Advanced materials and the industrial challenges of the future
We are pleased to invite you to the Business Meeting 'Advanced materials and the industrial challenges of the future'. Through projects developed at the UPC, we will present the central role of advanced materials as a facilitating technology to face the new challenges in: Health: Biomaterials, biosensors and drug release. Energy and environment: Hydrogen production, reuse of plastics and valorization [...]
Where is R&D going in the circular economy?
Do you want to know the trends in R+D+i projects in the area of the circular economy and network with other companies and entities? At the intercommunity day you will discover the projects that are being carried out in Catalonia and the different products and services developed. You will also be able to network with the other participants. Friday, May 10, 2019 From [...]
Ecoindústria promotes the circular economy in the Llobregat delta
The Ecoindústria project wants to achieve a sustainable model in the Llobregat Delta at an environmental, economic and social level through the promotion of the circular economy. It is organized by the town councils of El Prat de Llobregat, Gavà, Sant Boi de Llobregat and Viladecans, and has the collaboration of the Provincial Council of Barcelona. The project pursues two [...]
Ecoindustry Day: December 18, 2018 at Cúbic
The II Ecoindústria Conference 2018 focuses its objectives on identifying opportunities and actions for transition towards the Circular Economy through two lines of action: individual advice and group dynamics that generate ideas, synergies and cooperation. Two ways that add up to help you innovate towards business models that allow you to reduce costs in resources and processes, and the generation of [...]
Public tender: technical assistance service to implement a pioneering Circular Economy program
The Economic Development Agency of the CON has issued a public tender to implement the program to promote the green and circular economy in the metropolis of Barcelona. This program aims to promote the practices of industrial symbiosis, stimulating contact and intermediation between companies to #promote innovative collaborations in the metropolitan area. In this [...]
2018 grants for circular economy promotion projects
The call for grants for circular economy promotion projects by the Catalan Waste Agency has been published today. Characteristics (specified in the regulatory bases): Mode of participation: competitive competition Beneficiaries: private companies and groups of private companies that have at least one operating establishment located in Catalonia. The promoter of the project must be […]
Squeasy, water bottles with their own identity
Miquel and Mariona Caimary are the only distributors in Spain of these foldable and personalized bottles. Family dinners allow for many topics to be discussed and, sometimes, also to set up a company. This is the case of Miquel and Mariona Caimary, two brothers who, after discovering the Squeasy bottles brought by a cousin of theirs from Switzerland, decided [...]
Ecoindustry: business meetings February 6 and 13. contents
The workshops of the Ecoindustry project (which is carried out in collaboration between the Town Councils of Viladecans, Gavà and El Prat, and which aims to promote circular economy models) took place on the 6th and 13th February at the Business Support Center in Gavà, with the participation of [...]
Aid program for energy efficiency in SMEs and large industrial companies
In the resolution of December 11, 2017, the budget for the second call for the aid program for energy efficiency actions in SMEs and large companies in the industrial sector is expanded. The resolution is published by the Instituto para la Diversificación y Ahorro de la Energía (IDAE), an organization attached to the Ministry of Energy, Tourism [...]
Subsidies awarded to Viladecans companies by the Waste Agency of Catalonia
Last year, the municipalities of Gavà and Viladecans came together to carry out the Ecoindústria project. Symbiosis in local industry, focused on the promotion of circular economy models in companies. A variety of companies from the municipality of Viladecans participated in the project and some of them applied for the subsidy for [...]
