CTA is a multi-sectorial innovation cluster that was created in 2005 as joint effort of Andalusia regional government and a group of key companies to boost the regional economy through the application of the quadruple helix model of innovation.

CTA’s main activity is advising, mentoring, and funding innovation projects led by companies with a clear and measurable market application in the short term. Currently, CTA is owned by more than 186 companies, 70% of them SMEs, and acts as a catalyst of collaboration creating partnerships between its members and research groups supporting the creation of joint research projects.