience; Design of molecular receptors, self-replicating and self-assembling molecules and molecular aggregates with specific

properties (sensors, molecular motors, etc)

ICIQ has all the equipment necessary for the research in its fields of expertise.

Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia

ICIQ has been conducting basic and applied chemical research projects since 2004 in the areas of catalysis, nanoscience and renewable

energy.

ICIQ conducts research in-house, as well as working on research projects with academic and industrial partners. ICIQ believes that its

partnerships with industry are essential for its research to have a real impact on society. The Institute works for the pharmaceutical, fine

chemicals, basic chemicals, petrochemical and energy sectors.

Research projects in the fields of catalysis, nanoscience and renewable energy. R&D projects and studies in the field of pharmaceutical solid

state development through its unit Crysforma.

Crysforma is devoted to the discovery, analysis and scale-up of polymorphs, salts and co-crystals for use as APIs, whilst ICIQ works on

research projects outsourced to its groups within their areas of expertise.

ICIQ takes part and has taken part in joint FP6, FP7 and CENIT projects, although most of its research work for industry is done under

contract. Its joint Industry-ICIQ units with the companies Esteve (7 researchers) and Henkel (9 researchers) are worth highlighting.

Pharmaceutical, fine chemicals, basic chemicals, petrochemical and energy sectors.

Homogeneous catalysis; Heterogeneous and enantioselective catalysis

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INNOTEX CENTER

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Workshops (prototyping and system testing). Water treatment pilot plant. Spectrophotometry. Chromatography. Microbiology.



Campus UPC de Terrassa. C/ Colom, 15

08222 TERRASSA

Contact person

Staff 60

PhD holders 16

Director

Feliu Marsal

Textile Innovation Centre


INNOTEX is made up of three UPC research centres: the Technological Innovation Centre (CTF), the Institute of Textile Research and Industrial

Cooperation of Terrassa (INTEXTER) and the Toxicology Research and Innovation Centre (CRIT), all of which are leading centres with long-

standing experience in their sectors. The main goal of INNOTEX is to promote research, innovation and technology transfer in the textile,

environmental engineering and environmental toxicology sectors.

The Centre's work concentrates on the fields of polymers, textile chemistry and technology, production processes, environmental

engineering and environmental toxicology. Its technology is intended for the industrial and service sectors that use and manufacture textile

structures, as well as for testing the safety of products, materials, water, air, soil and waste.

Users of textiles: the manufacturing, chemical, health, construction and transport industries. Environment. Environmental control.

Design and development of prototypes; ICT and artificial intelligence; Dye optimisation.

Innovation, applied research and industrial development projects in collaboration with businesses. Technology transfer and business

reorientation.

Testing of fibres, yarns, fabrics and other textile structures. Colour fastness. Testing of water and studies on water treatment and the reuse of

industrial wastewater. Ecotoxicological studies (REACH, EMEA, CLP). Toxicity assays of aquatic and terrestrial organisms.

Customised in-company specialised training and/or courses at the Centre. Workshops and practical laboratory courses. Aquatic and

terrestrial ecotoxicology. Biomarkers. REACH, EMEA, CLP.

març 2013

Medical textiles; Nanotechnology; Microencapsulation; Toxicity; Treatment and reuse of wastewater.

Fibres; Linear and laminar structures; Biodegradable materials; Composites.

4,450

http://www.innotexcenter.com/

(+34) 937 398 001

[email protected]

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ITL

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment



(Pcital), Edifici H2 Baix B

25003 LLEIDA

Contact person

Vera Paris Rubinat Staff 8


(+34) 973 725 797

Director

Pere Garrofé Cirés - Patró De La Itl

Online master's degree in Building Biology run jointly by ITL, the University of Lleida and Germany's prestigious Institute of Building Biology. It

has been designed for experts in the field who wish to gain an overview of the relationship between construction and health so that they fully

understand the principles behind building biology and the effect it can have on people's health.

Equipment for measuring alternating electric and magnetic fields, electromagnetic fields, electric and magnetic fields and radioactivity.

març 2013

Energy assessments; Integral environmental management systems.

Building biology and health.

Study, analysis and assessment of building materials.

190

www.itl.cat

Technology Institute of Lleida Foundation

Construction sector: design and execution, development, management, and the manufacturers and distributors of materials.

ITL is a private not-for-profit foundation devoted to the provision of advanced technology services, training, consultancy and technology

transfer to the construction sector. Its field of specialisation is the behaviour of materials and their surroundings.

It works alongside professionals in the field on the design, feasibility and improvement of products, production processes, the properties of

materials, energy assessments, sustainable construction, control techniques and quality assurance, construction systems, and the durability

and functional assessment of building materials and systems over time.

Consultancy services: technical data sheets that contain useful and practical information about building materials and techniques, technical

advice by a team of experts in response to queries sent into the Institute, and a forum for professionals to discuss technical issues and share

their experiences.

Departments and general services: Diagnostics Department, consultancy on structures and installations, Design and Drafting Department,

training, library and Technical Advice Department.

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LA SALLE R&D

About the Centre



Customers/ sectors

Relevant equipment

Electronics, communications, usability labs, and a media lab for recording movement. Semi-anechoic EMC.



Quatre Camins 30

08022 BARCELONA

Contact person

Dr. Ricard Aquilué Staff 43


(+34) 932 902 388

Director

Dr. Sonia Luengo

Training courses. Design, preparation and teaching of customised programmes and technology consultancy for businesses.

La Salle Research&Development

Ramon Llull University (URL)

ICT. Health. Energy.

La Salle R&D is a leading technology centre in the field of smart cities and the health sector. It promotes technology transfer to businesses

and enjoys national and international prestige for the excellence of its R&D.

The mission of La Salle R&D is to encourage the use of ICTs in the day-to-day running of businesses that give them added value and a

competitive edge thanks to its applied research and the development of new innovative and unique solutions.

La Salle R&D works on projects outsourced by private companies and has been awarded funding from national and international requests for

tender, including the following programmes: PSE, CENIT, NEOTEC, NUCLI, VALTEC, AVANZA I+D, CICYT, PID, FP6, FP7, AACC and PROFIT.

La Salle R&D offers its clients a wide range of R&D services including technology consultancy and the development of turnkey projects. Its

resources enable it to provide a comprehensive service, from the inception of an idea to its proof of concept, through to the development of

the product in question, all of which is performed under the umbrella of quality management in line with standard ISO9001.

març 2013

Electronics: control hardware, real-time processing; Networks: smart grids, Internet of the future

Human-machine interaction: virtual and augmented reality, vision, user process and experience

Electronics; Communications; Human-machine interfaces; Acoustics; Networks and security; Software

660

lasallerd.salleurl.edu

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LABSON

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Hydraulic power packs ranging from 18.5 kW (200 to 6000 rpm) to 120 kW (300 to 3000 rpm) adapted to client needs.



C. Colom, 11

08222 TERRASSA

Contact person

Munir Khamashta Shahin Staff 20


(+34) 937 398 143

Director

Esteve Codina Macià

FLEXICAST: robust and flexible cast iron manufacturing. PROHIPP: new design and manufacturing processes for high pressure fluid power

products. Study on a hydraulic tracking system for high concentration photovoltaics. Development of a hydraulic servo actuator with servoing

control. Development of high speed industrial doors. Design, construction and assay of a test bench for pneumatic suspension systems.

Design of a sugarcane harvester.

març 2013

Wind and solar power recovery systems (e.g., tracking systems).

Optimisation of cast iron melting and pouring processes.

800

http://cit.upc.edu/ca/centres_upc/centres/53/labson_upc

Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems

Laboratory


Durable goods. Energy and the environment. Non-road mobile machinery. Transport and lifting machinery (platforms and ramps).

Conception, design, calculation, simulation, prototyping and testing of components and systems.

LABSON is a research group at the UPC based on its Terrassa campus with over 12 years of experience in the design and development of fluid

mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, as well as in their use in machine automation and industrial processes. LABSON belongs to the

UPC Technology Centre (CIT UPC).

