The CTA is dedicated to research and technological development and training, with the following purposes:

(a) The consolidation of a competent research group in the field of Process Engineering and Sugar Technologies.

b) To carry out basic and applied research in areas of common interest for the University and the business environment represented in the CTA.

c) The training of qualified personnel from both companies and the University.

d) The realization of prototypes and development of techniques susceptible to transfer to industry or commercialization.

e) The collection and dissemination of information and state of the art in their field of work.

The Center proposes to carry out research projects of interest to the agri-food sector. The objective is to provide an intelligent and sustainable response in the agri-food sector to the challenges related to: food availability, quality and safety; mitigation and adaptation to climate change; the competitiveness of the agri-food sector in national and international markets; the maintenance of natural capital; and the advancement and implementation of the circular economy as an opportunity for the sustainability of our systems and the creation of new jobs.

On the other hand, the projects developed propose the generation of environmentally and economically sustainable energy as an objective priority to guarantee a competitive and secure supply that allows for adequate economic growth and social welfare.

The activities are proposed to obtain significant advances in the development of new knowledge on processes and technologies that allow the integral use of food waste, optimizing those viable alternatives that require a minimum use of material and energy resources.