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Motorcycle &Motorbike CAT

Catalan motorcycle and motorbike industry


General Information


Country: Spain

Region: Cataluña

Active since : 1950



Cluster Information


State of life: Mature

Main activities: Manufacturing, assembly and distribution of motorcycle and motorbike parts

Cluster Composition:

Number of companies within the cluster: 55
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: 35
Number of companies with 50 and less than 250 employees within the cluster: 15
Number of companies with 250 and less than 500 employees within the cluster: 5
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
high
Search for partners for collaborative R&D
high
Access to markets / new customers
high
Access to suppliers
high
Looking for technology, innovation advise and know-how
high
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
low

:
Industry Priority
Large companies dominated
Yes


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

Expertise and experience of the cluster in the following industrial activities:
Experience Priority
Future technologies (hydrogen, fuel cells, energy harvesting, …)
low
Energy efficiency
low
Manufacturing processes
high
Robotics and automation
medium
Measuring technology / Quality management
high
CAD/CAM, design and simulation
high
Software engineering
medium
Environmental technology
high
New materials and material sciences
high
(Functional) coatings
high
Microsystems and smart systems integration
medium
Lighting Technology
high
Automotive and Land Transport in general
high
Land transport in general
high

Search requests

Cooperation in the fields of networking/Staff exchange & training/Feasibility studies prior to RDI projects with Motorbike &Motorcycle clusters