On 20th July, in an awards ceremony held in Eibar, Robtrusion was presented with an award in the category of 'New Company' by the panel of judges of the Toribio Echevarria Awards. Participating in the event were representatives from the various spheres of the Basque entrepreneurial, business, scientific and educational milieu. Of note was a special mention for the former General Manager of Tekniker, Alex Bengoa. From its inception, Robtrusion…

On Friday 10th June, the B+I team paid a visit to the head offices of Orbea in Mallabia (Bizkaia). Founded in 1840 in Eibar (Gipuzkoa), Orbea is a co-op dedicated to the manufacture of bicycles. Leading the way was Jon Fernández, Director General de Orbea, who explained to us in detail the whole process of design, creation and assembly of a bicycle, as well as the company’s plans for future…

On 23rd March, the UrETEkoZItuz Project was launched in Azpeitia with the aim of promoting the Circular Economy in industrial companies in the Urola Erdia region of Gipuzkoa. Promoted by Iraurgi Berritzen (the agency for the socio-economic promotion and innovation of the Urola Erdia region), and with the assessment and technical support of the B+I Strategy team, the project is being developed within the framework of the first-ever edition of…

On 21st March, the new facilities of BIC Gipuzkoa at the Miramón Technology Park in Donostia were inaugurated. The event was presided over by Markel Olano, Chairman of Gipuzkoa, and Leyre Madariaga, who is both President of BIC Gipuzkoa, and the Basque Government Director of Digital Transformation and Entrepreneurship. Xavier Ferrás, Professor of Operations, Innovation and Data Sciences at ESADE, gave a presentation entitled: 'The new globalisation: disruptive innovation and…