The Metal Technological Center of Murcia is built as a non-profit private corporate association having been recognized by the Ministry of Science and Technology in 2002 as a Center of Innovation and Technology (registration number 66), it also has a Research Results Transfer Office OTRI (registration number 128). It is a founding member of the Federation of Innovation and Technology Centers of the Region of Murcia (CITEM) and belongs to the Web of Technological Centers of the Region of Murcia (CECOTEC-INFO).
The Metal Technological Center works in diverse sectors through its departments and labs:
The Metal Technological Center and its workers orientate their activity towards achieving
the following goals:
1. Reaching a high level of excellence, being a national and international reference in at
least two areas of competence, which will be defined by the Board of Directors following the
corporate demand.
2. Meeting the partner companies’ demands with utmost efficacy, being at the same time efficient
with the use of the available resources.
3. Consolidating the horizontal nature of the Center, tending to the needs and demands of other
productive sectors.
4. Individually knowing the technological needs, the people and the innovative potential of the
partner companies.
5. Appropriately knowing and managing the offer of scientific-technological knowledge available in
companies, research organizations and other technological centers.
6. Reaching the maximum resources from the Public Administration in order for them to practically
reverse in the partner companies, either directly or indirectly through activities, services or
projects.
7. Implementing a management model based on the European model for quality (EFQM)
8. Implementing a knowledge management system that promotes both the personal and professional
development of the people that integrate the Center.
9. Reaching the necessary knowledge in the competence sectors of the Center, through the
collaboration with companies, research organizations and other technological centers.
10. Making the people who work at the Center to be the most prepared technologically in their
respective professional areas, being motivated by their job and proud of belonging in the Center.