The TecnoCampus Mataró has inaugurated this Thursday ThinkIn 3D, its new business incubator that seeks to promote business innovation through additive manufacturing. The incubator team has high-quality technology and aims to become a benchmark in the integration of 3D printing technology in the productive fabric.
The inauguration was attended by the mayor of Mataró, David Bote, who highlighted the city's commitment to promoting talent and innovation as basic tools for the future.
Josep Lluís Checa, general director of the TecnoCampus, has highlighted that "the incubator is an emblematic and unique project that takes advantage of the synergies of integrating into the TecnoCampus innovation ecosystem and that incorporates cutting-edge machinery to bring 3D printing closer to the reality of companies of the environment”. For his part, the general director of the Incyde Foundation, Javier Collado, wanted to recall that ThinkIn 3D "will reinforce the efficiency of consolidated sectors such as health, the automotive industry, the textile industry and many others with a great presence and tradition in Catalonia ”.
The attendees have been able to tour the more than 700 m2 of space destined for the incubation of projects that have additive manufacturing as a vector of competitiveness and innovation.
ThinkIn 3D has been created to channel the opportunities posed by additive manufacturing technologies into business reality, making a space divided into three different environments available to SMEs, micro-SMEs, start-ups and entrepreneurs.
The business activity zone has office and meeting spaces that adapt to the needs of incubated companies, while the social and informative activity zone is designed to develop exhibition, training and dissemination activities. The most differential space is the TechLab, the manufacturing laboratory area where the first level equipment for additive manufacturing is already installed, which includes both machinery for design and for printing, cutting and cleaning prototypes.
ThinkIn 3D will offer different types of acceleration programs adapted to each reality, with different intensities and a specific transformative potential to contribute to innovation in operations, production processes and business models, always responding individually to the challenge that each company sets itself. reach .
The High Performance Entrepreneurial and Technological Program, with the maximum intensity of transformation, is aimed at both start-up companies that base their business idea on additive manufacturing and traditional companies that have never used this technology but want to evolve their business model. business.
For its part, the technological acceleration program wants to reach consolidated SMEs and micro-SMEs in their respective sector, giving a boost to the production process.
Finally, the ThinkIn 3D technological services cover any business initiative with a specific need or challenge that wants to experiment with additive manufacturing.
