ROBOOST positions Danobat as an international benchmark in next-generation industrial robotics

ROBOOST represents one of DanobatGroup’s major strategic commitments for the future. The project includes an investment of nearly €50 million over the next three years, more than €35 million of which will be allocated to R&D and technological development activities. It also foresees the creation of 500 new jobs —200 direct and 300 indirect— as well as the upskilling of professional profiles toward higher levels of technological specialization. ROBOOST is the second project developed within the framework of the Basque Government’s Industry Plan Euskadi 2030 and is led by Danobat as the driving company and a global benchmark in high-precision manufacturing solutions.

The project will enable the development in the Basque Country of a new generation of high-performance industrial robots capable of combining the precision, stability and rigidity of machine tools with the flexibility inherent to robotics. This new paradigm overcomes the traditional limitations of conventional systems and opens the door to critical applications requiring maximum reliability, thereby reinforcing the competitiveness of strategic industrial sectors.

As the driving force behind the initiative, Danobat will mobilize 18 small and médium-sized companies and structure a strong local value chain around this new technological solution. Collaboration with industry clusters —under the leadership of AFM in Advanced Manufacturing and with the participation of HEGAN in Aeronautics and Space— reinforces the collaborative and industrial nature of the project.

Technological development will also involve 10 technology centers and agents from the Basque Network of Science, Technology and Innovation (RVCTI), led in the scientific-technological field by IDEKO —also a MONDRAGON cooperative and a benchmark in applied research. This alliance between industry, knowledge and the cooperative network represents one of the project’s key differentiating strengths and a clear example of inter-cooperation.

The presentation event was attended by MONDRAGON President Pello Rodríguez; Nerea Aranguren, Managing Director of the Danobatgroup and MIA divisions; Danobat CEO Xabier Alzaga; Cooperative President Julián Aizpuru; the President of Gipuzkoa, Eider Mendoza; and the Basque Government’s Minister of Industry, Energy Transition and Sustainability, Mikel Jauregi.

With ROBOOST, MONDRAGON reinforces its commitment to industrial transformation, promoting through Danobat and IDEKO a privately led project with public support that will position the cooperatives as an international benchmark in robust, high-precision robotics and as a key player in the future of advanced manufacturing.

About Danobat

Danobat, a MONDRAGON cooperative, has more than 70 years of experience and is an international benchmark in high-precision manufacturing solutions. Specialized in grinding, turning and precision robotics, the company is strongly committed to R&D and internationalization. It will showcase its latest innovations starting next week at BIEMH 2026 in Bilbao.