{"id":1376,"date":"2017-09-01T06:09:12","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T05:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/161.116.26.48\/que-fem\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T11:39:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T09:39:38","slug":"what-we-do","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fbg.ub.edu\/en\/what-we-do\/","title":{"rendered":"What we do"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1507796566219{padding-bottom: 100px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;ampla_mobil&#8221;][vc_column][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Zd1OLQNozag&#8221; el_width=&#8221;60&#8243; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1508234422118{padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]At the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation we connect university, business, and society:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We provide <strong>solutions<\/strong> for people<br \/>\nFacilitating the creation of new products that improve people&#8217;s lives<\/li>\n<li>We <strong>bring together<\/strong> researchers, companies, and investors<br \/>\nFostering new opportunities for innovation and development<\/li>\n<li>We create innovative and forward-looking <strong>businesses<\/strong><br \/>\nPromoting the creation of new companies and opening new innovative lines in existing companies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We offer assistance and support to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbg.ub.edu\/en\/researchers\/\">researchers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbg.ub.edu\/en\/companies\/\">companies<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbg.ub.edu\/en\/investors-and-mentors\/\">investors<\/a> to promote collaboration.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; el_class=&#8221;fons_gris&#8221;][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;We promote innovation&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:center&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_class=&#8221;titular&#8221;][vc_column_text]At the <strong>FBG<\/strong>, our priority is to promote innovation, and we do it through the following lines of action:[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"caixa_link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fbg.ub.edu\/en\/what-we-do\/contract-research\/\"><div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center icona_161\"><figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\"><div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fbg.ub.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/investigacio_contracte.svg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\"><\/div><\/figure><\/div><h3 class=\"text-left\" style=\"font-size:35px\">Contract Research<\/h3><div class=\"text text-left\">We provide customized research services for companies<\/div><\/a><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"caixa_link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fbg.ub.edu\/en\/what-we-do\/business-creation\/\"><div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center icona_161\"><figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\"><div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fbg.ub.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/creacio_empreses.svg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\"><\/div><\/figure><\/div><h3 class=\"text-left\" style=\"font-size:35px\">Business Creation<\/h3><div class=\"text text-left\">We promote innovative new companies<\/div><\/a><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"caixa_link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fbg.ub.edu\/en\/what-we-do\/technologies-materials-and-licences\/\"><div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center icona_161\"><figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\"><div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fbg.ub.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tecnologies_materials_llicencies.svg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\"><\/div><\/figure><\/div><h3 class=\"text-left\" style=\"font-size:35px\">Technologies, materials, and licences<\/h3><div class=\"text text-left\">We commercialize the technologies developed by researchers to make them available to companies<\/div><\/a><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1613144108466{padding-top: 100px !important;padding-bottom: 100px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;ampla_mobil&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1613144161150{padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]We also have <strong>experimental models<\/strong> to meet the needs of your R&amp;D project and push it forward.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a class=\"text1 text18 taronja senseratlla\" href=\"\/en\/experimental-models\"><strong> Experimental models &gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; el_class=&#8221;fons_taronja&#8221;][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Areas of Expertise&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:center&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_class=&#8221;titular&#8221;][vc_column_text]At the <strong>FBG<\/strong> we promote innovation in all the research areas developed at the UB:[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;llista_ambits&#8221;][vc_column_inner]<div class=\"caixa_imatge_link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fbg.ub.edu\/en\/areas-of-expertise\/nutrition\/\"><div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center icona_161\"><figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\"><div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fbg.ub.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ambit_alimentacio_b.svg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\"><\/div><\/figure><\/div><h3 class=\"text-center\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Nutrition<\/h3><\/a><\/div><div class=\"caixa_imatge_link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fbg.ub.edu\/en\/areas-of-expertise\/chemistry-energy-and-resources\/\"><div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center icona_161\"><figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\"><div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fbg.ub.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ambit_quimica_b.svg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\"><\/div><\/figure><\/div><h3 class=\"text-center\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Chemistry, Energy, and Resources<\/h3><\/a><\/div><div class=\"caixa_imatge_link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fbg.ub.edu\/en\/areas-of-expertise\/industrial-systems\/\"><div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center icona_161\"><figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\"><div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fbg.ub.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ambit_industria_b.svg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\"><\/div><\/figure><\/div><h3 class=\"text-center\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Industrial Systems<\/h3><\/a><\/div><div class=\"caixa_imatge_link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fbg.ub.edu\/en\/areas-of-expertise\/design\/\"><div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center icona_161\"><figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\"><div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fbg.ub.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ambit_disseny_b.svg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\"><\/div><\/figure><\/div><h3 class=\"text-center\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Design<\/h3><\/a><\/div><div class=\"caixa_imatge_link\"><a 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