Friday, June 19, 2026 - 18:00
- The director of Igape, Covadonga Toca, visits the facilities of Cogaltra in Narón, where she highlights the impact of the Advanced Manufacturing Centres in bringing strategic technological capabilities closer to companies without the need for large in-house investments
- She underlines that projects such as Cogaltra help to complete industrial value chains and to consolidate Galicia as a more competitive and innovative territory
- She emphasises that the network of collaborative infrastructures promoted by the Xunta mobilises more than 40 million euros in strategic investments for the modernisation of Galician businesses
- Narón (A Coruña), 19 June 2026
- The director of Igape, Covadonga Toca, visited today the facilities of Cogaltra (Compañía Galega de Tratamentos Térmicos) in Narón, where she highlighted the role of the collaborative infrastructures promoted by the Xunta in strengthening the competitiveness of the Galician productive fabric, fostering business innovation and completing strategic value chains for Galician industry.
- During the visit, Toca Carús stressed that Cogaltra constitutes “a clear example of how public-private collaboration allows Galicia to incorporate advanced industrial capabilities that previously did not exist in our territory”, helping to reduce external dependencies, improve business competitiveness and generate new opportunities for industrial development.
- The infrastructure, promoted under the Advanced Manufacturing Centres programme driven by the Consellería de Economía e Industria, began its industrial activity in 2023 after an investment exceeding 2.6 million euros to create Galicia’s first facility specialised in advanced thermal treatment of steels using vacuum technology.
- Thanks to this capability, the director explained, sectors such as shipbuilding, automotive, renewable energy, steelmaking or machinery manufacturing can carry out these processes in Galicia, avoiding the need to relocate to other autonomous communities or abroad. In this regard, she noted that the facility makes it possible to reduce logistical costs, shorten manufacturing times, improve control of production processes and facilitate the development of high added-value industrial projects.
- Open infrastructures to drive innovation
- During the visit, Covadonga Toca recalled that Cogaltra forms part of the network of Advanced Manufacturing Centres, Digital Centres and Collaborative Infrastructures promoted by the Xunta to enable Galician companies to access advanced technological services without individually bearing the high costs associated with this type of equipment.
- Under these calls, the regional administration has already supported 14 strategic projects throughout Galicia, mobilising more than 40 million euros in investment and receiving over 28 million euros in public funding.
- In this context, the director of Igape recalled that the Xunta has kept open until 22 June the new call of the Collaborative Industrial Support Infrastructures programme, endowed with 10 million euros. The initiative will allow up to 80% of the investment in projects aimed at creating shared spaces and services that improve the competitiveness and modernisation of the Galician business fabric to be financed.
- Toca Carús concluded by stating that actions such as that carried out by Cogaltra exemplify the Xunta’s commitment to a more innovative, competitive industry prepared to face the challenges of technological transformation, while reinforcing Galicia’s position as a leading industrial territory.
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