The Eurecat technology centre is presenting three new innovative technologies for zero-defect manufacturing while also cutting energy use and preventing material wastage in production processes at the Advanced Factories trade fair. The goal is to furnish the industrial sector with solutions which improve efficiency and sustainability. “These are technological innovations which deliver greater flexibility, [...]
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 [...]
Eurecat’s Board of Trustees has signed off on its new Strategic Plan for the next three years and which kicks off a new stage for the technology centre geared towards unlocking transformational technologies to tackle today’s business and social challenges. The start of the new strategic period coincides with Eurecat’s tenth anniversary, a symbolic [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Institut d’Assistència Sanitària and the Eurecat technology centre have inked a partnership agreement to promote joint scientific research and technology development in healthcare. The projects to be fostered under this agreement concern new medical devices, clinical decision-making support tools, artificial intelligence, 3D printing, simulation, digital technology and other activities promoting technology and fostering innovation. [...]
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 [...]
The Eurecat technology centre has unveiled patented solutions and technologies at the Transfiere Forum that meet challenges in healthy food and nutrition. They include a multi-ingredient for treating obesity, fatty liver disease and some menopausal symptoms, a natural dipeptide compound which reduces the amount of salt in food and a precision nutrition tool harnessing [...]
The Eurecat technology centre has patented new one hundred percent natural origin vitrimeric matrices for composite materials which can be recovered for reuse in the industry value chain in the automotive, construction and capital goods sectors. Eurecat has presented at the JEC World fair in Paris new composites made with this matrix which have [...]
The Tarragona Water Consortium (CAT) and the Eurecat technology centre have hosted a technical conference on the impact of climate change on drinking water quality at the Drinking Water Treatment Plant (DWTP) in l’Ampolla which brought together nearly a hundred professionals from all over Catalonia involved in water management and set out the first [...]
