Materplat

What Materplat does

Materplat is the Spanish Technological Platform for Advanced Materials and Nanomaterials (Plataforma Tecnológica Española de Materiales Avanzados y Nanomateriales), established in 2008 and promoted by the Agencia Estatal de Investigación, the Spanish State Research Agency. It functions as a national coordination and collaboration hub rather than a commercial entity, representing more than 250 member organizations spanning research centers, universities, technology centers, and companies active in the advanced-materials value chain. The platform is organized around eight thematic working groups: Transport and Space, Energy, Health, Sustainable Construction, Nanotechnology, Advanced Manufacturing, Modeling/Simulation and Artificial Intelligence, and Circular Economy of Materials.

Its service surface consists of collaboration and dissemination tools rather than a single product. Core tools include the Mapa de Capacidades (a registry and search directory of member technological capabilities), an Open Innovation platform, the 'Conectando Entidades' industrial-waste/byproduct matching tool, 'Conectando Ideas' for consortium-formation around funding calls, a 'Vigilancia Tecnológica' (technological surveillance) bulletin produced with the OEPM, an employment-offerings board, and a periodic newsletter. A technical secretariat, currently operated by CTAG – Centro Tecnológico de Automoción de Galicia from the platform's registered office in O Porriño (Pontevedra), runs day-to-day operations. Activities are reinforced by recurring events, technical workshops, the annual Premio MATERPLAT-SOCIEMAT award for young materials innovators (now in its seventh edition), and dissemination roles in EU-funded projects such as AMULET, SALIENT, MaterialsCommons, and IAM-I.

Materplat operates as a community-led, non-profit platform and does not disclose pricing for membership or services. Its 'go-to-market' is institutional: it aggregates Spanish advanced-materials stakeholders, channels industry needs to public administration, disseminates national and EU funding calls, and acts as the official Spanish node for EU-level advanced-materials initiatives. Revenue, where applicable, derives from public institutional funding, EU project dissemination budgets, and member-entity contributions rather than commercial contracts. The platform is governed by a Consejo Gestor (Governing Council) on which entities such as IMDEA Materiales participate.

Name

Materplat

Legal name

CTAG – Centro Tecnológico de Automoción de Galicia

Website

https://materplat.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Materplat is the Spanish Technological Platform for Advanced Materials and Nanomaterials, a non-profit, government-promoted collaboration hub representing 250+ Spanish research centers, universities, technology centers, and companies, and offering tools and events for capability mapping, consortium formation, and dissemination.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Advanced Materials Collaboration Platform

NAICS

Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) (541714)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Science, Technology & Innovation Administration (National R&D Policy) (BPAIAAAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Digital Development & ICT4D / GovTech Technical Assistance (BPADAEAL), Industrial Symbiosis & Byproduct Exchange Platforms (EUAIANAG)

Keywords

• Advanced materials platform
• Materials research network
• Nanomaterials collaboration
• Technology transfer hub
• Industrial materials innovation

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Platform membership and collaboration services: MATERPLAT provides platform services to its members including dissemination of technological capabilities and project results, networking, participation in technical workshops and roadmaps, news and events diffusion, and transmission of needs to administration. The platform is promoted by the Agencia Estatal de Investigación.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Materplat (MATERPLAT – Plataforma Tecnológica Española de Materiales Avanzados y Nanomateriales) operates the Spanish national technological platform for advanced materials and nanomaterials, bringing together more than 250 entities (companies, research centers, universities, and technology centers) to coordinate collaboration, technology transfer, and R&D project development. Its offering centers on member services such as the Mapa de Capacidades capabilities map, open innovation collaboration tools, technology surveillance bulletins, job and collaboration opportunity boards, an annual young-innovators award, and a newsletter, all delivered as a government-promoted community platform rather than a commercial product.

Product overview

Materplat is the Spanish Technology Platform for Advanced Materials and Nanomaterials, promoted by the Agencia Estatal de Investigación. It functions as a coordination and collaboration platform rather than a single software product, consisting of multiple interconnected tools and services including the Mapa de Capacidades (capabilities mapping tool), Open Innovation platform, Vigilancia Tecnológica (technological surveillance bulletins), employment opportunities, collaboration opportunities, and a newsletter service. The platform brings together over 250 entities and serves as the national reference point for collaboration among companies, science, and technology agents in the advanced materials field, organized around thematic areas including Transportation and Space, Energy, Health, Sustainable Construction, Nanotechnology, Advanced Manufacturing, Modeling/Simulation and Artificial Intelligence, and Circular Economy of Materials.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Premio MATERPLAT- SOCIEMAT: Annual award for young innovators in materials, organized in collaboration with SOCIEMAT
• Mapa de Capacidades
• Premio Jóvenes Innovadores en Materiales

