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CiSMA project to produce 100% recycled steels to boost the circular economy in the automotive, professional laundry equipment and engineering industries

2025-01-07T13:31:50+01:00December 20th, 2024|Automotive, Metallic and Ceramic Materials, Press Notes|

The European project CiSMA, coordinated by the technology centre Eurecat and with a budget of nearly €4.5 million, is to develop 100 percent recycled steel made from scrap and produced in an electric arc furnace to help cut CO2 footprint, boost circular economy and reduce EU’s dependency to critical raw materials in the automotive, [...]

Chips for key sectors, artificial intelligence, precision fermentation and innovations to protect natural capital are technology trends for 2025

2025-01-10T13:35:14+01:00December 13th, 2024|Automotive, Autonomous and professional robotics, Big Data, Food, ICT, Materials Processing and Capital Equipment, Nutrition and Health, Omics sciences, Press Notes, Sustainability|

Designing and manufacturing specific chips for key sectors of the economy is one of the technological trends set to shape 2025 says the scientific team at the Eurecat technology centre. They also predict that generative artificial intelligence will continue to grow in the coming year with disruptive applications and greater integration with technologies including [...]

Eurecat supports a digital platform to power the circular economy in small businesses

2025-01-10T13:32:39+01:00December 11th, 2024|Consulting, Press Notes|

As part of the COMDUR project, the Eurecat technology centre is to develop a digital self-diagnosis platform to enable retail outlets to roll out sustainable activities designed to unlock integrated circularisation in their business operations and thus enhance competitiveness and innovation in this trade sector. The technological platform Eurecat is to implement in the [...]

Centre for Omic Sciences builds on its research in metabolomics and proteomics with two new devices

2025-01-10T13:30:58+01:00December 5th, 2024|Omics sciences, Press Notes|

The Centre for Omic Sciences (COS), a joint unit of the Rovira i Virgili University and the Eurecat technology centre, is building on its cutting-edge research in metabolomics and proteomics applied to life sciences, biomedicine, agri-food and the environment with the installation of two new high-resolution and high-sensitivity mass spectrometers. Metabolomics and proteomics are [...]

Spin-off Aracne, specialising in predictive systems and quality control of fabric, winner in the Green Digitalisation Category at the European Digital Innovation Hubs Awards

2025-01-10T13:28:07+01:00December 2nd, 2024|Materials Processing and Capital Equipment, New Manufacturing Processes, Press Notes, Textile|

The spin-off Aracne, set up by the Eurecat technology centre and textile machinery manufacturer Canmartex and specialising in the development of predictive and quality control systems for the knitted fabric manufacturing process, has picked up a Green Digitalisation Category prize at the European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIH) Awards. The awards, sponsored by the European [...]

Smart robotic solution enables detection, sorting and harvesting of delicate fruit

2025-01-10T13:25:44+01:00November 29th, 2024|Autonomous and professional robotics, Fires, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre, the Basque Government’s Department of Education through the Basque Centre for Applied Research and Innovation for Vocational Education and Training and Enkitek have developed a smart robot harnessing computer vision and artificial intelligence for harvesting delicate fruit such as strawberries. The robot was unveiled at the Expo AgriTech 2024 fair [...]

Eurecat presents robotics, artificial intelligence, biotechnology and sustainability technologies for the agricultural industry

2025-01-10T13:24:05+01:00November 28th, 2024|Autonomous and professional robotics, Fires, Functional Printing, Press Notes|

This week at Expo AgriTech 2024 in Malaga, the Eurecat technology centre is presenting innovative technologies in robotics, artificial intelligence, biotechnology and sustainability to address the agricultural industry’s challenges. The agricultural sector has to deal with “significant issues including climate change, labour shortages and the need to make farming methods more sustainable,” points out [...]

BATTECH innovates in electric battery recycling and circular economy

2025-01-10T13:21:39+01:00November 27th, 2024|Automotive, Energy, Press Notes, Sustainability, WEEI|

BATTECH, the joint research unit run by the Eurecat technology centre and the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), is this week showcasing technological innovations at the Battery Innovation Days, hosted this year in Barcelona, to make headway in recycling and reusing electric batteries at the end of their service life. As a pacesetter [...]

Robotic system for dismantling and recycling computers

2024-12-24T10:10:48+01:00November 25th, 2024|Autonomous and professional robotics, Fires, Functional Printing, New Manufacturing Processes, Plastic material, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre has presented at the Advanced Manufacturing Madrid trade fair the DismantBot project which addresses robotisation of the process of dismantling tower PCs to help in safely and efficiently managing waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). The initiative, backed by Sadako Technologies and funded by the PADIH programme, has made it [...]

Eurecat showcases in Brussels innovative technologies across the entire hydrogen value chain to decarbonise industry and mobility

2024-12-24T10:09:17+01:00November 25th, 2024|Fires, Press Notes, Química|

At European Hydrogen Week in Brussels, Belgium, the Eurecat technology centre has showcased new developments in innovative technologies in the hydrogen value chain ranging from production, storage and distribution to its use as energy or raw material for this key vector for decarbonising industry and society. Eurecat “is at the forefront of decarbonisation and [...]

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