Fundacion Chile Company Information

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Profile:

Fundación Chile is a privately owned, non-profit institution, created in 1976 by the Government of Chile and ITT Corporation of the United States. In 2005, BHP Billiton, Escondida Minning, became a co-founding partner.

Its mission is to introduce innovations and to develop human capital in the Chilean economy´s key clusters through technology management and in alliance with local and global knowledge network.

Its vision is to become the country's leading technological institution, acclaimed nationally and internationally, for the creation and dissemination of innovative businesses that have a high impact on the institution's target sectors.

Fundación Chile mainly undertakes projects related to technology transfer, involving institutional articulation and added value in productive sectors based on renewable natural resources. Furthermore, it fosters the development of human resources, improving the quality of education and training. Many of its contributions have added new and successful foreign technologies to the country's economy.

Currently, it interacts in the following productive sectors:

Agribusiness
Environment and Chemical Metrology
Education
Forestry
Marine Resources