Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology | |
Native Name: | Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico y la Innovación |
Native Name Lang: | es |
Abbreviation: | CDTI |
Type: | State-owned enterprise |
Headquarters: | C. del Cid, 4, Salamanca |
Location City: | Madrid |
Location Country: | Spain |
Owner: | Government of Spain |
Sec Gen: | José Moisés Martín Carretero |
Leader Title: | President |
Leader Name: | Teresa Riesgo Alcaide (Secretary-General for Innovation) |
Main Organ: | Secretary-General for Innovation |
Revenue: | 803.6 m EUR |
Revenue Year: | 2022 |
Staff: | 364 |
Staff Year: | 2022 |
Footnotes: | Web site: CDTI Annual Report 2022 . Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology . 24 June 2024. |
The Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) is a public organization for technology development in the Kingdom of Spain. In the Spanish language, the Centre is known as the Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial. It was part of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, later was part of Ministry of Science and Innovation and now it is part of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. It claims to employ one hundred fifty people. The Centre supports companies that want to develop R&D projects with loans and other financial aids. In addition, provides technical support. The Centre has presence in Japan, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Colombia, Korea, the Republic of Chile, and the Kingdom of Morocco. In 2002, the Centre contributed 117.2 million EUR to the European Space Agency. (Its monetary contributions to the Agency have risen steadily - by numerical value, not considering inflation - since 1998, when it contributed 104.85 million EUR.)