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ITENE – Instituto Tecnológico del Embalaje, Transporte y Logística

Country: Spain
Founded in: 1994
EARTO Membership: Individual
www.itene.com

Key Figures 2020

€9M Income

175 Employees

24 (valid) and 32 (requested) Patent Applications

20 Industrial Partners

5 Spin-offs Created

34 H2020 Projects (eCorda March 2018)


Mission & Vision

Mission: ITENE is the Technological Center specialized in RD&I in packaging, logistics, transport and mobility. Its mission is the generation of scientific-technological knowledge and the contribution of value to companies through the realization of RD&I projects. ITENE provides business solutions with an integrated vision of the supply chain, from raw materials, design and development of packaging and packing systems, optimization of movement and distribution of goods, until the products reach the consumer and are finally managed as waste, all from a framework of sustainable action. It has advanced infrastructures and a multidisciplinary team of researchers and technicians with a proven experience and in constant evolution. It actively collaborates with research centers and companies around the world, fostering cooperation and technology transfer, with a vision oriented towards the needs of the environment in its fields of action. ITENE contributes to improving the competitive capacity of the industrial fabric with a multisectoral character, increasing the quality of production, promoting its internationalization and optimizing its logistics chain, among others.

Vision: ​ITENE promotes, in general and for any type of company, scientific research, technological progress, the development of the information society and the promotion of sustainability in the fields of packaging, logistics, transport and mobility. The main activities performed at ITENE include: R&D, technological assistance, testing services, as well as other complementary services such as training or networking activities. ITENE’s main customers are distributed along the value chain, from raw material suppliers to manufacturers as well as industrial end-users. ITENE also offers its services to transports and logistics, distribution or waste management entities.

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