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ALBA Synchrotron operates a synchrotron light source in Cerdanyola del Vallès, near Barcelona, where scientific instruments, beamlines, microscopes and laboratories are made available to users. Access is open to researchers at academic institutions as well as to professionals and companies from commercial sectors.

Its Industrial Office helps companies find suitable international funding programmes and guides them through the application process. Commercial use is charged under published rates for scientific instrument use, space occupation and graphic productions. The site also lists case studies across several industry sectors.

ALBA is funded or co-funded by European and national institutions and is working on ALBA II, a planned transformation into a fourth-generation light source. The organisation recruits in computing and controls, engineering, accelerators, experiments and administration.

Product: Beamline and instrument access for scientific and industrial users, with paid commercial rates for instrument use and related services