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Today, AINIA associates more than 700 companies (both SME and large), and employs more than 160 people (most of them with a PhD and/or university degree). AINIA has a very strong expertise in R&D, Technical Assistance; Analysis; Training and Technology Transfer. During the last year near 200 R&D projects (national and international) were developed, as well as a high number of consulting and training activities ainia is accredited with Nº 3 in the Register of Centres of lnnovation and Technology of Spain; ainia has a clear global vocation oriented to give an effective response to business needs from different perspectives aligning different disciplines such as food and packaging technologies and environment innovation with demonstration of industrial processes solutions and their later market replication. ainia belongs to the EEN (Enterprise Europe Network), to the Spanish Federation of Technology Centres (FEDIT), the Network of Technological lnstitutes of the Valencian Region (REDIT), the European Food lnstitutes Association (EFI Group), etc., as well as it has numerous collaboration agreements with entities and associations at national and international level.
AIMPLAS has a proven record of R&D successful cases in many EU projects under different funded programmes including 9 FP5, 18 FP6 (5 as coordinator), 36 FP7 (18 as coordinator), 6 Life+ (1 as coordinator), 8 Eco-Innovation (5 as coordinator), 2 Leonardo and 2 Intelligent Energy Europe.
Now its range goes to custom products for several clients. Alongside the focus on development of new products, there was a strengthening of internal competences in the area of conception and development and investment in partnerships with other companies and academic entities. Embalnor created a RDI department with a multidisciplinary team in order to promote and fulfill the culture of innovation. The interaction of the various areas of Knowledge, the company’s culture of innovation, the R&D team and the strengthening of cooperative relationships with suppliers as well as academic entities allow us to support our clients during every key aspects of a project, from design to the final product. In 2012 the company went through the process of certification of its Research, Development and Innovation Management System according to NP 4457:2007.
As the most important goat cheese manufacturer in Spain, it produces approx. 15000 t of 6 different types of cheese / year, and approximately 20% of production is devoted to export, which includes markets such as the United States, Russia, South America, Asia and the Pacific Rim, not to mention numerous countries within the European Union. CQM is a SME that employs approximately 220 people and is dedicated to producing products of the highest quality and standards in addition to consistently meeting and exceeding both customer and employee expectations. The creation and implementation of the Research and Development Department in 2013 will aim to prioritize and focus the time, creativity and energy of CQM in the direction of new research possibilities. Improvements in production methods by the acquisition and development of new technology are of the utmost importance, as well as taking advantage of recycling waste products in order to diminish the carbon footprint, and the development of new products which will help differentiate the company from rivals in an increasingly competitive global market. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COLLABORATORS
Its main objective is to offer products and services with maximum food security that allow its clients to develop their own project with the guarantee of a partner that cares about the most important: customers of its customers.
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Life project - LIFE13 ENV/ES/000608