Presentation (Castilla y Leon Institute of Technology)

The Castilla-Leon Institute of Technology (ITCL) is a private non-profit foundation, established in 1989 whose objective is to contribute to the economic and social development of the region by supporting, fomenting and facilitating the use of technology as a competitive tool for business, with a commitment to integration in the science-technology-business system.
As such, ITCL develops the necessary strategies to achieve the right spreading and running of the results from its R&D activity, making knowledge transference easier to SMEs, especially to the SME's of Castilla-León.
ITCL forms a part of the network of Technological Centres of the Government of Castilla-León, and constitutes therefore a model at a regional and national level in the field of technology and the development of R&D, having as fundamental values: client orientation, a nature of innovation, technology watch, efficiency and effectiveness, and added value for the client.
ITCL's MISSION
Develop R+D+I heading to introduce innovative tecnological or non-technological solutions in the production processesfor SMEs and other organizations, through Management excellence in any of the actions.
ENTERPRISE POSITION
- ITCL is a nationwide reference point on Technologies related with industrial manufacture and production.
- ITCL through the development of R & D projects on companies, ensures the transfer of research results and their application to improve business competitiveness
- ITCL is a technology center whose market differentiation is based on:
- Product and Service. ITCL has the capacity of providing products(methodologically and technically well developed) and services to the companies together with the necessary technological solutions in order to improve their processes.
ITCL key Competences are manufacturing technologies and techniques that, while providing solutions and results, offer the possibility of incorporating technological and non technological innovation, ITCL can work "turnkey" projects that integrate different technologies.
- Cost leadership. ITCL, taking into consideration their Foundation, Technology Center and non-profit entity characteristics, acts within a leadership cost strategy, also using its OTRI service to find the appropriate funding mechanisms for companies to develop R&D&I.
POSITIONING IN CUSTOMERS
- Vision of the client as the center of every activity.
- Focus on results: management model based on efficiency and effectiveness.
- Private and independent character.