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ITG helps improve the competitiveness and technological development of organizations through the promotion and implementation of their own projects and third-party projects in Applied Investigation, Development, Innovation and Technology Transfer.

Established in 1991 as a non-profit foundation by the Official Associations of Architects, Civil Engineers and Industrial Engineers of Galicia (see more), our extensive experience has made us a National Technological Center officially recognized by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of the Government of Spain, an Office for the Transfer of Research Results (OTRI), also official recognized, and be part of the governing council of the Spanish Federation of Technological Centers (FEDIT) since 2010. ITG’s director is currently its president and represents 34 centers with 3,341 employees and 247 million euros in revenue.

 

Our work model is based on highly specialized and market- oriented Areas of Knowledge:

ITG is a National Technological Center officially recognized by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, registered under number 115.

Our Quality Management System is certified in accordance with the UNE-EN ISO 9001 standard, and our R&D&I Management System under the UNE 166002 standard.

The ITG staff combines their scientific and technical knowledge with an extensive experience in business, meeting the technological demands of the industry from a holistic perspective.

R&D&I projects in which we participate

S3FOOD

  • Smart Sensor System for Food Safety, Quality Control and Resource Efficiency in the Food Processing Industry
  • #Digital #IoT #DataManagement
  • #Food #Industry4.0
  • Period of Execution: 2019 – 2022
  • Budget: 5.038.447, 50 €
  • Funded by H2020 INNOSUP – EU
  • Partners: Flanders’ Food (lead partner), INNOSKART, CBHU, Agrifood Capital, AIN, Asincar, Bretagne Development Innovation, Clúster Alimentario de Galicia (CLUSAGA), Instituto Tecnológico de Galicia (ITG), Corallia, Danish Food Cluster, DSP Valley, Food-Processing Initiative, Viameca, Terralia, Wagralim.
  • s3food.eu

Connsensys

  • Connecting smart sensor systems for the food industry
  • #IoT #Sensors #Food #Industry4.0
  • Period of Execution: 2019 – 2020
  • Funded by COSME Programme – EU
  • Partners: Flanders’ Food (lead partner), INNOSKART, CBHU, FPI, ASINCAR, VIAMECA, Clúster Alimentario de Galicia (CLUSAGA) e Instituto Tecnológico de Galicia (ITG)
  • web

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Agerar

  • Storage and management of renewable energies in commercial and residential applications
  • #ICT #Energy
  • #Pilots #IoT #SmartGrids
  • Period of Execution: 2017 – 2019
  • Funded by Interreg VA Spain-Portugal 2014-2020 (PocTep)
  • Partners: University of Seville (lead partner), Regional Government of Andalusia, INTA, ITG, Universities of Évora and Algarve, Energy Agency of Algarve and INEGI.
  • web Agerar

Aquamundam

  • Solutions for a sustainable and integrated water management
  • #Water #ICT
  • #WaterGobernance  #GreenInfraestructure #IDSS
  • Period of Execution: 2017 – 2019
  • Budget: 1.312.779.01€ funded by Interreg VA Spain-Portugal 2014-2020 (PocTep)
  • Partners: ITG (lead partner), Augas de Galicia, CARTIF,, the Duero Hydrographic Confederation, CIM Alto Minho, IPN
  • aquamundam.eu 

CircRural 4.0

  • Recycling waste in rural WWTP
  • #Water #ICT
  • #WTPS #Pilots #IoT #IDSS
  • Period of Execution: 2018-2021
  • Funded by Interreg Sudoe
  • Partners: Ceit-IK4 (lead partner), ITG, CTAEX, Agencia EFE, PROMEDIO, INSA-Toulouse, Syndicat Mixte de l’Eau et de l’Assainissement de Haute-Garone, Nova University of Lisbon and Aguas de Portugal-SGPS.
  • circural.com

WaterNanoEnv: detection of nano contaminants in damms and depuration plants (GAIN)

  • Description: Early discovery of contaminants in water impoundments by means of the development of nanosensors able to react in the presence of cyanotoxins and bacteria such as e-coli and enterococcus. Also, to examine the impact of nanoresidues during the depuration stage, problem for which the existing water treatment plants are not equipped (EDAR).
  • Initiative: Galician Agency of Innovation (GAIN) – Xunta de Galicia (Local Government). Execution period 2015-2017. ITG (lead partner), International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), USC.
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SANePLAN: improvement of sewage infrastructures (Life+)

