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Andaltec increases its staff of researchers a 40 per cent in the last year
20/04/2010
April 20, 2010
The staff of researchers of the Technological center of the plastic de Andalucía (Andaltec) has increased by 40 per cent only in the last year, reflecting the strong momentum that has been the activity of r & d in this Centre located in Martos. In this sense, the number of researchers of Andaltec has gone from 35 to 50 in recent months, an amount that is going to be increased in the coming months with the new staff recruitment. A very important aspect of the new additions is that they will include several doctors, according to a policy and human resources strategy that aims to take a new step towards the excellence of the research carried out in the technological centre of plastics.
The Manager of Andaltec, José María Navarro, is very pleased with the evolution experienced by the staff of the Centre since its establishment and its personnel training quality. "The growth of staff which has the Centre has been spectacular in recent years, we can see that, since 2005, we have gone from five people to about 50 today, which means multiplying our staff by ten in only five years." "In addition, presents a high educational level, because 75% is entitled University", he explains. In this way, Andaltec has become one of the leading Andalusian technological centres, the plastic is a very important sector in Andalusia that increasingly demands more r & d services to get more competitive products on the market. "Our intention is to continue in the coming years with a process of growth under control, to offer more and better services to the Andalusian companies, and to open new lines of research and move forward in our internationalization process", said Navarro.
