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The Icil Foundation manages a new edition of the Pilog project

08/03/2010

March 8, 2010

The Foundation Icil manages a new edition of the Pilog project to promote innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises, through the InnoEmpresa programme of the Ministry of industry. The Pilog project aims at the improvement and innovation of the logistic processes of the company, based on their needs and their strategic interests. Covers all the logistics of the enterprise or focuses on one of their processes in particular: supply, planning, storage and transport. This project should be the realization of an external consultancy to innovate the logistic processes of the company and lead to the implementation of information systems or ICT.

Ramón Casòliva, project director, Icil, reporting on the Pilog project.

Ramón Casòliva, project director, Icil, explained the amount of the grant: "call for proposals is scheduled to be published during the months of February or March, but for their proper preparation it is convenient that firms have prepared in advance the memory and budgets." Aid to the enterprises consist of a subsidy of up to 50% of the costs of external consultancy. And if the company is located in objective 1 (Andalusia, Extremadura, etc.) regions can also get subsidy for investments in technology and equipment that can reach 15% of the investment. "Obtaining the grant is conditional to the approval by the Ministry of industry".