Rafael Pla / President
As president of INNOVALL, National Cluster of Innovation and Sustainability located in Ontinyent and integrated in FENAEIC (Spanish Federation of Innovating Companies and Clusters), that act as a coordinator of the internationalization commission on statewide, I want to present our organization as an institution that adds value to its associated companies because it was born to point to innovation, business cooperation and internationalization. This force the companies of the cluster, to be open-minded about those three goals and, his managers, to work on that way regardless of company size, its location or the sector it belongs to.
Our key points are:
* We consider companies our direct partners, and we count with technological partners such as: Universities (Politecnic University of Valencia, University of Valencia, University of Alicante), IBV (Biomechanic Institute), Iberdrola, TelefÛnica.
* we count on the minimum structure, we do not need nor want physical infrastructures that are hard to mantain, the structure are the companies themselves.
* The work procedure is clear, simple and dynamic: innovation applied to a good or service, a process and management systems.
* Make easier growing business for companies, by value added, from the application of innovation and the environmental and economical sustainability, gaining market share all over the world.
* Not getting afraid of being wrong, but rectify on time.
In order to achieve it, INNOVALL cluster have direct representation in events and commercial missions related with innovation, being an important promoter of innovation and competitiveness among companies and territories, recognized as excellent cluster by the Ministry of Industry and being a leading figure for the development of the european policies defined in the strategy Horizont 2020.
INNOVALL cluster is available for all those companies, wherever they are located, which are interested in strengthen mutually and create a powerful innovative network of excited people, dynamic companies and sustainable cities.
That is the reason why having this strong platfrom is so important, and by strong I don't mean the amount of companies (it is better less and united than many and separated), but the foundation they have been created with and which have allowed the cluster's companies sell, jointly, under the same brand, "INNOVALL", something that by themselves would turn out harder. We have gained in size and power, and nowadays we are managing new cooperation-innovation projects, both nationals and internationals.
We must leave behind localist messages, the Valencian Community and Spain need structuring and development without repeating the same projects. We must complement, choose and cooperate to create new sustainable projects.