Companies

AINIA Centro Tecnológico is    a private, non-profit research association    founded in 1987 to provide    value to companies. It is involved    in applied R&D&I and works in the    food sector and other associated    sectors (cosmetics, pharmaceutical    and chemical). It specialises in    biotechnology, nanotechnology,    food technology, electronics and    communications, and chemical    technologies. It has over 1,100    member companies and is one of    the leading technological centres    in the European food and agriculture    sector.    

Outstanding projects    
In Spain, AINIA leads on the Singular    and Strategic Probiogas Project    (2007-2011), the aim of which    is to develop sustainable systems    for producing and using agricultural    and industrial biogas. As    part of this project, maps showing    potential levels of accessible and    available raw materials for agricultural    and industrial biogas production    per annum in Spain have    been produced. It also coordinates    the Life+ Integral-B Project (2008-    2011) to demonstrate an integral    system for producing biodiesel    and biogas from recycled vegetable    oils and other organic waste.    Another of its projects is Biomaqua    (2007-2009) focusing on using    nutrients in liquid and gaseous    effluents from biogas plants to    produce biogas/biofuel.