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Ideko will invest 7 million euros in the project "himach" to develop new manufacturing processes
24/02/2006
on February 24, 2006
The Danobat Group (MCC), will launch in 2006 through its Ideko, technological centre, specializing in machine tools, the new Himach project, which will be devoted to the research and development of new manufacturing processes.
In this way it will help to generate new knowledge in areas such as the aeronautical and automotive and in areas relating to the micro-machining and ultra precision.
Ideko will invest € 7 million in the construction of the new Himach building on land adjacent to its current location in Elgoibar and will have an area of 2,000 square metres, doubling the current space of Ideko. The project envisages a period of ten months for the execution of works, providing that it is running at full capacity next month of October.
The objective of Himach is deepen the research of new high-performance machining processes, which will have specific facilities for the launch of ultra-precision technologies and intelligent systems. It will also include a workshop of prototypes that will incorporate several centers of machining, grinders and volumes of last generation, as well as parts measurement systems. Also, an office space will be reserved and will enable a laboratory of metrology and verification on a submicrométrica scale, below the micra.
The new building will investigate themes varied, from the modeling of processes and systems of machining up to the development of intelligent environments for development, with special emphasis on the development of new manufacturing processes. The objective of this research is to generate new knowledge in areas such as the aeronautical and automotive and in fields related to the micro-machining and ultra precision.
Himach has the approval of the Basque Government and the Diputación Foral de Guipúzcoa who, together with the Ministry of science and technology, the ERDF of the European Union, Mondragón cooperative corporation and the Danobat group funds co-finance an important part of the same.
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