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Furniture CAT

Household furniture manufacturing


General Information


Country: Spain

Region: Cataluña

Active since : 2006



Cluster Information


State of life: Mature

Main activities: household furniture manufacturing

Cluster Composition:

Number of companies within the cluster: 251
Number of universities, technical colleges, schools or other education organisations within the cluster: 0
Number of non-industrial service providers (financial institutions, development agencies, utilities provider,..) within the cluster: 0
Number of others (individuals, consultants,...) within the cluster: 0
Number of companies with less than 50 employees within the cluster: 239
Number of companies with 50 and less than 250 employees within the cluster: 11
Number of companies with 250 and less than 500 employees within the cluster: 1
Number of companies with 500 and less than 1000 employees within the cluster: 0
Number of companies with more than 1000 employees within the cluster: 0


Cooperation Objectives


Cooperation objectives:
General dissemination and information exchange
high
Networking, sharing/exchange of knowledge and expertise
high
Technology benchmarking / pre-assesment
high
Technology transfer and exploitation of R&D results
medium
Search for partners for collaborative R&D
medium
Access to markets / new customers
high
Access to suppliers
high
Looking for technology, innovation advise and know-how
medium
Training, education, staff exchange
medium
Establishment of subsidiaries and branch offices
medium



Specific Cluster Characteristics


Ambition of the cluster:
Region Priority
Regional
high
National
high
European
medium
Worldwide
medium

:
Industry Priority
SME dominated
Yes


Cooperation experience of the cluster management:
Regional
high
National
medium
European
medium
International
low

Expertise and experience of the cluster in the following industrial activities:
Experience Priority

Search requests

Networking/Staff exchange & training/Workshops/Feasibility studies prior to RDI projects with other Furniture clusters