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The Minister of Universities and Research Company, Salvador Marin, and the mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, this morning visited the facilities of the company 'Juan Jimenez' in the industrial area Serrata, where they learned first hand the R + D + i that the company makes with the universities.
In fact, Marin said that the close collaboration of the industry with research groups from different universities, "allowed him to be a leader in its industry."
The manager of the company, Alfonso Jimenez, spoke to the counselor and the mayor have projects underway for the upgrading of slurry and emissions to air, running next to the Polytechnic University of Cartagena; work in multidisciplinary strategies for the achievement of pork products suited to the demands of consumers, which also involved seven other companies and the University of Madrid and Leon, as well as two other projects on the nutritional needs of white and Iberian pigs and the technological tools for improving the manufacture of feed.
Jódar Marin and checked the feed manufacturing process of pig and cattle fattening, according to Marin said, "have the latest technological advances in production controls to ensure traceability and product safety and offer the highest quality nutritional and hygiene feedstuffs. "
The advisor stressed that "this is possible thanks to R + D + i of the company, which coincides with the cooperation policies promoted by the region and affecting the relations between university, business and research centers as a source of generation of employment. "
This effort by the company's innovation has earned the funding of support for the four above-mentioned projects of the Centre for Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) under the agency agreement between the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Universities, Business and Research through Development Institute (Info).
Responsible for universities, and research company said that "thanks to a partnership between universities and enterprises, the number of innovative projects of regional companies that have secured funding from the CDTI, under the agreement with the Autonomous Region increased in 2009, 55 companies that last year 39 projects developed R & D + i valued at 44 million euros, of which the CDTI provides 32 ".
One of the main groups of the livestock industry in Spain
"Juan Jimenez" began ranching in Lorca in 1964, and became a business group in 1987.
Currently has 350 farms with a capacity of more than 650,000 seats, making it one of the most important business groups in Spain dedicated to cattle raising.
The company's workforce is 238 workers and generates indirect employment for about 800 self-employed and SMEs.
Its activity focuses on the production of feed, breeding and fattening of different lines of pigs and cattle, and agricultural crops, especially olives and cereals.
The new facilities include several Certified Integrated Systems and Environmental Quality by Burea Veritas, thanks to the acquisition of the latest technology is to encourage increased production capacity and storage of feed.
Source: CARM
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