The Company

CIMNE Tecnología is a company created in 2011 by the International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) in order to protect the intellectual property rights, industrialize, and market the technology and prototypes developed at CIMNE at a national and international level.

The International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) is a research organization created in 1987 as a partnership between the Government of Catalonia and the prestigious Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) devoted to the development of numerical methods and computational techniques for advancing knowledge and technology in engineering in applied sciences.

The process of innovation

CIMNE Tecnología's mission can be understood through what we call "the Cycle of Ideas". It covers the whole transit of an idea, from the instant it originates until it is transformed in an industrial and commercial success.

Research: Many scientific advances have been originated in universities, where researchers are exploring new areas of knowledge and new methods. In this way, these seed ideas evolve and become knowledge reflected as research results (books, journal papers, theses, etc. ..)

Development: If these ideas and results are of interest for the market, they may evolve into a prototype. Now it is a specific, tangible and applied solution to a particular topic. Research centers such as CIMNE, count on expert researchers who are focused on applied knowledge and the development of prototypes and targeted solutions. These prototypes make up what we call Stock of Technology.

Innovation: A prototype hardly can be marketed, so there is still a long way to go before one of them becomes a product. Products are developed by specialized companies, the ones able to fully meet their clients' needs and to propose the best solution from available  technologies. This long process requires a professional team and set of resources, notably different from the previous processes. CIMNE Tecnología's mission is to act in this final stage of the process in order to accelerate it and make it more efficient.

Return: Once on the market, the commercial success of the products and companies should act as feedback within the whole system, by bringing new fresh ideas and challenges.

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Mission

CIMNE Tecnología's mission is to transfer technology in its broadest sense, by helping to identify and by putting together all the key players in the entire value chain of technology, from the creators to distributors in the market.

Two main tools are used by CIMNE Tecnología for the technology transfer:

• Technology license agreements

CIMNE Tecnología grants rights of use, processing, and market for their own technology in a specific geographical area for a established period. This contract does not change the ownership of the technology.

 

• Creation and shareholding in spin-offs

CIMNE Tecnología acts as an incubator and stakeholder of their companies to promote the commercialization of CIMNE technologies in order to maximize and guarantee their exploitation profit.

Their activities include:

• The protection of intellectual property
• Technology forecasting
• Seeking opportunities
• Seeking financial support
• Establishment of strategic partnerships

An international and interdisciplinary approach is part of CIMNE Tecnología's DNA within their different business strategies.