LABSON is able to develop applied research projects thanks to its broad experience in working with industry. It has taken part in/coordinated

seven international projects (five EU and two Iberoeka projects). It is currently the coordinator of the FLEXICAST (7FP) project. It delivers

services to the non-road mobile machinery, aeronautics, renewable energy and industrial processing sectors.

LABSON delivers technological solutions in the fields of machine automation and industrial processing. In recent years it has developed

technologies such as the design of hydraulic components (e.g., high performance hydraulic cylinders, pneumatic suspension systems for

heavy vehicles, tracking systems for large solar facilities).

LABSON has carried out a wide range of services to cover the demands of national and international businesses. It conducts theoretical and

numerical simulation studies for applied research, with the added advantage of its successful track record in the field of fluids engineering.

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LAM

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment



Avda. Diagonal, 647 Planta 5

08028 BARCELONA

Contact person

Joaquín Fernández Sánchez Staff 16


(+34) 662 261 950

Director

Joaquín Fernández Sánchez

març

IT systems and the technology used by the Centre for its work.

2013

Process simulation and incremental design; Tools and methods for collaborative and group work; ICT tools and methods for medical

rehabilitation and treatments; ICT systems for trade fairs and conferences; ICT applications for the teaching community

300

http://www.lamupc.com/

1) e-Therapy or e-Better: ICT application for dealing with mental health treatments in primary care and specialised centres. 2) Activity

monitoring and evaluation systems that display information about a group's work. 3) Adaptive hypermedia and recommendation systems. 4)

Transactional systems for the integration of business functions in information-intensive activities.

5) e-learning: The i-cell platform has been successfully used in various educational projects and lifelong-learning and doctoral programmes.

6) Development of a next-generation content management system (CMS) that integrates workflows: document and data management

systems. 7) Multiscreen display systems. 8) Augmented reality.

1) Televisió 2.0: system for providing testimonials, references and information in the sphere of governance and civic information. 2) The

Alliance 2006–2010 information system: CMS information system for incorporating workflows. 3) e-Better: ICT application used in the

treatment process. The project was launched in partnership with Barcelona's Hospital de Sant Pau with a view to modelling the composition

and organisation of systems for treating chronic diseases. 4) I-cell: R&D management platform.

Health. Education. Marketing. ICT.

Multimedia Applications Laboratory


LAM was founded in 1987 with the aim of finding innovative applications for information and communication technologies in different

professional fields.

The Laboratory focuses on adapting emerging technologies to environments with special characteristics, and its research is aimed at

designing technological solutions for professional groups engaged in knowledge-intensive activities

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LEAM

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Multi-channel noise, vibration and acoustic emissions recording systems; semi-anechoic chamber; Experimental railway line.



c/ Colom, 11

08222 TERRASSA

Contact person

Andreu Balastegui Staff 10


(+34) 937 398 717

Director

Jordi Romeu

març 2013

Noise and vibration control.

300

http://leam.upc.es

Durable goods and transport.

Noise and vibration control; Detection of failures in structures due to acoustic emissions.

Analysis of the source of noise and its treatment to reduce the impact of vibration and noise on products and services. Creation of specific

noise/vibration models that make it possible to study potential noise and vibration problems in the design stage. Detection of failures in

structures and machinery due to noise emissions.

Characterisation of noise and vibration in facilities, materials and infrastructures. Creation of noise and vibration models for facilities and

infrastructures. Detection of failures in structures and machinery due to noise emissions.

Development of a model for calculating the impact of vibrations from railway infrastructures. Application of the active noise control

technique to the cooling systems of wind turbines. Application of the active noise control technique to enable ventilation, but not sound, to

pass through windows. Development of a system to automatically differentiate between aircraft and urban noise. Development of systems to

identify the location and nature of sources of noise.

Acoustic and Mechanical

Engineering Laboratory


LEAM is a technological innovation centre belonging to the UPC and the UPC Technology Centre (CIT UPC). LEAM's work concentrates on the

development of noise and vibration control techniques for industry and transport.

Its work is equally spread between basic research, which results in the acquisition of new knowledge, and the transfer of such outcomes to

the socio-economic environment in the shape of R&D partnerships with businesses and government agencies.

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LEITAT

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment



c/ de la Innovació, 2

08225 TERRASSA

Contact person

Sergi Artigas Staff 247


(+34) 937 882 300

Director

Joan Parra Farré

LEITAT Technology Center

LEITAT is an officially recognised technology centre by the Government of Catalonia and Spain's Ministry of Economy and Finance. Its mission

is to work alongside businesses and other organisations to bring about economic, social and sustainable development through its R&D

projects, innovative technological processes and creativity

LEITAT aims to become a leading technology partner for businesses and organisations by adopting a corporate culture that allows for

sustainable growth, the efficient use of resources and the effective implementation of its projects.

R&D&I projects for businesses; projects for Spain's National R&D&I Plan (technology transfer, internationalisation, human resources, R&D&I);

joint R&D&I projects in the framework of ACC1Ó clusters; European and international R&D&I projects (FP7, CIP, JTI, COST ACTION, ENPI, LIFE,

INTERREG); INNPRONTA projects, etc.

Transport, renewable energy, textile, electronics, packaging, health, cosmetics and detergents, environment, construction and sport.

Physical and chemical characterisation of materials; accelerated aging, certifications (personal protective equipment, geotextiles, fire

resistance), chemical and microbiological laboratory, chemical formulations on demand, design and manufacture of tools and processes.

Customised monoclonal antibodies.

Relevant project include Itaca, Bioconsept, Neogenius, Cerampol, Sanowork&Nanomicex, 3Dlightrans_defecto0, Greening books, C-liege, GP

Wind, Vectors, 3r fish and Boatcycle.

Plasma, extruder, RP, HPLC-PDA, GC-MS, ICP-MS, IR-ATR, ZS, BET, electrospinning, electrocoagulation, electro-oxidation, solar simulator.

Digital printing for electronics; Electronics design; Industrial processes, manufacturing tools and machinery; Simulation tools and real case

studies; Physical and chemical surface treatments and the study of painting processes; Additive manufacturing, Rapid prototyping

març 2013

8,000

www.leitat.org

Oncology (diagnosis, prognosis and treatment) and monoclonal antibodies (new biological entities – NBEs); Biosensors; Industrial

biotechnology; Design and characterisation of enzymes and biological systems; Studies on the toxicological impact of nanomaterials

Nanotechnologies and nanofibres; Composites, polymers and ceramics; New semiconductors for electronic applications and renewable

energies; Textile materials and finishes; Paints and chemical surface treatments; Characterisation of materials

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LEPAMAP

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Homogeniser for the manufacture of cellulose nanofibres.



Escola Politècnica Superior - Edifici P 1- Campus Montivili s/n

17071 GIRONA

Contact person

M. Àngels Pèlach Staff 14


(+34) 972 41 84 55

Director

Pere Mutjé

Study of industrial options for the use of cellulose nanofibres both for the paper industry and the composite plastic materials industry.

Development of microfibres and nanofibres; Impact on composite materials and the manufacture of paper products; Optimisation of

paper production processes

Characterisation of plastic materials and plant fibre reinforced composite materials; Development of biopolymers for applications in

medicine and food packaging

març 2013

154

http://lepamap.udg.edu

Paper Engineering and

Polymeric Materials Laboratory


Paper industry, plastics processing industry, manufacture and characterisation of reinforced plastics.

Development of cellulose fibre-reinforced composite plastic materials; Optimisation of power consumption in the paper industry

LEPAMAP, a research group at the University of Girona, sets out to be a leading centre in research and technology transfer for the paper

industry and the natural fibre reinforced plastics processing industry, both in Spain and internationally.

LEPAMAP aims to provide the industrial sectors in which it works with the highest level of expertise and technology available so that they are

able to face new challenges and gain a competitive edge.

The LEPAMAP group improves products and optimises production processes for businesses, as well as providing them with state-of-the-art

technology.

The LEPAMAP group provides Spain's paper industry and its suppliers with exclusive services, as well as certifying their products for use as

food packaging, whether in compliance with the German standard (BfR XXXVI) or the FDA's regulations in the USA.

