Assessing safer flame retardants for the textile industry
LIFE-FLAREX project aims to reduce the impact on the environment, human health and workers’ safety of current harmful flame retardants
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Applied Chemistry & Materials
Recycling carbon fibres for stronger composites
CUSTOMISIZE received a grant to develop a new family of carbon fibres’ sizing in order to improve the interfacial adhesion
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CUSTOMISIZE
CUSTOMISIZE New tailor-made sizing strategies for recycled carbon fibres to improve the mechanical properties of polymeric and cementitious composites Website:
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Workshop: New Materials and Technologies for Energy Efficient Building
As a side event of Construmat, one of the largest construction fair, taking place in Barcelona, and preparing Expoquimia, the
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R3BORN project: A New Life for Plastic Waste
The R3BORN project was born with the aim of giving value to plastic waste that, today, has little recyclability, ending
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Sustainable Road Elements for Speed Reduction
In the framework of an R&D project called RESALTO, FCC Construcción, with the support of Leitat, develops new sustainable elements
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BICISENDAS
BICISENDAS A new bike path increasing comfort, safety, communications and environmentally friendly ABSTRACT The BICISENDAS project will develop a new
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Genesis project meeting: first promising results on IPOSS and MOF membranes
On the 26th and 27th of November, the consortium of the Genesis project met in Enschede for their 12 month
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ECHA tackles the problem of microplastics
Plastics are important materials. They make our lives easier and are often lighter and cost less than other materials. If
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10M€ to Turn Lignin into Valuable Products for a European Circular Economy Model
LIBERATE, a European project carried out by an international consortium, received a grant from European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme to
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Review of the 2018 edition of the Cosmetorium
On the 26th and 27th of September, the 2018 edition of the Cosmetorium took place in Barcelona. During this event,
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First consortium meeting of Genesis Project in Terrassa
On the 8th of June, the consortium of the Genesis project met for the first time after the kickoff meeting
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Meet us at Cosmetorium 2018: Booth A217 Hall 5
From the 26th to the 27th of September, the 2018 edition of the Cosmetorium will take place in Barcelona. During
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Review of the Clean Sky Workshop in Toulouse
On Friday 23rd of March, the Clean Sky Workshop entitled “Successful Projects for Innovation and Environment” took place in Toulouse
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Alternative Flame Retardants discussed at LIFE-FLAREX Stakeholder’s Workshop
The LIFE-FLAREX Stakeholder’s workshop was held in Brussels on January 16th 2018 and it was co-organized by LIFE-FLAREX partnership, EURATEX-The
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A sustainable, wireless, autonomous NC-based quantitative DoA biosensing platform
The activities of the GREENSENSE project were initiated in January 2018. This PILOTS-05-2017 Research and innovation action aims at developing
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Clean Sky Workshop: Successful Projects for Innovation and Environment
On the 23rd of March 2018, the RESET project organises workshop in Toulouse in the centre of the aerospace industry.
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GENESIS: 7.9M€ to Upscale the Most Promising Materials for CO2 Capture
GENESIS, a European project led an international consortium, received a grant from European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme to develop and
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European Commission funds KET4CleanProduction project
KET4CleanProduction – a three-year project funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme started on the 15th
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KET4CLEANPRODUCTION
KET4CleanProduction Pan-European Access for man. SME on tech. services for clean production through a Network of premier KET Technology Centres
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GREENSENSE
GREENSENSE Sustainable, Wireless, Autonomous Nanocellulose-based Quantitative DoA Biosensing Platform www.greensense-project.eu Paper-based printed electronics are new recyclable electronic devices with technical,
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Workshop: Prevention and self-protection against hematophagous vectors
TECNALIA, LOKÍMICA and LEITAT are organising on the 19th of October a joint workshop in Madrid about prevent and self-protection
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INL SUMMIT 2017: The New Economy
The INL SUMMIT 2017 is taking place from the 19th to the 20th of October 2017 in Braga, Portugal. Click
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How to mitigate the environmental impact caused by flame retardants?
On the 1st of July, a new project called LIFE-FLAREX started aiming to carry out an analysis of the environmental
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LIFE-FLAREX
LIFE-FLAREX Mitigation of environmental impact caused by Flame Retardant textile finishing chemicals www.life-flarex.eu ABSTRACT LIFE-FLAREX aims to carry out an
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Barcelona Industry 4.0 Week and Open Innovation Forum: Solutions to Innovation Challenges
From the 1st to the 6th of October 2017, the Barcelona Industry 4.0 Week will take place in the Gran
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LEITAT presenting the future of materials at KIMconference in Barcelona
On the 7th of June, the 10th annual KIMconference took place in the Palau Macaya in Barcelona to present the
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LEITAT attends the Ocean Conference at the United Nations in New York
Today is the World Oceans Day and the United Nations are celebrating it with The Ocean Conference taking place in
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Tratamiento integral sostenible anticontaminación para la creación de corredores verdes ferroviarios
El proyecto de I+D+i “Tratamiento integral sostenible anticontaminación para la creación de corredores verdes ferroviarios (RECOVER)” liderado por COMSA (empresa
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Meet us at ESPO-Conference in Barcelona: Ports in a changing climate, a changing world
Meet our expert in marine, maritime and coastal affairs at the ESPO 2017! Click here to get in touch with
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IGNICOAT: nuevos textiles ignífugos para equipos de protección individual
El mercado global de textiles ignífugos es de gran importancia y presenta un crecimiento sostenido en sub-sectores de textil técnico
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MERMAIDS in the news! Challenging the economy to reduce microfiber pollution
Last week, an article about the Mermaids project was published in The Guardian. Mermaids deals with the mitigation of microplastics
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Equipos de protección individual para el control de riesgo eléctrico (CARE)
El principal objetivo del proyecto CARE es el desarrollo de un nuevo equipo de protección individual (EPI) basado principalmente en
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New durable water and oil repellent products used in the textile industry
MIDWOR-LIFE is a project cofounded by LIFE+ programme that aims to reduce the impact on the environment, human health and
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Marisurf: How about new and natural ingredients to enhance food quality, biomed and cosmetics?
On the 23rd of March 2017, the consortium of the Marisurf project met in Barcelona in LEITAT premises for their
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Nzero wax with 100% natural components thanks to a close collaboration with LEITAT
The Catalan brand Nzero, which markets ecological waxes for skis developed in close collaboration with LEITAT, has been awarded the
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Betitex in the news! research*eu published article about sustainable textiles that repel biting bugs
Read the article in the research*eu magazine online. SUSTAINABLE TEXTILES REPEL BITING BUGS Chemical resistance in insects and
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Fibras extraídas del plátano para la obtención de hilo, tejidos técnicos y materiales compuestos
El proyecto “Valorización de fibras extraídas del residuo de cultivo de plátano para la obtención de hilo, tejidos técnicos y
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RESET 12M meeting at Airbus facilities in Toulouse on 16th of December
On the 16th of December, the consortium of RESET project will meet in the facilities of Airbus situated in Toulouse.
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Online ECOTEXNANO Tool launched! Try it for free!
Are you textfile finisher or do you sell finished fabrics? Would you like to know what environmental impacts have
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