Fermenting knowledge for its transfer
From Leartiker's Food Design area, we are working on one of the most ambitious and transformative internal projects of recent years: Transfer FERMATEC. This project has born with a clear vision: to generate technical-scientific knowledge on fermentation processes applied to different food matrices, and to transfer it to the agri-food sector to promote the creation of healthy, sustainable products with added value.
Protein innovation for pets
INNOPET, led by Eroski and Ausolan, with the collaboration of Leartiker Food Design, is a pioneering project that seeks to improve pet nutrition by incorporating functional, sustainable, and innovative ingredients that align with the evolving preferences of today's consumers.
The development of this project also involves the active collaboration of various strategic players in the food ecosystem, such as Insekt Label Biotech, thus combining expertise in nutrition, distribution, production and biotechnology. The initiative has been financed by the Mondragon Corporation Science and Technology Plan grants, where Leartiker is the main technological partner responsible for technical implementation.
Development of Components for Electric Vehicles using Polymer Over-Injection and Welding Technologies (Success Story)
Within the framework of the Hazitek programme (Basque Government), Leartiker has carried out an industrial research project in collaboration with the company RPK S. Coop., aimed at generating knowledge and experimental development of new commercial opportunities in the field of electric mobility.
Thanks to this initiative, the company has reinforced its technical capabilities in the use of thermoplastic materials and in polymer over-injection and welding technologies, positioning itself strategically to respond to future requests for proposal (RFQ) and access new markets.
Femtosecond laser for the development of microfluidic devices
Our researcher in the Health area, Irene Varela, is currently immersed in her doctoral thesis which aims to study and develop new approaches for precision micromachining technologies for the mass production of thermoplastic microfluidic devices. This research work is being carried out in collaboration with the Macromolecular Chemistry research group of the Department of Physical Chemistry of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU).
Revaluing patxa: innovation, sustainability and technology transfer at the service of the cider sector
At Leartiker, one of our fundamental commitments is to promote innovation applied to the agri-food sector, especially in those areas where tradition and technology can meet to generate new opportunities. Along these lines, we have developed a project focused on the valorisation of apple patxa, the solid by-product generated during the cider production process, with the aim of transforming it into a useful raw material for the creation of new low-alcoholic fermented beverages.
Microfluidics the protagonist of the 13th edition of the Polymers and Medical Applications conference
On 16 May Leartiker organised a new edition of the annual Polymers and Medical Applications conference at its facilities in Markina-Xemein (Biscay), which focused on microfluidics, a multidisciplinary technology that encompasses knowledge in physics, chemistry, engineering and biotechnology. This technology studies the behaviour of fluids at the microscale, making it possible to design components using small amounts of fluid, thus simplifying their handling.