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• IMDEA MaterialescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 June 2026IMDEA Materiales is a member of MATERPLAT's Consejo Gestor (Governing Council). They collaborate on the MaterialsCommons project, a European Horizon Europe initiative to develop the largest federated digital infrastructure for advanced materials research. MATERPLAT and IMDEA Materiales have agreed to drive specific dissemination actions for the MaterialsCommons project in Spain.
• AMULET (Advanced Materials & manufacturing United for LightwEighT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAMULET is a Horizon 2020 project that aims to create new value chains by promoting advanced lightweight materials in different fields through transregional and intersectoral knowledge exchange across four sectors: automotive, aerospace and aeronautics, energy, and construction. MATERPLAT collaborates with AMULET project members.
• SALIENT (Novel Concepts for Safer, Lighter, Circular and Smarter Vehicle Structure Design)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSALIENT is a Research and Innovation Action (RIA) whose main result is a new front-end structure (FES) design for vehicles that is more circular, lightweight, safe, and intelligent than current market components. MATERPLAT collaborates in the dissemination of SALIENT project activities.
• MaterialsCommons ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMaterialsCommons is a strategic project funded by Horizon Europe to develop the largest federated digital infrastructure dedicated to advanced materials research. The initiative brings together more than 25 research organizations and numerous industrial partners. MATERPLAT channels the dissemination of project results in Spain.
• FYCMA (Palacio de Ferias y Congresos de Málaga)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerMATERPLAT has signed a collaboration agreement with SIMED (Salón Inmobiliario del Mediterráneo) organized by FYCMA to obtain special advantages for its members, particularly those with advanced materials technologies for the construction sector seeking market validation.
• GIEC (Grupo Interplataformas de Economía Circular)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMATERPLAT participates in the GIEC (Circular Economy Interplatform Group) which develops tools like 'Conectando Entidades' for waste/byproduct information sharing and 'Conectando Ideas' for project collaboration. The GIEC offers a 'Distintivo GIEC' (GIEC Distinction) for circular economy projects.
• Agencia Estatal de InvestigacióncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Spanish State Research Agency promotes MATERPLAT as the Spanish Technological Platform for Advanced Materials and Nanomaterials. The agency provides institutional backing and connects the platform with national R&D priorities.
• SOCIEMAT (Sociedad Española de Materiales)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMATERPLAT collaborates with SOCIEMAT on the annual 'Premio MATERPLAT-SOCIEMAT' (MATERPLAT-SOCIEMAT Award) for Young Innovators in Materials, now in its 7th edition. SOCIEMAT organizes the CNMAT congress.
• IAM-I (Innovative Advanced Materials Initiative)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIAM-I is a European initiative for innovative advanced materials. MATERPLAT collaborates with IAM-I on webinars and dissemination of advanced materials research, including synchrotron characterization techniques.
• CTAG (Centro Tecnológico de Automoción de Galicia)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCTAG hosts MATERPLAT's headquarters and performs the technical secretariat function for the platform. CTAG provides operational support and administrative services.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SusChem (European Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry): EU-level technology platform coordinating research and innovation in sustainable chemistry, including materials-related topics. Comparable to MATERPLAT as a multi-stakeholder R&D coordination body backed by EU institutions, but operates at a broader chemical sciences level.
• Materials Research Society (MRS): Global professional association for materials researchers, organizing conferences, publications, and networking events in advanced materials. Comparable to MATERPLAT in its convening role for the materials research community but with a global, member-driven professional society model.
• EUMAT (European Technology Platform for Advanced Engineering Materials and Technologies): European-level technology platform focused on advanced engineering materials, with a broader geographic scope than MATERPLAT. Both serve as convening/intermediary organizations for materials R&D stakeholders, but EUMAT operates pan-European while MATERPLAT is Spain-focused.
• European Materials Research Society (E-MRS): European association promoting materials science research through conferences, schools, and symposia. Shares MATERPLAT's advanced materials focus and stakeholder convening role, but operates across Europe rather than within Spain.

Direct peers

• Innovative Advanced Materials Initiative (IAM-I): European initiative for innovative advanced materials that already collaborates with MATERPLAT on webinars and dissemination. A more direct peer than other EU platforms given the shared advanced materials focus and complementary scope.
• FOTONICA21 (Plataforma Tecnológica Española de Fotónica): Spanish technology platform for photonics, organized under the same national technology platform framework as MATERPLAT. Highly comparable in structure, mission, and member-base model, addressing an adjacent advanced-technology vertical.
• BIOVEGEN (Plataforma Tecnológica Española de Biotecnología Vegetal): Spanish technology platform focused on plant biotechnology, organized as a non-profit consortium convening companies and research centers. Directly comparable to MATERPLAT in governance model, member composition, and R&D intermediation role, but in a different vertical.
• PLATAFORMA TECNOLÓGICA ESPAÑOLA DEL SECTOR TEXTIL (TexFor): Spanish technology platform for the textile sector, with a structure and member-based collaboration model that closely mirrors MATERPLAT. Both are non-profit national R&D coordination platforms promoted under Spain's technology platform framework.
• PTE HPC (Plataforma Tecnológica Española de Computación de Altas Prestaciones): Spanish technology platform for high-performance computing, one of the sibling platforms operating alongside MATERPLAT under Spain's national R&D coordination framework. Shares the same governance, funding, and member-driven convening model.

Emerging players

• Nanotechnologies Industries Association (NIA): Industry association representing nanotechnologies across Europe. Comparable to MATERPLAT's nanomaterials focus area and its role in connecting industry with R&D actors, though with a narrower nanotechnology scope and different geographic reach.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/materplat---plataforma-tecnol%C3%B3gica-espa%C3%B1ola-de-materiales-avanzados-y-nanomateriales/?viewAsMember=true

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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