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Catalan Fitness Companies explore the British market

A group of Catalan companies from the fitness sports sector and institutions are currently participating in a mission in London to explore the opportunities offered by the British market and learn good practices to promote physical activity.

The London Fitness Tour, as this mission is called, has been organized by INDESCAT, in collaboration with UK Active and the support of ACCIÓ. Is made up by more than 4000 active members and partners from all over the United Kingdom.

During the visit, which started on Tuesday 20th November and ends on Thursday, Catalan companies and institutions have participated in a seminar  by UK Active on good practices and have made guided visits to various types of facilities and sports centers.

The seminar on good practices took place on Tuesday November 20 at the UK Active offices. The entity's mission is to configure the sector of physical activity to reduce sedentary lifestyle, both increasing the number of sports practitioners, and the number of hours of practice. In this seminar the organizations have been able to know an initial study on the recommendation of doctors to prescribe sports, from a sample of 165,000 people. Areas such as good practices to promote physical activity and services that the entity offers to member companies have also been addressed.

Yesterday, the participants in the mission were able to learn, from experience, the most avant-garde and innovative boutique centers and some sports stores. Today, Thursday, they will visit a public sports center, a luxury one and a medium type chain.

Specifically, companies and entities have visited the First Light Cycle boutique; Barry's Bootcamp  at the west of London; KXU, in the Kensington neighborhood; Barrecore, in Chealsea; Elevation 2.0 at Third Space, Soho; and Another Space, in the Convent Garden. In the latter the participants in the mission have been able to take classes to learn first-hand the experience in this type of centers.

As for the facilities,  the most outstanding visits are the public center Kensington Leisure Center (in GLL site), the luxury center Equinox, in Kensington; and the centers chain of Blaze at David Lloyds.

Most of the companies and entities that participate in the mission are members of INDESCAT: Aerobic & Fitness, the City Council of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, the Consell Català de l'Esport, Eurofitness, Salter, Tecnosport, Grupo sintagmia, Agenda Sports & Elements and Alimmenta. The non-member company Benito Deportes has also participated.


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The decarbonisation of sports facilities, water management, future solutions to the ban on the use of microplastics in artificial turf, digitalisation as a tool to help sports facilities become more energy efficient, and the use of geothermal energy in sports equipment. These were the topics discussed at EFISport 2024, this year's 11th edition of which included, as a novelty, the Open Innovation Challenge competition. The annual event, which was attended by more than 170 people, is organised by INDESCAT, with the collaboration of the Clúster de l'Energia Eficient de Catalunya (CEEC), the Clúster de la Bioenergia de Catalunya (CBC) and the Catalan Water Partnership. During the event, held on 13 March at the INEFC in Barcelona, participants were also able to visit the EFISport Marketplace, where solutions, products and services for the maintenance and implementation of energy efficiency measures were presented.


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Support through data, tailored to the specific needs of SMEs, is one of the cornerstones of the three-year (2023-2026) I3-INSHAPE project. INDESCAT, representing Catalonia, will contribute to this project by leading Work Package 3, which mission is to engage further SMEs to contribute to the flagship investment cases, already developed in a previous phase, via open calls and to launch a second stream of interregional innovation investment cases supported by the I3-INSHAPE ecosystem support services.

Els fundadors som 3 germans molt implicats en el món esportiu. La nostra família venia del món tèxtil i vàrem pensar que seria una molt bona oportunitat poder seguir.

Oferim tot tipus de peça esportiva per clubs o col.lectius esportius, des d’una samarreta a un xandall esportiu o bé fins i tot merxandatge promocional. La nostra tècnica principal és la sublimació. també és molt important el temps de producció, i com a fabricants a dia d'avui tenim la capacitat de baixar els temps d'entrega de la competència.

Treballem amb teixits reciclats i orgànics des dels nostres inicis. La gran majoria de teixit que utilitzem és fabricat a Catalunya i totes les tintes que fem servir són amb base aigua.

utilitzem una tècnica nova actual anomenada DTF que ajuda a fer estampacions específiques en la personalització com noms, números, escuts...etc (substitueix el vinil i aconseguim un millor resultat i una gran durabilitat)

 a llarg termini volem aconseguir que la nostra marca agafi notorietat i que sigui reconeguda. Creiem que treballar amb algun club d'elit seria un gran pas que ens ajudaria situar la marca .

Esperem que (INDESCAT) ens porti a conèixer les tendències del sector de l'esport i estar al corrent de tot el que comporta el món de l'esport. (A INDESCAT) podem trobar oportunitats on a dia d'avui no en tenim i que en un futur ens podrien anar bé.


INDESCAT has started the ESMIS project (Enhance Sustainable Measures In Sports Facilities), promoted by Erasmus +, and has participated on 4 and 5 March in the Kick-off held in Eindhoven. The project aims to facilitate the exchange of good practices and innovative solutions to reduce the environmental footprint of sports facilities.

Abora SolarOrpheus and Zenit are the finalists for the EFISport 2024 Open Innovation Challenge! They will have the opportunity to present their proposal at the EFISport event on 13 March. The company that presents the winning solution of the challenge, which will be chosen by the public attending the event, will get a year's free membership to INDESCAT and the Barcelona Sports Hub.

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