AIDIMA FURNITURE WOOD PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE Your technological Parther in Research, Developtment and Innovation

1. YOUR TECHNOLOGICAL PARTNER IN RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION

2. A large infrastructure dedicated to advanced services.

3. Strategy and Co-operation.
Furniture, Wood and Packaging
Technology Institute.

4. More than 2,500 industrial companies linked to AIDIMA.

5. Research, Development
and Innovation.
Application of cutting
edge technologies by
multidisciplinary
high-level specialists.
AIDIMA is an association with a wealth of experience in international research projects and has the technical and
human infrastructure necessary in increase competitiveness and improvement in all aspects related to technology
and advanced services. AIDIMA belongs to the leading specialised international networks in the sector, which
facilitates the exchange of experiences and knowledge between experts.
Since 1984 AIDIMA is a leader in inter
international innovation

7. Quality.
A Unique
Technological
Infrastructure.
AIDIMA applies the latest top-level equipment and advanced laboratories conducting about 40,000
tests each year. The diversity of raw materials, components, semi-elaborates, prototypes and finished
products analysed, generates a vast experience, creating solid information and
a knowledge-sharing base of research results.

8. TECHNICAL FACILITIES
ACILITIES
• Anatomical and instrumental analysis
laboratory
• Physical-mechanical laboratory
• Chemical laboratory
• Climatic laboratory
• Biotechnological laboratory
• Environmental laboratory
• Fire laboratory
• Furniture, joinery and construction
structural engineering laboratory
• Pulp, paper and packaging materials
laboratory
• Transport simulation pilot plant
ransport
• Semi-industrial pilot plants for
advanced production processes
• Product development centr
oduct centre
• IT development centre
• Specialised technical library and
documentation centre

10. Our laboratories, accredited by leading
international organisations, perform and co-
develop tests according to international
procedures and standards (EN, ISO, UNE,
ASTM, ANSI-BIFMA, FEFCO...)

12. More than 33,000 professionals have been trained since 1984.

13. Training and
skills development
for the sector.
Specialised training of human capital for the sector: training for post-graduates,
highly specialised courses for company professionals, courses for the unemployed,
training for trainers and e-learning through AIDIMA´s virtual classroom
(www.aidima.es/aulavirtual), knowledge transfer and dissemination.
Information and
strategic analysis
for a more
competitive sector.
Economic and technological surveillance, market and consumption analysis and
specialised studies and strategic analysis for the improvement of sector
competitiveness at an international level.

14. More
More than 100 multidisciplinary specialised research scientists and technicians.
research

15. AIDIMA. Your
technological
partner.
AIDIMA is recognised as a Marie Curie R&D Centre of
Excellence by the European Union, hosting pre-doctoral and post-
doctoral research fellows from all over Europe.
R+D
ADVANCED
SERVICES
TRAINING
AIDIMA in International Networks.
national
• INNOVAWOOD - the Eur
WOOD European R&D and Training Network for the Forest, Wood and Furniture Industries. In charge of the vice-presidency
e vice-presidency,
the coordination of the Knowledge Transfer Division and the Technical Secretariat
• IAPRI - International Association of Packaging Research Institutes
• ISTA - International Safe Transit Association
• UEA - Union Europeenne de l´Ameublement (Federation of European Furniture Manufacturers)
• Participation and co-ordination of several CEN Technical Committees and Working Groups
• Participation and co-ordination of a large number of European research and training projects

16. www.aidima.es
aidima@aidima.es
Benjamin Franklin, 13. Technology Park of Valencia.
E-46980 Paterna (Valencia).
Phone: +34 96 136 60 70, Fax: +34 96 136 61 85