The Spanish Federation of Technology Centres currently includes 42 centres.

Last December, the 54th Ordinary General Assembly of the Spanish Federation of Technology Centres, Fedit, ratified the incorporation of seven new centres, including CIDETEC. Along with TECNALIA, CEIT and TEKNIKER from the Basque Country, CTC from Cantabria, TECNOVA from Andalusia and ITECAM from Castilla la Mancha, CIDETEC joins an institution that now has 42 members.

Founded in 1996, Fedit works to promote and support Innovation, Technological Development and private Research to increase companies’ competitiveness by strengthening Technology Centres.

Fedit belongs to various international associations and organisations in which it represents the interests of Spanish Technology Centres. Among others, it is a member of the Executive Committee of the European Association of Research and Technology Organisations (EARTO) and is also a founding member of the Executive Committee of the International Network for Small and Medium Enterprises (INSME).

The Assembly also provided the framework for the presentation of the Federation’s action plan for 2022, which has developed along several lines of work the strategic objective of working to increase the visibility of the relevant role that the Centres play in the Spanish economy through innovation.

During the Assembly, the increase of almost 10% in market revenue was highlighted. According to the President, “it illustrates the Technology Centres’ competitiveness to encourage business R&D&I, once again in such complex times”.