TAGUSVALLEY
- Type
- Enabler
- Location
- Abrantes, Portugal
- Industries
- Alternative proteins, Food ingredients & products, Food reformulation, Food safety & quality, New food processing techniques, Waste efficiency
- Technologies
- Extraction, High pressure processing (HPP), Pulsed electric field (PEF), Power-heating technology, Processing
About TAGUSVALLEY
TAGUSVALLEY is a science and technology park based in Abrantes, in Portugal’s Médio Tejo region. It operates as an association that promotes innovation, entrepreneurship, knowledge transfer, and technological development, with services aimed at supporting both regional and national businesses.
The park says it has a particular focus on information technologies, industrial processes, the food sector, and energy. It positions itself as a regional innovation ecosystem and a support structure for companies, entrepreneurs, and other actors that need incubation, business hosting, and access to technical and scientific support.
Core Values
- Transparency and integrity: The park emphasizes transparent and honest relationships with partners, clients, and other stakeholders.
- Scientific rigor: Its services are presented as being grounded in scientific rigor in design, development, and delivery.
- Proximity and trust: TAGUSVALLEY highlights close, professional support for companies, entrepreneurs, and collaborators, aiming to build trust through practical assistance.
- Innovation and regional development: The organization frames innovation, entrepreneurial spirit, service quality, social and environmental responsibility, and regional development as core foundations.
Unique Aspects
- Regional science park with a broad innovation mandate: TAGUSVALLEY is not just an incubator; it is a science and technology park designed to stimulate innovation and knowledge-based development across the Médio Tejo region.
- Strong agro-food specialization: The park repeatedly highlights the food sector through initiatives such as FOOD FAB LAB, the FOOD FAB LAB Prize, and projects focused on new food products and agro-food transformation.
- Cross-sector technology focus: In addition to food, TAGUSVALLEY works across digital technologies, industrial processes, and energy, giving it a multi-sector innovation profile.
- Networked ecosystem approach: It explicitly describes itself as part of a quadruple-helix ecosystem linking universities, companies, government, and society, and it works with regional and national partners to strengthen that network.
- EU-funded collaborative projects: The park participates in multi-partner projects such as DRIVEN, INOVC+, TIC BioIN, ESG AGRIFOOD, and VIIAFOOD, which extend its reach into innovation transfer, sustainability, and entrepreneurship.