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                <title><![CDATA[INNOPET 2.0: Moving towards a new generation of sustainable pet food]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2825</link>
                
                <pubDate>2026-04-16</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[Following the successful completion of the INNOPET project at the end of 2025, INNOPET 2.0 is now being launched – a new phase designed to take protein innovation for pets to the next level. The objective is clear: to optimise the range of products developed in the previous phase and move towards their pre-industrial and commercial scaling.]]></description>

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                <title><![CDATA[INNTERACT Interreg Poctefa - Innovative Network on Tissue Engineering]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2824</link>
                
                <pubDate>2026-04-01</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[The INNTERACT project, funded by the European Interreg POCTEFA programme, is being launched with a clear objective: to improve the transfer of biomedical innovation from the research environment to industry, especially in the fields of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.]]></description>

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                <title><![CDATA[Sensory analysis as a technological criterion for product and process control]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2823</link>
                
                <pubDate>2026-03-27</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[Sensory analysis is a highly versatile tool that allows us to evaluate different aspects of a food product, ranging from tests focused on consumer acceptance to descriptive analyses of specific attributes. Within this spectrum, we primarily use it in our work as a technological tool: it helps us interpret how formulation and processing decisions are reflected in the cheese’s final characteristics.]]></description>

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                <title><![CDATA[Promoting the second life of batteries and industrial digitalisation through the REVIA project]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2822</link>
                
                <pubDate>2026-03-25</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[The Leartiker technology centre is participating in the REVIA collaborative initiative, which aims to experimentally develop state-of-the-art technological solutions to improve the performance, safety, efficiency and sustainability of second-life batteries for light electric vehicles, using an industrial plant as the validation environment.]]></description>

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                <title><![CDATA[New fish-aggregating devices and rod-holding systems for the sustainable fishing of skipjack tuna and other tuna species]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2821</link>
                
                <pubDate>2026-03-16</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[The TICS-BONITO project has recently concluded with the prototype validation phase and the final transfer workshops. The initiative, part of the PLEAMAR programme, sought to promote sustainability in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors through innovation and environmental protection. After almost two years of joint work between the Leartiker S. Coop. technology centre (Markina Xemein, Biscay) and the Enxeñería Eficiente e Dixital (EN.EDI) research group at the School of Industrial Engineering of the University of Vigo, and thanks to close cooperation with the fishing sector, the project has come to an end following the validation of prototypes and the final transfer workshops.]]></description>

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                <title><![CDATA[PLASTIGARBI, a new project for collecting and processing marine waste]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2820</link>
                
                <pubDate>2026-03-10</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[The PLASTIGARBI project has been selected as part of the second POCTEFA 2021-2027 call for European cross-border projects and will run for three years. This new initiative seeks to identify, collect and treat plastic waste from the Basque coast with the aim of giving it a second life.]]></description>

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                <title><![CDATA[Leartiker and Biogipuzkoa promote a new project to develop advanced solutions for the personalised, curative and preventive treatment of osteoarthritis]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2819</link>
                
                <pubDate>2026-03-10</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[Leartiker and Biogipuzkoa have launched the innovative biOAdin project aimed at responding to one of today's socio-economic and health challenges: population ageing associated with the prevalence of degenerative diseases. Osteoarthritis is one such disease. This condition affects more than 528 million people worldwide and is characterised by the progressive degradation of joint cartilage. Despite advances in diagnostic techniques and cell therapies, there is still no cure or treatment capable of modifying its progression.]]></description>

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                <title><![CDATA[Innovative Network on Tissue Engineering]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2817</link>
                
                <pubDate>2026-03-05</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[On February 2nd, we held the kick-off meeting of the INNTERACT project at the Leartiker facilities (Markina-Xemein, Bizkaia). This cross-border initiative of the Interreg POCTEFA programme aims to boost health innovation through the development, validation, and transfer of advanced technologies in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.]]></description>

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                <title><![CDATA[Simple, sustainable and accessible technical solutions for the valorisation of products through fermentation processes]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2815</link>
                