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LEQUIA

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Chemical analysis laboratory; laboratory and semi-industrial scale pilot plants; environmental modelling software.



Parc Científic UdG. Edifici J. Casademont. C/Pic Peguera, 15

17003 La Creueta (GIRONA)

Contact person

Teresa Bosch Vilardell Staff 38


(+34) 972 419 859

Director

Manel Poch Espallargas

1) N-OPTIMOX project: partnership with the company CESPA to test out the first industrial plant to use PANAMMOX technology for treating

leachates. 2) TECOAGUA project on bioelectrochemical systems used for the treatment of wastewater: subcontracted by the company

Abegona Water. 3) SANITAS project (Marie Curie ITN) in the field of urban wastewater treatment (www.sanitas-itn.eu): coordinator.

Design, operation and control of advanced biological processes for the treatment of wastewater for the biological treatment of urban

and industrial wastewater

Laboratory of Chemical and

Environmental Engineering


Wastewater treatment; waste recovery; environmental engineering and consultancy.

Study of oxidation/adsorption processes for the treatment of liquid and gaseous effluents

LEQUIA is a research group at the University of Girona with over 20 years of experience in developing eco-innovative solutions for

wastewater treatment. It is currently affiliated to the UdG's Institute of the Environment and is recognised as a consolidated research group

by the Government of Catalonia.

The Centre works on publicly funded R&D&I projects, and through technology transfer agreements with businesses and public bodies.

LEQUIA basically works in the wastewater treatment and waste recovery sector, and the chemical/pharmaceutical industry.

LEQUIA has been involved in projects of great national and international outreach, either as a coordinator, partner or subcontractor. It has

experience in EC framework programmes such as LIFE, CENIT, INNPRONTA, INNPACTO and INGENIO-CONSOLIDER.

Design, operation and control of advanced biological processes for the treatment of wastewater; wastewater energy recovery; decision-

making software for environmental projects; and advanced oxidation/adsorption processes for the treatment of liquid and gaseous effluents.

març 2013

Development and application of decision-making software for environmental projects

540

http://lequia.udg.cat

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LIPPSO

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

High-performance liquid chromatography apparatus. Equipment at the UdG's research facilities (ESI-MS, MALDI, RMN).



Parc Científic i Tecnològic de la UdG, c/ Pic de Peguera 15

17003 GIRONA

Contact person

Eduard Bardají Staff 10


(+34) 630 986 213

Director

Eduard Bardají (UdG)

Synthesis of peptides, pseudopeptides and heterocyclic hybrids

Use of proteins and other natural products

març 2013

Antimicrobials; Anticancer drugs; Analgesics; Neuroprotective agents

190

http://www.lippso.com

Phytosanitary, veterinary and pharmaceutical. Biotech devoted to R&D.

Design, hit finding and lead optimisation of bioactive peptides, peptidomimetics, and other related synthetic and natural products.

Combinatorial chemistry. Chemical library. Drug discovery.

Synthesis of peptides, peptidomimetics and related compounds. Use and upcycling of natural products. Sustainable chemistry.

Creation of the spin-off company AMPbiotech, which is devoted to the upcycling of antimicrobial peptides and technology transfer.

Development of a new analgesic in the pre-clinical research phase.

Innovation Laboratory in Organic

Chemistry Processes and Products


LIPPSO is a research group at the University of Girona that is seeking to become a recognised leading centre in the design and synthesis of

new bioactive compounds for specific applications in response to well defined problems.

LIPPSO works on basic research projects, technology transfer and under R&D contracts for businesses. It also gives support in the creation of

spin-offs, as exemplified by the recently created company AMPbiotech.

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MAQCENTRE

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment



Parc de Gardeny Edifici H3, Planta Baixa

25003 LLEIDA

Contact person

Laura Martínez Crespo Staff 8


(+34) 973 279 451

Director

Miquel Angel Carnicé

març 2013

Efficient use of phytosanitary products

Optimisation of materials in agricultural and industrial machinery

1.340

www.maqcentre.com

Test bench (6 x 4 m), dynamometer for three-point linkages, stress-compression machine, hydraulic facilities, environmental chamber, salt spray

corrosion chamber, dust-tightness test chamber, 3D FARO measuring arm, laser scanner for distance measurements, CAE, PLM and prototyping

software.

Technology Centre for Agricultural Machinery

and Industrial Equipment

MAQCENTRE is a technology centre devoted to the agricultural machinery and industrial equipment sectors, R&D&I, technology transfer,

technological services and specialised training. It is based at the Lleida Agrifood Science and Technology Park.

It has set itself a number of goals, amongst which it is worth highlighting its wish to use innovation as the basis for the growth of the sector as a

whole, improve the manufacturing processes in the sector, deliver quality at all times, introduce environmental and safety criteria to its output,

and improve and coordinate training courses in its field of specialisation.

Testing of rotating machines, structural elements, hydraulic installations and components. Testing of materials, electronic and communications

equipment under controlled environmental conditions. Metrology of parts and assemblies in 3D. Testing of agricultural machinery used for

spraying pesticides.

Measurement and analysis of vibration and noise. Thermographic analysis of components and equipment. Measurement of various physical

parameters. Measurement of the driving force of agricultural machinery. Control prototyping. Calculation of axle load. Applications for industrial

robotics.

Feasibility study of the use of high tensile strength steel in the manufacture of agricultural machinery. Promotion of strategic changes and

innovation. Promotion of a contact network for the sector to bring about international business opportunities and integrate existing platforms in

the agri-food sector (AGRAL-PULL). Line of grants for joint high-impact innovation projects. Simulation studies of mechanisms and structural tests

of finite components. CAD design and optimisation.

Agricultural machinery and industrial equipment sectors.

Development and optimisation of agricultural and industrial machinery (testing, design, training, etc. )

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MCIA

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Electronic applications laboratory. Mechatronics laboratory. Energy laboratory. Simulation laboratory.



Edifici Gaia. Upc Campus Terrassa. Rambla Sant Nebridi s/n.

08222 TERRASSA

Contact person

Òscar Poncelas Staff 30


(+34) 937 398 990

Director

Luis Romeral

març 2013

Energy management; Electromobility.

Instrumentation and communications.

280

www.mcia.upc.edu

Electrical and electronic equipment. Automotive. Transport, storage and communications.

Supervision, control and diagnostics of mechatronic systems.

Technology transfer projects for businesses. Joint national, European and international research projects.

Simulation of mechatronic systems. Finite element modelling and analysis. Design and control of motor systems. Hardware development.

Instrumentation and measurement of mechatronic systems and industrial processes. Monitoring and diagnostic systems for industrial

processes. Measurement and analysis of power consumption in industrial processes. Consultancy and technical reports for businesses.

The names of some of the projects and the companies that took part in them are listed below.

ENERGEST: SEAT, Enertika, Promaut. CENIT VERDE: CIRCUTOR, SIEMENS, INFRANOR, LEAR, Green Power, CEGASA. CENIT INTEGRA: AERTEC.

UHVDC: SBI-Connectors España S.A. INNMOTICA: Grupo Lineas TC, SEMAI. INTERCAC: Gave. AMPLI: Optimus. OPTIENER: Grup Soler.

EUROENERGEST: SEAT, Enertika. MOSYCOUSIS: Sitex, Ardoran, Wire Lite, Optel.

Centre for Motion Control and Industrial Applications


MCIA is recognised as a leading centre in energy efficiency and electromobility by both industry and the business world. It likewise enjoys

prestige in the university research community and is aiming to spread its reputation right across Europe. It is a member of the UPC

Technology Centre (CTI UPC).

MCIA aims to provide the industrial sector with innovative solutions by creating new products and optimising existing ones through its

research and technology transfer in the field of electrical and electronic engineering.

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METEOR

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Büchi spray dryer, UV curing instrument, ESEM and DSC.



C/Escorxador s/n

43007 TARRAGONA

Contact person

Claude Garcia Staff 18


(+34) 977 297 017

Director

Ricard Garcia Valls

Innovation Centre in Membrane Technology

and Process Engineering


The water treatment, chemical (durable goods, energy) naval, medical and agri-food sectors.

