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Fit to Comfort – Skills Alliance for comfort & healthy footwear manufacturing - new qualification profile and innovative training opportunities
Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2018,
The European footwear sector continues growing steadily, being responsible for the 4% of the worldwide footwear production, employing more than 260.000 people distributed by approximately 25.000 companies, mainly SMEs, adopting a development strategy based on higher quality of products and services, flexibility and short time to market, product differentiation and added value. Consumption will con ...
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Knowledge Platform for Transferring Research and Innovation in Footwear Manufacturing
Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,
Knowledge 4Foot (K4F) project aims to contribute at fostering the excellence in training for footwear manufacturing by linking the three areas of education, research and business oriented innovation in order to demonstrate good practices of cooperation and to bridge the worlds of education and work.
In order to achieve this aim, the project has following objectives: 1) to set-up a new Knowledge P ...
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Matrix of knowledge for innovation and competitiveness in textile enterprises
Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2018,
Many textile enterprises face difficulties in finding the best solutions to compete on the global market. They face the challenge of skill development and innovation without having the focused resources and the strategic vision to adapt to the rapid changes of trends and technology in the textile field.A solution to these needs is given by spreading of creative and innovative organizational cultu ...
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Manager in an Efficient and Innovative Leather Company
Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2018,
The leather industry, as a global industry, highly dependent on access to raw materials and to export markets, is in a quickly changing business environment, which is particularly challenging for SME-dominated sectors, as are the leather and leather related ones. In order to remain competitive, businesses must be able to adapt to changes. Shortage of raw materials, the globalisation of production, ...
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E-learning course for innovative textile fields
Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016,
The strong competition in the textile industry on international level, imposes a better flexibility of the industry as well as the investment in education and the adaptation of new skills for young textile specialists. This is the reason for the need to enhance the quality and relevance of the learning offer in education towards the latest developments in textile research and innovation. The Advan ...
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Implementation of high grip designing tools (DEMOULTRAGRIP)
Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2015,
Currently, sole manufacturers design their models to be anti-slip using basic design criteria, often relying on their intuition and previous experience. The problem resides in the lack of design tools that can be used in the conception of footwear, which will make prototyping much cheaper, quicker and more effective in creating an answer to the friction that the shoe will be subjected to when used ...
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A pilot line of antibacterial and antifungal medical textiles based on a sonochemical process (SONO)
Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2013,
Hospital-acquired (nosocomial) infections are a major financial issue in the European healthcare system. The financial impact of these infections counteract medical advances and expensive medical treatments by increasing the length of hospital stay by at least 8 days on average per affected patient, hence adding more than 10 millions patient days in hospitals in Europe per year. The statistics on ...
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Novel Temperature Regulating Fibres and Garments (NoTeReFiGa)
Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2012,
The objective of the project is to develop novel temperature regulating fibres and innovative textile products for thermal management, selected by the SME segment of the textile industry in Europe. The temperature regulating effect is achieved by novel methods of incorporating large amounts of phase changing materials (PCM) in textile fibres. When the body temperature increases, the PCM melts and ...
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Virtual Collaborative Design Environment (Enviro-Tex-Design)
Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2011,
Eco-Tex-Design has for overall objective to develop a platform supporting a “Knowledge Based Collaborative 3D Virtual Design” dedicated to the Clothing & Leather/Footwear SMEs. The adding value of this project will consist of the integration of decision making supports derived from a knowledge based environment related to performance as well as to environmental, health and toxicological regulation ...
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The specific aims of the project were:- To improve the quality and access to continuing vocational training and the lifelong acquisition of skills and competencies of people from target groups with a view to increase their adaptability to work in the international market. - To increase the level of usage of e-learning and distance education in the textile sector, to increase attractiveness of the ...
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