                <pubDate>2026-03-04</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[The FERMAVAL Interreg POCTEFA project addresses a challenge shared by the border regions between Spain and France, where common raw materials and by-products are produced that continue to be under-exploited. The project aims to add value to these resources through fermentation processes, a low-tech process (simple, sustainable and accessible solutions) that is particularly suited to these regions, where small businesses and local producers predominate.]]></description>

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                <title><![CDATA[FERMATEC, a year of research and transfer in plant fermentation]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2812</link>
                
                <pubDate>2026-02-26</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[In 2025, the Leartiker technology centre concluded the FERMATEC project, an initiative aimed at generating and transferring knowledge about fermentation processes applied to plant-based raw materials. The project has explored the potential of fruit, vegetables, cereals and aromatic plants as a basis for new fermented foods, with the aim of offering the food sector development and innovation options based on bioprocesses.]]></description>

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                <title><![CDATA[Validation of a bioreactor for the maturation of human-sized cardiac tissue]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2809</link>
                
                <pubDate>2026-02-11</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[Within the European BRAV3 project (H2020), whose main objective has been the development of a personalised biological ventricular assist device, specific work has been carried out focusing on the development and validation of an electromechanical bioreactor for the maturation of cardiac tissue. In this context, Leartiker has led the design and development of the bioreactor, including its architecture, stimulation systems and functional integration.]]></description>

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                <title><![CDATA[Leartiker presents LTK29: a new Strategic Plan to promote knowledge and industrial transformation]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2805</link>
                
                <pubDate>2026-02-06</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[Leartiker takes a decisive step towards the future with the launch of LTK29, its new Strategic Plan, which defines the roadmap for the coming years and reinforces the centre's commitment to applied research, knowledge transfer and real impact in a rapidly evolving industrial and social environment.]]></description>

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                <title><![CDATA[2025: Strengthening Sector Ties and Promoting Research]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2804</link>
                
                <pubDate>2026-02-03</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[The year 2025 has been particularly significant for Leartiker–Esneki Zentroa. Closely following the challenges and opportunities facing the dairy sector both locally and internationally, we have remained firmly committed to our main objectives: conducting research aligned with sector needs, promoting development and innovation in the dairy field, and effectively transferring specialised knowledge. The projects, collaborations, events and knowledge transfer sessions carried out throughout the year have reinforced our work and, at the same time, provided new tools to drive the future of the value chain of the dairy sector.]]></description>

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                <title><![CDATA[A scientific challenge in the fight against bile duct cancer]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2803</link>
                
                <pubDate>2026-02-03</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[Leartiker is leading the BILTWIN project, which seeks to develop tumour microenvironments capable of accurately reproducing the different types of CCA tumours, using small-scale devices based on organ-on-a-chip technology, or in this case, CCA-on-a-chip.]]></description>

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                <title><![CDATA[From field to table. The BELARDITIK ETXERA project promotes the transformation of the local meat sector.]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2798</link>
                
                <pubDate>2025-12-09</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[The Belarditik Etxera initiative was created with a simple yet profound purpose: to reconnect pastures with consumers. Through artisanal meat products inspired by traditional recipes, the aim is for everyone to enjoy dishes that convey much more than just flavour. Each bite tells the story of the landscape, the livestock trade and the hands that transform the products of the land into responsible and tasty food with honesty and care.]]></description>

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                <title><![CDATA[FACEnetwork 2025 meeting, inspiration for the challenge ahead]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2791</link>
                
                <pubDate>2025-11-27</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[It wasn’t only about participating in one of the most important gatherings for Europe’s artisan cheesemaking sector. It was also about living experiences that inspire and energize us to face the big challenge ahead: hosting the next year’s FACEnetwork Annual Meeting in the Basque Country.]]></description>

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                <title><![CDATA[i-InjLab, a smart laboratory that transforms thermoplastic injection]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2786</link>
                
