Continuing with the energy saving strategy, Grau,S.A. installed in 2023 a recovery system which, in addition to providing energy savings, made it possible to generate CAE’s (Certificados de Ahorro Energètico).

News can be read through the links below:

https://www.elperiodico.com/es/economia/20240428/certificados-ahorro-energetico-cobrar-80-101586688

CIRTECHTEX has just released its 1st newsletter that features the project progress and current status, the latest news and the ongoing activities. 

 In this issue, the most relevant information is the general overview of the project and the goals, the lates news about the meeting held among all partners in late September. The Newsletter contains links to the official website of the project and contact link.  

Have a look or download the newsletter here:

The CIRTECHTEX project funded by LIFE programmed has officially started on 1st of June 2023. The project consists on the implementation of circular economy processes to reduce textile waste in the manufacture of personal protective equipment.

Technical textiles are crucial to keep workers safe in high-risk industries such as foundries, petrochemical, electricity generation and manipulation or welding. Those industries need high protective level garments that can prevent burns and injuries (thermal, electric, or chemical). The fabrics for those personal protective equipment (PPE) must meet stringent standards to effectively protect the workers.

During the manufacture of the different PPE fabrics along the textile value chain, several material waste is generated. This waste is highly valuable as it is made of high-performance technical materials, which differs from commodities used in fashion. While at domestic level clothes have their own recycling programs (e.g. European Clothing Action Plan) and regulations (e.g. mandatory textiles separate collection by 2025), those are lacking in technical textiles’ sector for industrial applications.

The project will address the circular economy approach at its specific case in the technical fabrics for PPEs’ sector, where no similar solutions are yet available. This project ambition is to uptake circular economy approach to dramatically reduce technical textiles’ waste generation and upcycle them into high-grade PPE fabrics. The consortium envisions a changing paradigm towards sustainability and commits to an environmentally friendly vision in high-end market segments.

The aim of the project is to achieve the recycling of textile waste from the value chain, using a minimum of 20% recycled material in a minimum of the 80% of PPEs manufactured. These values will be achieved using a waste collection (pre and post consumer) and recycling methodology.

PARTNERS:

“Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.”

“Grant from the Incentive Program linked to self-consumption and storage, with renewable energy sources and implementation of renewable thermal systems, within the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, financed by the European Union within the framework of the Next Generation Program”

Different items produced at Grau, S.A. have been protagonists in recent events.

Rosalía during her last Latin america Tour, Kate Middleton during the coronation lunch of King Charles III or Scarlett Johansson in advertising campaigns, have worn articles that have been dyed and finished in our facilities.

The Spanish Association of Textile CHEMISTS and COLOURISTS (AEQCT) held on November 11 the official event WE ARE AEQCT, with the purpose of thanking the partners and protector companies for the moments shared throughout the period 2014-2022 and projecting into the future. In this same act, an award ceremony was celebrated in 3 different modalities:

• PROTECTIVE COMPANY AWARD
• INDUSTRY AWARD
• INDIVIDUAL PARTNER AWARD

Grau, S.A. was the company awarded in the INDUSTRY AWARD category.

We are very grateful for this recognition and very proud of the AEQCT!

You can read the completed news at: https://www.aeqct.org/news/somos-aeqct/

On November 22 2022, the MINISTERIO DE CIENCIA E INNOVACIÓN, has awarded GRAU, S.A. with the INNOVATIVE SME STAMP, thanks to its INNOVATIVE CHARACTER and with the aim to reward its GREAT ACTIVITY IN R+D+i

Grau, S.A. participated at the conference “EUROPE – NEW TEXTILE PROJECTS FOR A NEW ECONOMY” organized by the Polytechnic University of Valencia on November 2, 2022. Specifically, he was present as a speaker in the “New textile dyes” section.

At Grau, as experts in dyeing and within our objective to improve sustainability, we are leading the Pigmentalia Project, promoted by the European CIRCOAX program. With Pigmentalia, we seek to maximize circularity, dyeing regenerated fabrics with ecological dyes through a methodology that requires fewer resources.

¿Want to know more? ¡Enter at (1) Jornada. Europa. Nuevos proyectos textiles para una nueva economía. Parte 2 – YouTube and look at the entire presentation!