We are the first technology park in Brazil
TechPark is directly connected to the origins of the city. Based on the history and technological vocation of the city of São José dos Campos, we can say that it has housed the first technology park in Brazil, over 70 years ago.
São José dos Campos’s development and industrialization have been closely connected to technology, from the creation of the Aeronautics Technical Center in 1946 (later named Department of Aerospace Science and Technology – DCTA), which originated the Aeronautics Institute of Technology (Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica – ITA) in 1950, the National Institute for Space Research (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais – INPE) in 1961, and Embraer in 1969, forming the first major technology ecosystem in Brazil.
Today, São José dos Campos Technology Park is the main representative of the city’s great technological front and leads a vast expansion. In 2019, with the enactment of the New Zoning Law, which established rules in relation to parceling, use and occupation of the land, in alignment with the Master Plan for the Integrated Development of the city of São José dos Campos, TechPark’s center and its surroundings became part of the TechPark Special Perimeter, which extends for 15.8 million square meters.
2005
Beginning of studies for the creation of a Technology Park
Launch of the São José dos Campos Business Incubator at Cecompi (Center for Competitiveness and Innovation for the Eastern São Paulo State Cone)
Municipal Government of São José dos Campos purchases the Solectron building, a former electronic components factory
2006
Decree no. 12,367/06 establishes the “São José dos Campos Technology Park” program
Implementation and start of operations: arrival of FATEC, CDTA-Embraer, CDTE-VSE
2007
The São José dos Campos Technology Park Association is qualified with the Municipal Government
2008
Graduation of the first group of startups from the Incubator
2009
Management Agreement with the São José dos Campos Technology Park Association and beginning of operations of the Technology Park
The Brazilian Aerospace Cluster is recognized as a Local Productive Arrangement (Arranjo Produtivo Local – APL)
2010
TechPark is granted a definitive accreditation by the System of Technology Parks of the State of São Paulo, making it a reference for the creation of a nation-wide framework, with tax incentive rules and policies for research institutions and companies that are part of the environment.
2011
Opening of Corporate Center 1
Unifesp and CITS-Cité arrive at the Park
Creation of VALE Information and Communications Technology APL (APL TIC VALE)
Opening of FATEC campus
2012
Expansion of TechPark’s center and ITA’s Innovation Center
Unesp’s arrival
Opening of the Entrepreneurs’ Galleries
2015
Cemaden starts its operation in a temporary space
Unifesp opens its building in TechPark
The 1st RM VALE TI is held
2016
Technology Park incorporates Cecompi and becomes the largest innovation and entrepreneurship park in Brazil
Launch of the Manufacturing Development Center
2017
Opening of Corporate Center 4
2018
Launch of CDTASA
Opening of Nexus Coworking – Labs
2019
Phase 5: Planned and orderly occupation of ZEPTEC’s 15 million square-meter area
Creation of Nexus Living – TechPark’s Humanization Program
2020
Launch of the EMI/EMC Lab
