AIN (Asociación de la Industria Navarra, Navarre Industry Association) is an Innovation and Technology Centre, founded in September 1963. The activities of the centre are addressed to improve the technological level of industry, including R&D projects, human resources, and other services. AIN main figure: The turnover is about 12.000.000€, 150 professionals staff and 155 associated companies.
The two main R&D activities are:
Measuring, Control and Communications, divided among three main areas: Image and vision systems, Sensors and signal processing, Automatization and robotics.
Advanced surface treatments (Ion implantation, PVD, CVD…) including four application areas: Advanced tribology, Functionalization, Materials for new energy sources and Biomaterials