CIM UPC is a Technological Research Center affiliated to the UPC – “Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya” dedicated to R&D and knowledge transfer in relevant fields of manufacturing, automation and production management. CIM UPC is distinguished as a reference centre in Manufacturing technologies, technological projects, research, innovation and training for industries. CIM UPC is very intensive in machinery and production applications, with highly innovative labs in CNC machining, additive manufacturing, rapid tooling and metrology and state-of-the-art processes for manufacturing. The research and development activities of the CIM UPC are focused on production technologies, addressing the applicability and sustainability of the solutions materialized. The services offered are the result of more than 30 years of background in the field of production technologies and, as a result, CIM UPC counts on specialists in the areas of systems engineering, manufacturing, automation, robotics, mechanics and design, which can contribute to solve in a holistic manner the problems of existing systems of industrial production.