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Framework agreement with Nouvelle-Aquitaine to boost industry 4.0, renewable energies, cybersecurity and health-ageing

8 April 2019

It will enable Nouvelle-Aquitaine to strengthen the competitiveness of its business and research fabric through TECNALIA’s scientific-technological capabilities

TECNALIA's geographical, cultural and political proximity and solid trajectory in France, specifically in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, have made it possible to strengthen the relationship with the Regional Council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Industry 4.0, renewable energies, cybersecurity and health-ageing are four of the fields of action where individual projects and projects in collaboration with local agents will be developed to solve technological challenges faced by Aquitaine companies.

TECNALIA will open a new office in Bordeaux in the coming months for the deployment of the commitments reflected in the Framework Agreement, which was presented at a meeting in Bordeaux and attended by different representatives such as: Alain Rousset, President of the Regional Council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine; Gérard Blanchard, Vice-President of the Regional Council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine and head of higher education and research; Arantxa Tapia, Minister for Economic Development and Infrastructures of the Basque Government; Emiliano López Atxurra, Chairman of TECNALIA; Thibaut Richebois, Deputy Director for Economic and Environmental Development of Nouvelle-Aquitaine; and Iñaki San Sebastián, CEO of TECNALIA and Vice-Chairman of EARTO; together with companies and organisations from the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

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