Santa Agueda (Agate Deuna, in Basque) is a deep-rooted tradition in the Basque Country that is celebrated every February 4, the eve of this blessed woman. The “cuadrillas” (groups of friends) take to the streets to sing the songs of the day, dressed in “baserritarrak” (typical rural clothing) and with the “makila” (wooden stick) in…
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Unceta group, 150 years of experience through five entrepreneurial generations of the Basque Country
The Unceta Group has the support and security provided by more than 450 leading suppliers in Europe; the main European manufacturing companies collaborate with the firm from Elgoibar, Gipuzkoa. providing specialized knowledge and a wide variety of products that allows them to remain at the forefront of service and quality. Unceta successfully overcomes the generational…
GKN Zumaia manufactures the transmission of 3 million cars that travel all around the world
GKN Driveline Zumaia is a Basque enterprise that belongs to the multinational GKN which manufactures parts of transmission for automotive. The Basque company is the leader worldwide, as 3 million of the 78 million cars that travel in the world have this component from the Basque company. In 1940, Eibar (a town next to Zumaia)…
Engineers trained in the Basque Country will be part of the recently inaugurated Estia Berri Campus
The “Estia Berri” Campus in Bidarte was inaugurated on Tuesday by Jean-René Etchegaray, President of the Basque Country Community, Alain Rousset, President of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region and André Garreta, President of the Basque Country CCI. A partnership project at the service of the development of higher education here, in the Basque Country. Immaculate concrete, curved…
LG NOVA HAS CHOSEN THE BASQUE STARTUP HOBEEN IN ORDER TO BE PART OF ITS INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM.
The initiative proposed by Hobeen has been selected among 2.170 enterprises worldwide that are currently fighting for creating a positive impact both on people and planet. The basque undertaking is once again in luck, this time thanks to the new achievement of the enterprise Hobeen, whose technology has been positively valued in North America. Indeed,…
The WebLearner group and the STEAM strategy
The STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) education is based on the development of different competences learning several materials in an integrated form, reformulating science and technology to a more attractive vision for students. The concept initially was STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and its main objective was to call for the integration…
A project called Minerva has been launched with the aim of developing materials destined to help deal with current social challenges and reduce the impact of industry on the environment.
The initiative, which was launched last July and is ongoing until December 2023, is based on state-of-the-art material transformation technologies, multiscale characterisation and digital tools such as simulation. Meeting current needs without compromising future generations has become a common objective. Industry worldwide is involved with sustainability and is experiencing constant changes in terms of advancement…
Three generations of Basque-Australians reunited in Trebonne, Queensland (Australia) in the inauguration of the fronton.
The Basque House (Euskal Etxea) of North-Queensland and the Basque people of Trebonne reunited in a beautiful and moving act for the inauguration of the renewed fronton of pelota. The history of the fronton goes back to the era of the migration, and was inaugurated for the first time on the 28th of November of…
The teacher from BILBAO Jon Barrueco, awarded for an artificial intelligence project against bullying
The 16th edition of the Quality Innovation Award (QIA) has given the award to the initiative, named BucovIA, in the education category. The project is developed jointly by the Somorrostro Training Center, Nazaret de Donostia-San Sebastián and the Zabálburu school in Bilbao. Jon Barrueco Gutiérrez, a professor and researcher from Barakaldo, who works at the…
Startups will be able to register until February 3 in two BIND 4.0 programs: GovTech, the first pilot initiative with the Public Administration, and the second edition of SME Connection.
Govtech poses 6 institutional challenges to develop projects in collaboration with public administrations in the Basque Country, such as EJIE, SPRI, EVE, Ihobe, Parke and Hazi. The 28 SME Connection SMEs launch 11 challenges in the areas of machine tools, the environment, food, design and equipment, and construction. The open innovation platform, BIND 4.0, opens…