IDEA
The region of Málaga (Spain):
- There is unique quality of life
- Leisure, cultural and social conditions in Malaga
Weather:
- Average temperature: 18ºC / 64ºF
- Average hours of sunlight: 2900 H / Year
Cultural facilities:
- Theatres, concert-halls, museums.
Sports facilities:
- More than 40 golf courses within 30 miles
- 10 marinas
- More than 100 sport centres
International environment:
- 8 English-education colleges
- Other international schools (French, German ...)
- Large number of foreign residents
EXCELLENT MARKET ACCESS
Road/ railways:
- New motorway and railway network with excellent connections to the rest of Europe
Harbours:
- Malaga harbour
- Algeciras harbour: The biggest container harbour in the Mediterranean sea (2.000.000 TEUs in 2000) within 1 hour's driving time from Malaga
Airport:
- New International airport (9,5 million passengers in year 2001)
University of Málaga:
- More than 40.000 students
- 100 university trainees assigned to companies
- Located in the Parque Tecnologico de Andalucia
- Large number of R&D projects
- High-standard of R&D projects by the faculty of telecommunications engineering (Several prizes awarded)
PARQUE TECNOLóGICO DE ANDALUCíA
The Parque Tecnológico de Andalucía in Malaga is a top quality area in which can set up innovative SMEs and large companies that are respectful of the environment and are devoted to manufacturing, advanced services and R&D. It was inaugurated in December 1992 after having reached an agreement between the Regional Government of Andalusia and the Malaga Local Council.
Since its foundation the PTA has known a spectacular growth thanks to the installation in 1995 of the APTE (Association of Science and Technology Parks of Spain) and the IASP (International Association of Science and Technology Parks) headquarters. More than 400 companies employing 10.000 persons are currently installed in the PTA.
It is located in privileged natural surroundings (with a total of 186 hectares from which 50% are green and leisure areas and 90 hectares more in this moment expanding), equipped with top quality infrastructures and advanced services, in which an optimum balance between large multinationals, university institutions and small and innovative enterprises has been reached.
The companies working in the PTA mostly dedicate its activities to the new technologies (informatics, technologies of information and communication, electronics) and environment.
Its business development model has permitted the creation of more than 200 innovative companies thanks to the efforts of the pre-incubator and the incubator of the Park, that are always supporting the star-ups.
The University of Malaga has its own building in the PTA where research teams are working in different activities (robotics, informatics, electronics.). The OTRI (transfer of technology office) is also installed here. Many private research centres are functioning directly with companies to develop high quality products proposed on the market.
Since its creation the Parque Tecnológico de Andalucía has participated in many projects from the European Union in different fields that contributed to promote the transfer of technology and the internationalisation of the PTA and the companies installed there.
The PTA has also been participating for years in national and international networks in technology that permitted to establish important and strong links with other agents (companies, institutions, Technology Parks, public entities, etc.) in relation with transfer of technology. Between these cooperation networks stand out the IASP (International Association of Science and Technology Parks) and the APTE (Association of Science and Technology Parks of Spain) and RETA (Association of Science and Technology Parks of Andalucia)
A large part of the success of the Parque Tecnológico de Andalucía is due to its character as an international meeting point and the close co-operation of University of Malaga institutions at the PTA with the business world.
MOST IMPORTANT SERVICES
Cooperation:
One of the most important objectives of the PTA is to foment business co-operation through different institutions and networks.
The PTA has signed different agreements with institutions and enterprises to facilitate this co-operation.
Chamber of commerce:
The Technological Park of Andalusia (PTA) and the Camera will plan the activities of the companies of tecnopolis directed to the foreign trade, after the agreement signed by both institutions in the Social Seat of the park. Thanks to this agreement, the Chamber of Commerce of Malaga offers to the companies, through a representation in the PTA, advising to participate in international fairs and to organize commercial missions and will inform to them on the existing economics aids for this aim.
The agreement will allow in addition tecnopolis to abroad know the level real activity to its companies
Meeting rooms, Classrooms and videoconference room:
These services are offered at the Park's Headquarters, which is located in the estate's old mansion, remodelled to house the headquarters and services geared at companies in the Park.
The complex was remodelled with building and decorative materials representative of ancient folk traditions and new architectural design concepts, such as steel, water and glass.
Services offered companies in the Park include two meeting rooms for 8 to 15 persons, an auditorium fully equipped with loudspeakers, audio-visual equipment and booths for simultaneous interpretation, a videoconference room connected to a video production studio, classrooms and an Internet economy laboratory
Telecommunications:
The Parque Tecnológico de Andalucía has its own telecommunications network managed by Jazztel.
In addition, Telefónica (Spanish telephone company) has a Telecommunications Centre at the Park, and other operators can provide services through the Park's network.
Network of enterprise cooperation:
The network Infobusiness is a new service completely gratuitous which we offer to all the companies and organizations installed in the park that persecutes the cooperation between companies and organizations of the Spanish technological parks.
Series of services between which they emphasize the following ones:
A technician in the seat of the park exists to cover any necessity in the matter of:
- Search of suppliers.
- Search of partners for projects.
- Demands of work that you prune to cover in its sector.
- Access to subventions and public licitations
Right to participate in enterprise encounter of national character, where a series of direct meetings with representatives of other companies is prepared
Property to the Enterprise network of national character that covers several scientific and technological parks.
An automatic alerting service through as will receive information on demands that you prune to cover, events, possible projects, etc.
Telephone personal advising through the technician of this park or the coordination of the network.
LINKS TO IMPORTANT WEBSITES OF OUR REGION