CETEC - PLASTICS & FOOTWEAR TECHNOLOGY CENTRE OF MURCIA (SPAIN) is a non-profit organization with the mission of improving the competitiveness of the regional SMEs and companies in the footwear and plastic sector. CETEC was founded in 1994 with the help of the regional administration and regional manufacturers. Currently, it is formed by almost 70 SMEs and companies of footwear and plastic areas. CETEC is a meeting point to carry out R&D project, acquire legal information, regional and national funding for projects, among other activities. For this purpose, the company is organized in four departments:
(1) Administration and Management, (2) R&D, (3) Laboratory and Quality and (4)Technical Consultancy, in charge of the following activities: • Conducting R&D leading to transfer processes. • Promoting the implementation of innovative technologies in business. • Generating and disseminating technological knowledge to companies devoted to similar activities. • Collaborating and promoting standardization processes. • Disseminating the values of technology in the environment economic and social of the centre. • Ensuring appropriate advice and technical assistance in those areas that are particularly sensitive to the competitive development: - Quality control. - Product development and industrial design. - Industrial organization and production. - Automation and industrial robotics.
BIODIS is a collaborative project aimed to develop an innovative method for sustainable and eco-friendly agriculture. BIODIS project will offer a non-chemical solution for soil disinfection based in the use of a 100% biodegradable barrier film. We already have partners for the present project but we aimed to create an ADVISORY BOARD for the project composed of stakeholder organisations representing agroalimentary sector, plastic agriculture sector, regulatory authorities, consumers associations and civil society. The Advisory Board will be stablished to consult stakeholder organisations during the preparation, revision and implementation of the proposal, exchange of thoughts and feedback and for dissemination of the proposal.
BIODIS will be the first biobased sustainable disinfection method in the market as effective as chemical disinfection method and being cost competitive. BIODIS will include the first biobased barrier film with controlled biodegradation under any environment, based on the successful BIOMULCH previous project results. BIODIS is a ground-breaking intensive/monoculture agricultural integrated solution since three aspects: 1) A new biological and sustainable disinfection method, with no use of chemical substances and 100% efficience; 2) A high barrier plastic film (low oxygen transmission rate) completely biodegradable to seal the soil and according to the farmer needs. When the farmer decides to biodegrade the film, a microorganisms solution will be added and the film will be degradated by microorganism in 45 days; 3) The solution is cost competitive compared to conventional technological.