SLIDE 49 Source: ACCIÓ and centres websites.
Technology and Research Centres
EURECAT is the main Technology Centre in Catalonia, supplier of industrial technology and a reference in Southern Europe. It develops projects about the capabilities and technologies needed to boost Industry 4.0: ICT, sustainability in the production process, additive manufacturing and new materials. LEITAT is a Technological Centre that aims to collaborate with companies and institutions by adding technological value both to products and processes, and focuses its activity on research, development and industrial innovation. Along with the IN(3D)USTRY, it has created an accelerator
- f business projects related to 3D printing.
Computer Vision Centre (CVC) is a leading centre in the field of computer vision, focused on the research, technology transfer and training in this
- field. Computer vision is an horizontal technology with many applications in biomedicine, mobility, security, production, society, media, etc.
Telecommunications Technological Centre of Catalonia (CTTC) mainly focus on technologies related to the physical, data-link and network layers
- f communication systems, and to the Geomatics. It has four distinct research divisions: Communication Networks Division, Communication
Systems Division, Communication Technologies Division and Geomatics Division. Fundació CIM is an entity attached to the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · Barcelona Tech (UPC) which institutional mission is to transfer engineering and technology management knowledge to professionals and companies seeking to expand the possibilities of the territory industry through creation, improvement and promotion of its products and manufacturing processes. In cooperation with the Government, companies and citizens, I2Cat research and innovation units want to produce technologies and solutions with the aim of converting Catalonia into a leading global smart region in a Smart Europe, with a flourishing added-value economy and an innovative society. The Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) aims to advance the very limits of knowledge in Photonics, namely the science and technology of harnessing Light. It focuses on research and training, basic and applied, in the different branches of optical sciences and technologies, at the highest international level. Barcelona Supercomputing Centre aims to investigate, develop and manage information technology in order to facilitate scientific progress. With this aim, special dedication has been taken to areas such as Computer Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth Sciences and Computational Applications in Science and Engineering.