FRACTUS COLLABORATE WITH THE UPC TO CREATE TECH CENTER FOR DEEP TECH SOLUTIONS

 

Smart devices manufacturer, Fractus, and Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), have agreed to set up the Fractus-UPC Deep Tech Hub to carry out research that bring about and promote technology solutions. The parties who signed the agreement were the Dean of the UPC, Daniel Crespo, and President and Chief Executive Officer at Fractus, Rubén Bonet.

The plan, as stated in their release, is to help them in exploring deep tech and couching impacting solutions. They intend to focus on an array of fields in science and technology where challenges are tackled as well as the promotion of “research, innovation and knowledge transfer.”

The Fractus-UPC Deep Tech Hub will focus on related deep tech activities such as developing talent, training, innovation, and research among others. This focus will facilitate start-up/spin-off creation by UPC in the field of deep tech.

“The activities of the hub will also promote the UPC's R+D+I in the deep tech field through industrial doctorates, collaborations in research and innovation projects, the promotion of research lines or the development of workshops, as well as the incubation and acceleration of companies, among others. It is also planned to promote innovation challenges, prizes and forums aimed at students, as well as end-of-degree and master's theses in this field.”, the release further explained.

Fractus, a spin-off from the UPC will continue to collaborate in studying new technological innovation through research to better position themselves in their manufacturing processes.