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Organic photovoltaic panels for energy self-sufficient greenhouses

2025-11-03T16:00:01+01:00August 8th, 2025|Energy, Functional Printing, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre and Lenium, a company specialising in developing and financing turnkey industrial projects, renewable energies and R&D and innovation initiatives, are to develop energy self-sufficient greenhouses by fitting organic photovoltaic panels which enable both power generation and plant growth. The project involves embedding semi-transparent printed organic cells which “use light synergistically, [...]

Eurecat brings its new developments in digital technologies to the Digital Enterprise Show in Malaga

2025-08-27T08:35:53+02:00June 11th, 2025|Functional Printing, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre will showcase its latest breakthroughs in applied research and innovation in digital technologies at the Digital Enterprise Show (DES), which is being held this week in Malaga, alongside other world-renowned experts and businesses. Eurecat experts will talk about the new success stories in cognitive robotics resulting from implementing artificial intelligence, [...]

Eurecat and Gràfiques Manlleu devise labelling system using artificial intelligence and photonics to ensure zero-error production

2025-08-26T13:53:58+02:00May 8th, 2025|Functional Printing, New Manufacturing Processes, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre and Gràfiques Manlleu, a leader in paper labelling for food products, have developed a new technological solution combining photonics, artificial intelligence and computer vision which makes it possible to automatically spot differences in patterns and identify irregularities in labels, thus helping to reduce costs and production time. The solution designed [...]

Eurecat breaks new ground in harnessing printed electronics for real-time water quality monitoring

2025-04-03T10:50:40+02:00February 27th, 2025|Fires, Functional Printing, Press Notes|

This week at LOPEC, the preeminent event in printed electronics held in Munich, the Eurecat technology centre is showcasing new advanced technology platforms for real-time water quality monitoring which combine high-precision sensors and printed electronics with communication and data analysis systems to optimise water resource management. These multi-parametric platforms enable continuous on-site information gathering [...]

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 [...]

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 picks up prize at Advanced Manufacturing Awards for ultra-thin smart interface for the new generation of cars

2024-12-24T10:06:10+01:00November 21st, 2024|Automotive, Fires, Functional Printing, Plastic material, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre has picked up the “Best Product Design and Development Innovation” prize at the Advanced Manufacturing Madrid trade fair for the Púlsar project in which it has developed a smart plastic surface just 3 millimetres thick that is expected to be embedded in the central electronic control system of the new [...]

Eurecat innovates in smart fabrics and plastics to bring functionalities, personalisation and comfort to car interiors

2024-12-24T10:01:58+01:00November 14th, 2024|Automotive, Fires, Functional fabrics, Functional Printing, Press Notes|

This week at the Automotive Interiors trade fair in Stuttgart (Germany), the Eurecat technology centre is showcasing new technological solutions and innovations which include shape-memory fabrics, visual comfort and electroluminescent filaments along with smart plastics to add functionalities to car interior materials. The automotive industry “is fully engaged in digital transformation and also embedding [...]

Eurecat patents a technology for the production and conversion of green hydrogen with printed electronics

2024-07-24T13:37:14+02:00July 3rd, 2024|Functional Printing, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre has patented a new technology for obtaining printed, flexible and lightweight devices to produce and convert green hydrogen, with the aim of reducing the environmental impact and cost of electrolytic cells commonly used in this process. The innovation, which has been awarded the EmErgEnt prize from the Efficient Energy Cluster [...]

Eurecat trials solutions tapping printed electronics to monitor health and detect pollutants in water

2024-03-13T11:37:09+01:00March 7th, 2024|Fires, Functional Printing, Press Notes|

This week at LOPEC, the preeminent event in printed electronics held in Munich, the Eurecat technology centre is showcasing innovative solutions for medical care, prevention and health monitoring, overseeing water quality and detecting pollutants, and for the new generation of cars with a prototype which has won the best demonstrator award presented at the [...]

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