Epson and Barcelona Tech City promote technological innovation in companies

This agreement will allow startups and companies linked to Barcelona Tech City access to technological innovation for collaborative work and sustainable technological models..

Barcelona Tech City, association that brings together entrepreneurs and startups from the digital and technological sectors of this city, has announced the incorporation of Epson to the organization as a new global technological partner, which will provide companies linked to this institution with access to the latest technological innovations that promote collaborative work models and sustainable dynamics in their use..

In this way, it is proposed to activate the change in culture through the application of technology., dynamics of collaborative economy and exchange of ideas. For this, The Barcelona Tech City facilities have been equipped with Epson ultra-short throw interactive projectors, especially suitable for use in collaborative and remote meetings.

For Ernest Quingles, CEO of Epson Ibérica, “It is enormously satisfying to collaborate on a project like Barcelona Tech City, putting our technology and innovation within the reach of companies that, precisely, They have the drive for innovation as a differential factor. For us it is very important to collaborate with initiatives that pursue disruptive innovation as a precept, one whose ultimate goal is to improve the way we live, we work and, ultimately, “how we do things”.

This collaboration provides Barcelona Tech City companies with access to the latest printing and video projection technology from the manufacturer.. Collaboration projects will also be studied in the development of new capabilities for Epson technology designed for open platform and open source environments., as in the case of its Moverio augmented reality glasses.

As Miquel Martí points out, CEO de Barcelona Tech City, “It is important that world-class technology companies like Epson, with an important presence in Barcelona, get involved in the city's technological ecosystem. Having Epson is not only having the latest innovations in projection and printing, but also with a world leader in augmented reality systems, robotics and other innovations in the field of IoT. Besides, “Its commitment to the sustainability and ecology of its products is also very aligned with the values ​​of the association”.

Barcelona Tech City is an initiative that represents more than five hundred companies from the technological and digital sectors of Barcelona, and whose main objectives are to consolidate this city in the technological field, promote entrepreneurship, connecting with the talent of schools and universities and creating an appropriate framework for the creation of digital projects. After this last incorporation, The organization continues to consolidate itself as one of the most important clusters in the city and also in Europe, representing more than 500 companies in the digital and technological sectors based in Barcelona.