Ik4 108 Million Euro Income Earned by Companies with R & D Projects

IK4 Teknologikoak108 million in revenue in 2012, of which 98 correspond to R & D activities. This represents a slight increase compared to the previous year, and the trend in recent years to maintain and helps to stabilize the volume of revenue, despite the difficult economic situation.

These results largely from private companies that contract revenues for the full amount owed to the high percentage, which increased to 60% as well. Basque business networks to support future economic crisis and recovery in the commitment to R & D Ik4 makers, and pointed out those companies such vocation IK4 "ideal technological partner" to meet "business model is effective and attractive

." Thanks to the stability of the activities, Ik4 future "prudent optimism" can deal with the fact that they were from the makers of the alliance, It is expected that these data will be this year and the trend is set to continue. However, we must bear in mind that external factors and, therefore, that they should be cautious to make statements like that. Ik4 Jesus Iriondo, president and managing director Jose Miguel Forward their "concern" authorities have tried to adapt their R & D budget to the policies of With regard to the measures.

However, they believe that 'at a difficult time but it depends on the situation ", and more than 30 years of R & D strategic projects in the future are also kept."Research, development and innovation are key tools to stimulate the economy," they said. Basque alliances has increased its participation in support for research programs, especially in Europe during the last year.VII of the European Union. Framework Program has achieved cumulative return of 78 million Euros, taking part in 201 research projects and led 51 of them.


Moreover, Ik4 the next framework program (Horizon 2020) achieved an outstanding position. doing so, the new European framework program of the Alliance has been involved in major strategic priority of its four research areas: energy (European Energy Research Alliance, EERA), health (European Innovation Partnership for Active and Healthy Ageing in, AHA), manufacturing (KIC in Advanced Manufacturing and Factories of the Future), and, finally, transport and mobility (European Green Vehicles Initiative Association, EGVIA, and the railway platform, Shift2Rail). In addition, the technology involved in horizontal projects, for example, the European Platform on Smart Systems, NANO futures or EU-Robotics (European Robotics Coordination Action) project.

Currently, Ik4 833 business customers and has over 1,000 research projects up and running.
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Likewise, investing Ik4 to enrich its technological offer, so the new infrastructure was 24.7 million euros last year, and, thanks to cutting-edge research to develop the business and you can get the equipment necessary to compete in the global market. Similarly, the technological know-how It is noteworthy that the contribution. Ik4 applied for 36 patents last year.
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At the same time, he earned 12 patents previously requested, and now, 145 patents in force. It’s a commitment to entrepreneurship, to encourage the creation of new business alliances 6, so that Ik4 technology companies to create a total of 82 centers.