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Eurecat engaged in project developing new technologies to drive building decarbonisation

2022-07-25T17:19:10+00:00March 4th, 2021|Construction, Innovation and product development, Press Notes, Sustainability|

The Eurecat technology centre is taking part in the European StepUP project which is developing affordable solutions and technologies designed to transform the energy renovation market and make decarbonising existing buildings a reliable, attractive and sustainable investment. It will do this by developing technology which draws on occupant feedback and supports an iterative approach to energy renovation anchored in real and simulated [...]

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Eurecat involved in €5.5 million project to lighten electric vehicle chassis weight

2022-07-25T17:28:07+00:00February 24th, 2021|Automotive, Metallic and Ceramic Materials, New Manufacturing Processes, Press Notes, Sustainability|

The Eurecat technology centre is taking part in the Fatigue4Light (Fatigue modelling and fast testing methodologies to optimise part design and to boost lightweight materials deployment in chassis parts) project. Drawing on a €5,530,292 budget, it is to develop new tests and new computer simulation methods to better estimate the fatigue life of chassis components and select the optimal [...]

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Metals and minerals from seawater desalination plants are recovered to be turned into raw materials

2020-12-07T15:11:21+00:00September 14th, 2020|Press Notes, Química, Sustainability|

The Eurecat technology centre is coordinating the European Sea4Value project which is to develop a new process for recovering high-value metals and minerals from effluent generated by seawater desalination plants. The idea is to turn them into a source of raw materials in line with the circular economy. The almost 16,000 desalination plants operating worldwide [...]

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Pilot project shows petrochemical industry wastewater can be reclaimed

2020-12-07T14:47:15+00:00July 31st, 2020|Press Notes, Sustainability|

The Eurecat technology centre is coordinating the European LIFE REWATCH project which is demonstrating on a pilot scale a new system for treating wastewater from the petrochemical industry in one of DOW Chemical Ibérica’s production plants in Tarragona. The system makes it possible to obtain high-quality reclaimed water which can be reused in the same [...]

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Purification system promoting biogas as an alternative energy source to be developed

2020-10-19T08:37:49+00:00July 22nd, 2020|Energy, Press Notes, Sustainability|

The Eurecat technology centre is taking part in the LIFE BIOGASNET project that will develop a technology to improve the quality of the biogas produced in waste treatment plants and wastewater treatment plants in order to reduce the carbon footprint of the energy cycle and promote the circular economy. “Increasing the number and improving the sustainability of energy [...]

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Eurecat to help test innovative solutions for smart and efficient water management

2020-10-19T08:01:09+00:00June 3rd, 2020|Press Notes, Smart Management Systems, Sustainability|

The Eurecat technology centre is taking part in the European WATER-MINING project aimed at demonstrating smart and efficient water management systems to drive the transition to a circular economy through innovative solutions for recovering resources from industrial and urban wastewater and seawater. Xavier Martínez-Lladó, Director of Eurecat’s Water, Air and Soil Unit, says drawing on the circular economy in water [...]

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Manufacturing new products from agricultural waste could be the solution of the future

2019-07-17T08:05:47+00:00June 13th, 2019|Events, Press Notes, Sustainability|

Experts at the Tech4Good Congress, an annual conference that is organized by the Eurecat technology centre and focuses on technology that offers exponential benefits to society, today discussed the manufacture of new products from agricultural waste as a potential solution for the future. They also highlighted the fact that product sustainability is a growing priority [...]

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Eurecat: “Digitalization and the circular economy will play a major role in the future of water management”

2019-04-24T13:35:08+00:00March 21st, 2019|Press Notes, Smart Management Systems, Sustainability|

Digitalization and the circular economy are two trends that will play a major role in the future of water management. According to the Eurecat technology centre (a member of Tecnio), in this complex scenario new technologies will be vital to promoting recycling, encouraging more efficient water use and combating scarcity, in an effort to control [...]

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The CTM Foundation and Eurecat complete their merger

2019-02-19T15:41:21+00:00January 14th, 2019|Corporatiu, Metallic and Ceramic Materials, Press Notes, Simulation, Sustainability|

The merger between the CTM Foundation, headquartered in Manresa, and Eurecat was officially entered into the Government of Catalonia’s Register of Foundations on 11 December 2018, having been approved by the respective boards of trustees of both organizations on 28 September. The merger consolidates Eurecat’s position as one of the largest technology centres in Southern [...]

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Merger between the CTM Foundation and Eurecat approved

2018-10-08T13:21:36+00:00September 28th, 2018|Metallic and Ceramic Materials, Press Notes, Simulation, Sustainability|

0989The boards of trustees for the Eurecat technology centre and the CTM Foundation (both members of Tecnio) have today approved the merger of the two organizations. The merger will make the CTM Foundation the focal point for Eurecat’s technological competencies in the fields of sustainability, metallic materials, modelling and process simulation, and represents the culmination [...]

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