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Catalonia to host a Climate Resilience Centre to step up the ecological transition and the battle against the climate emergency

2022-07-25T14:42:29+02:00June 21st, 2021|Press Notes, Sustainability|

The consortium of sponsors today unveiled the Climate Resilience Centre (CRC), an undertaking with an international reach driven by Eurecat, the Technology Centre of Catalonia, together with Amposta Town Council and Rovira i Virgili University in partnership with other stakeholders and organisations. Its purpose is to step up the battle against the climate emergency and secure a [...]

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IREC and Eurecat set up Battech, the leading battery R&D&I centre in Southern Europe

2021-07-06T09:46:26+02:00June 18th, 2021|Energy, Press Notes|

The Catalonia Energy Research Institute (IREC) and the Eurecat technology centre have set up Battech, a flagship centre designed to cover the whole of Southern Europe’s battery ecosystem R&D&I. It will encompass research, development and innovation across the entire value chain of the next generation of electric cells and batteries for the electric mobility, renewable [...]

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Kivnon and Eurecat innovate in mobile robotics to make factories more flexible and smarter

2022-07-25T14:43:43+02:00June 10th, 2021|Autonomous and professional robotics, Fires, Press Notes|

Kivnon, a firm specialising in developing innovative mobile robotics, is to embed Eurecat autonomous mobility technology in some of its fleets. This technology is designed to make factories more flexible and smarter to adapt to changes in production processes characteristic of advanced industrial environments. The new solution involves building new sensors into Kivnon’s mobile robots consisting of [...]

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Trials on recovering tennis balls to generate sustainable thermoplastic material

2023-09-13T15:45:45+02:00June 9th, 2021|Fires, Press Notes|

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 [...]

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Eurecat showcases disruptive technologies to make industry more competitive at Advanced Factories

2022-07-25T15:16:06+02:00June 7th, 2021|Fires, Press Notes|

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 [...]

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Barcelona is trending technology capital for post-pandemic tourism recovery

2022-07-25T15:18:37+02:00June 4th, 2021|Events, ICT, Innovació turística, Press Notes, Tourism|

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 [...]

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Environmental awareness is driving force for recovery across all economic sectors

2022-07-25T15:34:57+02:00June 2nd, 2021|Fires, Press Notes, Química, Sustainability|

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, [...]

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Electric vehicles to drive composites market growth

2022-07-25T15:38:34+02:00June 1st, 2021|Composite material, Fires, Press Notes|

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 [...]

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Eurecat contributes to the ‘Initiatives for Tourism Resilience’ e-book unveiled at FITURTECHY

2022-07-25T15:40:25+02:00May 28th, 2021|Innovació turística, Press Notes, Tourism|

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 [...]

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Experts point to talent as one of the mainstays of the tourism industry in meeting its challenges

2022-07-25T15:41:51+02:00May 26th, 2021|Events, Innovació turística, Press Notes, Tourism|

“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 [...]

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