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Eurecat coordinates BlauCat project analysing carbon capture and storage capacity in Catalonia’s coastal ecosystems

2025-08-26T13:45:30+02:00May 2nd, 2025|Canvi Climàtic, Press Notes, Sustainability|

The Eurecat technology centre is coordinating the BlauCat project which analyses the state of blue carbon in Catalonia’s coastal ecosystems to enhance the key role of wetlands and other coastal systems as natural carbon reservoirs which can capture and store carbon efficiently. The initiative will also design strategies for conserving and restoring coastal ecosystems [...]

Eurecat expands its nutrition and health clinical studies with a new facility in Cerdanyola

2025-08-26T10:22:12+02:00April 28th, 2025|Food, Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

In May, the Eurecat technology centre is to open a health centre at its Cerdanyola site to expand its nutrition and health clinical studies addressing nutritional intervention and health promotion for agri-food and biotechnology businesses specialising in nutraceutical and nutricosmetic products along with research projects. “The new health centre Eurecat is to open at [...]

Experts say that climate action is a social, economic and ecological priority

2025-08-26T10:17:54+02:00April 25th, 2025|Canvi Climàtic, Press Notes, Sustainability|

The second workshop hosted by the Climate Resilience Centre (CRC), coordinated by Eurecat, stressed the importance of prioritising collaborative and consensus-based climate action in Catalonia with the engagement of the public and private sectors and society in general to make progress in climate resilience by driving the bioeconomy and climate change adaptation and mitigation [...]

CitySens and Eurecat craft sustainable gardening solutions using 3D printing

2025-08-26T10:10:15+02:00April 22nd, 2025|New Manufacturing Processes, Press Notes|

CitySens and the Eurecat technology centre have teamed up to develop gardening solutions harnessing 3D printing based on recycled and biodegradable materials and designed to foster the sustainability and circular economy of the products marketed by this Tarragona-based company specialising in items for enjoying nature at home or in the workplace. When manufacturing these [...]

Eurecat and Controlpack devise Internet of Things solution for more sustainable industrial packaging

2025-08-26T10:01:22+02:00April 11th, 2025|Autonomous and professional robotics, Fires, New Manufacturing Processes, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre has developed an innovative Internet of Things (IoT) system for the industrial packaging process in partnership with Controlpack. The system tracks material use in real time, enables predictive machine maintenance and optimises the energy efficiency of the process, thereby helping to ramp up sustainability and productivity in the industry. This [...]

Eurecat unveils autonomous aerial robot which can carry loads of up to 35 kg

2025-08-26T09:57:54+02:00April 9th, 2025|Autonomous and professional robotics, Fires, Press Notes|

This week at the Advanced Factories trade fair in Barcelona, the Eurecat technology centre is showcasing an autonomous aerial robot for industry with a high load capacity of up to 35 kg, enabling new automation operations in logistics coupled with new approaches to maintenance and assembly by integrating robotic arms for aerial handling. The [...]

European study to analyse the impact of endocrine disruptors during pregnancy and the first 18 months of life

2025-08-26T09:34:00+02:00April 7th, 2025|Food, Nutrition and Health, Omics sciences, Press Notes|

A European study is to look at how endocrine disruptors (EDs), chemical substances found in items such as plastics, personal care products, textiles, cleaning agents, food, furniture and electronic devices, may alter the hormonal systems of pregnant women and their babies during the first 18 months of life. The project will also assess the [...]

Eco-design of modular electric car batteries to give them a second life

2025-05-06T13:09:35+02:00March 31st, 2025|Automotive, Innovation and product development, Press Notes, WEEI|

The Eurecat technology centre is coordinating the European Marbel project which has developed a new electric vehicle battery concept based on the principles of modularity and the potential for large-scale recyclability with a view to lessening environmental impact and unlocking the circular economy in the automotive industry. In Catalonia, alongside Eurecat the project has [...]

International study backs Mediterranean diet in families to foster healthy and sustainable habits

2025-04-30T11:24:25+02:00March 28th, 2025|Food, Health, Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre has taken part in an international study involving 250 families with school-age children in Spain and Turkey to promote the Mediterranean diet and foster healthy and sustainable habits through digital resources, educational materials and introducing healthy plant-based products. Eurecat’s Nutrition and Health Unit, supported by the Centre for Research in [...]

The Government promotes an advanced AI predictive model for incident forecasting that has been developed by the SEM and the CIDAI

2025-04-25T10:24:39+02:00March 19th, 2025|Big Data, Press Notes|

The Government, through the Secretariat of Digital Policies of the Department of Business and Employment, has today presented an advanced artificial intelligence (AI) model for the prediction of incidents that has been developed by the Medical Emergency System of Catalonia (SEM) and the Centre of Innovation for Data tech and Artificial Intelligence (CIDAI), within [...]

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