Polo Tecnológico Rosario (PTR) or Rosario Technological Center was founded in 2000, located in
Rosario
Rosario () is the largest city in the central provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous ci ...
, Argentina. It is composed of provincial and municipal levels, the two
universities
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in the province of
Santa Fe and more than 70 private companies. PTR forms part of
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
's vast pool of
science and technology
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centers.
Currently, after ten years of existence it employs 3,500 people working on areas such as biotechnology, software development and telecommunications. It is expected that Rosario Technological Center will grow 100% by 2015 becoming one of the most important technology production centers in Latin America.
External links
Polo Tecnológico Rosario: http://www.polotecnologico.net/index.cgi
Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología : http://www.mincyt.gov.ar/index.php
INDEAR - Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology of Rosario : http://www.indear.com/web/
BIOCERES - Bio Investing Company : http://www.bioceres.com.ar/eng/
El Polo Tecnológico Rosario necesitará emplear en 2015 a 4.000 personas más: http://www.lacapital.com.ar/contenidos/2010/09/29/noticia_0072.html
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Scientific organisations based in Argentina