Inasmet is a private, non-profit-making technology centre. It was founded in 1962 to serve local industry through technology transfers.

It is now a foundation, and describes its mission as "To contribute actively to economic and social development by encouraging and facilitating processes of innovation and technological development as a strategy for competitiveness" .

The Inasmet Foundation works mainly in technologies dealing with materials, industrial processes and the environment. It has two plants - one in San Sebastián and the other in Irún - equipped with laboratories and several prototype manufacturing facilities.

Founded in 1957, IDOM is one of Europe's biggest engineering firms.

Its headquarters are in Bilbao, Spain.

	An association of independent specialists with more than 10,000 projects and 25 million hours' work behind them.
	Turnover in 2000: 116.2 M€ (~105 M$)
	AAreas of activity: industry, architecture, civil engineering, consultancy, civil work, environmental engineering and advanced analysis.

Mondragón Unibertsitatea is an independent university organised as a non-profit-making, public-service oriented mixed co-operative. It is based in the heart of the Basque Country, where it has been providing courses since 1943, reviving the tradition of the former Oñati university, which was founded in 1542.

It is from Mondragón Unibertsitatea that the seeds of the Mondragón co-operative movement emerged. Grouped around Mondragón Corporación Cooperativa (MCC) this movement now runs Spain's biggest private industrial group.

From its beginnings, Mondragón Unibertsitatea has set out to offer the best service to society. Indeed, in 1995 it became the first university in Spain to obtain an ISO 9001 quality certificate.

LThe close links between its centres of learning and research and major industrial and service sector companies, and the traits of democracy, participation and solidarity characteristic of its status as a co-operative make Mondragón Unibertsitatea a serious, dynamic institution with a brilliant past and a bright future.

It also maintains the commercial and marketing strategies needed to ensure the proper dissemination and exploitation of the results of its R&TD work and facilitate transfer to end users.

Its deep commitment to quality, efficiency and customer service is evidenced by its tried and tested working methods, and its staff of over 160 continually take training and improvement schemes.