The Agrupació d’Empreses Innovadores del Vallès Occidental (Innovative Business Grouping) is a non-profit association, created in accordance with the Spanish cluster policy.

Its aim is to join all Catalan companies and organizations related directly or indirectly to the textile sector and which form a specialized productive area with competitive advantages.

The group formed by companies and organizations which support their innovative potential, set up the textile cluster of the region, to which the Agrupació gives legal status.

In a medium term, it is planned to expand it to other related sectors, by creating a cross structure also open to companies and organizations from other Catalan regions.

It is not an association with new objectives, but an adaptation to the current legislation and to the philosophy and praxis of the new structures which have come up in our European environment.

It is registered in the Innovative Business Grouping Register of the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade, with number REAEI-00048.

To promote innovation with the aim of improving the competitiveness of its members, as well as cooperation, complementarity and communication among themselves.

To achieve a critic mass of innovative companies and organizations of the region enough to facilitate the innovating practices which allow the improvement of their competitiveness and international renown.

- To promote innovation in a wide sense, improving the abilities of its members and combining them by means of horizontal or multidisciplinary collaborations.

- Commercial worldwide presence by means of promotion and internationalization.

- Management and productivity improvement of companies to generate added value and to face up the current environment.