Science & Technology Park CARTUJA

The Cartuja Science and Technology Park is the first international example of the reuse of a world exhibition (Expo’92) facility as a connection point between universities, science and business.

Its success is reflected in its motto: Innovate, collaborate, grow.

STP Cartuja is a public policy instrument aimed at enhancing local economic development and technologic modernization. STP Cartuja encourages private investment in R&D&I by positioning themselves as an innovative centre, where cooperation is the basis for growth and business competitiveness.

STP Cartuja hosts important technologic agents with high scientific, technical and social skills that facilitate knowledge creation, transmission, diffusion and management and its application to productive activities, lifting up business competitiveness of SMEs and other companies in its environment. Some of these important agents are University of Seville, Scientific Research Center Cartuja (CIC Cartuja), Technology Corporation of Andalucia (CTA), Entrepreneur Circle of STP Cartuja, Entrepreneur confederation of Andalucia (CEA), Energy Agency of Andalucia (AAE), Knowledge Agency of Andalucia (AAC), International Trade Agency of Andalucia (EXTENDA), Innovation Agency of Andalucia (Agencia IDEA), IPTS (Joint Research Centre from European Commission), among others.

Therefore, in this frame and with the objective of lifting up SMEs business competitiveness, STP Cartuja promotes digital transformation and creation of innovative and cooperative ecosystems, in cooperation with the rest of the agents in our environment.

STP Cartuja has an essential competitive advantage: it is a Park within the city, very close to the city center and well connected to the airport and railway station.

The heart of STP Cartuja is composed by its companies and its scientific and technological institutions. Besides these, there are also areas dedicated to culture, leisure and sports. Altogether, they form a facility of excellence.

The Park is a true entrepreneurial, scientific and technological engine under continual development, with 442 companies, 16.700 jobs created and an economic activity of €2.066 million (Figures from 2016).

The managing Company of STP Cartuja is in charge of boosting business relationships to promote STP development, by organising meetings for partner search, training actions, assesment for financing startups, seed capital and R+D projects, information and communication actions for dissemination of activity and projects of companies within the Park.

The managing company, Parque Cientifico y Tecnologico Cartuja, S.A., is dependent on the Employment, Company and Trade Regional Ministry from the Regional Government of Andalusia and it is a member of the Spanish Association of Scinece and Technology Parks (APTE) and of the International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP).

http://www.pctcartuja.es/es/el-parque.html

ADVANTAGES OFFERED BY STP CARTUJA

Excellent Location

STP Cartuja is an exclusive location for business, 5 minutes far from city center, 15 minutes far from international airport San Pablo (Seville) and high speed train station Santa Justa (Seville). It is a place with excellent complementary services, for business and also for leisure, culture and sports.

Research facilities

Companies in STP Cartuja can have access to scientific and technical facilities dedicated to interdisciplinar research in the fields of Nuclear Physics, Microelectronics, Biontechnology, Biomedicine, Nanotechnology y 3D.

Synergies between companies and other entities

Every company, since it set up in STP Cartuja, can count with the efforts of the managing company of the STP, which promotes relationships, business opportunities and synergies between companies and other entities allocated within the STP, especially in issues related with financing and R+D projects.

Constant flow of technology and knowledge

Companies at STP Cartuja work in an environment of constant flow of technology and knowledge between universities, research centers and companies. This scenario generates business opportunities and it facilitates access to regional, national and European grants that can add financing sources and value to products and services of companies in the park.

Side by side opportunities

Neighbor companies are potential collaborators, suppliers and clients. Sharing space with companies with the same needs is a way of setting up strategic alliances and of growing easily.

National and international contacts

Companies at STP Cartuja can have access to national and international contact networks thanks to the managing company of the park.

Specialised Activities, workshops, conferences and events

Companies at STP Cartuja have access to updated information about specialized activities, workshops, conferences and events at national and international level, where they can exchange knowledge, experience and know-how with other companies and research centers.

STP Cartuja has also launched projects, services and activities to benefit all our environment (Science and technology Park within the City of Seville, in the Andalusian Region at Spain). Some of them interesting to be pointed out, are the following:

• STP Cartuja will host the 37th IASP World Conference in 2020. (http://www.pctcartuja.es/blog)
• STP Cartuja is a member of the partnership in the project so called SATARTUP2, financed by the Erasmus Young Entrepreneur Call form the COSME Program. This project promotes the international mobility and exchange of experience between European entrepreneurs. http://www.pctcartuja.es/es/proyecto/erasmus-para-emprendedores.html
• STP Cartuja has recently launched a Technologic Challenge Program. This program aims to promote competitiveness and creativity to reach innovative solutions to concrete “problems” in different fields and sectors. http://www.pctcartuja.es/es/retostecnologicos.html
• STP Cartuja has joint the Alliance to promote Dual Professional Training (FP Dual). This initiative aims to impulse al a national level this kind of training (FP Dual), which it is normalized in Spain since 2012. FP Dual includes the participation of companies during the learning process of students in this king of training. http://www.pctcartuja.es/es/noticias/el-pct-cartuja-ofrece-sus-empresas-participaci%C3%B3n-en-proyectos-de-fp-dual