  • Description: Integrated planning and sustainable management of municipal sewage and depuration plants for adequate planning in view of the present and future previsions considering costs, environmental impact and climate change.
  • Promoters: Life+ (LIFE12 ENV/ES/000687). Period of execution: 2013-2016.Spain and Italy.
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WETnet: intelligent low-cost caudal meter (Eco-innovation)

  • Description: launching of a low-cost water caudal meter that allows the improvement of water network distribution, and to make better use of existing resources available to water companies.
  • Promoters: Eco.Innovation.Period of execution 2013-2016.
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ROEM+: Eutrophication in the Hydrographic Duero River bed (Life+)

  • Description: viability and efficiency of an innovative technological approach for the integral management of the river bed, taking into consideration the eutrophication of the water with associated toxicity in bath and water supplies.
  • Promoters: (Life+) (LIFE11 ENV/ES/590). Period of execution 2012 – 2015. Spain.
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EN-TIC: Intelligent Energy Management in SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises)

  • Description: its objective is the sustainable and intelligent management of sustainable energy by small enterprises in order to enhance their competitiveness in the Euroregion Galicia-North Portugal. IGAPE,INEGA and the Federations of Entrepreneurs of Pontevedra and Ourense take part in this project.
  • Promoters: POCTEP. Period of execution 2013-2015.Spain and Portugal: POCTEP. Period of execution 2013-2015.Spain and Portugal
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e-MEDIA@TE: Technology for the Justice Sector

  • Description: to encourage professionals of the legal system to use mediation, making modern technologies available to them.
  • Promoters: Justice. Period of execution 2012-2014. Spain and Italy.

WIZ: WaterIZe spatial planning (Life+)

  • Description: to incorporate the management of drinking water into various planning policies (Urban Planning,Territorial and others) with the purpose of protecting the environment and guaranteeing its sustainable exploitation.
  • Promoters: Life+, period of execution 2010 – 2013. Italy and Spain.
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E4R: Evaluation of the Energy Efficiency in Buildings (SUDOE)

  • Description: energetic upgrade of existing buildings from the perspective of energy efficiency, implicating all the factors, as well as the development of web tools that allow the best possible solutions to carry out the remodelling.
  • Promoters: Sudoe, period of execution 2010 – 2012. France, Portugal, Spain.
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GE2C´s: Efficiency, Co-generation and Energy Management (promoted by POCTEP)

  • Description: to improve the management of energy efficiency for businesses in the Euroregion Galicia-Northern Portugal through energy improvement plans, installation of co-generation plants or mobile plants, installation of co-generation plants in the service sector.
  • Promoters: POCTEP, period of execution 2010 – 2012. Portugal and Spain.
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RED INCOPYME (promoted by POCTEP)

  • Description: cooperation amongst research centres and small businesses for the improvement of competitiveness in the Galicia-Northern Portugal Euroregion, to seek opportunities and needs for innovation, the training of innovation resources and the facility of transfer of knowledge and technology. ITG has developed 21 case studies of opportunity and R+D projects and financial needs for 9 businesses in the the following industrial sectors: metal mechanics, textile, nanotechnology, construction, fishing, energy, renewables, environment, ITC.
  • Partners: University of Vigo; Confederation of Entrepreneurs of Pontevedra and Ourense; Association of Entrepreneurs of Portugal; TecMinho, Association Enterprise University for Development (Portugal); Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management (Portugal).

PLATENG (promoted by POCTEP)

  • Description: Plateng is a platform for the mobility and cooperation of Engineers between Northern Portugal and Spain. Its main objective is to identify similarities and differences between engineering in both countries and to propose a system that facilitates the mobility of professionals. As a consequence, it will be possible to intensify the interchange of trade relations, as well as cultural and economic between exchanges of Northern Portugal and Galicia, which develops its potential and increases its competitiveness in the European field.
  • Clients: College of Civil Engineers ; College of Industrial Engineers; College of Agricultural Engineers.

