CETEM

The Technological Centre of Furniture and Wood of the Region of Murcia (CETEM) is a private non-profit business association located in the town of Yecla, one of the most important furniture clusters of Spain, and it was created as external  infrastructure to support to SMEs of the furniture and wood sector, and to help to improve their competitiveness.  

Over the last 20 years CETEM has been promoting and implementing innovation and technological development in the Furniture Sector, making cetem the main business reference in the industry and becoming an important economic engine in the Murcia Region. Its main objective is to promote and undertake activities, projects and services, innovative technology, to improve, promote and encourage the development and continuous improvement of companies in the sector of wood, furniture and related services, making them more competitive.  

CETEM is formed by 35 professionals with different backgrounds: engineering, technology transfer, business administration, chemistry, psychology, teaching, design, etc, all working in different areas of expertise, such as Industrial Technology,  Product Engineering, Materials, adhesion and polymers, Electronics and Home Automation and Robotics.  

As Vocational, Education and Training Centre, CETEM manages more than 30 VET programs per year, designed especially for both working and unemployed people, to give them the tools they need to help improve the industry.   Also, CETEM arranges every year an edition of the Master Degree in Design and Business Management for the Furniture and Wood Sector, which is currently adapted to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).