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ACICAE - Cluster de la Automoción

ACICAE is a Cluster whose mission is to boost the Basque automotive sector, enabling cooperation among Basque companies to answer, together, to the major challenges the sector presents. It is considered to be the first Automotive Cluster set up in Europe.

Since its establishment in 1993 it has rapidly evolved, contributing to make the Basque automotive sector's turnover multiply by six in the last 25 years, exceeding 18,3 billion € and 85.000 employees worldwide

ACLIMA

We are the Basque Autonomous Community's cluster association that brings together companies in the Eco-industry sector; we are working together to address the current difficult times by improving competitiveness and innovation in products and services designed to achieve more efficient management of "green and cleantech" resources on the national as well as international market.

We Work To:

- To strengthen the sector: to reinforce the orientation towards the members as the benchmarks in the Basque Cleantech and Environmental Sector.
- Institutional relations: to position and defend the members at home and abroad through a policy of alliances designed to offer institutional support.
- To foster innovation in the products and services of its members.
- To foster a favourable framework for the internationalisation of companies.

AFM Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

AFM, Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, the Spanish Associations of manufacturers of machine tools, accesories, parts and tools, represents 90% of machine tool and advanced manufacturing technology companies in Spain.

AFM works to promote internationalisation and, through its INVEMA (Foundation for Machine Tool Research) technology unit, the technological innovation of its member companies.

AFM, Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, is a member of both CECIMO and ECTA, the European associations of machine tool and cutting tool manufacturers.

THE INDUSTRY IN FIGURES

Spain is the European Union's third most important producer and exporter of machine tools, and is ranked ninth in the world.

This position has been achieved thanks to the commitment of manufacturers of machine tools, accessories, parts and tools to technological innovation, internationalisation and personal development.

For example, by exporting an average of over 80% of the industry's production to international markets and investing approximately 5% of turnover in Research, Development and Innovation.

Basque Health Cluster

Basque Health Cluster is a non-profit association whose objective is to coordinate, represent, manage, promote and defend the common interests of the associated companies. The purpose is to contribute to the development and growth of its associates and the health and biosciences sector in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country.
This association is committed to supporting its members in four fundamental areas: Collaboration, Internationalization, Innovation and attraction of specialized financing in the sector.The Basque Health Cluster carries out activities aimed at its members and other agents of the bio-health ecosystem. Among these activities we promote our members internationally through fairs, missions, and cross-border events with other clusters. We offer working groups in different areas, training sessions and presentations by businesses and investors. We organize events for business networking and open innovation forums to generate future collaborations among our members, external companies and other agents, which include research centers and public administrations.

Gaia

GAIA is the Association of Electronic and Information Technologies in the Basque Country, a private and professional non-profit organisation, established in 1983, currently made up of 260 companies that offer products and services in the field of electronics, information technology and telecommunications.

GAIA's mission is to boost the develop and growth in the Electronics-IT and Telecommunications sector, and to favour the assimilation and efficient usage of the sector's technologies, with the aim of collaborating in the development of the Information and Knowledge Society.

GAIA IN FIGURES

The Electronics, IT and Telecommunications sector in the Basque Country is one of the most important concentrations of industrial developments in the this sector in Spain.

The tradition of manufacturers and entrepreneurs in the region, the excellent training and research infrastructures, the high sensitivity and commitment of public administrations and the existence of GAIA as an association that boosts and coordinates joint, technological and commercial activities are all at the core of our ongoing growth in our sector and its positioning as an outstanding European reference with a vocation.

JOBS

The member companies of GAIA are always creating employment for highly qualified professionals. Because of the prospects for the future and the forecast for the demand for ICT professionals in the next years, the Association is launching new innovative training programmes that provide a chance for future hiring of professionals in the sector.

HEGAN

HEGAN is a private, non-profit association that groups together the Basque Aeronautics and Space sector, created with the aim of fostering, promoting and stimulating the same. As a Cluster Association, its aim is to represent and promote this sector to ensure its competitiveness in short, medium and long-term through co-operation and innovation among companies and other agents, as a response to its strategic challenges in cooperation.