METEOR belongs to the URV's Department of Chemical Engineering. Its main purpose is the development of products based on its research

for society and industry.

Around 18 people work at the Centre, four of whom are PhD holders. METEOR aims to transfer its technology to businesses of any kind.

However, it is also seeking to establish relations with SMEs, so that it can serve as their laboratories and R&D departments in order to

develop their products.

METEOR Innovation: Design of customised membranes. Preparation and controlled development of different types of flat polymer

membranes and microcapsules. METEOR Classic: separation processes using membranes. Selection and use of commercial membranes (if

applicable) to carry out/give advice on/propose separation processes using membranes, or to solve problems of clogging. METEOR Plus:

Characterisation of membranes. Morphological, physical and chemical characterisation of membranes obtained using various microscopic

and computer techniques, transport of solutes and mechanical methods, amongst others. SOFTEOR: Software development and the creation

of other applications for the automation and control of membrane processes. METEOR Social: Scientific dissemination. Creation of software

and other materials (adapted to the level of knowledge of the recipients) for the scientific dissemination of membranes and polymers.

METEOR also undertakes the characterisation of microcapsules for businesses using electron microscopy (SEM, ESEM, confocal and TEM).

Microencapsulation projects with Procter & Gamble. They started working together on the FP6 project Impulse, which won an award in 2012

for the best European project with industrial applications. The Centre continues to work with P&G on new projects.

maig 2013

Fuel cells and artificial photosynthesis

Polymer engineering

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Membrane and microcapsule technology and microtechnology

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MIC PRODUCTIVITY

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Ronda Nord, s/n (Ed. Espai Motor)

08243 MANRESA

Contact person

Ramon Costa I Pujol Staff 8


(+34) 938 772 100

Director

Xavier Llobera

març

The Innova and Inspira demonstration rooms in Manresa, the EMO room in Madrid and the ESADE office of the future at the Creapolis innovation

centre.

Manresa Productivity Innovation Centre (CIP)

MIC Productivity is a leading technology centre that describes and prescribes good practices for the efficient overall management of processes,

people and information.

MIC Productivity's work ranges from diagnosing the current state of technological and cultural processes in organisations to drawing up

improvement and change management plans.

Involvement in joint innovation projects (e.g. Avanza). It also writes and publishes papers, guides and posters for conferences.

Diagnostics of iProductivity. Advice on iProductivity. ROI studies. Training services. Productivity improvement programmes. ICT project

management and change management in organisations. R&D projects. Implementation of flexi-time models. Definition and planning of IT projects.

Publication:“Good practices for improving productivity in IT companies” (TIC.cat). Publication: “Guidelines for improving productivity” (ACC1O).

PYMESRED project (Avanza I+D). Interactive collaboration platform (eCultura). A social network for mobile workers (Third Place). Training events

for promoting technology start-ups (BizSpark Camps). Definition of a flexible working model for businesses. Set-up of the office of the future for

the ESADE business school's innovation centre (Creapolis).

Industry. Energy. Banking. Education. Technology.

2013

New organisational models; Improved productivity and efficiency of business processes

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www.micproductivity.com

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MTG

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Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment



c/ Roc Boronat, 138

08018 BARCELONA

Contact person

Alba B. Rosado Staff 44


(+34) 935 422 872

Director

Xavier Serra

març

http://mtg.upf.edu

2013

Music file management; Singing voice synthesisers; Advanced musical interaction; Soundscapes

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Music Technology Group


MTG was set up in 1994 and is currently attached to the UPF's Department of Information and Communication Technologies. MTG

contributes to improving sound technologies by conducting internationally competitive research, in addition to transferring its technology to

society, thereby impacting on academic, socio-economic and cultural progress.

MTG mainly works on R&D projects related to music technologies using funding from requests for tender or private entities. Most of the

technology developed by MTG has been turned into commercial products that are sold by partner entities or one of the three spin-off

companies that have come out of the Group (BMAT, Reactable and Voctro Labs).

MTG conducts research projects in partnership with various public and private organisations, to which it contributes its expertise in its fields

of specialisation, specifically: audio signal processing, automatic sound description, advanced musical interaction, specific sound and music

communities, and the modelling of musical performance.

The bulk of the Group's research is done through R&D projects, usually in partnership with other international organisations with similar

interests. It also organises workshops and conferences (SMC'10, TEI'13), and disseminates its results to academia and society in general.

Besides its academic and teaching activities, MTG supports technological outreach initiatives (contributes to the website of creative

commons licensed audio samples, Freesound.org, and has organised the annual Music Hack Day event since 2010), and other more cultural

ones through the PHONOS project, such as sound workshops in Barcelona, grants for young creators and regular concerts of experimental

music.

Sound production sector, creation and management of large music files, and creative and cultural industries.

CPD, storage capacity of 120 TB, backup service, recording studio, concert hall (208 seats) and a multi-purpose room (365 m2).

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NANOMOL

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Supercritical fluid processing equipment. Equipment for the characterisation of particulate materials and surfaces.



ICMAB-CSIC, Campus UAB


Contact person

Santi Sala Staff 35


(+34) 626 466 285

Director

Jaume Veciana / Nora Ventosa

març 2013

Micro- and nano-particulate materials as an effective way of administering active ingredients

Flexible, light organic/polymer sensors for gauging stress, deformation, pressure and/or temperature

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The new technologies for preparing micro- and nano-particulate materials in a single phase developed by NANOMOL: 1) are based on the use

of compressed fluids or supercritical fluids for making green solvents that are classified as alternative solvents in many manufacturing

processes; 2) enable the robust, reproducible and scalable production of value-added materials in the form of a powder, dispersion or

emulsion, with beneficial properties in terms of administration and use.

Centre of Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials

Materials Science Institute of Barcelona (ICMAB)


Pharmaceutical, cosmetics, veterinary, chemical, electronics, automotive, materials.

Micro- and nano-structuring of biomolecules, surface-confined electroactive molecules and 3D structures

NANOMOL is a research group set up by the CSIC-ICMAB and CIBER-BBN that contributes to advancing knowledge in the field of molecular

nanoscience and functional organic materials. Its main lines of research are molecular magnetism and electronics, low-cost organic

electronics, supercritical fluids, nanomedicine and biomaterials.

The multidisciplinary research conducted by NANOMOL aims to hone the self-assembly, nanostructuring and processing of functional (bio-

and electro-active) molecules as crystals, particles, vesicles, and structured or self-assembled monolayers on various substrates showing non-

conventional chemical, physical and biological properties.

NANOMOL proactively searches for ways of transferring its knowledge to: a) pharmaceutical companies that wish to improve the clinical

effectiveness and selectivity of their active molecules through nanomedicine; b) companies that manufacture medical or electronic devices

that wish to introduce smart, high-performance materials for monitoring changes in pressure, deformation or temperature.

It also assists companies from the chemical sector in general and the cosmetics sector that need to make or characterise powder, dispersion

or emulsion formulations. NANOMOL specialises in the field of the preparation and characterisation of particulate materials (active

ingredient particles, nanocapsules, vesicles, liposomes, drug-polymer conjugates) and nanostructured surfaces.

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NETS

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment



C/ Tànger, 122-140

08018 BARCELONA

Contact person

Javier González Staff 17


(+34) 935 421 370

Director

Miquel Oliver

març

Simulation tools and sensor laboratory for designing and testing communications protocols.

2013

Wireless sensor network applications in the field of power management

Wireless sensor network applications in the field of health

Communications protocols in wireless sensor networks; ICT deployment policies; Technical and financial studies of ICT deployment; Smart Cities

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NeTS delivers solutions in the fields of smart cities (open data, a dynamic data collection platform for managing cities and open innovation), ICT

consultancy (network deployment models and the socio-economic impact of ICTs) and utilities (smart management of energy resources using

wireless sensor networks).

The Group has simulation tools and its own laboratory for designing, testing and implementing communications protocols for mesh networks and

power-efficient wireless sensor networks. In addition, it is able to analyse the various deployment models of new generation networks (Wi-Fi,

Super Wi-Fi, optic fibre) from a technological and financial point of view.

