Innovation and Company
The ACTec
The Catalan Association of Technology, ACTec, is willing to be the Catalan platform grouping, from their own initiative, technology and research centres and private entities, mainly engaged in the generation and transfer of technology to all the productive fabric.
Our mission
ACTec's mission is to contribute to the promotion of Research, Development and Innovation (R&D&i) through effective collaboration between technological agents and industry.
ACTec is a multidisciplinary core of knowledge and brings together centres and agents of R&D&i that offer advanced technological services to industries as diverse as automotive and transport, food, health, electronics, pharmaceutical, tannery, chemicals, ICT, construction, textile, forestry, environment and energy or security and defense, including a wide range of areas of technological expertise.
Industries
Technological areas of expertise
Type of service
Research, development and innovation: own or under contract
Generation and development of new technological knowledge on its own initiative, trying to meet the current or future needs of industry and society, and also under contract, meeting the demand of a particular company or entity.
Technology transfer
Joint actions to facilitate trade performance in the market for the results of R&D carried out by universities and research centres, thereby contributing to improving the competitiveness of companies in their environment.
Feasibility studies
Preparation of studies and reports, on behalf of others or on its own, as a necessary step before initiating a particular research activity (a new product or service).
Technical assistance to the production and processing
Specialized technical assistance in the production processes of enterprises in both the existing and the implementation of new products and processes.
Financial assistance for R&D&i
Assisting companies (management and handling) to conduct R&D through the pursuit of aid/subsidies from the government or facilitating contact with others interested in sharing project costs.
Advice and entrepreneurship
Awareness raising and dissemination of technology in society, while performances are held aimed at helping governments and businesses to undertake and execute their technology projects.
Advice to management, internationalization and corporate social responsibility
Shares of diagnosis, training and support in the management procedures of the company at various levels, including the international expansion of the company and systematically addressing policy and legal implications as corporate social responsibility.
Technology diffusion and trade publications
Preparation of conferences, debates and other measures of disclosure (articles in magazines, newspapers, etc.) regarding topics of interest, both in business and socially.
Specialized training
Organization and delivery of training activities (including Masters and Postgraduates, specialized technology seminars, workshops/seminars on innovation management, refresher courses, customized training, etc.), both in type-face methods or through on-line platforms, understood as the key to adapting to changes in society.
Technology watch and foresight
Analysis and detection of relevant scientifi c information to facilitate, companies and organizations, making decisions quickly and effectively, while providing knowledge of strategic value and allowing the planning of technological strategies minimizing uncertainty.
Sector dynamism
Promote and foster joint actions go in different entities in order to detect and / or meet the needs of a particular industry sector.
Diagnosis and environmental control
Analysis of the problems affecting the relationship between the use and the natural resource management with society in general.
Analysis, testing, metrology, calibration and certification
Offering quality assessment services, both of machinery and processes, as well as of raw materials and final products.
Pilot plants, prototyping and scaling
Scaling studies and prototype development processes to respond to their own needs or those of clients.
Environmental management, quality, design and production
Package of operations that supports the planning, control and/or monitoring of the activities of an enterprise, thus allowing the optimization of processes and resources and ensuring that actions are environmentally friendly.
Simulation/Modelling
Development of calculation models and computer programs for system or process analysis so as to understand and/or predict its behaviour in short/long term and evaluate the variables that influence.
