[2010]
Technology Centre of Agriculture Auxiliary Industry (TECNOVA Fundation) and the technology based company (EBT), Espacios y Paisajes, both placed at PITA, have begun today a commercial mission in Silicon Valley that have been organised by FEDIT and ICEX. The objective of this action is for positioning in the American market in the sector of Clean Technologies.
IFAPA chairman, Javier de las Nieves, has opened the technical conference hold at Almería Science and Technology Park (PITA) organized by the Technology Based Company Biointegra Medioambiental, Koppert and the Institute about “City Hall Management on palm trees threaten by red beetle plague”. De las Nieves has informed on the jobs carried out by the Institute to reduce treatment costs to fight this plague.
CADIA, a Technology Based Company located at Almería Scientific and Technologic Park (PITA), and HISPATEC, leading company for the agribusiness industry software development and marketing, have signed an strategic collaboration agreement to develop Technology Solutions and R+D+i projects.
The Scientific Site has received the visit of 20 PhD students from various universities of Andalusia. These future doctors are taking part at the 8th Edition of the Doctoral Conference of Andalusia, an annual innovative initiative fostered by the General Secretariat for Universities, Research and Technology of the Regional Minister of Economics, Innovation and Science.
The General Manager of Almeria Science and Technology Park (PITA), Alfredo Sánchez, has presided over the 11th edition of Almería University entrepreneurial initiative awards, these are boosted and financed by the Board of Trustees and Recruitment Service of the University. The project Indalic has won the 1st prize with a reward of 6000 euros.
Today, at the Scientific Site, the envelopes opening action of the technical proposals for haring Lot number 2 of the Research and Technology Transfer PITA building, has been carried out.
Five Technology Based companies of Almería have been selected for the second phase of the EOI-APTE EBTs’ Consolidation Action Programme. This programme is being developed by EOI Foundation (Industrial Organization School belonging to the Industry, Tourism and Trade Ministry) in collaboration with the Spanish Association of Scientific and Technology Parks (APTE), that PITA belong to.
The Scientific and Technologic Park of Almería (PITA) Executive Committee has approved the Park Commercialisation Plan. The meeting has been chaired by Francisco Triguero, Secretary General for Universities, Research and Technology; the plan full detail will be known by the coming month of September. Its aim is to recognize the critical variables for the new productive spaces offer that PITA represents and their commercialisation process kick-off in the south east area of Spain.
During the recent IASP World Conference in Korea an IASP European Division meeting was held. An important part of this meeting was holding a Presidential election as Sten Gunnar Johansson had come to the end of his presidential term. The vote was put to the members present and various proxies had also been received. Iztok Lesjak (Ljubljana Technology Park, Slovenia) was unanimously elected as the new President of the division, taking over from Sten Gunnar.
The Regional Minister of Economy, Innovation and Science, has celebrated his first Board of Directors as chairman of the Almeria Scientific and Technologic Park. At this board, hold in the afternoon of Monday 14th of June, Ávila got to know the challenges and objectives of the park.
Telecommunications, Information Society and Internet International Day also hold at PITA showed the existing need to have Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to be consolidated as strategic for the productive economy.
PITA chairman, Martín Soler, officially presented our park 2009 Annual Report. This publication explains last year most relevant activities and events, as well as technical; finance and entrepreneurial information related to the Almería technopolis. “The park has willing of self evaluation to measure our progress”, Soler said.
In the coming days it will be published Science and Innovation Ministry official call for this year finance grants under INNPLANTA name (former Acteparq) for Scientific and Technologic Parks’ entities already installed or in the process to be installed in them. A total of 600 mio Euros for projects without any subsidy request economic limitation Aids can reach 100% of the budget.
PITA Executive Commission agreed during their last meeting the allocation of the first two plots at El Alquían new technologic enclave to Andalucía Emprende Foundation and to the private company Laboratorio Analítico Bioclínico, S.L. (LAB).
Martín Soler, Innovation, Science and Business Regional Minister, chaired last march the 5th, the Almería Scientific and Technologic Park Executive Commission where the new main building construction 1st phase allocation was approved. This building will be the first infrastructure of the park.
The Official Province Bulletin (BOP) has published (Monday february 15th) the building works first lot bidding process PITA Technology Research and Transfer Centre for earth works, foundation and structure, with a budget of 3,5 mio euros and 9 months project deadline.
Jose Luis Sánchez Teruel, general manager of Andalucía Emprende has visited PITA Scientific Site where the Business Development Support Centre (CADE) will count with a new office. CADE belongs to the Entrepreneurial Support Territory Network that will carry out administrative tasks in this building. In this way CADE and PITA revive their collaboration commitment.
Spain biggest company has just opened in Almería its first centre of personalized management for small and medium size companies (PYMES).
Entities and EBTs agreed on participating again in the Fair 26 th Edition under the innovation area of the Almeria Scientific anda Techonolig Park.
