La Rioja 903 innovative companies in the last three years have brought a total of 2246 projects related to R + D + i, industrial quality, technological improvement plans and technology audits, including

Also, the Minister of Industry highlighted that Rioja has an enviable position in projects presented to the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Union has insisted that "the collaboration with other companies, research institutes, and universities would help improve the competitiveness of our businesses .

By sector, companies that more projects related to R &amp,Swords_insists_that_candidates_don; D are presented Food & Beverage, Construction, Trade, Manufacturing of metal products, footwear, Production and distribution of electric power, gas, steam and hot water and furniture.

During the day, have been exposed to companies in La Rioja attendees the steps that the government of La Rioja is to stimulate investment in R + D + i in business. These measures include the services offered by the Directorate General for Innovation and direct financial support to companies in the ADER.

In addition, La Rioja is the region with the highest percentage of innovative companies of Spain (29.41 percent of total business, compared with 20.81 percent of national total).

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In this meeting participated also the manager of the Economic Development Agency of La Rioja, Javier Urena, director of Technology's Center for Industrial Technological Development (CDTI), Andres Zabara, and the head of the Department of Innovation Drive International CDTI, Javier Garcia.

Volume of investment, the sectors include food and beverage, chemicals, rubber and plastics, and transportation equipment manufacturing and Fab. mechanical and mechanical equipment and metallurgy.

Erro stresses the importance of betting by the innovation especially in this time of crisis.

As for innovation projects nationwide, only so far in 2010, CDTI has approved projects worth 10.66 million euros, 16.5 percent more than in all of 2009.

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In this sense, Erro emphasized that "at this time of crisis the investment in R + D + i is the way to improve our competitiveness. To carry out the projects for funding is needed, for which firms have aids Rioja that the Government makes available through the ADER, besides the lines of national and international support of the CDTI and the EU itself. "