The 3rd international meeting of tExtended project in Valencia, Spain
Author: Bc. Dominika Fugger
The third plenary meeting of the tExtended consortium took place from 14.11.-15.11.2023.
We met in sunny Valencia, where we were welcomed at their premises by AIMPLAS, a non-profit research association in the plastics industry that offers comprehensive solutions including R&D projects, training, competitive and strategic intelligence, and technology services such as analysis, testing and technical assistance. During the meeting, we also had a tour of their laboratories and learned many interesting information from the plastics industry. Specifically, AIMPLAS' role in the project will be the identification and classification of textiles using optical separation systems, pre-processing and recovery of materials for recycling, recycling of textile waste through the process of solvolysis, including industrial textile products and polymer blends such as PES/PUR, and formulation and production of polyurethane coatings. We have thus learned a lot about the possibilities of recycling man-made fibres in the textile industry
In addition to the AIMPLAS facility tour and the Valencia city tour, we spent the remaining time in meetings with our project partners, where we assessed the status and progress of the project. We discussed the individual work packages in detail, participated in a "Big Picture" workshop, where we explored deeper connections within the project logic, and, last but not least, began preparations for our role in this project: creating training materials for employees in the textile industry, which will prepare them for the transition to a green, digital, and circular transformation of the textile sector.
One year after the project began, we can confidently say that it is off to a successful start, having reached its first milestones, with all partners diligently working on their tasks. If you're interested in the project's results and achievements, you can read the latest project newsletter on the project's LinkedIn page.