ASAP: Actions for Systems Aquifer Protection (LIFE+)

  • Description: to decrease the exploitation of underground water resources in Bientina (Pisa, Italy) and its sensibility to contamination, contributing by doing so, to the objectives of the program LIFE and the Gothenburg and Lisbon strategies.The objective was to improve the conditions of the river bed, monitoring consumption networks, performing pressure tests and carrying out a control of water loss. The techniques and tools developed and used in this project are transferable by the ITG to Galicia.
  • Partners: Acque Spa; Acque Ingegneria SRL; Government of the Province of Pisa; Technological Institute of Water of the Polytechnic University of Valencia.

Mixed Investigation Unit AIRUS.

  • Full Title: AIRUS “Automatic Intelligent services for U-Space”
  • Description: the development of converging services under the new protocol of Air Traffic management UTM/U-Space, that based in a approach of high automatization value to the operation BVLOS of drones in low height in congested air spaces.
  • Beneficiaries: ITG y EVERIS Aerospace and Defense
  • Reference: Xunta de Galicia (Local Government) –Galician Agency of Innovation(GAIN)

WaMas IoT: Monitoring Aquatic Infrastructures

  • Full Title: Water Infrastructures Maintenance Information Support Decision System based on the data added value in a well-balanced SQL No SQL Architecture.
  • Description: Design, Development and Experimental Validation of a Decision Support System for the Reduction of Incidents and Improvement of Service Quality in Drinking Water and Sanitation Networks through the valorization of information from IoT and No-IoT sources.
  • Beneficiaries: Computer 3 Informática (Leader) and ITG, subcontracted entity.
  • Reference: CDTI – Announcement PID 2017-2019

WATERSIG: Bigdata for the innovation of water management

  • Full title: Application of information technology to the Integrated drinking water and sanitation services management, under BigData, and employment of Parallel Strategies.
  • Description: designing, development and experimental validation of a system of pre-commercial information that aids in the management of water and sanitation infrastructures.
  • Beneficiaries: Group Profile (leader), Torusware, CYE Control and Studies. ITG, subcontracted entity.
  • Reference: Galician Innovation Agency (GAIN) – Helps ConectaPeme.

ENJAMBRE: Emergencies with aerial resources in cooperative flights

  • Full title: Critical emergency missions with manned and unmanned aircrafts in cooperative flights.
  • Description: to develop a new service for critical emergency missions, allowing unmanned aircraft to perform observation missions at the service of manned aircraft making it easier the process of decision making during the operation.
  • Beneficiaries: Babcock MCS Spain (leader), Coremain, Álava Engineers, Temai, Pildolabs. ITG, subcontracted entity.
  • Reference: CDTI – Programa CIEN

Investigation Mixed Unit FastFly

  • Full Title: FASTFly “Full Autonomous Systems for UAS”
  • Description: technological development of UAVs / UAS (unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones) so that they can operate safely and with greater autonomy in more complex civil scenarios than those allowed by current legislation.
  • Beneficiaries: ITG and Star Defence Logistics & Engineering (SDLE)
  • Reference: Xunta de Galicia (Local Government) – Galician Agency of Innovation (GAIN)

Opportunities in Industry 4.0 in Galicia

  • Description: analysis of the level of implementation of Industry 4.0 in the principle sectors of the Galician economy. The results will locate opportunities for companies, as well as identify the best practices implemented internationally.
  • Beneficiaries: ATIGA (alliance of the 6 Technology Centers in Galicia: Aimen, Anfaco-Cecopesca, Ctag, Energylab, Gradient e ITG).
  • Reference: IGAPE

SABIUS: R+D to analyze insitu the health of water in bathing areas

  • Full title: Advanced Low Cost and manageable system based on nano-b Sensors for the management of the safety of bathing waters.
  • Description: elimination required sampling and transportation to laboratories, through the development of a low-cost portable equipment with multiparameter detection capability, as well as an information system that improves the process.
  • Beneficiaries: Balidea Consulting & Programming (leader), PROYFE, CYE Control and Studies, and INDROPS Environmental analysis and quality laboratory. ITG, a sub-fund entity.
  • Reference: Galician Innovation Agency (GAIN) – Help ConectaPeme

ENERBIOLOG: energy uses of forest biomass

  • Full title: Intelligent manufacturing and innovative logistic of biomass of forest origin for energy use.
  • Description: Development and validation of innovative logistic formats and the application of dynamic monitoring techniques within the framework of intelligent manufacturing, to obtain quality solid biofuels, easy to use at minimum economic and energy cost.
  • Beneficiaries: Greenalia Forest (leader), Forest Biomass, Indutec, Greenalia Woodchips. The ITG, subcontracted entity.
  • Reference: Galician Innovation Agency (GAIN) – Help ConectaPeme

