Ficosa and Comsa Emte join 50% to give birth to Idneo

On May 5 took place an important event for the development of engineering and technology in Spain, in addition to the maintenance and creation of employment in difficult times. And large companies Ficosa and Comsa Emte decided to acquire the bulky former Sony plant in the Barcelona town of Viladecavalls to restructure it in Idneo, combination of these two business groups dedicated to the engineering of projects in multiple areas.

For presentation, convened a press conference in their own facilities with the assistance of the senior management of these projects along with the mainstream media. Idneo is the result of the joint venture to 50% of Ficosa and Comsa Emte, as well as the 'know-how' in electronics that has bequeathed the Japanese multinational. All this is set in a facility leading in research and development and homologation of products.

"Idneo is a company where innovation is the core of development processes and which combines values such as research, intelligence, internationalisation and diversification," said the President and CEO of FicosaXavier Pujol. "For Ficosa, will be supporting the transfer of technologies we develop components of automobile sectors more individuals such as aerospace, communications, rail, renewable energy and health-tech".

Meanwhile, "for Comsa Emte, Idneo allows us to integrate the development of new products and services to its main lines of business," said Carles Sumarroca, Vice President of Idneo and President of Comsa Emte.

This strategic project is one of the largest industrial restructuring carried out in Spain in the past 25 years, ensuring the retention of the 'know-how' and jobs to keep all of the template that had Sony andMoreover, generate use of added value with the hiring of many engineers from different areas.

The main objective of this new consortium will be the engineering projects 'turnkey' with a high component of innovation and technology to companies from various sectors managing throughout the lifecycle of the product from its conception and designthrough its prototyping and approval to the transition of the manufacturing process.

"Idneo build their differentiation on the integration of different disciplines as electronics, mechatronics, software, mechanisms of precision and industrial design, allowing him to provide engineering solutions to a broad spectrum of clients," announced Enric Vilamajó, Chief Executive Officer.

Ficosa for his part, said at this meeting in the Viladecavalls that the new company allows to speed up the vertical integration in electronics, as well as its diversification in sectors that go beyond the automotive industry. "Idneo is the nerve center of Ficosa and a technology platform to promote the creation of new businesses in areas of high growth, which will support the transition of Ficosa a 100% electronic company", said Pujol.

Sumarroca explained that "Idneo will strengthen our commitment to provide differential capabilities based on technology innovation." "We are convinced that this commitment will be a strategic value that will make it possible to gain share of competitiveness in Spain and abroad".

The confluence of the capabilities of Ficosa, Comsa Emte, and Sony will allow Idneo to develop their business in 6 major areas of business. The first one will be the development of systems for video, referred to the experience of Sony, the EMC Lab and large LED displays, in the second instance of renewable energy and the environment, with regard to satellite communications and remote maintenancethird sector portability and electronic vehicle applications, based mainly on the penetration of Comsa Emte in the rail sector, would then be on security and defence with fractal antennas and communications modules, then the consumption and finally the health development in diagnosis and remote monitoring of patients.

Some of the companies for which Idneo already developed certain projects of engineering and innovation are Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, Cirsa, Imago, Teltronic. The team of engineers has already "159 specialists of various fields that it expected to double in four years and expected to reach 25 million euros of turnover by 2015, of which 2.5 million would come from Asian customers, 3 million in North America and the rest"", in Europe", specified the Vilamajó Adviser.

Enric Vilamajó, said that in the forecasts for the year 2015 is expected to more than half of the turnover corresponds to portability (31.5%) projects, renewable energy (14.5%) and finally in systems of video (13.9%).

Finally, Xavier Pujol expressed that "the strategy of Idneo is based on the approach to the clients by means of leverage in workplaces Ficosa has distributed all over the world, as well as in developing activities in countries of low-cost." "So, Idneo opens an Office in Shanghai in 2012 and another in United States in 2013 to meet the Nafta market", he concluded.

Uus high engineering laboratories

Idneo in Viladecavalls facilities constitute a technological center of high level, with one of the best laboratories for certification and certification of Spain, occupying an area of 4500 m2, distributed between space of offices, reception and electromagnetic compatibility laboratories, type-approval of components, reliability testing and certification.

The laboratory is accredited by ENAC (national accreditation and certification entity), to certify products for consumer electronics, information technologies, household appliances and industrial and commercial equipment.