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The chemical companies Valencians invest 48 millions € in R&D to the year

27/11/2013

27 November 2013

One of each four euros invested in R&D in the Valencian Community comes from of a company of the chemical sector. His annual investment rises to 48 million euros, 27% of the total of the investment of the Community, very by in front of leading sectors like the computer with 12 millions or the car with 9 millions to the year, according to the last data of the Valencian Institute of Statistics (IVE).

The big bet of the chemical companies by the innovation, directly tied to a greater quality of product and competitiveness, obtains his reward when the companies world-wide leaders in different sectors bet by chemical products developed in the Valencian region, as it occurs in the case of Ferro Spain S.To and QMC Chemical Technology.

Of left to right: Ariana Salieto, of SGS, Ángel Pérez, of the General Sub-directorate of Promotion of the Business Innovation of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Manolo Ventimilla, of Quimacova, and Salvador Gallarte, of Leadertecna Engineers.

Ferro Spain S.To it has developed entirely in Spain Innovex FR, a new technology designed for the manufacture of panels of foam of XPS for thermal sensors isolation, in collaboration with technological institutes of the Valencian Community. Thanks to new special additives in shape of concentrated (Masterbatch), produces a more efficient material from the point of view of saving of power and already has been transferred successfully to the plants of Ferro in EE UU.

Likewise, the company QMC Chemical Technology has developed adhesive structural of high basic provision epoxi and coatings for shovels of aerogeneradores, that contribute an important improvement with regard to the process and durability of the shovels. In the case of the rail sector has developed a polymeric matrix for the embebido antivibración of rails for trains of high speed that already have been adopted by some of the companies world-wide leaders of these sectors. QMC Chemical technology S.L. It invests annually 5% on sales in R&D.

Quimacova, with reason of his 10º anniversary, has organised an informative day on innovation, in which it has had Ángel Pérez, of the General Sub-directorate of Promotion of the Business Innovation of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. In his report has deepened in the updates on the Fiscal Deductions of the New Law of Emprendedores and the tax incentive, Patent Box.

The aim of the session was to give to know to the associated the eases and advantages associated to the investment in R&D in Spain, by this reason during the distinct reports the experts have explained with detail, the keys on the tools of financials, certification, bonuses and tax incentives. All the available public helps near at hand of the chemical companies, to achieve optimise and rentabilizar his activities as well as transform ideas in profitable projects of R&D.

“From Quimacova, always have boosted and promoted the innovation, by this reason and in commemoration of our 10º anniversary, thought that was key to bring the last legislative novelties set up in the matter of the hand of experts of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness”, signals Miguel Burdeos, president of Quimacova.

The strategic importance of the innovation has carried to Quimacova to promote Innoquim, a tool that recopile and interconnect all the contacts of companies, universities and technology centres related with the R&D of the Valencian Community. Innoquim Achieves that all the information on patents, licences and investigations that are carrying out in our Universities arrive to the company by a direct and simple channel.