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The Basque Ecodesign Meeting 2020 in Bilbao to celebrate 20 years’ leadership by basque companies in environmental innovation
Abierto un plazo extraordinario para las empresas vascas que quieran participar en el mayor catálogo de productos ecodiseñados
El Basque Ecodesign Meeting 2020 concluye con la certeza de que la economía circular es un camino irreversible para la ciudadanía, empresas y administraciones
Ignacio Quintana
Ihobe-Basque Government
Ignacio graduated in Chemistry from the University of the Basque Country (1981) and he is currently the coordinator of the Ecodesign and Ecoefficiency Unit at Ihobe, S.A.
He started his professional career at Dow Chemical Ibérica (Tarragona) and subsequently joined Rhone Poulenc (Blanes).
In 1987, he moved to Ihobe, where he was initially technically responsible for solving pesticide pollution, where he oversaw the construction of the Barakaldo and Loiu safety cells and the HCH (hexachlorocyclohexane) chemical treatment plant. In addition, Ignacio managed the design and construction of the Advanced Recycling Centre for oils and solvents (Zamudio).
During a second stage working at IHOBE, he was involved in preparing plans, programmes and instructions in the fields of climate change, waste minimisation, ecodesign, contaminated soils, etc. Finally, for several years in the corporate arena, Ignacio has been tasked with coordinating the management of strategic planning, management plan, policy of excellence, etc.
26-28 February
BASQUE ECODESIGN MEETING 2020
