15/01/2018 BIC Euronova | General

The last Thursday, 4th January, the managing director of Unicaja Banco, Enrique Sánchez del Villar, visited BIC Euronova to get to know its track record as pioneering organization in Malaga intended to the creation, acceleration, consolidation and internationalisation of innovative companies.

The general director of BIC Euronova, Álvaro Simón de Blas, and some managers of its work team were in charge of welcoming the managing director, who came accompanied with Oscar García Oltra, corporate director of media and digital transformation in such financial institution in Malaga, which is set as shareholder from BIC Euronova right from its beginnings.

During the meeting, they made known the track record and mission of the European Business and Innovation Centre of Malaga, certified by the European Comission with the trademark EU-BIC as recognition to its operating model and to the fulfilment with the quality standards established.

Among the reported data, the highlighted ones were the more than 400 innovative companies incubated in BIC Euronova along these 25 years of experience, alongside with the almost 4.500 raised working places, the support to the establishment of more than 850 companies and the more 4.300 entrepreneurs projects that the BIC Euronova’ services has applied since its creation.
Likewise, they mentioned participation data about international projects from BIC Euronova and the road to internalising that it provides to the other companies. In this context, is of particular importance its international dimension, through the networks to whom it is related, ANCES and EBN, which bring together all the Spanish and European BICs respectively, and of particular importance is as well the network of incubators from The United States, INBIA, by whom BIC Euronova is accredited.

After that, the representatives of Unicaja Banco had the chance to take a tour of the installations of BIC Euronova and to know three examples of innovative companies located in the establishment: DHV Technology that designs and creates photovoltaic panels for satellites, the Dutch company Summa Communications that design and develop solutions and platforms for innovative communications, and finally the business consulting BCS Consultores, which are experts in Marketing Consultancy, Online Marketing, Market Research and Brand Development.