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INDESCAT gets more than 325,000 euros for innovative projects

INDESCAT presented a total of five projects, which bring together 12 companies and entities - in addition to the cluster itself - to the call for aid for innovation of this 2018 from the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism (MINCOTUR). All have received a grant, with a total value of € 325,773.

The five projects subsidized by MINCOTUR are as diverse as the sector. INDESCAT, the cluster of the sports industry, advised and accompanied participating companies and entities in the preparation and drafting of proposals and submitted funding requests to the call for grants to Innovative Business Groupings 2018 of the Ministry. The final result has been the granting of more than 325,000 euros to the sum of all the projects, which require a total investment of € 516,296.

The project xPizz, led by the company Kaptiva Sports with the support of Hippo Products and INDESCAT aims to merge the physical and digital world through an App to launch a new concept of gincanaurbana. On the one hand, it aims to promote physical activity among young people and adolescents; on the other, it approaches e-sports, on the rise among this type of public, since several teams will be able to compete with each other.

The HSSPORT also wants to promote physical and sports activity. It is a feasibility study to make a wearable and a platform from which to promote healthy habits (sports and nutrition) among primary school children and their families, with the active support of schools. The project is led by the INEFC and the UB, together with the company Ebantic and INDESCAT.

In the field of research, the Sweatsens project is working on the development of smart patches that detect the levels of sweating of sports practitioners in real time and with wireless technology, in order to prevent possible injuries or medical emergencies and to help improve the performance. Sweatsens is based on a patent from the Rovira i Virgili University and uses new technologies such as nanomaterial inks to act as intelligent sensors, flexible electronic devices, etc. The project is led by the startup Kamleon, together with the URV Foundation, the company Perspectiva and INDESCAT.

As a result of the success of the feasibility study DEFRAIL, developed with the support of the Ministry's aid to the AEI in 2017, this year the same team (the Joan Costa Roma Foundation - of the Terrassa Health Consortium-, Esport-3 Serveis Alternatiu , the Eurecat Foundation and INDESCAT) has presented the TeleDefrail proposal. This is the development of a device and an app for remote sensing of the prefragilitat among the elderly, which will include a series of physical activity parameters, among other results obtained from the aforementioned study.

Finally, Skiwearable II, continuation of the Skiwearable project funded in 2017 with the same grants, wants to go beyond the bracelet developed last year. The device measures the activity of skiers once they access the station, focusing on gamification and the treatment of big dates by ski resorts based on skiers' activity, and aims to promote competition and make the practice of skiing more attractive to everyone. Skitude Technologies and the Eurecat Foundation, together with INDESCAT, are again the main partners of the project.

Nine of the 12 companies and entities that have submitted projects are members of the sports industry cluster.

Projects financed in 2017

In 2017, MINCOTUR chose to subsidize three projects presented through INDESCAT. Five members of the cluster participated (Fundación Joan Costa Roma -of the Terrassa Health Consortium-, Esport-3 Serveis Alternatius, the Eurecat Foundation, Skitude and Spinntech), and a non-member company (Appser, which belongs to another AEI). In total, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism contributed € 276,000 to develop the DEFRAIL, SKIWEARABLE and SMARTVIEW projects.


OTHER NEWS

The international cycling festival Sea Otter Europe Costa Brava Girona by Continental, which is held in Girona on September 20, 21 and 22, and INDESCAT, have renewed their strategic collaboration agreement by which they seek to combine synergies to enhance the cycling sector. sport.

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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