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The Avilés City Council, along with the company Sialtrónica, has been awarded the Technological Innovation Prize at the eighth edition of Innpulso Emprende, the Annual Meeting of Mayors with Innovation, held this week in Gijón. In this edition, 42 localities from all over Spain participated with their respective innovative projects.
Sialtrónica, selected by the City Council as the Most Innovative Company of Avilés 2025, develops technological solutions to improve road safety. During the event, the company’s R&D&I director, Lorena Turrado, presented their smart pedestrian crossings, a system that integrates plates in the pavement and sensors that detect the presence of pedestrians, activating the lighting at the ends of the crossing and on the vertical signage. As explained, this system allows reducing vehicle speed by up to 19% and decreases accidents at pedestrian crossings by up to 69%.
AVILÉS INNOVATION MODEL
The Councilor for Urban and Economic Development, Manuel Campa, praised the award received by Sialtrónica within the framework of the Avilés Innovation Model, emphasizing the role played by both large R&D centers and small companies making their way into the national and international market from the city.
PROJECTS WITH INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
In recent years, several companies selected by the City Council as «most innovative» have achieved significant recognition. Sialtrónica won the third Prize for Innovation in Road Safety at the last United Nations summit. On the other hand, Room2030, distinguished in 2021, has recently received the European Innovation Excellence Seal from the European Commission, being the first Asturian company to obtain it. This distinction will allow them to access 2 million euros in European funding, in addition to 1 million in private investment.
From the Avilés Scientific and Technological Park, Room2030 promotes an international model of modular architecture and designs solutions for homes, offices, and hotels with integration of home automation, energy efficiency, and sustainable materials.
Moreover, companies like Sialtrónica, Trelia Data, and Room2030 have been included in the selection of the 100 most innovative startups compiled annually by the Spanish Association of Science and Technology Parks (APTE), excelling in leading sectors of national innovation.
TRACK RECORD IN THE INNPULSO NETWORK
Within the framework of the Innpulso Network of Cities of Science and Innovation, Avilés has been represented in previous editions by companies such as Trelia Data (2024), WTech –R&D center of Windar– (2022), Room2030 (2021), CIMC-Tianda Airport Services (2019), Quantobit (2018), and Domobility (2014).
The Avilés Innovation Model advocates for public-private cooperation, smart specialization, talent attraction, and improving the urban environment as a testing laboratory for technological solutions. Avilés is part of the Innpulso Network, comprised of 112 Spanish cities recognized by the Ministry of Science and Innovation, and is a member of the Governing Council of this network, alongside 11 other cities.