PITA - Parque tecnológico Almería

Martín Soler, Regional Minister for Innovation, Science and Business and chairman of the Scientific and Technologic Park of Almería (PITA), officially inaugurated on September 18th the new PITA’s scientific site, placed at the Campus of Almería’s University. This building with a surface of 3100 square metres, has counted with an investment of 4,5 mio euros and has become the first infrastructure of the almería’s park. In this building there are 15 Companies Technology Based (EBT), also the Advanced Technology Centre for Renewable Energies (CTAER), Technology centre of the agribusiness auxiliary industry (Fundación Tecnova), the Andalusian natural Stone Technology Centre CTAP, and offices for Andalusia Technology Areas network (RETA) and Chamber of Commerce of Almería.
During an emotive speech, Martín Soler was happy with the achievement of this new infrastructure in the very heart of Almería Univerisity that will allow connecting science, research and business and improving competitiveness in the main productive areas of our province. “This project of placing a Scientific Site from PITA Technology Park in the heart of the University, is a reality that causes us pride and satisfaction as represents the right way to make possible that science and researching coming out from our students and teachers can rapidly be transferred into companies, turning ideas into business opportunities and opportunities will bring wealth and employment”  the Regional Minister said.
Almería University, the institution that has made the land available to PITA for the next 30 years, and its Chancellor Pedro Molina showed the satisfaction of the whole academic community for the startup of this building. “Today is an important day for the University, for Almería and its province as today we are representing a key objective of the University: its commitment with society but at the same time that objective has to be supported with the collaboration and cooperation of all public and private institutions”  
PITA has become the first Andalucian Park counting with a scientific site at the university campus. As per Martín Soler declarations there is no other way to make one province economy stronger “It is the key for the future. There is no other way to be a big country, to be a big region, for us to be a big province. There is no chance in today’s society when an economy dedicates only to a tertiary sector, based on services, tourism or construction. That has no future. We will make our up most for those sectors to keep making progress, they will have to innovate, develop and change but will play their proper role at a developed economy. Construction will never be again the 14% of the GDP. It will be like at other European countries an 8 or a 7% plus the capacity to create residential tourism having a complementary element”
In this sense, PITA’s chairman highlighted the effort that Almería has to make for developing economy sectors by investing in training, knowledge, talent, science and research. “It is a matter of highbeaming economy at a moment of special difficulty for companies and employees. We must not forget future initiatives of medium term work as we are doing today at the University Campus”
Soler predicted the “many opportunities” that Almería will have as a result of the public and private work. “PITA, the university and productive sectors has to make Almería becoming the agribusiness reference of South Europe”. Martín Soler, wanted also to show his gratitude to PITA’s General Manager, Alfredo Sánchez, for the effort carried out during the last years to succeed in making possible to count on today with this first infrastructure of the park fully operative. “In today’s act we must recognize the work done by a group of almerian pioneers who have been able to drive and maintain the effort to boost this project. We can see it now. It is a reality. It also means that perseverance, constancy and effort, the merit to find ourselves good citizens at the end obtains achievement. Today is an important day for our province”
The inauguration act of the brand new PITA’s Scientific Site counted with the presence of the Andalucian Parliament President, Mrs Fuensanta Coves, as well as the Subdelagate of Almerías Government, Miguel Corpas, the Mayor of Almería, Mr. Luis Rogelio Rodríguez-Comendador, Undersecretary of Ministry of Public Works, Mr. Jesús Miranda, Secretary of State for the Ministry of Economy, Mr. Manuel Recio,  Secretary of Universities for the Regional Government,  Mr. Francisco Trigueros, Member of the Analucian Parliament, Mrs. Pilar Navarro, Secretary General of the labor union UGT, Mr. José Ginel, as well as a wide representation of PITAs Board of Directors. Many entrepreneurs, university teachers, researchers and representative people of Almería and Andalucía society, as the Chairman of the Technology Part of Andalucía, Mr. Felipe Romera, came also to the event.