Open Cities (CIP): development of a dynamic data collection and publication platform for the management of smart cities.

Commons for Europe (CIP): bottom-up deployment of next generation networks.

TELECONTADORES (INNPACTO): interoperable, smart system for the integral management of power.

CUIDATS (INNPACTO): wanderer monitoring system for health and community care environments based on RFID and mesh networking used for

locating people.

Smart cities. ICT consultancy. Utilities. Health.

Network Technologies and Strategies Research Group


The UPF's NeTS research group works in two areas. On the one hand, in the field of wireless technologies, including wireless LAN, mesh and sensor

networks. On the other hand, it deals with the financing of network deployment, sustainability and the associated regulations.

NeTS works on applied research and innovation projects for businesses, ICT consultants and government agencies. The Group also helps its clients

to find funding as it has broad experience in drawing up project proposals for submission to requests for tender, whether regional or international.

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NeuroPhar

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment



PRBBB, C/ Dr. Aiguader, 88

08003 BARCELONA

Contact person

Miquel-Àngel Serra Staff 37


(+34) 933 160 866

Director

Rafael Maldonado

Laboratory of Neuropharmacology


The aim of NeuroPhar is to become a leading research centre in Catalonia and to be considered as one of the best in Spain and Europe by

businesses in assessing and developing new molecules for the treatment of certain pathologies of the central nervous system (CNS).

NeuroPhar's main specialisation is the development of research lines that result in the identification of new therapeutic targets for the CNS.

Its work concentrates on pathologies such as drug addiction, emotional disorders (anxiety and depression), chronic pain and eating

disorders.

Single- and multi-site projects funded by national, international, public and private (pharmaceutical companies) organisations.

març-2013

1. Characterisation of the effect of drugs using behavioural models.

2. Neurochemical studies.

3. Use of microsurgical techniques.

These cross-disciplinary services are provided to businesses and researchers for assessing the behavioural and biochemical responses in

rodents in the identification of new therapeutic targets for the following CNS pathologies: drug addiction, pain, emotional disorders (anxiety

and depression), eating disorders (overweight and obesity) and cognitive disorders (memory).

Pharmaceutical, biotechnology and food companies; devices for behavioural experiments

Animal biology (stereotactic surgery on mice). Behavioural neuropharmacology. Specialised central services.

Neuropharmacology: neurosciences and pharmacology

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www.upf.edu/neurophar

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NUTREN-NUTRIGENOMICS

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Redox equipment for biomics. Metabolomics platform. Models for biological experimentation.



Edifici Biomedicina I, IRB Lleida, Av. Alcalde Rovira Roure, 80

25198 LLEIDA

Contact person

Manel Portero-Otin Staff 18


(+34) 973 702 408

Director

Reinald Pamplona / Manel Portero-Otín

Centre for Nutrition and Aging

University of Lleida (UdL), Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida

(IRBLleida)

Agri-food, human health, cosmetics, ingredients.

NUTREN is a research group at the UdL with over 15 years of experience in researching the biology of aging and how nutrition can modify the

process. The relevance of its findings is reflected by over 130 international publications on the subject. Its ultimate aim is to become one of

the leading R&D and technology transfer centres in the field of applied molecular nutrition.

NUTREN sets out to generate cutting-edge knowledge for the nutritional control of aging and associated pathologies so that it can serve as a

valuable resource for innovative agri-food companies that work in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and healthcare sectors.

NUTREN has expertise in the use of metabolomics applied to agri-food and nutritional genomics. It likewise has the know-how and the

capacity to conduct pre-clinical and clinical trials for nutritional care on cell models, laboratory animals and human volunteers.

Advice on nutrition and the design of food, the recovery of products, in vitro and in vivo efficacy studies and the discovery of biomarkers are

the types of projects in which the Centre has specialised in recent years.

CENIT HENUFOOD (2010–2013).

INNPRONTA INCOMES (2011–2014). "Guide for the substantiation of health claims in food: immune and cognitive functions and metabolic

syndrome."

març 2013

Aging and oxidative modifications; Neurodegenerative disorders; Cosmetics and nutricosmetics.

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www.centrenutren.com

Molecular nutrition and nutrigenomics.

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PPF

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Fermenters of 2, 5, 50 and 250 litres. Pilot-scale centrifuges. Tangential filtration equipment. Cell disruptor. HPLC, CI, FPLC.



Edifici Q. Campus de la UAB. Bellaterra


Contact person

Antoni Casablancas Mira Staff 14


(+34) 935 813 829

Director

Gloria González Anadón

Design of fermentation strategies for the production of starters, food additives and biocides.

març 2013

Design of pilot-scale fermentation processes for the production of proteins and biomolecules.

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Pharmaceutical and diagnostics. Fine chemistry. Cosmetics. Agrifood.

Fermentation engineering: optimisation of culture strategies and product recovery.

The Centre works on: 1) R&D&I projects that focus on the design and optimisation of bioprocesses on a pilot scale; 2) projects in which it is

subcontracted to obtain significant amounts of a product through enzymatic synthesis, cell and microorganism cultures; 3) consultancy and

training for businesses in the biotechnology sector.

PPF has the facilities and expert staff necessary to cover all aspects of the development of bioprocesses: the design of culture media, the

characterisation of growth and production kinetics, the study of culture strategies, changes to production on a semi-industrial scale, the

design of product recovery stages, etc.

PPF has worked on projects for companies in the pharmaceutical sector (proteins, antigens and toxins for diagnosis, adjuvants, plasmid DNA),

the agrifood sector (starters, bactericides, additives), the chemical sector (optically active molecules, enzymes), and the cosmetics sector

(biopolymers, biomolecules). The implementation of a high performance recombinant protein expression platform using fed-batch cultures

was a particularly significant project.

Fermentation Pilot Plant


PPF's vision is to become a leading centre in the development, improvement and innovation of bioprocesses. To do so, it gives scientific and

technical support for the development of enzymatic processes and the culture of microorganisms on a semi-industrial scale.

PPF's mission is to promote the transfer of its knowledge and experience to businesses in the pharmaceutical, chemical, veterinary and

agrifood sectors. It assists them in implementing advanced technologies on an industrial scale that will give them a competitive edge.

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SAF

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

HPLC systems using ultraviolet and fluorometric detection. Quantitative PCR methods.



Edifici V, Campus UAB Bellaterra


Contact person

Carles Cristòfol Staff 8


(+34) 935 811 896

Director

Carles Cristòfol

març 2013

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Introduction of PCR techniques for assessing the efficacy of animal vaccines. New analytical methods for the quantification of

aminoglycosides in biological matrices. Calculation of the octanol water coefficient in chemical products.

Veterinary drugs; Pharmacokinetics; Waste removal; PK/PD; Bioequivalence; Safety margins; Animal models for canine leishmaniasis;

Diagnosis of canine leishmaniasis.

Pharmaceutical Analysis Service


Pharmaceutical, chemical and agrifood.

Bioanalysis

Laboratory at the UAB that has over 10 years of experience in the veterinary drug sector.

The mission of SAF is to provide services to pharmaceutical and agrifood businesses that help them conduct their research and obtain

approval to market new products.

Research projects for testing the quality, safety and efficacy of new products so that they can be registered.

Development and proof of efficacy of new animal vaccines. Safety and efficacy studies of veterinary drugs. Development of analytical

methods for the quantification of drugs in biological matrices.

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SART - MEDI AMBIENT

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

22 anaerobic bioreactors. Static and dynamic respirometers. Sampling equipment. Physical, chemical and biological testing equipment.



Perot Rocaguinarda, 17

08500 VIC

Contact person

Albert Hueso i Morell / Josep Turet i Capellas Staff 11


(+34) 938 815 519

Director

Josep Turet i Capellas

2008-2011 CENIT SOST-CO2 (CEN-20081027). Contracting company: ROS ROCA INDOX CRYO ENERGY, S.L. Topic: Potentiation of

biomethanation using H2 and CO2.

INNOVACC projects (2009-2012): organic waste recovery, and brine treatment and management.

