interactive tannins

News and views


June 2008 

3 - 6 June 2008 Presentation of the Grape Tannins project in the Green Week, the annual exhibition organised by  European Commission, DG Environment. Brussels.
Stand of AIICA at the Green Week to Life Grape Tannins project  see file > 

www.laveudigital.cat/noticia-laveudigital-anoia.php?2008&06&18&news&5510
www.ec.europa.eu/environment/greenweek/index.html

December 2007 

19 December 2007 Public dissemination of the Grape Tannins project. AIICA. Igualada
>  see file 
19 December 2007 Final Meeting of the project with all the partners

October 2007 

24 October 2007
Visit of the prototype of Grape Tannins project to the participants in the meeting on encouraging companies for the innovation and internationalisation. Organised by Anoia Business Union (UEA)  with the collaboration of AIICA with the attendance of the General Director of Innovation and Internationalisation of the Generality, Carme Botifoll. Distribution of leaflets of the project. AIICA.Igualada

17-18 October 2007
Dissemination of the Grape Tannin project and distribution of leaflets to the participants in the Brokerage event on wastewater treatment, Bucharest (Rumania).

16-18 October 2007 Distribution of leaflets and DVDs demonstration videos on Life Grape Tannins project to attending companies and institutions the international exhibition Lineapelle dedicated to leather, with the collaboration of Spanish Tanners Confederation (CEC-FECUR). Bologna (Italy) 

4-6 October 2007 Meeting on the present state of progress of the Life Grape Tannins project and presentation of DVD video on the development of the project. Iincluded in the meeting of the project "Aplicaciones Industriales de los Taninos Vegetales" about vegetable tannins of the Ibero-American Program of Science and Technology for Development (CYTED) participated by AIICA. Concepción (Chile). Distribution of DVDs demonstration videos

September 2007 

25-26 September 2007
Dissemination of the Grape Tannins project in the seminar "Environmental vectors in leather sector" included in the conference  "Treatment and management  of waste water and solid wastes", Trujillo (Peru). Organised by the Center of Technological Innovation in Leather, Footwear and Related Industries (CITEccal).
Presentation of the project by AIICA and DVD video on the development of the project. Distribution of leaflets and DVDs demonstration videos on Life Grape Tannins project to the participants.

17-22 September 2007 
Dissemination of the project in the course "New tanning techniques from environmental point of view", Lima (Peru). Organised by the Center of Technological Innovation in Leather, Footwear and Related Industries (CITEccal).
Presentation of the project by AIICA and DVD video on the development of the project. Distribution of leaflets and DVDs demonstration videos on Life Grape Tannins project to the participants.

May 2007

PROLONGATION OF THE PROJECT DURATION OF 4 MONTHS
New Ending date: 31.12.2007 
The extraction plant of the prototype was delayed in construction and start-up. For this reason, the prolongation of the Grape Tannins project duration was requested European Commission to extend by 4 months and they approved this modification.

14 May 2007
Demonstrative session with the prototype addressed to the members of Catalan Administration of the Xarxa d’Assessors Tecnològics of CIDEM (Network of Technology Consultants from the Centre for Business Innovation and Development)

7 May 2007
Demonstrative session with the prototype addressed to the participants in the meeting of One Leather Training project

June 2007

29 June 2007
The minister of Innovation, Universities and Enterprise of the Generality of Catalonia, Josep Huguet, visited the facilities of AIICA with the mayor of Igualada, Jordi Aymamí, and the mayor of Jorba, Jorba Palau who is the director of the Territorial Services of the Department of Innovation, Universities and Enterprise in Central Catalonia.
In the visit the prototype of Grape Tannins project was shown to them.
> see file


July 2007

12 July 2007 
Meeting of all partners on the present state of progress of the project

> see file

4 July 2007
Demonstrative session with the prototype included in the technical conference of the Optimnova project addressed to the participants: Manresa Technological Centre (CTM), tanneries (Antoni Llacuna S.L., Despell S.A.), waste manager companies as well as companies of the textile industry, automobile industry and iron foundry.

May 2007

PROLONGATION OF THE PROJECT DURATION OF 4 MONTHS
New Ending date: 31.12.2007
The extraction plant of the prototype was delayed in construction and start-up. For this reason, the prolongation of the Grape Tannins project duration was requested European Commission to extend by 4 months and they approved this modification.

14 May 2007
Demonstrative session with the prototype addressed to the members of Catalan Administration of the Xarxa d’Assessors Tecnològics of CIDEM (Network of Technology Consultants from the Centre for Business Innovation and Development)

7 May 2007
Demonstrative session with the prototype addressed to the participants in the meeting of One Leather Training project

March 2007

12March2007                                                                                                                           The demonstrative session was included in the technical meeting "Impact of the latest legislation in the leather sector", organised by AQEIC (Asociación Química Española de la Industria del Cuero)
  > see file


February 2007

08/02/07 Meeting of all partners on the present state of progress of the project

July 2006

3 - 7 July 2006

Roberto Estecha (La Alcoholera de La Rioja), participant of the course "Bionergy in Castilla y León", disseminated Grape Tannins project, University of Burgos, Burgos

June 2006

1 - 3 June 2006
AIICA, participant of CYTED project, presented Grape Tannins project in the meeting about vegetable tannins, "Aplicaciones industriales de los taninos vegetales", Puerto Alegre, Brasil
www.pucrs.br/feng/quimica/lope/taninos/esp/espanha_aiica.htm
www.cyted.com/Menu8/AccionesConsul.asp?CodAccion=292&Tipo=1

April 2006

25/04/06 Second visit of the project (external monitoring team of LIFE)

24/04/06 Meeting of all partners on the present state of progress of the project

February 2006

23 February 2006 Presentation of the Grape Tannins project by the Rioja Government in the Seminar “Making the economic case for environmental integration” of  INTERREG IIIC  project Greening Regional Development Programmes” (GRDP), Exeter, UK

www.environment-agency.gov.uk/commondata/103603/a_alegria_wg3_12h10_1315154.ppt
www.interreg3c.net/sixcms/media.php/5/Greening+Projects+for+Growth+and+Jobs+(GRDP).pdf  

08/02/07 Meeting of all partners on the present state of progress of the project

December 2005

02/12/05 Meeting of all partners on the present state of progress of the project

September 2005

14 September 2005 Presentation of the project in the Dissemination of research work from Leather Net, AIICA, Igualada. 

June  2005

01/06/05. Meeting of all partens on the present state of progress of the project.

16-17 June 2005 Presentation of the project in the Fourth Meeting European LIFE, Toulouse-Blagnac, "Saving of forest exploitation for obtaining of tanning extracts through valorisation of wine waste"
http://www.ecologie.gouv.fr/article.php3?id_article=4303
http://www.ecologie.gouv.fr/IMG/ppt/6a-Grape_Tannins-_partie_Gobierno_Rioja.ppt
http://www.mma.es/secciones/ayudas_subvenciones/life/jornadas_life/pdf/programaIVlife.pdf

April  2005

28 April - 1 May 2005. Presentation of the project in the 54 Congress AQEIC, Asociación Química Española de la Industria del Cuero, Burgo de Osma (Soria), "Obtaining of a new tanning extract coming from the waste of the grape industry" 

February 2005

10/02/05 First visit of the project (external monitoring team of LIFE)

November 2004

05/11/04 First Meeting of all the partners

  

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Gobierno de La Rioja La Alcoholera de Rioja, Ebro y Duero, S.A. SARCO AIICA Comercial Godó, S.L. Curtidos Lancina S.A. Villapana, S.P.A. Life Programme