Good Practice Guide for Designers
27 February 2009
The Technological Institute of Plastics (AIMPLAS) has organised as part of its activities in the product design field, the first Good Practice Guide for designers of products manufactured with plastic materials.
Innovation through product design is a key opportunity within the current economic context.
The implantation of a successful product strategy is critical for the survival of most companies.
With the aim to promote design and innovation of products manufactured from plastic materials, AIMPLAS has developed a Good Practice Guide for designers.
This Guide, developed thanks to the support of the Institute of Medium and Small Size Enterprises of Valencia (IMPIVA) as part of the Impiva Disseny program, aims to be a reference instrument and to promote the use of plastic materials in designs, to allow the designers to learn the criteria to be implemented in the design of products manufactured with these materials.
With her presentation entitled "Design: Innovation and Value of Use", Brigitte Sauvage will take part on the official launching of the guide on Wednesday, 4 March. This event will be a meeting point for designers and processors of plastic materials, and a forum to generate synergies and identify business opportunities through product design.
Further information:
Campus Virtual Aimplas
Date and venue:
Wednesday, 4th of March 2009, from 9:30 to 12:30h.
Hotel HUSA
Mas Camarena
València Parc Tecnològic
Nicolás Copérnico 2
Autovía Valencia- Ademuz Salida 8
46980 Paterna (Valencia)
The Value of Knowledge
17 February 2009
The Value of Knowledge was the title of Brigitte Sauvage speech during the diploma award ceremony for around 600 students, who completed the technology courses organised by the Technological Institute of Aragon (ITA) and the Aragon Institute of Employment (INAEM).
The event, held in the auditorium of ITA, was chaired by the Minister for Science, Technology and University, Pilar Ventura, along with the Managing Director of the Institute, Manuel Muniesa and the provincial director of the INAEM, Marisa Sauvirón.
The following is an extract of the press release issued by the Press Office of the Government of Aragon:
It is impossible to improve the competitive capacity of companies without training their human resources; therefore, the ITA and the INAEM carry out on-going research on the training requirements required in the R&D+I field, so that the programs are defined by their quality and practical and immediate implementation of the skills acquired. This objective emphasises the training of technologists for their immediate incorporation to work, which has being taken place during the last few years with ITA human and technical resources.
