Innovation and capacity building in the footwear sector for a sustainable bioeconomy
Fernando Brízio
fernando.brizio@ipleiria.pt
24.05.22 — ongoing
“BioShoes4All” is a research project carried out by the Portuguese Footwear, Components, Leather Goods, and their Accessories Association (APICCAPS) and the Technological Footwear Center of Portugal (CTCP). Its goal is to promote the transition of the footwear industry to the bioeconomy and sustainable circular economy, aiming to ensure a resilient national production base for positioning in foreign markets where innovation, differentiation, quick and effective response, service, product quality, training, and promotion are competitive arguments to surpass the competition.
The project is divided into five pillars: Biomaterials, eco-friendly footwear, circular economy, advanced production technologies and training, and promotion. It is fully aligned with the objectives established in the Portuguese Recovery and Resilience Plan.
In this case, we will focus on the fourth pillar: the provision of innovative technologies for the vertical and horizontal digitization of the Footwear 4.0 Group. This includes solutions for process and production product tracking, advanced planning, automation/robotization of critical production operations, and the introduction of eco-processes.
APICCAPS
Portuguese Footwear Technological Centre (Centro Tecnológico do Calçado de Portugal) (CTCP)
3DCORK
Abotoa
A. Castro & Filhos Lda
Aquitex
ALOFT
AMF, Lda.
ATLANTA – Componentes para Calçado, Lda., (Footwear components)
AUSTRA (The users Association of Water Waste Management in Alcanena)
Vasconcelos & Ca. Lda (BELCINTO)
Curtumes BOAVENTURA, (BOAVENTURA Tanning)
Carité Group
CEI
CeNTI
CIPADE
CITEVE – Technological Centre of the Textile and Clothing Industries in Portugal
Componit
COURO AZUL
CTIC – Technological Centre for Leather Industries
Curtumes Aveneda
Curtumes Ibéria
Curtumes RUTRA
CVR – Centre for Waste Appreciation
Derma Leather, S.A.
Demoscore, Lda.
Dias Ruivo
Dreamplas
ERT Empresa de Revestimentos Têxteis (Textile Lining Company)
EURODAVIL – INDÚSTRIA DE CALÇADO, LDA
Faculdade de Ciências (FCUP) (Porto Science College)
Universidade do Porto (UPORTO) (Porto University)
ForestWISE – Laboratório Colaborativo para Gestão Integrada da Floresta e do Fogo (Integrated Management of Forest and Fire Collaborative Laboratory)
Grupo Kyaia
IDEPA
Inducol
Indutan – Comércio e Indústria de Peles, S.A.
INEGI
INESC TEC
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPB)
Politécnico de Leiria
ISEP
Joaquim Francisco Inácio
LCR – Luz Costa & Rodrigues, Lda.
LIAGO – Comércio e Indústria de Calçado, Lda
LIPOR – Serviço Intermunicipalizado de Gestão de Resíduos do Grande Porto
Luís Onofre | Conceição Rosa Pereira
LUSOCAL
MOSSA – Miguel Oliveira, Sucessores., S.A.
Monteiro, Ribas – Revestimentos, S.A.
OFICINAWARE Informática, Lda.
Pólo de Inovação em Engenharia de Polímeros (PIEP)
LORCOL
Silos de Leixões (SdL)
Penteadora
PROCALÇADO
PRODYALCA
Raiz (Paper and Forest Investigation Institute)
RODIRO – Fábrica de Calçado, S.A.
ROPAR
SAVANA
SOFTIDEIA
SoftLeather
MC Sonae
TECMACAL
Universidade Católica de Portugal (UCP)
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)
Universidade do Minho (UM)
ZIPOR – Equipamentos e Tecnologia Industrial, S.A., (Industrial Equipment and Technology)
RAP
Co-financed by Component 12 – Promotion of a Sustainable Bioeconomy, integrated in the Climate Transition Dimension of the Recovery and Resilience Plan within the scope of the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism (MRR) of the European Union (EU), framed in the Next Generation EU, for the period of 2021 – 2026.
