Alsa is one of the companies that has created an R&D&I centre. Alsa celebrated its first 100 years of history in 2023, being the leading operator in the Spanish road passenger transport sector. It is part of Mobico Group, a leading international company that transports one billion passengers a year around the world. The Alsa Innovation Centre (R&D&I) was created in May 2023 with the challenge of leading the innovative potential of the sector. The main activity of the centre is to carry out R&D&l activities in digitalisation and sustainability that lead to new smart, sustainable, healthy, inclusive and multi-segment mobility solutions

Duro Felguera is a global company based in Asturias, founded at the end of the 19th century and now become an international benchmark. The company specialises in the full execution of EPC or turnkey projects and the provision of services in the energy and industrial sector. DF INNOVATION HUB, its R&D&I Centre, was created in June 2022 and develops high technological value projects focused to obtaining new products and processes. It works in areas such as IoT and automation, data science and AI, energy storage or the decarbonisation of industry.

Gonvarri Industries is a leading Spanish multinational in the transformation of flat steel and aluminium, with more than 60 years of history. It has more than 6,000 employees in 27 countries, with 54 factories. In Asturias, its facilities occupy more than 100,000 m2. In 2020, Gonvarri opened in Asturias the Gonvarri Metal Structures R&D centre. It serves the Metal Structures, Solar Steel and Precision Tubes divisions. The centre has 17 researchers and a network of collaborators made up of research groups from universities, technology centres, start-ups and innovative companies, clusters and institutional organisations

Ingeniería y Diseño Europeo, S.A. (IDESA), an Asturian company founded in 1993, is one of the leading suppliers in the manufacture of large equipment for the energy sector. IDESA has extensive experience in innovation and is committed to new technologies in different sectors. It is at the forefront of research and development in capital goods manufacturing technologies. In 2020, the company created the IDESA Technology & Research Centre. It aims to improve the results of activity in the industrial and energy sectors, in both renewable and conventional energies. Research into new materials to reduce production costs, the optimisation of welding processes and the use of virtual reality or digital twin technologies are some areas in which the centre stands out

Samoa Industrial, S.A. (SAMOA), is an Asturian family company and one of the world’s leading manufacturers of equipment for transferring, distributing, dosing or recovering fluids, as well as inventory control systems. SAMOA designs and manufactures volumetric meters, hose reels, pneumatic piston pumps and pneumatic double diaphragm pumps. Linter Technical Center was founded in July 2020 to lead innovation and improve its products from Gijón, Asturias. The Center draws on the legacy and experience of its subsidiaries and SAMOA Group companies, located in the USA, England, France, Germany, Italy, and China

PMG Asturias Powder Metal manufactures precision powder metallurgical parts and assemblies for the automotive industry from metal powders, mainly iron-based. The company is part of the German Powder Metal Goldschmidt Group, committed to research and development activities focused on the electric car. PMG Powertrain R&D Center was established in 2020 in Mieres, Asturias, for the development and characterisation of new materials to manufacture parts. The centre also manufactures new components using the “press & sinter” powder metallurgy technique. It is home to the central R&D laboratory that provides scientific support to the PMG Group worldwide

SATEC Group is a Spanish multinational founded in 1988. Its parent company is SATEC (Sistemas Avanzados de Tecnología S.A.). SATEC offers end-to-end technological solutions and services in communication networks and information infrastructures, including the advanced integration of complex systems. SATEC HUB, the Group’s R&D and Entrepreneurship Centre, was created in 2020 with the main objective of promoting progress from Asturias through open innovation initiatives. It has 12 employees and its main areas of work are SmartAgro, Blue Economy, GeoScience, Industry 4.0 and next-generation networks (5G, 6G)

German TK Elevator is a world leader in urban mobility and lifts. It is present in Asturias through TK Escalator Norte, manufacturing elevators, escalators, and moving walkways, and TK Airport Solutions, specialized in the production of boarding bridges. In 2007, the company created the Gijón Innovation Center, a worldwide company innovation centre dedicated to radical innovations in passenger transport systems. The centre is a global reference in urban mobility, horizontal transport systems, acceleration corridors, virtual environments, artificial vision, and digitalization. The scale prototype of the pioneering MULTI project, the world’s first rope-free elevator, has been developed in Asturias.