Eurecat (www.eurecat.org) is currently the leading Technology Centre in Catalonia, and the second largest private research organization in Southern Europe. Eurecat manages a turnover of 50M€ and 650 professionals, is involved in more than 200 R&D projects and has a customer portfolio of over 1.600 business clients.
Eurecat is currently participating in more than 60 EU funded collaborative projects, mainly in the Horizon 2020 Programme. In addition to this wide experience at European level, Eurecat is also a strong player in the various R&D programmes sponsored by the Spanish administrations. Technology transfer is also an essential activity in Eurecat, with 36 international patents and 7 technology-based start-up companies (eight in Spain and one in Latin America).
Its R&D, innovation and training activities span from Industrial Technologies to Digital Technologies, Sustainability and Biotech. Additionally, EURECAT has been accepted by the European Commission as a KETs (Key Enabling Technologies) Technology Centre in order to collaborate with SMEs on close-tomarket research and innovation activities