Biomethanation; Composting; Nitrification-denitrification; Soil fertilisers and fertilisation; Areas of action: wastewater, organic waste.

Atmospheric contamination, soils and fertilisers, and environmental management.

març 2013

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Environmental Advice, Research

and Technology Service

University of Vic (UVic)

Agriculture, fishing, farming, food industry, waste management, environmental technologies, fertilisation and government agencies.

SART - Medi Ambient is a service attached to the University of Vic whose overriding goal is to conduct applied research into environmental

issues and transfer the resulting knowledge and technology. It was set up in 1991 within the framework of the UVic's general advice, research

and technology services, and has remained active since then.

The Centre basically concentrates its efforts on the field of wastewater and waste with a high organic load. It conducts R&D(&I) projects,

studies of media and systems, laboratory tests, pilot and industrial experiments. It likewise provides scientific and technological consultancy

services, as well as drawing up environmental assessments, diagnoses and action plans.

Study, design and optimisation of physical, chemical and biological organic waste and wastewater treatment processes. Study and

minimisation of greenhouse gas emissions. Study and adaptation of fertilisers and fertilisation. Innovative design and implementation of

environmental management plans.

Physical, chemical and biological tests of wastewater, organic waste, fertilisers, the air and soil. Methanogen potentiation testing. Static and

dynamic respirometry. Scientific and technical consultancy. Analysis and diagnosis of natural and anthropogenic systems that have an organic

impact.

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SARTI

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment



Rambla Exposició, 24

08800 VILANOVA I LA GELTRÚ

Contact person

Neus Vidal Oliveras Staff 32


(+34) 938 967 207

Director

Antoni Mànuel Lázaro

març

Hyperbaric and environmental chamber. Symphonie. Thermographic camera. Calibrator. EMI measuring equipment. Low distortion function

2013

Seafloor observatory (OBSEA); Ocean-bottom seismometer; Noise and light pollution studies.

System control; Oceanographic instrumentation; Smart sensors; Signal processing; Distributed sensors; Virtual instrumentation.

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Projects tailored to clients' needs, sensorisation and data processing projects, amongst others.

The technical services provided by SARTI are designed to deliver quality to its clients: -

Dimensional metrology; it has an ENAC-accredited laboratory.

- Noise and light pollution studies; it has all of the equipment necessary to conduct them. -

Energy audits of buildings.

OBSEA. The first cabled seafloor observatory in Spain that enables data about the state of the sea to be collected in real time.

Information management. Software applications and databases are developed for managing information collected from sensors.

ICT projects on Android systems.

Communications. Electricity. Shipping and fishing. Mechanics. Electronics. IT. Energy. Environment and sustainability.

Technological Development Centre of Remote

Acquisition and Data Processing Systems


SARTI seeks to become a leader in the creation and development of electronic designs and computer applications (particularly virtual and

oceanographic instrumentation) and to transfer these technologies to its industrial clients.

SARTI wishes to contribute to increasing the competitiveness of businesses by developing instrumentation and smart sensor systems that

can be used across industry and the manufacturing sector. It specialises in marine technology, but whatever R&D it carries out is done to the

highest standards of quality, thus ensuring excellence in all outcomes.

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SDM

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment



Avda. Joan XXIII, s/n

08012 BARCELONA

Contact person

Dr. Encarna García Montoya Staff 23


(+34) 934 034 712

Director

Dr. Josep Mª Suñé Negre

Drug Development Service


SDM was set up in 1996 by the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Barcelona. Its remit was to modernise teaching and research

methods, as well as to boost relations between the University and the pharmaceutical and related industries.

SDM's mission consists in rendering technical, scientific and research services in order to develop medical devices and drugs for both human

and animal use. These services are intended for the pharmaceutical and related sectors (veterinary, cosmetic, phytotherapeutic, health,

dietetics, pharmaceutical raw materials, etc.).

Quality control of drugs and optimisation of industrial processes

Research and development of drugs for human and animal use: reformulation, design and formulation, processing technology, scale-up to

industrial batch production, quality control and stability studies of drug products. Drug validation studies. Research and development of new

drug forms.

Comparative studies of in vitro dissolution; optimisation studies of formulations and manufacturing techniques; stability studies in line with

the ICH; validation studies of processes, facilities, systems and techniques; development of specific training programmes for specialisations;

application studies of new processes for the pharmaceutical and related sectors.

Research and development of the reformulation of sachets of suxibuzone granules: savings on industrial costs of 66%.

Research and development of a foam dressing for ulcers: effective treatment against deep ulcers, for which there was no treatment available.

Pharmaceutical and related sectors: veterinary, phytosanitary, sanitary products, dietetics, pharmaceutical materials, etc.

SDM has modern facilities at which it is able to manufacture products, draw up regulatory documentation, perform quality control and

assurance procedures, and conduct tests.

Improvement of already existing formulations

març 2013

Research and development of drug formulations for human and animal use

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www.ub.edu/sdm

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SEER

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Experimental photovoltaic plants. Grid simulators. HIL control systems and real-time simulators (OPAL-RT).



Rambla Sant Nebridi, 22

08222 TERRASSA

Contact person

Lidia Herrera Arias Staff 24


(+34) 937 398 549

Director

Pedro Rodríguez Cortés

març 2013

Distributed power systems; Electric power systems; Electronic power processing systems; Power electronics; Integration of renewable

energies to power grids.

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Businesses from the renewable energy and power converter sector.

Design and testing of power converters. Design of equipment for improving the quality of power. Integration of energy storage systems.

Study of solutions for improving power grid stability. Design of equipment and systems for the control and management of smart grids.

Consultancy for development projects of power generation facilities. Drawing up of technical reports on new equipment and systems.

Representation of businesses on technical committees and technology platforms. Consultancy on new technologies and solutions.

Advanced power and energy processing at photovoltaic power plants with energy storage facilities. Design of power converters for micro-

wind turbines. Co-management of the Vestas Power Programme.

Centre for Renewable Electrical

Energy Systems


SEER is a research centre belonging to the UPC and to the UPC Technology Centre (CIT UPC). SEER's vision is to become an internationally

recognised centre in the development of the power grids of the future with the large-scale integration of renewable energy sources.

SEER offers solutions for the development of smart power grids with new integration systems based on renewable energy sources, electronic

power processors and advanced control systems. It delivers its services to organisations involved in the production of alternative energy,

smart power grids and the efficient use of power.

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SEPBIO

About the Centre



Customers/sectors



Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina. Campus UAB

08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès)

Contact person

Enric Querol Staff 10


(+34) 935 811 233

Director

Enric Querol

Proteomics and Bioinformatics Service


Identification of vaccine and drug targets.

Registered patents in use and advice on registering products with the European Medicines Agency (EMA ) in London.

Pharmaceutical, veterinary, diagnostics and fine chemicals.

The purpose of SePBio is to enable industry and public bodies to use the latest technology in the field of proteomics, bioinformatics and

other related areas.

The mission of SePBio is to transfer its technology to industry for the development of value-added biotechnological products (vaccines, drugs,

diagnostic kits, fine chemicals).

- Development of two vaccines and a new generation diagnostics kit for identifying the pathogenicity of genes and the virulence of

pathogens using genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics.

- Two exploratory research projects on the viability and the strategy to be taken for obtaining two more vaccines and their meta-analysis

using a bioinformatics tool developed by the group (PCOPs GeneNet) for therapeutic targets and molecules to treat Friedreich's ataxia (TV3

Marathon Project: Rare Diseases).

març 2013

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http://ibb.uab.cat/SepBio_new

Proteomics; Bioinformatics; Identification of drug, vaccine and diagnostic targets; Recombinant DNA and recombinant protein

expression.

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SINTEFARMA

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Microwave units, hydrogenerators, Biotage system, cryocool system, ozoniser, etc., and a specialised organic synthesis library.



Av. Joan XXIII s/n. Fac. Farmàcia

08028 BARCELONA

Contact person

Dr. Davinia García Staff 18


(+34) 934 035 849

Director

Dr. Joan Bosch

Research and Development Group in Organic Synthesis for the

Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry


SINTEFARMA works on basic research projects in the field of organic synthesis and technology transfer to businesses. SINTEFARMA wishes to

be perceived as a leading training and R&D centre of prestige in organic synthesis by the university-scientific community and the

pharmaceutical chemistry industry across Europe.

