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We are a private non-profit organisation devoted to research and the provision of innovative technological solutions to companies. Since we were set up in 1985, we have contributed to the technological development and competitiveness of the business sector through learning, development and subsequent transfer to customers of technologies related to our fields of specialisation: Biotechnology, Sustainable Composites 4.0, Functional and Sustainable Polymers and Recycling and Circular Economy.
We develop in-house and collaborative R&D projects, provide advanced technological services and perform laboratory analysis and certification tests.
GAIKER boasts a team of more than 100 professionals and the most cutting-edge equipment to offer innovative and high-quality solutions to the technological needs of companies from a wide range of industrial sectors.
We have numerous accreditations and certifications that guarantee the rigour and quality of our work.
Promote the use of technology as a key tool to contribute to increasing the competitiveness of the business sector, through the generation of in-house R&D&I and the transfer of knowledge and experience acquired through the development of innovative solutions for companies.
We specialise in technologies of interest to the business community and our customers, in line with society's expectations and priorities to improve the quality of life.
We have excellent innovation professionals and a staff of leading researchers in the centre's fields of activity.
We innovate to develop the best solutions for industry, actively collaborating with other R&D&I players whenever necessary.
We reinvest profit in the expansion and upgrading of facilities and equipment, as well as in the growth and improvement of the working conditions of our staff.
We work to improve the sustainability of materials and processes and to promote technologies that favour the circularity of materials.
We promote the joint development of R&D&I projects in the European context, involving companies in our environment to take advantage of innovation opportunities.
We seek to understand the context of each client in order to tailor our solutions to their needs and interests.
Our culture and size ensure direct access to research and service teams, as well as to market and site managers.
Technological training projects and continuous monitoring enable us to acquire and further the knowledge associated with our lines of specialisation in order to ensure advanced transfer to companies.
All our collaborations, both in R&D projects and technological services, are governed by a strict confidentiality policy.
Since 1997, we have been a private non-profit Foundation whose Board of Trustees includes 17 companies from the nearby industrial sector, as well as the Basque Government, Bizkaia Provincial Council and the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU).
GAIKER’s human resources are made up of 103 employees who are our main asset.
(237 under ENAC)
(29 ISI articles, 47 conference papers)
We have a set of Accreditations and Certifications that guarantee the rigour and quality of our work.
ES20/87093 Certification in accordance with UNE 166002:2021, granted by SGS for research, development and technology transfer activities related to plastics, composites, recycling, environment and biotechnology.
ENAC Accreditations issued since 1995 in compliance with UNE-EN ISO/IEC 17025 criteria to perform the following tests:
AccreditationNo. 72/LE187
Technical Annex
Certification of compliance with Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) in:
Granted by the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices since 1998.
State entity to grant the European EuCertPlast accreditation, which has been mandatory since 2014 to obtain the "Blue Angel" Ecolabel.
Member of the European network of laboratories qualified for the validation of alternative methods, EU-NETVAL, since 2014.
At GAIKER, we contribute to increasing the competitiveness of companies through our Technological Disseminationactivities. Its objective is to disseminate knowledge, relevant information, etc. that will help organisations in their technological decision-making.
At GAIKER , we understand these Dissemination activities as a dissemination process that ranges from the organisation of Conferences and Congresses, publication of Scientific Articles and Papers to other tools that are considered appropriate and always seeking to make it an open and accessible process for companies.
Along this line, we also develop Technology Watch activities, systematising the search for, processing, exploitation and protection of technological information in the sectors in which we work. The aim is to provide information that will give companies a competitive edge.
We also disseminate knowledge through specialised training, provided by our experts and aimed at coming up with solutions to specific business problems.
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