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The developer society that will foster the creation of the complex on the campus Sescelades
The technological park of Tarragona takes its first steps
Drafting QU01/12/2004
A total of ten organizations and institutions are part of the developer society that was born to promote the creation of a technological park next to the campus Sescelades in Tarragona. This complex will promote technological innovation and its subsequent transformation into production processes in the service of companies, especially in the chemical industry, but also of other sectors.
Parque Tecnológico de Tarragona will take place on land for more than 40 hectares located next to the campus Sescelades in the Universitat Rovira i Virgili University and the road from Valls, and it is expected that within a period of between two and three years, the first results are achieved. The Park is intended to be a point of meeting and collaboration of local public administrations, the University and the socio-economic actors to contribute to the diversification of economic activity in the territory, helping birth and grow companies with a high technological grade and added value.
Society, founded on 10 September to boost the Park, consists of the following institutions and bodies:
- City Council of Tarragona
- Universitat Rovira i Virgili
- Consell Comarcal of the Tarragonès (Regional Council of the Tarragonès)
- Chamber of Commerce, industry and navigation of Tarragona
- Confederació Empresarial de la province de Tarragona
- Chemistry of Tarragona Business Association
- Col·legi d'Enginyers de Tarragona (Official College of industrial engineers of Tarragona)
- Caixa Tarragona
- La Caixa
Also expected to join the Institut Catalá d´Investigació chemistry and the port of Tarragona.
The Chair and Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Park her address on a rotational basis and for a period of two years the URV and the City Council of Tarragona. In the first phase, the President will be the rector of the URV, lluís Arola, and the Vice-President, the Mayor of Tarragona, Joan miquel Nadal. Other promoters are vowels and Josep Maria Serret has been appointed manager of the society.
