INNOVNANO has been visited by the Secretary of State of Entrepreneurship, Competitiveness and Innovation, Carlos Oliveira, in the end of the public presentation of the new iParque buildings' works. This session, on November 21st, also had the visits of the Mayor, Barbosa de Melo, and the Dean of the Coimbra University, João Gabriel Silva.
During the public presentation, André de Albuquerque, CEO at Innovnano, reminded this will be the first nanomaterials plant in the country, with a manufacturing process that is unique in the world, and highlighted that its production is meant, mainly, for exportation. "The operation start-up is foreseen for the 1st quarter of 2012, as soon as formal issues are completed" said André de Albuquerque.
Coimbra Inovação Parque aims to be, in the short run, the catalytic scenario for a new model of economic development, betting in the creation of new companies based on knowledge, such as Innovnano.
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