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Spanish science and technology parks employ 170.000 people, of which 20% are dedicated to R&D

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David Cabedo, deputy vice-rector for transfer, innovation and entrepreneurship at the Universitat Jaume I, is appointed vice president of the APTE executive committee

Yesterday the second General Assembly of the year took place Association of Science and Technology Parks of Spain (APTE). An event held in Barcelona Science Park  in which 40 participated representatives of APTE member parks, which served to present whats statistical data prepared annually on the activity of entities located in Spanish science and technology parks, data that were very positive in the last year.

The APTE Partner parks closed last year with a total of 8.013 companies and entities installed in their facilities, which represents an increase of 2,89% compared to the previous year. Of the total companies, 345 are with foreign capital and 963 are companies in incubation, less than 3 years old. In addition, the parks added 931 entities, including newly created companies and companies established in the parks.

Employment has also improved significantly, increasing the number of workers in the parks by 4,95%, data that translates into 169.337 employees, of which 34.1631 are people specialized in research and development (R&D) tasks, which It represents an increase of almost 13% compared to 2016.

The companies' turnover has also experienced very significant progress compared to last year, reaching the figure of 27.043 million euros invoiced, 3,72% more than in 2016. Likewise, during 2017 the parks accumulated an investment in R&D activities of 1.072 million euros, a figure, however, that has decreased compared to the previous year.

The ranking of productive sectors where the parks bring together the largest number of companies continues to be led by the ICT sector with 23,1% of the companies, followed by the Engineering, Consulting and Advisory sector with 19,2% and the Medicine and Health with 6,1%.

During the assembly, a new Executive Committee was elected whose challenge is to ensure that the role of science and technology parks is recognized as essential intermediate organizations of the Innovation System. Chaired by Felipe Romera and with Itziar Epalza as first vice president, the new executive committee incorporates several new vice presidents, among which David Cabedo, current deputy vice chancellor for transfer, innovation and entrepreneurship at the Universitat Jaume I, stands out.

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In News, Newspaper library•June 14th, 2018•3 Minutes

Spanish Science and Technology Parks provide jobs to 170,000 people, of which 20% work in R&D

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David Cabedo, the Assistant Vice-Rector of Transfer, Innovation and Entrepreneurship of the Universitat Jaume I, has been appointed as Vice-President of the APTE's Executive Board.

The Second General Assembly of the Spanish National Assembly of Technology Parks (APTE) took place this year yesterday. The event was held at the Barcelona Science Park where 40 representatives of APTE Park Members participated. During this assembly, the yearly statistical data about the activity of the organizations located in Spanish Science and Technology Parks were presented, which were most positive for 2017.

The APTE Park Members closed 2017 with 8,013 companies and organizations set up in their facilities, which is a 2.89% increase compared to 2016. Of all the companies, 345 have foreign capital, and 963 are incubation companies that were set up less than 3 years aug. The parks have 931 newly created organizations that have set up in their facilities.

Employment has also significantly improved as the number of workers in parks has increased by 4.95%, that is to say 169,337 workers, of whom 34,1631 specialize in R&D tasks, which is an almost 13% increase compared to 2016.

Companies' turnover has also very significantly increased compared to the previous year, and reached 27,043 million euros, 3.72% up on 2016. In 2017 the parks accumulated an investment made in R&D of 1,072 million euros which has, however, lowered since 2016.

The production sectors ranking where parks accumulate more companies is still led by the ICT sector with 23.1% of companies, followed by the Engineering, Consultancy and Counseling sector with 19.2% and Health and Medicine sector with 6.1%.

During this assembly, the new Executive Board was elected, which faces the challenge of the role played by Science and Technology Parks as essential intermediate organizations for the Innovation System being recognized. Chaired by Felipe Romera, with Itziar Epalza as the first Vice-President, the new Executive Board includes several new Vice-Presidents, including David Cabedo, the present Assistant Vice-Rector of Transfer, Innovation and Entrepreneurship of the Universitat Jaume I.

For further information: www.apte.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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