The Eurecat technology centre has teamed up with SecondSet to conduct a groundbreaking trial designed to recover end-of-life tennis balls and use them to develop a sustainable thermoplastic material. The results are being unveiled this week at the Advanced Factories fair taking place in Barcelona. This is “a circular economy initiative which paves the way to [...]
Starting tomorrow at the Advanced Factories fair, the Eurecat technology centre is to unveil disruptive technologies and projects in collaborative robotics and automation together with innovations in 3D printing, plastronics and composite material circularity and sustainability which are designed to make industrial businesses more competitive. In collaborative and autonomous robotics Eurecat will showcase its state-of-the-art capabilities [...]
The challenges of post-pandemic tourism and the digital transformation of the industry will take centre stage at the 9th TurisTIC Forum congress hosted by the Eurecat technology centre and to be held on 22 June at the Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site in Barcelona as well as online. The congress “will review what has happened in the last [...]
Environmental awareness “is a driving force for recovery across all economic sectors and for large and small and medium-sized enterprises alike,” says Miquel Rovira, director of the Eurecat technology centre’s Sustainability Division. It has “significant potential for rolling out the circular economy in segments such as agri-food, chemicals, transport, construction and equipment manufacturing.” With this in mind, [...]
The composites industry is thriving on the back of rising demand in high-tech markets such as aerospace and other segments including sporting goods and building engineering. Its surge is also expected to be driven by demand for lightweight, fuel-efficient vehicles and the emerging shift towards electric cars. This is the prediction made at the JEC Composites Connect virtual [...]
The Eurecat technology centre has contributed to the ‘Initiatives for Tourism Resilience’ e-book brought out by the Tourism Technology Centres Group and presented at the #techYdestino forum at FITURTECHY. It showcases initiatives and projects they have been working on in response to the acute crisis brought about by Covid-19 and which are designed to restart the tourism industry, a [...]
“It is essential to retain talent in the wide range of professional profiles making up human capital in the tourism industry, in businesses and in destinations to address challenges such as digitalisation, designing innovative experiences, coping with changes in demand and tourist satisfaction,” said Salvador Anton Clavé, director of Eurecat’s Department of Tourism Innovation and professor of Regional [...]
Reimagine Textile, the business innovation programme for the textile industry sponsored by Mataró Town Council, TecnoCampus and the Eurecat technology centre, is providing entrepreneurs, start-ups and businesses in the textile industry with new incubation facilities and a Textile Manufacturing and Prototyping Laboratory (FabLAB) for generating new enterprises, testing new business models and prototyping innovative products. [...]
Two fungi, one of which grows in Catalan forests, could be crucial in improving the immune system of bees. That’s the conclusion of the first findings of a study sponsored by the Lleida-based firm Torrons i Mel Alemany and the Forestry Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia in partnership with Eurecat and beekeeper Josetxu Rodríguez. This is a groundbreaking [...]
El Centre de Formació Pràctica de la Fundació Lacetània (CFP) i el centre tecnològic Eurecat han signat avui una aliança d‘ampli abast amb l’objectiu d’augmentar la competitivitat de les empreses del sector metall-mecànic de la Catalunya Central i de tot el territori català, amb especial atenció a la petita i mitjana empresa, davant dels importants [...]
