Responsible for innovation and transfer of technology of six Andalusian public universities They visited this Thursdayto Hitachi Energy transformer factory in Cordova, during a conference organized by the Andalusian Technology Corporation (CTA) “to promote the transfer of university-business technology.”
Thus, as reported by CTA in a note, vice-chancellors and directors of Innovation and Technology Transfer of the universities of Córdoba, Granada, Jaén, Málaga, Seville and Pablo de Olavide have attended the meeting, in which Hitachi Energy has shown them its facilities in Córdoba, he explained your R&D&I strategy in Spain and shown their needs for technological capabilities, in order to detect opportunities for collaboration and transfer.
CTA, a multi-sector innovation cluster, organizes this type of meeting with innovative companies “to facilitate university-business collaboration and technology transfer that allows companies to incorporate new knowledge and technological advances developed in the field of public universities, to develop innovations that bring new products and services to the market.
In fact, CTA has already funded, through its incentive program, close to 790 R&D&i projects, in which 375 different public research groups have been subcontracted for more than 100 million euros.
The meeting was inaugurated by the president of CTA, Beltrán Pérez, and the general director of the Hitachi Energy factory in Córdoba, Francisco Bolaños, while the director of the center of Hitachi Energy technology, Marta Muñoz, has presented the R&D&i activity of Hitachi Energy in Spain and has described the innovation capabilities required by this company.
Factory in Córdoba
The Hitachi Energy transformer factory in Córdoba, founded in 1930is a pioneer in the manufacture of high-power transformers aimed at renewable energy parks, electrification of industries and high speed railway, among others. Currently, it has a staff of about 390 workers and a turnover of 142 million euros per year, of which between 70% and 80% come from exports to the whole world.
The factory houses one of the R&D centers of the Hitachi Energy Group, developing innovation projects, both for the Córdoba factory and for the rest of the group’s transformer factories in the world.
The R&D center is made up of a multidisciplinary team from different universities in Andalusia, collaborating with them in many of the projects developed and thus facilitating innovation in the products manufactured by Hitachi Energy.
Hitachi Energy
Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader thatand promotes a sustainable energy future. It serves clients in the generation, transportation and distribution of electrical energy, industry and infrastructure sectors, providing innovative solutions and services integrating the entire value chain.
A technology pioneer, it facilitates the digital transformation necessary to accelerate the energy transition towards a carbon-neutral future. Headquartered in Switzerland and present in more than 140 countries, it employs around 40,000 people in 90 countries and generates a business volume of more than 10 billion dollars.
In Spain, Hitachi Energy has nearly 1,000 employees and two production centers, in Córdoba and Zaragoza, and another maintenance and services center in Vizcaya, as well as engineering units in network integration and automation in Madrid and Barcelona. These plants and units are references that work with cutting-edge technologies and export their solutions throughout the world.