AIMEN Centro Tecnológico is a multi-sector innovation and technology centre with 58 years of experience. AIMEN has established itself as a Spanish benchmark in R&D and the provision of technological services in key areas, such as materials, advanced manufacturing processes, digitalization, and sustainability. AIMEN is located in Porriño (Pontevedra), in the North-West of Spain.
AIMEN’s areas of expertise lie in manufacturing technologies such as:
- Joining technologies,
- Laser technologies,
- Additive manufacturing,
- Composite materials processing,
- Cross-cutting technologies such as robotics, sensors and monitoring, and
- Artificial intelligence that facilitates the digitalization of industrial processes.
AIMEN is particularly prominent in the field of digital and sustainable manufacturing, actively collaborating with leading companies and research centres. The ultimate goal is to transfer the technologies developed to industry to transform current factories into smart, more efficient, sustainable, and globally competitive ones.
AIMEN participates in AI-MATTERS to support industry to leverage the latest advancements in relation to AI and Manufacturing. +300 hundred researchers provide testing & experimentation services based on our physical and digital infrastructure.

Highlighted activities of AIMEN in AI-MATTERS:
- Deployment of hardware and software solutions in advanced manufacturing environments;
- Support for the development and sharing of high value-adding data collections;
- Modeling and simulation for the development of software solutions and algorithms in virtual environments.
- Technology benchmarking.
- Validation of AI algorithms for various manufacturing environments (physical and/or digital).
- Technology testing for regulated sectors.
👉 To demonstrate the potential of AI in addressing the challenges of the manufacturing sector in its core competence areas.
Would you want to know more about AI-MATTERS?
If your organisation is looking to future-proof your operations, AI-MATTERS offers the tools and support to help you explore, test, and experiment with AI in your production environment with access to financial aid.
👉 Contact our project managers for a no-obligations conversation about the possibilities