Light materials for Electric vehicles

AIMEN is a Non-Profit Innovation and Technology Centre, highly specialized in materials and advanced manufacturing technologies applied to high performance materials development and processing, robotics and automation. It provides technological support to more than 500 companies dedicated to industrial or commercial activity in the fields of Automotive, Aeronautics, Shipbuilding, Metal- Mechanical, Wind Energy, Metallurgy, Chemical and Building. AIMEN promotes and undertakes research, as well as improves design, simulation and manufacturing technologies. Located in the Northwest of Spain (headquarters) with offices also in Madrid and Seville, AIMEN is a highly professionalised organisation, with more than 240 employees specialised in the fields of Materials Science, Welding, Manufacturing Process Engineering, Robotics and Control Engineering, Testing, and Laser Processing. AIMEN’s mission is to improve the competitiveness and the technological know-how of the manufacturing industry through the following activities: (i) R&D projects, (ii) Technology forecasting, (iii) Acquisition and development of emergent technologies, (iv) Promotion of technological innovation inside the companies. Around two thirds of AIMEN’s R&D projects are in collaboration with the industry, with the objective of providing new technological solutions in the medium term.