Technological Centre

Author: CETIM

Next January 9, 2019, the CETIM Technology Centre will host the presentation of the Conecta PEME project BIOCHARMB "Development of a biomass pyrolysis plant for the use of biochar in environmental applications".   Its consortium includes the companies GESTÁN Medioambiental, Valora Consultores, ENSO Environmental Solutions and INTACTA Gestión Ambiental, the latter leader of the consortium. With the technological support of CETIM, the partners will develop and validate...

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Today is one of the most important days of the environmental calendar. The celebration of the World Environment Day was set at the end of 1972 by the United Nations (UN).   Since its inception, CETIM has decided to encourage the circular economy through research and innovation in recycling processes and methodologies.     Culleredo, June 5, 2019. We have a clear mission, to offer services and to satisfy the...

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Since 2014, it had the category of Technological Innovation Support Center.     Culleredo, April 23, 2019. This April 10th the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MICINN) has notified CETIM of its official registration in the registry as national Technology Centres. It is a recognition of Center’s work in research and innovation, its human and material resources and its scientific and technological capabilities.   This grant represents a qualitative...

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Cadena SER interviewed CETIM researcher Cristina Martínez, head of ECO BIO Technologies of the Center, to shed light on rare earths and their strategic importance.   Their importance lies in the fact that they are the source of essential raw materials for electronics used in smartphones, wind turbines or medical equipment.     Just days after the Donald Trump administration included Huawei on its commercial blacklist, a move that involves...

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It will be held on May 29 in Barcelona.   Companies and research organizations such as Aqualia, Acciona Agua or the universities of Barcelona and Politécnica de Catalunya will give lectures on direct osmosis and AnMBR applied to urban wastewater and waste recovery.   CETIM, project leader, will present the project and the new secondary wastewater treatment system it proposes, based on an integration of direct-indirect osmosis with AnMBR.   For...

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Misturas, asphalt paver of the EXTRACO group, continues with the Emulcell R & D project to develop new improved and environmentally sustainable bituminous emulsions in the cold.   Emulcell investigates the use of different types of nanocelluloses as emulsifiers for the stabilization of bituminous mixtures in cold, in order to reduce their manufacturing cost and minimize the environmental impacts associated with the manufacture of this type of...

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Europe depends almost 100% on imports from China, South Africa and Russia of rare earths, magnesium and metals from the platinum group.   Critical raw materials are linked to a large part of the EU strategic industrial sectors, that generate more than 30 million jobs.   The technological research coordinated from Galicia will be based on biorecovery from different sources, from mining waste, alumina production, magnesite calcination, catalyst production...

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UTINGAL, leading  company on the aeronautical industry, presented on February 14, 2019 at its facilities in Tui the results of the R&D project MACIZADO, which culminated successfully in November 2018 after more than two years of coordinated effort.   Engineering companies ISEGA TECHNOLOGY and COASA, AERNNOVA group, as well as the CETIM Technological Center and AIMEN as technical support for the project, participated in the project.   Component potting...

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UTINGAL , leader in the aeronautics sector presents its new initiative in the field of R&D carried out with the support of GAIN through the CONECTA PEME 2016 program and in which two leading companies also participate, such as: the engineering BASE 2 ENGINEERING and COASA, of the AERNNOVA group.   Under the title "AUTOMATED TOOL OF MASSAGE OF AERONAUTICAL PARTS OF HIGH ADDED VALUE", the project...

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On January 15, 2019, the CETIM Technological Centre will host in its facilities the presentation event of the Conecta PEME Call project MEXICAL "Advanced integral system for the valuation of by-products derived from mussel shell for the production of high value-added products"   Its consortium is made up of the companies INDUTEC Ingenieros, TRESIMA, VITALMAR and Galaytec, the latter leader of the consortium. With the technological support...

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