The Centro Tecnológico Nacional Agroalimentario CTAEX ( CTAEX Agricultural and Food Technological Centre) is a research association inaugurated in January 2001, a private centre for innovation and agricultural and food technology which has had since a long professional career, both at national and international levels.

Ctra. Villafranco a Balboa Km 1,2 06195 Badajoz
924 448 077
ctaex@ctaex.com

Technology Transfer

Thanks to its personnel being specifically trained in the agri-food field, CTAEX can transfer the latest technologies and research findings in the R&D+i field related to agri-food sector.

-R&D Technology Transfer
As an OTRI (Research Findings Transfer Office), CTAEX priority objective is increasing the agri-food sector companies’ commitment in R&D+i projects, and stepping up the transfer of technology and research findings from the Centre to the agri-food sector.
In order to actively disseminate all that information, technological surveillance alerts are created, with a monthly frequency, about the diverse areas, which are distributed via email. Namely, Red TecnoCtaex (TecnoCtaex network), Alerta Legislativa (legislative alert), and Boletín del Observatorio Tecnológico del Tomate (tomato technological observatory newsletter).

Services
-Organisation of tailored training activities for agri-food companies and institutions
-Organisation of Technology Transfer days
-Technical advice in R&D public calls
-Technological surveillance

To visit CTAEX Technological Observatories, click the picture below: Contact: Pilar García pgarcia@ctaex.com

References

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LEGAL WARNING

1. IDENTIFICATION

ASOCIACION EMPRESARIAL CENTRO TECHNOLOGICO NACIONAL AGROALIMENTARIO EXTREMADURA, in compliance with Law 34/2002, of July 11, on Services of the Information Society and Electronic Commerce, informs you that:

Its corporate name is: BUSINESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL AGRO-FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL CENTER EXTREMADURA.
Its trade name is: CTAEX.
His CIF is: G06334478.
Its registered office is at: CTRA. VILLAFRANCO A BALBOA KM 1.2 - 06195 BADAJOZ (SPAIN).

2. COMMUNICATIONS

To communicate with us, we offer you different means of contact that we detail below:

Phone: (+34) 924448077
Email: ctaex@ctaex.com
Postal address: CTRA. VILLAFRANCO A BALBOA KM 1.2 - 06195 –- BADAJOZ (SPAIN).

All notifications and communications between users and CTAEX will be considered effective, for all purposes, when they are made through any of the means detailed above.

3. OBJECT

This legal notice regulates the use and use of the website www.ctaex.com, owned by ASOCIACION EMPRESARIAL CENTRO TECHNOLOGICO NACIONAL AGROALIMENTARIO EXTREMADURA (hereinafter, THE OWNER OF THE WEB).

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For this reason, it is advisable to read its content carefully if you wish to access and make use of the information and services offered from this website.

The user, in addition, undertakes to make correct use of the website in accordance with the laws, good faith, public order, traffic uses and this Legal Notice, and will respond to THE OWNER OF THE WEB or to to third parties, of any damages that could be caused as a consequence of the breach of said obligation.

Any use other than that authorized is expressly prohibited, and THE OWNER OF THE WEBSITE may deny or withdraw access and its use at any time.

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The website and its services are freely accessible. However, THE OWNER OF THE WEBSITE may condition the use of some of the services offered on its website to the prior completion of the corresponding form.

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In short, users who access this website can view the contents and make, where appropriate, private copies.

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11. MINORS (14 YEARS OLD)

ATTENTION: In order to use the services offered by the website, minors under 14 years of age must, previously, have obtained authorization from their parents, guardians or legal representatives, since they must be responsible for the acts carried out by minors who are are in their charge, corresponding to them all the responsibility when determining the contents and services to which they may have access. This authorization can be done by email: ctaex@ctaex.com

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The present conditions will be governed by current Spanish legislation.

The language used will be Spanish.

QUALITY POLICY and R+D+i

The National Agri-Food Technology Center Extremadura (hereinafter CTAEX) is an entity whose primary objective is to meet the needs and expectations of its customers and stakeholders with maximum efficiency and effectiveness, through optimal management of resources and continuous improvement of quality and R+D+i.

The keys on which the Quality and R&D&I policy of CTAEX is based are the following:

Orientation of all the center's activities and processes towards knowledge and obtaining the best possible satisfaction of the needs of the client and other interested parties.
Establishment of a system for the improvement of these activities and processes, based on the identification of the most important aspects of the center's services for the client companies.
Establishment of priorities and objectives, linked to long-term and annual planning, that allow progress through different phases or levels of development of the center's quality and R&D&I activities, in accordance with the center's strategic direction.
Involvement of all members of the CTAEX organization in the center's Quality and R&D&I strategies, through their participation in their elaboration and application.

CTAEX staff, with activities affected by the scope of the Quality System and R+D+i will have as a general requirement for action the observance of this Policy and for this the Management establishes:

Quality and R&D&I Systems based on the continuous improvement of the same towards the satisfaction of our customers.
Adoption of the UNE EN ISO 9001:2015 standard as a reference for the development of the Quality System.
Commitment to comply with the UNE 166002:2021 standard for R&D&I activities.
Compliance with the established requirements of 17025 for the analysis of cannabinoids.
Effective involvement of the steering committee, so that the strategic direction of the Center is reflected in the understanding and satisfaction of the established requirements (legal or regulatory), the needs and expectations of the interested parties of customers and users.

To this end, CTAEX Management assumes responsibility for the motivation and training of all its staff in the knowledge and compliance with this policy, providing them with the necessary training and means for the performance of their duties and promoting the participation of all of them, as well as the commitment to adopt good professional practices and a recognized quality in their tests.

Likewise, CTAEX Management is committed to promote this quality and R&D&I policy, integrating it in the management activity and in the daily management and making the corresponding evaluation mechanisms operative.

CTAEX Management makes this Quality and R&D&I Policy available to its clients and interested parties and communicates it to all its employees.

Policy signed 24/04/2023