The aim of SINTEFARMA is to train experts in the field of organic synthesis by conducting quality research, promoting technology transfer,

working with businesses from the pharmaceutical chemistry and fine chemicals industries on R&D projects, and providing advice and services

to them.

Pharmaceutical industry, fine chemicals, veterinary, agrifood and cosmetics.

Design of new synthesis pathways for generic drugs and bioactive compounds. Experimental development of the synthesis of APIs, bioactive

compounds, new molecules with potential therapeutic uses, and intermediate and metabolite products. Isolation, structural elucidation,

minimisation and unequivocal synthesis of impurities. Optimisation of chemical processes.

Bibliographic searches and assessment of process viability. Patent analysis and reports on risk of breach of rights. On-site expert appraisal on

manufacturing methods for chemical products.

Partnership with Laboratorios Urquima for the design and experimental development of a novel method of synthesis: patent for the scalable

delivery of the antihistamine olopatadine (WO2006/010459).

Partnership with Moehs Ibérica for the design and development of a new method for preparing the anti-cholesterol drug ezetimibe

(WO2012/004382).

Synthesis of drugs; Bioactive compounds and new molecules with potential therapeutic uses

març 2013

Synthesis of drugs; Bioactive compounds and new molecules with potential therapeutic uses

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www.ub.edu/sintefarma

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SNIBA

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Experimental farms, commercial farms, chemistry, biotechnology and in vitro fermentation laboratories.



Edifici V, Campus UAB


Contact person

Dr. Lorena Castillejos Velázquez Staff 40


(+34) 935 811 556

Director

Dr. Josep Gasa Gasó

Innovative and practical management approaches to reduce nitrogen excretion by ruminants. Fatty acid esterification in monogastric

animals. Olfactory continuity in piglets. Enriching milk by modifying feed. Addition of non-forage fibre sources for fattening veal.

Characterisation of by-products for use as liquid feed for finishing pigs. Efficacy of ingredients on bacterial infections in a model piglet.

Welfare quality project.

Nutritional assessment of ingredients and products; Food quality; Efficient production; Animal welfare and behaviour

Animal Nutrition and Welfare Service


Agrifood (feed manufacturers, animal breeding companies, farmers), pharmaceutical and food sectors.

SNIBA is a leading research centre at the UAB's Department of Animal and Food Science in the field of agriculture and livestock breeding. The

aim of the Centre is to promote knowledge transfer through its work on R&D projects about animal nutrition, handling and welfare.

SNIBA offers its research support services to private businesses, public institutions and professionals from a number of fields in the agrifood

sector. The offered services mainly include the management and development of R&D projects, experimental studies and analytical

techniques, consultancy and training courses.

R&D&I projects: assessment of different food handling and production systems for optimising production output and the gastrointestinal

health of livestock; studies on the impact of nutrition and handling on food quality and safety; assessment of the welfare and behaviour of

livestock (pigs, cattle and poultry) and pets.

Services: Testing of raw materials and animal feed; digestion and quantification methods for testing animal feed and biological samples;

digestion and fermentation testing on ruminants using an in vitro fermentation system, the Tilley & Terry technique, and the Daisy or in situ

technique.

març 2013

Interaction between animal nutrition and the environment

Food safety and gastrointestinal health

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www.sniba.es

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SVGM

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Genotyping platforms: QuantStudio 12K-FLEX Real Time PCR and Illumina open array and pyrosequencing systems.



Fac. Veterinària. UAB

08193 BELLATERRA

Contact person

Olga Francino Staff 11


(+34) 935 812 087

Director

Armand Sánchez

març 2013

Animal genomics; Veterinary genetic diagnostics.

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Veterinary. Livestock breeding. Government agencies (conservation of genetic resources, the environment).

Technology partner in R&D&I projects on animal genomics and genomics selection. SVGM has taken part in an FP7 project on the dog

genome (LUPA) and another on key livestock species (QUANTOMICS). The results obtained will make it possible to develop new gene testing

and diagnostic tools for use in the animal health and breeding sectors.

Technological platforms for high throughput genotyping, genomic selection, gene expression studies and methylation studies. Genetic

identification. Genetic traceability. Veterinary genetic diagnostics. Wildlife conservation genetics.

1. INNPACTO IPT-2012-0378-060000: new genotyping techniques for improving swine genetics. 2. HIPDOG: chip for testing the genetic

predisposition to dysplasia in dogs. 3. Innate immunity in dogs: expression of toll-like receptors (TLRs) in dog keratinocytes.

Molecular Genetics Veterinary Service


SVGM delivers its know-how and the latest technology to industry in animal genome R&D&I projects. It thus gives businesses a competitive

edge thanks to innovation and final products with increased added value.

SVGM's mission is to promote knowledge and technology transfer between the UAB and businesses through its expertise in the field of

animal genomics in the development of new gene testing and diagnostic tools for the animal health and breeding sectors.

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TECAT

About the Centre



Customers/sectors

Relevant equipment

Mbraun-UniLab drybox, gas chromatograph, FTIR spectroscopy, HPLC and a solvent purification system.



C/Marcel·lí Domingo s/n

43007 TARRAGONA

Contact person

Raquel Rivas del Valle Staff 32


(+34) 977 558 627

Director

Maria Elena Fernández Gutiérrez

Innovation Center in Catalysis


TecaT is a technology innovation centre set up in 2006 by the URV. Its work is based on the research conducted by the Organometallic and

Homogeneous Catalysis research group (OMICH). This research group has been working on the preparation of organometallic compounds

and their use as catalysts in homogeneous catalysis processes since 1986.

In the field of innovative chemistry, TecaT applies its know-how of synthetic methods using sustainable processes and green chemistry to

current real-world problems. Its products with new properties are designed for use in the field of applied chemistry. It also provides

assistance in the testing of finished products. It develops any type of catalysis-based technology.

The applications and solutions that TecaT delivers to its clients are based on its lines of expertise: modular ligands, new catalytic reactions,

nanocatalysis, high-pressure chemistry, the design of catalysts, the optimisation of catalytic processes and catalyst screening.

Its technical services are: technology transfer, the preparation, coordination and management of R&D projects, knowledge transfer and

training courses, and scientific and technical consultancy.

In 1998, it started work on a project in partnership with Repsol, for which it has worked under research agreements ever since. In 1999, its

also signed a two-year research agreement with Bayer's site in Leverkusen (Germany). In the framework of the research agreements with

these companies, a number of doctoral theses have been written and two patents have been filed as a result of the work with each company.

In recent years, agreements have been signed with Maystar, TOTAL and IFF.

Fine chemistry, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, agrochemical, food technologies, plastics, materials and petrochemical.

Homogeneous catalysis

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TECHNOSPERM

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Has the equipment necessary for conducting biotechnological research into animal reproduction, including cryopreservation.



Parc Científic i Tecnològic de la Universitat de Girona

17003 GIRONA

Contact person

Marc Yeste Oliveras Staff 12


(+34) 972 183 216

Director

Sergi Bonet Marull

Reproductive Biotechnology Centre


www.technosperm.com

Agrifood sector, basically focused on the field of assisted reproduction in livestock for food production (mainly swine).

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Biotechnology for animal reproduction

TechnoSperm is a research, innovation and technology transfer centre at the University of Girona devoted to reproductive biotechnology in

animals and humans.

TechnoSperm's scientific and technological expertise in the field of assisted reproduction dates back to 1987 when it first conducted work on

swine. Since then, it has extended its work to other domestic animals (horses, cattle, sheep, dogs, cats, etc.) and humans.

TechnoSperm works on biotechnology research projects and partnerships related to animal reproduction. Its research covers sperm

cryopreservation and embryo freezing, semen and embryo banks (germplasm), the computerised analysis of sperm quality and the

enhancement of refrigerated semen doses.

