BIC Euronova pays tribute to Animun and Solbyte, successful Malaga-based companies developed in its centre.

Animum and Solbye join the "Hall of Fame" of BIC Euronova, alongside other highly sucessful companies that have also been born or developed their activity at this European Business Centre and Innovation of Malaga, with their central office in Malaga TechPark. 

03/04/2023 BIC Euronova

This morning, the European Business Centre and Innovation of Malaga BIC Euronova, has paid tribute to Animum and Solbyte, companies from Malaga, which have joined the "Hall of Fame" of BIC Euronova, a space that recognizes highly innovative companies with a great track record that have been born or developed their activity at its center for several years. 

The event started with the welcome and presentation of the General Director of BIC Euronova, Álvaro Simón de Blas, and concluded with Felipe Romera, the Dicrector of Techonology Park of Andalucia Malaga TechPark, who recognized the excellence of the two leading Malaga-based companies in their respective sectors, contratulating them for their contribution to the economic development of Malaga as engines of job creation and wealth. Also, the founding executives of Animun and Solbyte, David Plaza and José Ferrer, respectively, had the opportunity to say a few words of gratitude. Both of them, made reference to their stages in BIC Euronova, as well as the support and guidance they received in their business projects while being housed at this European Business and Innovation Centre in Malaga. 

Animum Creativity Advanced Shcool is the leading digital art training school in the Spanish language, named as the 4th Best 3D Animation School in the world, and the 1st in the Spanish speaking world, in the prestigious Rookies World School Rankings. On the other hand, the technology for Transport through Novatrans, a fleet management software that is currently implemented in more than 900 Spanish transport companies, making it the leader in the national market. In these fifteen years of growth, the company has diversified its activity, specializing in custom software and digital marketing. 

Companies such as Ingenia, King's Buffet, Aertec, Solutions, Hispasec, Arelance, Lynka, Sequel, EPES-061, ICCS, BCS Consultants, AMG Engineers, Byevolution, and now Animun and Solbyte make up the "Hall of Fame" of BIC Euronova, to which new companies that stand out for their trajectory will be added over time. 

When it comes to be selected as one of the honoured companies, BIC Euronova has established a series of criteria related to job creation, international presence, and industrial production that must be met. 

The European Business and Innovation Centre of Malaga, BIC Euronova, a pioneer in supporting the creation, incubation, consolidation and internationalization of innovative companies, and endorsed by the EUBIC brand of the European Commission, has contributed to the consolidation of the Technology Park of Andalucia, and the economic development of the city since its founding in 1991. 

Since its creation, BIC Euronova has incubated over 520 innovation sector companies that have generated over 5,250 specialized jobs in technologies such as Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence, autonomous vehicles, Big Data, data mining, cybersecutiry, new materials, and aerospace photovoltaics among tohers. Twenty-give percent of the companies currently operating in Malaga TechPark originated from BIC Euronova, and currently, 20% of the incubated firms are foreign, the highest ratio in Andalucia. The main countries of origin of these companies hosted at BIC Eruonova are the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, the United States, Norway and Sweden. Many of the companies of Malaga that emerged from BIC Euronova, are now consolidated businesses with a high penetration in international markets. 

Animum Creativity Advanced School

Animum is the leading school in digital art training in Spanish language, a postgraduate training center specialized in Art and Digital Technology, named as the 4th Best 3D Animation School worldwide, and the 1st Spanish speaking, in the prestigious Rookies World School Rankings. 

Consolidated as a reference school in the industry in more than 30 countries, Animum has recently joined the AD Education training group, present in 10 European countries and offering training in creative fields to more than 32,000 students from 20 schools. Through an exclusive online methodology, Animum teaches every year masters and courses to around 600 students from all over Spain and Latin America.  The postgraduate courses offered by Animum are divided into 3 main areas: Art and Design, 3D Production, and Post-production with training programmes of different lengths from 6 months to 3 and a half years, oriented towards the live-action film, animation film and video game industries.

Solbyte

Solbyte is a technology company that was born in the Technological Park of Andalusia Malaga TechPark, focusing its activity on technology for Transport through Novatrans, a fleet management software that today is implemented in more than 900 Spanish transport companies, which makes it a leader in the national market.

In these fifteen years, with the growth of the company, it has diversified its activity and is currently specialised in customised software and digital marketing. Websites, online shops, mobile apps and online marketing are the services provided to hundreds of regional and national companies through Grupo Solbyte, formed by Solbyte (ICT company) and La Biznaga Digital (Digital Marketing Agency).

In the year of its 15th anniversary, Solbyte celebrates it by reaching the milestone of 55 professionals and opening its own offices of almost 500 square metres in the Guadalhorce Business Park.

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