CETEM expansion in Yecla to host new furniture and wood training center

On 29 July 2026 the director of the Centro Tecnológico del Mueble y la Madera (CETEM), José Francisco Puche, presented the Yecla facilities to regional councilor Victor Marín, mayor Remedios Lajara and INFO director Joaquín Gómez. The meeting examined the planned enlargement of CETEM – 4,000 sq m of new space funded with an estimated €3.5 million – as part of Murcia’s Regional Industrial Plan. The centerpiece is a future Centre for Training and Technological Development in Furniture and Wood, intended to boost applied research, specialised training and industrial competitiveness.

No definitive timeline, budget revision or construction schedule was disclosed; financing, site allocation and technical specifications remain to be finalised. Attendees also included Luis Alberto Marín, Pedro Arcas, José Antonio Ortega (president of AREMA) and other institutional and business representatives, reaffirming coordinated support for the project.