Footwear Technology Center of La Rioja
Footwear Technology Center of La Rioja

Spain: Rioja

Overview

The Footwear Technology Center of La Rioja (CTCR) was constituted in July 2006 as a private non-profit association for the promotion, research, development and technological innovation of the footwear industry in La Rioja.

Located in the industrial town Arnedo, the Footwear Technology Center of La Rioja serves as the hub of the sector and the area, providing with its special design and architecture, one of the best facilities in the north of Spain. The Center integrates equipped labs as well as rooms specially designed for trainings, seminars, congresses, business meetings, etc.

Our mission is:

Research, development and innovation to create added value for business.
Improvement of the competitiveness of the industry, at a national and international level.
Specialization in giving comprehensive solutions to businesses (more than 10 years of experience managing projects for the future).

The CTCR has more than 110 partners, of which 80% are footwear manufacturers or distributors and 20% are… The Footwear Technology Center of La Rioja (CTCR) has 5 research departments with their appropriates laboratories and work areas:

Nanotechnology and New Materials.

Cost reduction and production increase through nanomaterials.
Shape memory polymers.
Intelligent materials that change color under certain external stimuli.
Microcapsules containing active substances.
Energy efficiency technologies.
Additives and new polymers capable of self-regenerating.
Technical improvements through new materials or nanotechnology: slip resistance, fireproof, antibacterial, impact resistance, electrical conductivity...  
Chromatography.
Rubber mixer.
Hydraulic press.

 

Mechanics and Prototyping:

Rapid prototyping.
3D printers.
3D digitalization of models.

 

Electronics and Automation.

Development of wearables.
Technological automation and process controls.
Collaborative robots
Tracking technologies.
Production, stocks and…. The Footwear Technology Center of La Rioja (CTCR) offer the following services:

Sustainability

LCA and ecodesign.
EU Ecolabel for footwear.
Corporate Social Responsability.
Carbon footprint.
Accoustic emissions control.

 

ICTs & Industry 4.0:

360º product photography.
Development of wereables.
Automation and process control technologies.
Intelligent and electronic textiles.
Tracking technologies: production, stock and logistics control using RFID.
Technologies for sensorisation, geolocation or intercommunication.
Virtual 3D catalogues.
Online shops.
Online backup.
Virtual reality and.
Augmented reality on smartphones apps.
Soldering station.

 

Advanced materials nanotechnology:

Nanocomposites.
Impact energy absorbing materials.
Bactericidal materials.
Microencapsulation of substances.
Shape memory polymeric materials.
Self-reparing materials.
Synthesis and use of ionic liquids.

…. Yes. service.

Sectors
Chemicals - Consumer goods/products - Discrete manufacturing - Electronics - Environment - Machinery - Manufacturing - Process Manufacturing - Professional Services - Telecommunication - Textiles
Technology
Additive manufacturing - High-performance production (flexibility, productivity, precision and zero defect) - Intelligent/ sensor-based equipment - Monitoring and control - Process industry (processing of novel materials, structures, etc.) - Robotics / Human machine interaction - Smart Manufacturing / Industry 4.0 - Electronic and optical functional materials - Environmental materials (e.g. recycling, recourse efficiency, less impact, CO2 capture/ utilisation) - High performance materials (strong, light weight, resistant) - Industrial materials (incl. catalysts, membranes, adhesives, filters) - Smart and multifunctional materials (incl. phase change, shape memory, self-healing, self-manufacturing) - Surface engineering and coatings - Biobased chemicals - Biobased plastics - Polymers, bioplastics - Printed/flexible electronics - Nanoemulsions and pigments - Nanomembranes - Nanoparticles Nanowires and tubes - Nanostructured coatings - Augmented Reality - Mixed Reality - Virtual Reality - Data analytics (predictive analysis, in-memory analytics, network analysis, advanced cluster analysis) - Data management (acquisition, extraction and integration) - Machine learning - Advanced sensor technologies - Location detection technologies - Narrowband network technologies (e.g. LoRa, Sigfox, NB-IoT) - Near-field communication (NFC) - Collaborative robots - Industrial robots
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