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Aimme opens the Observatory of industrial safety
05/11/2007
November 5, 2007
The Metalworking technology Institute (Aimme), Member of the network of technological institutes of the Valencian Community (Redit), agency driven by the Ministry of industry, trade and innovation, has initiated the development of the Observatory of Industrial safety to help SMEs to improve industrial safety during the production process.
The new technological platform was created as a collaborative space between technology centres and the participating companies to provide them with the knowledge and the necessary tools for the development and innovation of new insurance products.
The director of Aimme, Salvador Bres has stressed the importance and the usefulness of the creation of this collaborative environment, because "it will allow join forces to improve industrial safety of SMEs, an aspect that currently seems to be quite forgotten within the design phase for many products in our country".
In this regard, the director of the Institute added that before the current need to compete with innovative products, the Observatory help designers to innovate on aspects related to security. "In addition to that the product is safe, through this project try promote that security through the application of innovative solutions", he pointed BREs.
With the aim of increasing the competitiveness of SMEs and improve the security of their products and industrial equipment, platform will be available to participating companies a range of performances, services and methodologies of aid to ensure a safe product development process.
These actions include a transfer of information and updated technical advisory service, a wide range of training on technical aspects of improvement of the product as well as various studies and reports relating to the integration of security.
Also, this platform enables companies to collaborate with other SMEs or technology centres for the development of products or safety devices to solve problems related to the security of the same.
Observatory of Industrial safety, which is coordinated by Aimme, fits within the programme of support to the innovation of small and medium-sized enterprises (Innoempresa Suprarregional), an initiative which involves also other technology centres of Castilla y LeónGalicia, Aragon and the Basque country.
