The Chamber of Commerce of Seville brings together companies, universities, and scientists to position the Andalusian productive fabric in the tenders for the particle accelerator in Escúzar (Granada). The Junta has committed over 200 million euros to the infrastructure.
The Chamber of Commerce of Seville gathered business, university, and scientific representatives this Thursday for a day focused on the IFMIF-DONES project and the large industry. The aim of the meeting, held at the chamber's headquarters, is for Andalusian companies to be able to bid for the tenders and contracts that will be generated by the scientific infrastructure under construction in Escúzar (Granada).
The IFMIF-DONES is an international facility designed to simulate the extreme neutron fluxes that will occur in future nuclear fusion reactors. Using a high-power particle accelerator, it will test and certify the materials that will be used to build clean electricity production plants. The project also opens up development pathways in biomedicine, nuclear physics, and high-tech materials.
The vice president of the Chamber of Commerce of Seville, Francisco Moreno Muruve, has stressed that the institution wants to support companies in this process.
“At the Chamber of Commerce of Seville, we do not want to be spectators of change. We want to be facilitators of it. We want Seville and Andalusian companies to play in the top league of the global industry.”
The general director of Research and Transfer of the Junta de Andalucía, Loreto del Valle, reminded that the regional government has committed over 200 million euros to the project and encouraged companies to integrate into its value chain.
“We want to make Andalusia one of the major industrial regions in southern Europe. We are talking about the science industry, and it is important to showcase the companies capable of meeting these scientific and industrial needs.”
The head of Innovation and Digital Transformation at the Chamber of Granada, Roberto Álvarez, emphasised the conversion of knowledge into productive activity.
“Andalusia has a great opportunity with everything related to the science industry. We need to transform science into industry. These are industries that will generate many contracts, quality employment, and capacity development.”
The director of the Technical Office of the Director of the Spanish Space Agency, Ana María Marín, pointed out the synergies between large scientific projects and sectors such as space, which generated 226 million euros in 2025, a 29% increase from the previous year.
“Large scientific projects are engines of competitiveness, investment, qualified employment, and technological sovereignty.”
Marín added that the IFMIF-DONES could become a hub for the science and space industries. The event held in Seville aims for companies in the province to quickly identify the business and technology transfer opportunities that the Granada infrastructure opens up.
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