As Regional Minister of Industry Felipe Carrasco stated, “the aim is To present the information and research of new technologies offered by the university to the sector This is an added value that enables companies to reach the competitive level demanded by the global market.”
Felipe Carrasco and Ivace technicians held a meeting with representatives of the Department of Textile and Paper Engineering of the UPV Alcoy Campus, where he expressed the determination of both the department and Ivace to continue the lines of cooperation that have been worked out.
This desk is expected to be activated in the coming weeks. The first action planned is a training day To inform the Alcoy university community about assistance with R&D&I projects that may suit the respective areas of work of both Ivace and the support department in academic education and the research and development of knowledge transfer projects for the textile industry.
Since 2019, both organizations have collaborated in the textile sector through the President of IVACE, achieving beneficial results in terms of research and also specific talent training based on companies in the region.
In this sense, the Regional Minister of Industry, Felipe Carrasco, stated that this joint work “is exceptional and what we want now is to give priority both in terms of research and in terms of which path we will follow above the profitability of the public contribution, so that all these studies are carried out by small and medium-sized companies in the Valencian Community” “It will be transformed into information that reaches large-scale companies.”
Regarding UPV, Pablo Díaz, director of the Department of Textile and Paper Engineering, stated: “This collaboration resulted in researchers receiving special trainingnumerous first-class scientific publications as well as the transfer of knowledge and, above all, talent directly from the university to companies.
It was also reported at this meeting that Launch of the new double university degree in Textiles, Fashion and Chemistry in the academic year 2024 – 2025 This will provide more and better knowledge and professionals to the textile cluster of the Valencian Community and the whole of Spain.
Following the meeting, the regional secretary visited the UPV Campus facilities in Alcoy to learn about collaborative lines with Ivace.