Bus Furió creates a new Department of research and development for their services

Face of competition from other modes of transport and the problems suffered by the sector of transport, buses Furió, which has a fleet of 29 vehicles, has positioned itself as one of the few companies to clearly bet on innovation in services. For this reason, it has created, in collaboration with Itene, a Department of research and development that will be in charge of identifying the technological opportunities for improvement and innovation in the services and access, so the company can cope with the high competitiveness of new means of transport.

With the increase in competitiveness between markets, increasingly large companies that opt for the increase of their competitiveness through the development of innovative projects. In addition, increasingly transport systems also make competition to the transport of passengers by road, such as the metro, train, tram or until even the bicycle. For SMEs, r & d management becomes one of the cornerstones in their corporate strategies from companies that have a more conservative attitude that such added value is a determining factor in terms of profitability and efficiency of these enterprises.

This project is co-financed by the ESF funds, within the ESF operational programme of the Valencian region 2007-2013 and has allowed this company to position itself as one of the leaders in innovation in the transport sector. R & d, bus Furió intended to minimize the problems that most affect this sector through the adoption of technology solutions to improve their profitability and efficiency.