It also carries out in vitro fertilisation and embryo transfer, assisted reproduction, cell cultures, the analysis of semen quality by flow

cytometry, real-time analysis of bacterial and viral load by PCR, paternity and kinship tests, reproductive and food traceability, and the sexing

of semen and embryos.

Improved swine reproduction performance for a number of businesses; creation and consolidation of the Centre for Assisted Reproduction in

Pigs in Nicaragua.

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TECNATOX

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Customers/sectors

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Windcatchers.



C/ Sant Llorenç, 21

43202 REUS

Contact person

Pilar Prada Núñez Staff 39


(+34) 977 758933

Director

Dr. Josep L. Domingo Roig

RIBEFOOD: computational tool for a healthy diet free of contaminants. TDS-EXPOSURE: development of a homogenous European system for

conducting total diet studies (TDS). GRECAT: study for calculating the concentrations of heavy metals, dioxins and dibenzofurans in the

physical and biotic environments of the catchment area of a special waste incineration plant in Tarragona.

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Environmental risk assessment; Environmental contamination; Health risks

Experimental toxicology; Food toxicology: Biochemistry; Human physiology

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Centre for Environmental, Food and Toxicological Technology


Industry, public health and the environment.

Testing of chemical contaminants; Environmental modelling and monitoring

TecnATox is a research centre specialised in technology transfer in the fields of toxicology, environmental health and food.

The Centre's work entails identifying, transferring, promoting and facilitating tools that businesses and organisations wish to share with their

customers, society and government agencies to cover their environmental needs.

The main R&D lines are the control, monitoring and prediction of the effects of different sources of contamination on health and the

environment, the programming and validation of contamination fate and transport models, the study of environmental exposure to chemical

and microbiological contaminants, and human health risk assessments.

Other services include the development of expert systems for managing decision-making processes, sustainability studies of processes,

regional sustainability and industrial ecology, and life cycle impact assessments of products and processes.

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TIG

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Campus Montilivi, edifici P4

17071 GIRONA

Contact person

Xavier Xirgu Aleixandre Staff 32


(+34) 619 463 429

Director

Mateu Sbert Casasayas

Graphics and Imaging Laboratory


The aim of TIG at the University of Girona is to become a leading international centre in the innovation and design of graphics, imaging and

multimedia that deliver quality solutions to businesses and institutions.

The TIG Centre wishes to become a leading group in the field so that it is able to deliver quality, state-of-the-art solutions to problems that

cover the sector's growing needs. It works alongside doctors, teachers, historians, artists, musicians, etc. Its ultimate aim is to further expand

its horizons both within and outside the UdG.

Medicine and health; videogames and entertainment; engineering; educational, cultural and audiovisual content.

It carries out projects in the field of graphic imaging, engineering and health. It has imaging technology for generating 3D content and

processing images, as well as crossover technologies such as augmented reality.

It provides consultancy services on research and development in the field of imaging and graphics, helps to find funding for collaborative

projects and develops 3D content on demand.

Starviewer: X-ray diagnostics platform installed in over 200 hospitals across Catalonia.

LISSA: Learning game for practising cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

PABLITO: Project for developing a measuring system that optimises the blasting of tunnels.

Dynacar: Project for developing a system to monitor civil engineering infrastructures using AR technologies.

The Centre has its own computer equipment for research and development. It has access to the 3D MediaLab at the University of Girona

Science and Technology Park.

Scientific visualisation

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Medical imaging; X-ray viewers; Learning games

Media; Virtual environments; Scientific visualisation; eLearning; Learning games; Tourism

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UDT-IA

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UDT-IA room, offices of the team managers (3), general facilities in the IIIA-CSIC building.



Edifici IIIA-CSIC, Campus UAB


Contact person

Lourdes Tavira Staff 6


(+34) 935 809 570

Director

Pere Garcia / Josep Puyol

Technology Development Unit

in Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA)


• Adds value to businesses' innovation by improving processes with artificial intelligence technologies.

• Provides technology consultancy services.

• Develops software integrated systems.

Its main research lines are learning systems, multi-agent systems, and reasoning and logic.

ICT, logistics, education, audiovisuals, etc. In general, any sector that may use ICT applications.

UDT-IA was set up in 2002 as an IIIA-CSIC service unit. This research centre is based on the campus of the Autonomous University of

Barcelona (UAB).

The aim of UDT-IA is to transfer the results of its research to society by promoting and managing its relations with businesses and innovative

organisations that wish to add value to their products and services.

• Intelligent book (LLINT): definition and build of a tool to assist teachers in taking decisions about teaching methods.

• GENA: development of tools that automatically generate audiovisual content from a set of previously configured settings.

• WORTHPLAY: development of an online video game prototype for stimulating the cognitive capacity of old people.

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Social intelligence; Knowledge-based decision support systems; Classification and personalisation

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UQC‐PCB

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Customers/sectors

Relevant equipmentAnalytical and preparative HPLC and HPLC‐MS. Parallel synthesis systems. Evaporators and lyophilisers.


Address Surface area (m2)Baldiri Reixac 1008028 BARCELONA

Contact personJesus Purroy / Susanna Castel Staff [email protected] PhD holders 7(+34) 934 034 996

DirectorMiriam Royo Expósito

Combinatorial Chemistry Unit


Pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology, veterinary and food industries.

The Combinatorial Chemistry Unit (UQC) is a technology platform at the Barcelona Science Park. It was set up in 2002 with the aim ofproviding R&D services to the pharmaceutical chemistry, medicinal chemistry, biomedical, biotechnological and veterinary sectors.

The mission of UQC is to provide R&D solutions in the field of organic and medicinal chemistry to pharmaceutical companies and publicresearch centres by delivering competitive, effective and high quality services.

Medicinal chemistry projects. Projects that explore the development of new drug delivery systems. Projects to develop biological tools.Development of biosensors.

Synthesis of families of compounds. Synthesis of highly complex compounds. Purification. Development of screening methods. Isolation ofnatural products from extracts. Design and synthesis of conjugated systems.

Development of multifunction platforms that are commercially available from the catalogue of Iris Biotech. Medicinal chemistry projects forbusinesses: use of multiple ligands for the development of new therapeutic agents for allergies – diagnosis and immunotherapy (DIATERLaboratorios). Rational synthesis of molecules with an affinity to the double‐stranded DNA made up of various active units by intercalationmechanism (Crystax Pharmaceuticals).

Medicinal chemistry and combinatorial chemistry; Heterocyclic and condensation chemistry; Peptide, dendrimer, multistage andnatural product synthesis; Development and optimisation of reactions; Synthesis of bioactive and metabolite compounds

Medicinal chemistry: synthesis of chemical tools for the study of active mechanisms in biological systems; Design and development ofsystems for administering drugs and diagnostic platforms

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Isolation of extracted or fermented natural products; Characterisation

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VICOROB

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Underwater Robotics Research Centre, the Sextant research vessel, autonomous underwater vehicles (Girona 500 and Sparus).



Campus Montilivi, Edifici P4

17071 Girona

Contact person

Joseta Roca Roger Staff 54


(+34) 972 418 905

Director

Rafael Garcia Campos

The latest projects that the group has successfully completed are related to underwater vision and robotics (for checking areas divers find it

difficult to reach), whilst its applied research has led to a study for predicting the frequency of different means of transport.

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Medical imaging

Robotics; Underwater vision; Smart systems

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Computer Vision and Robotics


Underwater Robotics Research Centre, the Sextant research vessel, autonomous underwater vehicles (Girona 500 and Sparus).

3D perception

ViCOROB is a research group at the University of Girona involved in computer vision and robotics. Set up in 1993, it is now recognised as a

consolidated research group by the Government of Catalonia and has formed part of the TECNIO brand since 2008.

ViCOROB combines first class research with technology transfer. It conducts basic and applied research in projects that promote values such

as respect, diversity, the work ethic, internationalisation and entrepreneurship.

ViCOROB carries out customised projects related to its fields of research for businesses.

It provides consultancy services related to its fields of expertise, namely, computer vision engineering for use in quality assurance, automated

manufacturing, automated food processing, transport, medical imaging and robotics, and underwater imaging.

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