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DEPARTMENT OF INNNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL EXPLOITATON 03 IK4 RESEARCH ALLIANCE 06 GOVERNING BODIES 05 DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 04 INSTITUTIONAL MESSAGE 01 DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 02 CONTENTS 01.1 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENTI
01.2 MESSAGE FROM THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
To begin I would emphasise that, despite the
economic difficulties in our sector and the
limited availability of public and private funds
for R&D, we closed a positive business year.
Ramón Uribe - Echeberría
Managing Director of IK4-IDEKO
Regarding the economic figures, we achieved a turnover of
7,8M €, which is a similar to last year’s figure. Of this amount,
65% originated from contracted R&D for companies, or in other
words from technology transfer, while 35% came from general
research financed with the support of governmental institutions.
Collaboration with and technology transfer to industry, which is
ultimately the mission and raison d’être of the centre, showed an
increase of 7%, a remarkable success. Obviously, these results
are not coincidental, but the materialisation of the efforts made
by the centre with regards to market-oriented R&D&I, along
with our own relationship models with companies that enable
us to effectively transfer technology that meets the needs of
the companies. The availability of a set of tools for Competitive
Intelligence, medium and long-term collaboration plans with
our customers, etc. enable us to pursue a strategic alliance
with companies. Thus, we can jointly develop the innovations
required to remain competitive in a global environment in
which we operate and that forces us all to be more effective
and efficient in what we do. Proof of this is the market launch
of active damping technology in machine tools to cancel chatter
during machining processes, which is a world first.
Technology transfer would not be possible without generic
research, in which we develop technology and knowledge that
enable our researchers to develop projects with companies. In
this sense, we must be grateful for the pro-active attitude of the
Basque and Spanish government in major R&D programs.
Further to the above, we must highlight the participation in
the European Research Area who in 2013 launched the H2020
program involving major funding of R&D for the next seven
years. This new H2020 program, in which we participated in 3
new projects, complements those from the previous European
program. All together these programs total 15% of total revenues,
which shows the strength of our presence in this important
research framework.
Finally, I would like to invite you to read some more on the
highlights of the year 2014, which are outlined below.
Message from the managing director
CORPORATE MESSAGE