One-liner: the toy & child-product technology institute (Ibi, Alicante; part of REDIT) — the only Spanish lab accredited for stroller safety testing, a TechLab for immersive/digital tech (AR/VR/holograms/drones), and a 3D/metal-additive prototyping lab.
What a founder gets
- Safety testing & certification for toys, baby/childcare articles, food-contact materials, recreational/sports-area products — the regulatory gate for anyone selling a physical child product in the EU. Includes direct Amazon toy-validation as a TIC provider.
- 3D printing / additive manufacturing — functional and aesthetic prototypes, rapid prototype molds, metal additive fabrication, and anatomical medical models (organ replicas for surgical planning) — a cross-vertical asset beyond toys.
- TechLab — a fully-equipped immersive-tech demo lab: augmented/virtual/mixed reality, virtual mapping, holographic systems, 360° environments, and drones (with housing/casing design) — for any startup embedding digital tech into a physical product.
- Digital & immersive development services — AR/VR app development, 2D/3D modelling & animation, gamification and serious-games design (backed by an in-house team of engineers, psychologists, and pedagogues), storyboard/UX advisory, and app-store publishing guidance.
- Subsidised training — 25+ years running occupational/continuous training; LABORA/SEPE-accredited free courses plus custom in-company programs.
- R&D project office — co-applies for GVA/AVI/IVACE innovation grants (recent: PREDERISK4CHILDREN, CircSyst, cuidAR) and manages EU projects (e.g. CHANCES, EMPOWERPLAY).
Who it's for
- Toy, baby/childcare, leisure, edtech, and gamification startups needing safety certification, physical prototyping, or immersive-tech integration; early-to-growth stage.
- Also relevant to any hardware startup needing 3D-printed prototypes/molds or drone-adjacent physical design, regardless of vertical.
How to engage
- Contact: comunicacion@aiju.es · +34 96 555 44 75 (Ibi HQ) · Valencia office +34 96 339 13 76; online appointment booking ("Reserva tu Cita Online") available.
- Digital-services lead: José Carlos Sola (Servicios de desarrollo digital y tecnologías inmersivas).
- Membership ("Asóciate") gives preferential rates; services are also purchasable directly, rolling/on-demand (no fixed call deadline).
- Training grants: LABORA/SEPE-subsidized courses are free for workers/companies/unemployed; separately, "formación programada/bonificable" lets companies reclaim training costs via payroll-tax credits (min. 2h/course, annual credit expires unused, general-regime employees only — autónomos excluded).
Leadership (newly captured 2026-07-05)
- President: Carmen Alejandra Gómez Verdú (Gerente, Ludilo, S.L.)
- Vice Presidents: Felipe Javier Carrasco Torres (Secretario Autonómico de Industria, GVA) · José Antonio Pastor Fernández (Asociación Española de Fabricantes de Juguetes)
- Director General: Manuel Aragonés Frances
- 18 additional vocal board members (toy, childcare-product and plastics-transformation sectors) + 3 institutional representatives.
Key facts
- Celebrating its 40th anniversary (founded c. 1986). REDIT member; institutional home Ibi (Alicante) — the historic Spanish toy-manufacturing district ("Valle del Juguete").
- HQ: Avda. de la Industria 23, 03440 Ibi (Alicante). Valencia office: Avda. Cortes Valencianas 58, oficina 109, 46015 Valencia.
- 20+ years of experience specifically in digital/immersive-tech integration (per TechLab team); interdisciplinary staff spans engineering, programming, design, pedagogy, and psychology.
- Recent/active R&D lines: STELAH (green hydrogen electrolysis), GLIO-IA (precision medicine for brain tumors), ReMETALIZA (industrial symbiosis/heavy-metal recovery), PREDERISK4CHILDREN (AI risk-detection in child products), CircSyst (circular-economy solutions reaching EU market).
Relations
- Part of: REDIT
- Partners with: Valle del Juguete
- Runs: AIJU Child-Product Safety Lab
- See also: Toys (niche)
- See also: Valencia Game City