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AIMEN TECHNOLOGY CENTRE.

ENTITY PROFILE
Established: 1967. Currently 5 branch offi ces: Santiago, A Coruña, Ourense, Madrid.
lnternational activities in 17 countries.
Workforce (2011 ): 211 employees. 112 associated companies and over 800 customer
companies.
More than 90.000 technical reports submitted and more than 100 R+D+i projects per
year.
Tecnology and lnnovation Center under registry number 38, andas Research and Results
Transfer Offi ce (RRTO) under registry number N° 166.
Promotion and execution of R+D+i activities and development of high added value.
Tecnological services are the main pillars of the activities of the centre. UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH CENTRES

AREAS OF ACTIVITY
• Materials and manufacturing processes. • Industrial design and simulation.
• Joining technologies plant. • R&D fi nancia! programs consultancy.
• Laser aplications centre. • Techn. observatory and tech. transfer.
• lnspection and NDT. • Training.

R&D: PROJECTS AND PRODUCTS
Project Product National International
COPATCH. Composite patch repair for marine and civil engineering
infrastructure applications.
FORMAO. New shaping processes and development of advance materials
for high strength steels transformation.
TWB. Application of high energy density are processes for welding taylored
blanks.
INXECCION. Using of FSW in the aluminium extrusion sector for getting
wider pannels from single profi les.
CONSORCIA-TRIP. Development and production of TRIP steels: shaping
and welding.
PARQUES. Research on bonding of dissimilar joints (metal/plastic) for
automotive parts.
TAC. Development and setting of a Computed Axial Tomography sean (CAT
sean) for NDT on metallic parts.
FAISTER. Research about the application of FSW on structural parts made of
aluminium allovs.
SOLAPA. Development of advanced laser welding processes to manufacture
automotive structural parts using new materials.

ADDRESS CONTACT PERSON
C/ Relva, 27 A Alejandro Conde Garrido
36410 Porriño, Pontevedra Joinnig Technologies Plant Manager
Tel.: +34 986344000 Tel.: +34 986344000
www.aimen.es aconde@aimen.es