GRANORTE has become a member of COTEC Network of Innovative SME, as recognition of the commitment to a culture of innovation as a crucial source of company competitiveness.
COTEC endorses an expanding Innovative SMEs Network (currently consisting of 100 companies) based in Portugal but operating internationally and in alliances through a culture of growth, results and good practices. The priorities of COTEC within the scope of such SME Network are to promote and gain public recognition for this group of companies that reflect, through innovation and competence, the right market attitude and the value creation skills needed to succeed in today's changing world, and to encourage cooperation between COTEC associate companies and the SMEs based on innovation and skills, so that business opportunities can flourish and the innovation market in Portugal expand and prosper.
COTEC Portugal - Associação Empresarial para a Inovação was created in April 2003, following an initiative of the President of Portugal and supported by the Prime-Minister, by a group of companies established in Portugal which gross added value represented about 18% of the Portuguese GNP. Since COTEC Portugal began, the President of Portugal has been its General Assembly President.
More information at http://www.cotecportugal.pt/