                <pubDate>2025-11-17</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[Leartiker has taken a decisive step towards advanced digitalisation and sustainability with the launch of i-InjLab, a smart thermoplastic injection laboratory that marks a milestone in applied research and technology transfer. This new infrastructure, subsidised by the Basque Government - Azpitek, has become a strategic tool for positioning Leartiker as a benchmark in state-of-the-art injection processes.]]></description>

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                <title><![CDATA[Delika2 and Leartiker explore the potential of shiitake in healthy eating]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2783</link>
                
                <pubDate>2025-11-04</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[Delika2, a company based in Álava specialising in organic farming and the production of gourmet products made from shiitake mushrooms, has launched the DELI2 project in collaboration with the Leartiker technology centre. This R&D initiative aims to diversify and boost the production of this mushroom by developing a new line of high added-value products.]]></description>

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                <title><![CDATA[Collaborative research to tackle pulmonary hypertension associated with fibrosis]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2781</link>
                
                <pubDate>2025-10-23</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[At the Leartiker technology centre, we are participating in the bmG24 project, a collaborative research initiative focused on developing new diagnostic and therapeutic tools for this specific form of pulmonary hypertension. The project focuses on identifying innovative biomarkers and validating alternative methods of clinical monitoring, with the aim of improving diagnostic accuracy and optimising response to treatment.]]></description>

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                <title><![CDATA[KIDE becomes a new collaborating partner of Leartiker]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2775</link>
                
                <pubDate>2025-10-13</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[Both entities sign an agreement that strengthens cooperation between agents in the cooperative and technological environment.]]></description>

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                <title><![CDATA[DAIRY CENTRE, TRAVEL COMPANION OF THE DAIRY SECTOR “Our milk, our producers, our health”]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2770</link>
                
                <pubDate>2025-09-30</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[To address the challenges of the dairy sector of Basque Country and after 15 years of operation, ESNEKI ZENTROA was created as a brand in 2021, under the leadership of the Leartiker Technology Center, to keep responding to the needs of the sector. The objective of the Dairy Centre is to strengthen and serve as a benchmark for the dairy sector, combining research, innovation, and technical knowledge to promote the quality, safety, sustainability, and competitiveness of artisanal production.]]></description>

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                <title><![CDATA[Leartiker promotes breast cancer research with its new cell culture laboratory]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2768</link>
                
                <pubDate>2025-09-17</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[At the beginning of the year, Leartiker inaugurated the Applied Biomaterials Lab, a space that reinforces its commitment to biomedical research. This new working environment allows for progress to be made on projects that require specific conditions for cell culture and study, such as the one being developed by Ana Zubiarrain Laserna, a researcher in Leartiker's Health area.]]></description>

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                <title><![CDATA[SARETZEN, a collaborative network to transform the Basque rural agri-food sector]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2765</link>
                
                <pubDate>2025-07-27</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>

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                <title><![CDATA[2024, a year of consolidation]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2764</link>
                
                <pubDate>2025-07-27</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>

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                <title><![CDATA[Lactic acid as an alternative for decontamination of bovine carcasses in Basque abattoirs]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2763</link>
                
                <pubDate>2025-07-17</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>

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                <title><![CDATA[Fermenting knowledge for its transfer]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2761</link>
                
                <pubDate>2025-07-10</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>

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                <title><![CDATA[Protein innovation for pets]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2760</link>
                
                <pubDate>2025-06-24</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>

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                <title><![CDATA[Development of Components for Electric Vehicles using Polymer Over-Injection and Welding Technologies (Success Story)]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2759</link>
                
                <pubDate>2025-06-23</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>

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                <title><![CDATA[Femtosecond laser for the development of microfluidic devices]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2757</link>
                
                <pubDate>2025-06-17</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[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).]]></description>

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                <title><![CDATA[Ambitious European BRAV3 project to develop a biological ventricular assist device ends successfully]]></title>

                                                                    <link>https://www.leartiker.com/news/2753</link>
                
                <pubDate>2025-06-10</pubDate>

                <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>

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