The Eurecat technology centre is coordinating the CARBODIN (Car Body Shells, Doors and Interiors) project which is to support building lighter and more energy-sustainable passenger trains by developing innovative modular tooling for manufacturing car bodies and carriage shells using composite materials. As part of the project “innovative and versatile moulds and tooling are to be designed and [...]
The Eurecat technology centre is coordinating the Salema project which draws on a circular economy model using waste and scrap as an alternative source of critical raw materials while also replacing them with aluminium alloy components for electric vehicles. The project is to run four industrial pilot schemes to validate new aluminium alloys with five demonstrations of [...]
Until June, Montjuïc Castle is hosting “Montjuïc. The Amusement Park”, a participatory exhibition organised by Barcelona City Council’s Institute of Culture (ICUB) and directed and coordinated by the Eurecat technology centre and ALS. It welcomes visitors looking to learn about the amusement park which stood on part of the mountain from 1966 to 1998. The [...]
Over 60 international speakers took part this week in the final conference of the DIAMOND and TInnGO projects, held online in conjunction with the 10th International Travel Demand Management Symposium. It was attended by over 150 people from academia, the industry, project members and associations and platforms advocating gender equality and inclusion, and policymakers from all over the [...]
L The first session of the tourism workshop ‘How to undertake visitor flow management initiatives to enhance the tourist experience’ unpacked the guidelines for sustainable tourism flow management and leisure-related mobility systems at tourist destinations for the Costa Daurada’s tourism practitioners, managers and businesses. The issues discussed in the session led by Xavier Cazorla, an [...]
The international Cassandra conference hosted by the Eurecat technology centre has underscored the need to fast-track joint efforts by the private and public sectors, society and scientists to roll out long-term solutions founded on consensus and trust to tackle the Mediterranean’s environmental challenges. “Maybe it’s time for scientists and other key stakeholders in the responses [...]
The Eurecat technology centre has developed thermoplastic composite window frames for regional aircraft using advanced industrial manufacturing processes to reduce part weight and production costs. The innovation comes under the WINFRAME 4.0 project which “has enabled us to draw on thermoplastic composites for building regional aircraft and also develop faster and more reliable processes by using carbon [...]
The Minister President of Flanders Jan Jambon visited Eurecat today accompanied by a large group from the Flemish region’s digital ecosystem as part of his visit to the Smart City Expo trade fair in Barcelona. Xavier Torra, Eurecat’s Chair, welcomed the delegation to Eurecat’s head office in Barcelona which houses the centre’s technology units specialising in digitalisation. Their [...]
Climate change will further exacerbate poverty and lack of opportunities for women, who on average tend to be worse off in terms of poverty, education, health and restricted immediate access to and ownership of natural resources. This was made evident today on the second day of the international Cassandra conference hosted by the Eurecat technology centre [...]
The first day of the international Cassandra conference, hosted by the Eurecat technology centre, warned of rising migration and conflict in the Mediterranean due to climate change, which the World Bank says has turned water scarcity into a trigger for growing involuntary displacement and economic and social inequalities. In her talk, Esha Zaveri, senior economist [...]
