Sorocaba is a city inserted in the modern globalized economy, able to compete internationally for the quality and technological innovation of its products. Its high rates of development and quality of life, strategic location - approximately 90 km from São Paulo and interconnection by the Castello Branco and Raposo Tavares highways - and rates of skilled labor favor investment attraction.
The Modern and Opportunity City has a most advanced urban organization. It incorporates the concepts of centers of centrality and compact city, which favors the proximity of housing, work, services, school, health, leisure and entertainment. It has an integrated urban mobility system that encourages the population to use it.
Sorocaba's Innovation Map, makes available on an interactive platform all the companies of the city that have participation in the economic and sustainable development of the city, making Sorocaba an intelligent and innovative city.
Innovation has always circled Sorocaba's history, driving growth in all areas. Sorocaba, located 90 km from the capital, gained the status of one of the largest powers in the interior of the state of Sao Paulo. It currently has over 50,000 students preparing every year to enter the job market.
This favorable scenario of growth, development and sustainability was the motivation for Sorocaba City Hall to unite Industries, Teaching Institutions and Research Institutions, to create a public incentive system for innovation and generate new opportunities for the city.
For this purpose, Alexandre Beldi Netto's Sorocaba Technology Park was created. Its main mission is to promote and propagate the culture of innovation and entrepreneurship through the creation of products or services that generate improvements in people's lives, new opportunities and sustainable growth. the entire metropolitan region of Sorocaba.
Sorocaba Technology Park is strategically positioned in the new Sorocaba Industrial Zone. It has a total area of 1.8 million square meters divided into: Central Nucleus and Laboratories, External Areas for Research Centers and Laboratories, in addition to the Biodiversity Park.
The Sorocaba Technology Park Center currently has 12,000 m² and will have 18,000 m² in the second phase. The Center houses the park's management and administration structure, the technology incubator, Image Lab, FabLab, Coworking, university and business labs, the Convention Center (2 100-seat auditoriums, 1 500-seat auditorium and exhibition hall). ) and the Living Area with restaurant.
