We transfer knowledge. We add technological value to companies and train people.
We are a technology centre and have been providing technological value to companies since 1974. We are a cooperative of the MONDRAGON Corporation and a member of the Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA). Our centre is an accredited agent of the Basque Science, Technology and Innovation Network and of the Spanish Federation of Technology Centres. And we collaborate with an important network of prestigious European universities and centres. In short, we are passionate about working as a team. Exchanging knowledge. Adapting to the business reality. Listening to needs and offering solutions.
Our way of being and doing has led us to become the partner of leading companies. We are a hub for research and talent training. And a generator of social and economic welfare for our environment. We are specialised professionals. But also, more than 400 people committed to the development of themselves and their environment. People committed to this world and the world to come.
We say: IKERLAN, where technology is an attitude. And we don't just say it. In everything we do is our willingness to push the boundaries of what is possible. Here are the results of that attitude in 2023.
Total revenues
R&D with companies
In-house research
Other revenues
People
PhDs
Women
Ongoing research projects
European projects led
Scientific articles
Presentations at conferences
Registrations and patents
In 1974, IKERLAN began its journey with the aim of developing technology that would improve the innovation and competitiveness of the companies in its environment. It did so as one of the fundamental pillars of the Mondragón experience, the cooperative model promoted by the renowned Basque priest, José María Arizmendiarrieta.
Today, 50 years later, IKERLAN is a pioneer in applying artificial intelligence in industry, it has developed the first tram that works without catenary, and we have reached space by collaborating with NASA.
What will we be doing in another 50 years? We do not know. But we do know that the experience of having come this far and the attitude of continuing to progress are the best bets for the future.
IK2024 is the strategic plan that we have collaboratively drawn up at IKERLAN. And we are clear about it.
Thus, the IK2024 Strategic Plan is based on a commitment to people and talent; on maintaining leadership in knowledge transfer and the contribution of competitive value to companies; on reinforcing our strategic positioning and on continuing to develop innovative technologies that respond to the needs of companies and society. And all this, without losing our essence.
That is the plan: transformation. The world's and our own.