Press Notes

Henkel Ibérica and Eurecat host technology webinars on lightweight technologies and adhesives

2022-07-25T17:43:38+02:00January 15th, 2021|Press Notes|

Henkel Ibérica and the Eurecat technology centre have run three free webinars to present specific solutions to new industry challenges which are increasingly calling for designing and manufacturing lighter and more versatile lightweight products and components for the rail, automotive, aeronautics and other industries. The goal is to optimise costs and equip them with high performance and capabilities in an [...]

Catalan minister Ramon Tremosa visits Eurecat’s facilities in Cerdanyola del Vallès

2022-07-25T17:45:22+02:00January 13th, 2021|Corporatiu, Press Notes|

The Catalan Minister of Business and Knowledge, Ramon Tremosa, visited the Eurecat technology centre’s facilities in Cerdanyola del Vallès this Wednesday to learn about the technologies and projects it is working on to drive industrial and technological recovery against the backdrop of today’s healthcare crisis. Eurecat technology centre staff gave onsite demonstrations of a number of technologies they [...]

AI & Big Data Congress underscores how the predictive capability afforded by artificial intelligence puts businesses at a competitive advantage

2020-10-27T12:21:42+01:00October 15th, 2020|Big Data, Press Notes, ICT|

The predictive capability afforded by artificial intelligence puts businesses at a competitive advantage. This was spelled out at the AI & Big Data Congress which emphasised the importance of early adoption of this technology in generating more economic activity and jobs along with the support it provides in reworking organisational intelligence against today’s backdrop of [...]

Fast-tracking digitalisation, safety, sustainability and anticipating demand are crucial in tourism recovery

2021-03-09T09:43:44+01:00October 13th, 2020|Press Notes, Tourism|

Covid-19 has fast tracked digitalisation in the tourism industry and will be one of the main factors driving the upturn along with new technologies which will make visits safer, provide more information about travellers to better understand changes in demand behaviour and enhance sustainability. These are the main conclusions of the TurisTIC Forum held today [...]

Catalan firm 8wires and Eurecat get €2.4 million from a European project to improve patient pre-op preparation

2020-12-10T15:05:40+01:00October 6th, 2020|E-Health, Press Notes|

The Catalan firm 8wires and the Eurecat technology centre have been chosen to take part in a European project designed to improve the preparation of patients over the age of 65 before undergoing surgery. The firm and the technology centre have each been allocated €1.2 million to develop in conjunction with medical staff two apps [...]

XPatient Barcelona Congress backs a cultural shift in the care model to enhance the patient experience

2021-03-09T09:53:39+01:00October 2nd, 2020|E-Health, Press Notes, Health|

The 5th XPatient Barcelona Congress has endorsed a cultural shift in the care model encompassing the entire healthcare ecosystem to empower patients and caregivers and enhance their experience against the backdrop of the Covid-19 crisis. Organised by the Eurecat technology centre, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and the TIC Salut Social Foundation with the support of [...]

TecnomiFood Network to invest €4 million in optimising the industrial development and innovation of functional foods and nutraceuticals using omic technologies

2021-01-28T15:55:14+01:00September 25th, 2020|Nutrition and Health, Omics sciences, Press Notes, Health|

Over the next three years the TecnomiFood Network consortium is to spend nearly €4 million on a coordinated strategy to optimise the industrial development of foods, functional ingredients and nutraceuticals using omic technologies, which encompass research areas with enormous potential in personalised nutrition. The TecnomiFood Network is an accredited Cervera Centre of Excellence and led [...]

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

2020-12-07T15:11:21+01:00September 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 [...]

New medical platform to diagnose problems in chronic patients

2021-03-09T09:31:43+01:00September 8th, 2020|Functional Printing, Press Notes|

The ERKSens project promoted by Renalyse, a Rovira i Virgili University (URV) spinoff, together with the Eurecat technology centre and the URV has received €1.3 million from the RETOS programme to bring a device for diagnosing and monitoring haemoglobin and potassium to the market in four years. The funding is part grant and part soft [...]

New system is being developed to enhance neuromuscular disease monitoring using biomechanical sensors

2021-01-27T08:15:57+01:00September 4th, 2020|E-Health, Press Notes, Health|

The Eurecat technology centre is coordinating the 6MWT+ project which has developed a new system to enhance monitoring of the evolution of chronic neuromuscular diseases. It does this by integrating biomechanical sensors into the 6 Minute Walk Test, one of the standard functional tests used in hospitals for assessing and measuring these diseases. The new [...]

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