SARETZEN, a collaborative network to transform the Basque rural agri-food sector
SARETZEN, a collaborative network to transform the Basque rural agri-food sector
2025-07-27

SARETZEN, an innovation project promoted and energized by the Leartiker technology center, which is committed to collaboration as an engine for change. Its objective is to provide small rural producers with new tools and knowledge that will enable them to diversify and better market their products, thus contributing to the sustainable development of their activities and the environments where they work.

2024, a year of consolidation
2024, a year of consolidation
2025-07-27

2024 has been a key year for Leartiker, with advances in our strategic lines of research, scientific and technological consolidation, and a renewed commitment to People, the environment and cooperation as a driver of transformation.

Lactic acid as an alternative for decontamination of bovine carcasses in Basque abattoirs
Lactic acid as an alternative for decontamination of bovine carcasses in Basque abattoirs
2025-07-17

The DELAC project, led by Leartiker S.Coop in collaboration with the Urkaiko S.Coop abbatoir, has been successfully completed after 13 months of applied research. This initiative, part of the Basque Government's BERRIKER 2023 programme, had as its main objective to evaluate the use of lactic acid as a technique for decontaminating bovine carcasses, with the aim of improving the hygienic quality of the meat and enabling the production of meat preparations without additives.

Fermenting knowledge for its transfer
Fermenting knowledge for its transfer
2025-07-10

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
Protein innovation for pets
2025-06-24

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)
Development of Components for Electric Vehicles using Polymer Over-Injection and Welding Technologies (Success Story)
2025-06-23

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
Femtosecond laser for the development of microfluidic devices
2025-06-17

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).

Ambitious European BRAV3 project to develop a biological ventricular assist device ends successfully
Ambitious European BRAV3 project to develop a biological ventricular assist device ends successfully
2025-06-10

For more than five years, an international consortium has been working on the development of a customised regenerative device (BioVAD) to support chronically infarcted hearts. Leartiker has led key tasks in the development of systems for in vitro tissue maturation.

DAIRITAL New European project to boost Innovation and Sustainability in the Traditional Dairy-Cheese Industry in Southwest Europe
DAIRITAL New European project to boost Innovation and Sustainability in the Traditional Dairy-Cheese Industry in Southwest Europe
2025-06-09

Esneki Zentroa-Dairy Centre will lead a new European project within the Interreg SUDOE programme. This project joins Know N Cheese, which we have been working on since mid-2024, and becomes the second European project we currently have underway. This new grant reinforces our commitment to innovation and sustainability in the dairy sector, also at the European level.

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