Sines Tecnopolo - ACIEBT Vasco da Gama

Sines Tecnopolo - ACIEBT Vasco da Gama

Organisation type: 
Network / partnership
Stakeholders
EU action / network
Advisory organisation
Service provider
Country: 
Portugal
Short name: 
Sines Tecnopolo
Description: 

Science park, business incubator, academy - these are the 3 main areas of activity within Sines Tecnopolo.
As a BIC-Alentejo (Business Innovation Center from European Business Network) we act on the southern area of Portugal, in a industrial and harbor town, Sines.
Besides being a business incubator and training center, the 3rd area of activity in which we work is knowledge transfer, working closely with SMEs and Universities and R/D centers. Partnerships and bringing needs and answers together with different and unexpected partners is what we do best.

Market Differentials
Around 15000 inhabitants, deep water commercial port as one of main 'doors' to Europe. Surrounded by sunny beaches and industrial parks, in a refined mix of industry and countryside, involved in a natural park landscape. There are industrial clusters, petrol industry, polymers industry, transport industry, industrial tourism newborn cluster, maritime and sea industry (tourism, surf, fishery research, etc), welding cluster with highly qualified human resources working in several worldwide projects.

Technological Differentials
Refinery, power thermoelectric plant, deep water port, methalomechanics and energy. There are 4 higher education facilities in the surrounding area, all of them associated with our project from the beginning. Some of the research centers work in fields like process innovation (automotive and aeronautics), atomic absorption, food engineering.