LKS Next joins IKERLAN as a user partner of the technology centre with the aim of strengthening the relationship at a corporate and market level with a view to continuing to make progress in the joint development of technological solutions, especially focused on digitisation and industrial cybersecurity technologies.
Elena Zárraga, CEO of LKS NEXT and Adolfo Plaza, Chairman of IKERLAN, signed the partnership agreement at a meeting held on 3 July at the technology centre's facilities in Arrasate-Mondragón.
This agreement consolidates the alliance that LKS Next and IKERLAN have enjoyed for years, to offer the industry comprehensive digital services based on a wide range of technologically advanced solutions (patents and registrations) developed jointly. This is also the backdrop for the Lamassu IoT project, developed for managing the digital identity of connected devices in a cyber-secure manner. This is the context of the numerous collaborations that both entities have maintained at market level with companies such as Telefónica.
The signature symbolises a clear example of business inter-cooperation that allows the transfer of knowledge from the technology centre to the industrial field. IKERLAN president Adolfo Plaza said "I am very proud to strengthen our relationship with LKS Next. We have been fellow travel companions for years and we know that this step forward will allow us to multiply the capacities of both entities and, consequently, the competitiveness of the industry in our territory".
Speaking for LKS, Elena Zárraga highlighted that "This new step will also allow us to promote technological collaboration in strategic areas in which LKS Next is making significant commitments such as cybersecurity, data governance and exchange and Artificial Intelligence, as well as to develop a strategy to open up new markets and sectors locally and internationally".
By becoming a user partner of IKERLAN, LKS Next joins the twenty or so leading companies in their respective sectors that are already partners of the technology centre and that benefit from the centre's capacity to capture and generate knowledge, train specialised personnel and, above all, its leadership in the transfer of technological solutions to the market in areas such as transport and mobility, energy and advanced manufacturing.
About IKERLAN
IKERLAN is a leading centre in technology transfer and in providing competitive value to the industrial sector. It offers comprehensive solutions combining different technological domains in three main areas: digital technologies and artificial intelligence, embedded electronic systems and cybersecurity, and mechatronic and energy-related technologies. It currently has a team of 420 people and offices in Arrasate-Mondragón, Donostialdea and Bilbao. As a member cooperative of the MONDRAGON Corporation and the Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), IKERLAN represents a sustainable, competitive and continuously transforming business model. In 2024, IKERLAN celebrates its 50th anniversary and remains faithful to its founding objective: developing technology to enhance the innovation and competitiveness of the companies in its environment.
About LKS Next
The LKS Next Group is one of the leading players in the field of advanced services with a technological driving force. With a history of over 33 years and more than 760 professionals, it offers comprehensive technology consultancy services, developing and implementing innovative solutions aimed at the digital transformation of organisations, with a strong specialisation in industry. They are partners of the main technology leaders, such as Microsoft, AWS, SAP, IBM, DELL, Huawei, to name but a few. They support organisations with in-depth and experienced knowledge of their activity through to the application of the most innovative technological solutions.
LKS Next, as the leading consulting group with Basque capital and eighth in terms of consolidated turnover in Spain, is also among the top 100 technology companies in the Spanish market. This calls for continuous investment in the knowledge and new uses of disruptive and enabling technologies in order to remain at the forefront in the application of these technologies to the increasingly demanding industrial processes and needs of companies and organisations. Its efforts include the constant training and qualification of its professionals and the incorporation of talent through its agreements with universities, vocational training centres and sectoral associations.
LKS NEXT, in its ongoing quest to remain at the forefront of technology, has partnered with the IKERLAN cooperative, thus reinforcing the close collaboration that dates back to 2018.