Under a common philosophy, we put technological capabilities and expert knowledge at the service of the industry at the hands of a top-level work-team, which has proven experience and cutting-edge facilities to respond to the challenges of companies in the field of metallic materials and their different transformation technologies:
- Fundación AZTERLAN (G95937009): focused on metallurgical R+D+i.
- Maristas AZTERLAN (R4800502I): with a wide range of accredited testing services and advanced characterization capabilities for metal materials and components.
With the firm commitment to promote the technological development and competitiveness of companies, AZTERLAN has more than 45 years of experience offering technological support, expert metallurgical knowledge and advanced solutions to the metal-mechanical transformation industry and its client sectors.
- Work philosophy based on orientation to the needs of the client companies/sectors
- Team of highly qualified people with a high experience
- State-of-the-art facilities and equipment.
- Collaborations and active participation in international networks.
We know metallic materials, their transformation processes and the requirements and needs of the various customer sectors. We use our expert knowledge to help companies ensure the quality, performance and reliability of their materials, products, equipment and/or sub-assemblies.
We pursue the understanding and mastering of the interactions that take place during metal transformation processes to respond to the needs of industry and society through disruptive technological solutions with high added value: new materials with improved properties, optimized manufacturing processes, ‘premium’ products and new applications.
Testing Laboratory at FP HH Maristas
Constitution of AZTERLAN as a Research Center
First Conference at a World Foundry Congress
Incorporation to the BSTIN as a Certification and Testing Laboratory
New facilities
Best Paper Award at 68º World Foundry Congress (India)
Recognition as a Technology Center by the Ministry of Science and Innovation Government of Spain
Integration in the IK4 Research Alliance – Commercial brand changes to IK4-Azterlan.
Organization of the 71st World Foundry Congress in Bilbao
Reaccreditation as Multi-focused Technology Center of the BSTIN.
Best Technical Paper Award at the Metal Casting Congress (USA)
Best Technical Paper Award at the 73º World Foundry Congress (Poland)
Incorporation to the BRTA
Organization of the 2nd Carl Loper Cast Iron Symposium in Bilbao
New facilities
New capacities: 3D sand printing
New capacities: Metallic Powders Manufacturing
Azterlan is a Technology Center whose objective is the generation, capture and transfer of technology to the industry, together with the provision of advanced technological services, which contribute to the innovation and the improvement of the competitiveness of the metal-mechanical industry.
Azterlan promotes excellence through specialization and the coordination and integration of its specific capabilities in the field of metallurgy, collaborating with other scientific-technological agents, promoting the efficient use of resources destined for research and promoting the training and integration of highly qualified people. qualified. in the economic and social environment it serves.
Azterlan is known and recognized by society and by the companies in the different industrial sectors with which it works, as a specialized Technology Center that provides value, responds to their technological needs and develops its activity with a high level of professionalism.
The Center works to become a European benchmark in metallurgy, with a significant impact on the transformation of companies in this country. To carry out its mission, it collaborates closely with universities and other scientific-technological agents of reference at a national and international level.
A group of highly qualified people who share a common project, with the aim of providing competitive solutions to the business community. Azterlan’s activity is articulated around the Technological Areas that align the center’s capabilities with a clear market orientation.