CTMETAL is a non-profit private business association. CTMETAL was registered as a technology and innovation centre with the Interministerial Science and Technology Commision "CICYT" under number 66 on 28 June 2002. It belongs to the Network of Technology Institutes of Región de Murcia "CECOTEC-INFO" and the Federeation of Innovation and Technology Institutions "FEDIT". It also collaborates with AIMME, UMU, UPCT and FREMM and belongs to the Iberian Network of Innovation Support Centres "RICAI".