Civil UAVs Initiative – BABCOCK, Fase A

  • Description: In the framework of the Civil UAVs Initiative, promoted by the Xunta de Galicia around the Rozas aerodrome (Castro de Rei, Lugo), the ITG participates in the development of the navigation and control systems of Luvas and Lua UAVs, and develops a pilot training simulator, intelligent mission software and is working on the design of GeoBigdata storage and processing structures.
  • Beneficiaries: BABCOCK. ITG, outsourced entity.
  • Reference: Civil Program UAVs Initiative. web

Civil UAVs Initiative – INDRA, Fase A

  • Descripción: En el marco de la Civil UAVs Initiative promovida por la Xunta de Galicia alrededor del aerodromo de Rozas (Castro de Rei, Lugo), ITG participará en el diseño y desarrollo de servicios y funcionalidades avanzadas del Centro de Proceso de Datos y de Misión (CMPD) de INDRA.
  • Beneficiarios: INDRA. ITG, entidad subcontratada
  • Referencia: Programa Civil UAVs Initiative web

PORCOSOST: competitiveness for the Celtic porc from the farm to the table.

  • Full title: sustainable food processing and preservation technologies applied to the Celtic pig.
  • Description: in the technological field, an alternative refrigeration system will be developed based on the use of natural refrigerants, as well as an energy monitoring tool that will allow real-time visualization of the parameters during the industrial cooling process.
  • Beneficiaries: ADEQ Systems (leader), Coporcel, Integasa. ITG, outsourced entity
  • Reference: Feder Innterconecta

ROBEW: Low consumption and security for telecommunications

  • Full title: ROuting emBEdded Web – Web Structure, Efficient, Secure and Low Consumption Routing Strategies using 6LoWPAN on heterogeneous IEEE 802.15.4 platforms
  • Description: Research, design and development of structures for LoWPAN networks converging with the WOT (Web of Things)
  • Beneficiaries: ITG
  • Reference: Mº Economy and Competitiveness – INNCORPORA Program

TESA: Smart application of inputs in the agricultural field

  • Full title: Tools based on WSN, GPS and GIS technologies for the efficient and sustainable management of agricultural production
  • Description: Intelligent System of Guidance and Agricultural Application of Fertilizers integrated by Expert Systems, Wireless Networks of Advanced Sensory and GIS and GPS Technologies, that allows to assess in each zone of the same plot of individualized form the adequate contribution of fertilizers and to manage the agricultural vehicle in order to adjust the adequate contribution of inputs according to the site-specific needs.
  • Beneficiaries: INKOA SISTEMAS, S.L. (Leader) and ITG
  • Reference: Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness – RETOS Program (RTC-2014-2713-2)
  • Execution period: 2014-2017
  • Budget: € 732,616.43

AQUAPRED: Predictive maintenance of drinking water networks (INNPACTO)

  • Full title: Global System for the Optimization of the Backbone Network of Urban Water Supply
  • Description: Development of a platform (hardware and software) that allows monitoring, control and automatic performance of infrastructures for the urban water supply trunk network, allowing predictive maintenance focused on reducing consumption and improving efficiency of infrastructures.
  • Beneficiaries: ARSON Technology and Innovation Company, S.L. (Leader) and ITG
  • Reference: Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness – INNPACTO Program (IPT-2012-1117-310000)
  • Period of execution: 2012 – 2015
  • Budget: € 1,037,007.30

Co-financed by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and FEDER Funds

PURGA DE MAR: Prediction of red tides (INNPACTO)

  • Description: Development of a system that predicts increase of harmful microalgae as warning of future red tides by using AI, a network of sensors that measure environmental variables which are distributed in the study zone, as well as circulation models and data from of the MERIS sensor of the Envisat satellite.
  • Beneficiaries: ECOHYDROS, S.L, ENVIROMAR, La Sirena Mollusc Wastewater Treatment Plant, ANFACO, University of Vigo, IRTA
  • Reference: Ministry of Science and Innovation (MINECO) – INNPACTO Program (IPT-2011-1707-310000)
  • Execution period: 2011 – 2014
  • Budget: 1.225.659 €
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GALENO: Improvement of viticultural potential (Innterconecta)

