QC4SUSTEX
Research project developed by a consortium of 5 Galician SMEs: AMSLAB, MESTRELAB, ORGANISTRY, 2XMIL AND XENOTECHS, with the collaboration of 2 research groups and the Citius of the University of Santiago de Compostela.
“QC4SUSTEX: Authentication and security of sustainable textiles and development of devices for effective environmental control in its manufacture”, is subsidized by the Galician Innovation Agency (GAIN), through the CONECTA-PEME Program and the European Regional Development Fund within of the Thematic Objective 1, “Promoting technological development, innovation and quality research”, included in the framework of the ERDF Galicia 2014-2020 operational program. In addition, it has the support of the Ministry of Economy, Employment and Industry. Total project budget: 1,384,032.10 €.
The objective of the project is the development of effective and globally marketable solutions to solve specific demands in quality control in the sub-sector of “sustainable fashion”.
The three global objectives of this project are:
In the second year of the project, tools for the verification of sustainable fashion have been developed and placed on the market, such as the vegan test or the organic cotton verification test.
In addition, differentiating parameters of polyester fibers and recycled polyamide have been identified for subsequent validation as markers through machine learning techniques. For this, the Mnova EIViS software has been developed for the comparative analysis of FT-IR spectra of synthetic fibers.
A standard simulation test of microplastic release in textile samples with image processing by artificial vision has been developed and the dyeing properties of several semi-natural dyes have been evaluated.
Regarding the developments aimed at controlling the environmental impact of wastewater from the textile industry, an android app has been developed that allows colorimetric measurements “in situ” of chemical compounds to be carried out and a study, that concludes that there are no specific chemical risks associated with the recycling of textile fibers, has been carried out.
COSMETINNOVA
Research project developed by a consortium of the 5 Galician companies IUVENOR LAB, CAROI’LINE COSMETIC, ORGANISTRY, HIFAS DA TERRA and GLECEX, with the collaboration of the Chemical Engineering group EQ2 of the University of Vigo and the Polymers group of the University from A Coruña.
“New technological tools for the development of products in natural cosmetics” (Conecta-Peme IN852A 2013 / 63-0). Amount granted: 51,179.40 €.