  • Description: Study of the enological potential of 9 traditionally cultivated grape varieties from Galicia. Agronomic optimization and effects of microclimates on the frequency of fungal diseases by monitoring vineyards with wireless sensor networks.
  • Partners: Martín Códax Winery, Marqués de Vargas Wine Group (Pazo San Mauro), Adegas Moure, Amandi Rectory, Valdesil, Valmiñor, Galicia Biological Mission (MBG-CSIC), Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) and ITG.
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MISCOM: Intelligent Marketing in Commercial Areas (INNPACTO)

  • Description: Design of an Advanced Intelligent Marketing Platform with web technology for Commercial Areas that allows the improvement of the shopping experience, as well as the design of marketing strategies through precise location of assets in interiors, modeling customers behavior.
  • Partners: Alimerka, Creativ it, GTEC Group of the University of Coruña and ITG.
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ROEM: Eutrofizacion Study in Reservoirs (Advance R+D initiative)

  • Description: Design and development of a network to observe environmental parameters that impact eutrophication in reservoirs, by deploying sensor networks, WSN (IEE 802.15.4) and monitoring its variables through web interface.
  • Partners: ITG, International Center for Numerical Methods in Enginery (CEMME) and Eco Hydros.
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WICROPS: Wireless Internet of CROPS (Advance R+D Plan)

  • Description: design and development of telemetry solution based on WSN technologies with IP support, WOA structures and GIS systems to monitor data of critical parameters in agricultural farms with low consumption and low-cost, in comparison to other technologies.
  • Partners: ITG, Inkoa Sistemas, Wireless Galicia, Cooperativa Os Irmandiños, Creativ-it, Professional Association of Young Farmers (XXAA).
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INNOVATIVE

  • Establishing upgrades in productive processes of industrial companies in 6 Galician SMEs (Innoempresa supra-regional 2007-2013)

LEAN-PLUS

  • Formulation, development and implementation of strategic business planning on innovation management models for 5 Galician SMEs (Innoempresa supra-regional 2007-2013)

LEAN-ITC

  • Implementation of software solutions, information and communication technologies for 4 Galician companies (Innoempresa supra-regional 2007-2013)

ABC COSTS

  • Improvement of business management and cost reduction in 5 SMEs in Galicia through the ABC cost methodologies and value analysis (Innoempresa supra-regional 2007-2013)

INNOCAMARAS

  • Execution of an assisted diagnosis to improve innovation capacities of 15 Galician companies, which lets know their level of competitiveness and what possible actions can be taken to improve through innovation (Higher Council of Chambers of Commerce – FEDER Funds)

 

Aid we have received

PRINCIPIA 2017/2018 program “Grants to encourage the recruitment of technical staff for R&D&I activities in research companies and institutions in Galicia”. Code IN848C. RIS3 – PEME INNOVA Program

Re-Acciona program “Competitive potential analysis services, professionalization and strategic development” whose objective is to foster ITG’s growth and stability and improve its financing, technology and access to advanced support services. An operation co-financed by the European Union as part of the FEDER Galicia 2014-2020 Operational Program.

Talento Senior 2018 Program. Grants for the recruitment of highly-qualified staff for R&D&I activities (Official Gazette of Galicia, DOG, 28/09/2018). Code IN858A. RIS3 Innovative Entrepreneurship Program.

Aids from the Regional Government of Galicia with funding from the European Union for the “Consolidation and structuring of consolidated Technology Centers” to fund structural and operating costs. The purpose of these aids is to encourage the transfer of research results, knowledge and technological capacities from the centers to the market.

Programs for the Support of Research Staff or Support of the Transfer of Research Results activities, both nationally (OTRI Support Technicians Program, INNCORPORA 2012 Subprogram, and Torres Quevedo Program), and regionally (Isabel Barreto Human Resources Program, within the IN.CI.TE. program of the Galicia Regional Government).

Aids from the Regional Government of Galicia with funding from the European Union for the “Strengthening of Technology Centers”. The UAVLab infrastructure project constitutes a value-added technological base for the provision of sophisticated and distinctive services in the UAVs sector, contributing to the takeoff of this industry by developing services and validating new technologies so Galician SMEs can compete in an international framework.