Progetto: LIFE10 ENV/IT/000364 «ECOFATTING» «Environmentally friendly natural products instead of cloroparaffines in the fatting phase of the tanning cycle»

Progetto: LIFE10 ENV/IT/000364 «ECOFATTING»

«Environmentally friendly natural products instead of cloroparaffines in the fatting phase of

the tanning cycle»

Start: 01/01/2012End: 31/12/2013

13/06/201318 month meeting

Elda – Alicante (Spain)INESCOP premises

AGENDA

09:30 [INESCOP] Welcome and opening of the meeting09:35 [All] Actions carried out by each partner and

scheduled activities from January 2013 until the end of May 2013.

10:30 [All] Open discussion on actions carried out11:00 [All] Coffee break

AGENDA

11:15 [All] ECOFATTING Technical future issues:[ICCOMCNR] Technical activities scheduled in the

next six months of the project (project end)[All] Open discussion on actions to be carried out in the

next six months of the project (project end)12:00 [ICCOMCNR] Management and dissemination

issues12:40 [All] General questions12:50 End of progress meeting13:00 Tour of INESCOP premises

Actions carried out by each partner

ACTIONS

1 fat agents

2 environmental impact

3 natural products

4 laboratory level

5 semi-industrial level

6 pre-industrial level

7 environmental demonstration

8 environmental benefits

9 quality assessment

10 tecnico-economic viability

11 manual

13 material for workshops

14 diffusion material preparation

15 Italian training

16 Spanish training

17 Italy workshop

18 Spain workshop

19 fairs

20 digital supports

21 international dissemination

22After-LIFE Communication Plan

23 Project management

24 Monitoring

25 audit

Actions carried out by each partner

ACTIONS

Technical Actions carried out by each partner in the last six months

ACTION 3: Natural products demonstration and evaluation

ACTION 4: Environmental demonstration of natural products at laboratory level

ACTION 5: Fatting at a semi-industrial level by using natural products

ACTION 6: Environmental demonstration of natural products fatting at a pre-industrial level

Technical Actions carried out by each partner in the last six months

ACTION 7: Environmental demonstration of hides fatted with natural products

ACTION 8: Study of the demonstration about the environmental benefits from the natural products fatting process

ACTION 9: Quality assessment of leather products production

Presentations of: ICCOMCNR COLORTEX ENEA SERICHIM INESCOP

Technical Actions carried out by each partner

[All] Open discussion on actions carried out

Technical Actions carried out by each partner

Dissemination activities

ACTION 13: Material preparation for workshop ACTION 14: Diffusion material preparation ACTION 15: Training course for Italian tanneries ACTION 16: Training course for Spanish tanneries ACTION 19: International fairs and other events ACTION 20: Digital supports for international

diffusion ACTION 21: International diffusion and

dissemination


ACTION 13: Material preparation for workshop• Logo definition and design• ICCOMCNR produced 1 banner in Italian and 1 banner

in English• ICCOMCNR produced 400 eco bags as project gadget • ICCOMCNR produced 1 roll up• ICCOMCNR produced an official ECOFATTING

power point presentation in English to be used in events• ICCOMCNR produced 200 brochures in Italian and 200

brochures in English• Inescop dissemination materials (poster, presentation,

etc.)


ACTION 14: Diffusion material preparation• ICCOMCNR produced 12 ECOFATTING Notice

boards• ICCOMCNR produced 200 brochures in Italian and 200

brochures in English • ICCOMCNR carried out two TV interviews with local

TV agencies • Press contacts and articles related to ENEA event for the

20th Anniversary of the LIFE Programme, Faenza, June 21st, 2012: three press releases have been made by ENEA, two of which published into the ENEA official web site (sections “Eventi” and “News”) and one disseminated through mayor local newspapers.


ACTION 14: Diffusion material preparation

• ICCOMCNR was responsible of the edition of 1 article edited by a Pisa local newspaper

• From January to August 2012, INESCOP presented the project through the newsletters that are distributed in electronic and paper form to INESCOP’s member companies (mainly tanneries and footwear and leather goods manufacturers)

• INESCOP activities


ACTION 15: Training course for Italian tanneries

COLORTEX organised a training course specifically aimed at tanning companies on May 31st


ACTION 16: Training course for Spanish tanneries

A training course specifically aimed at tanning companies will be held at INESCOP premises on June 20th


ACTION 19: International fairs and other events

• ECOFATTING power point and video presentations at the Italian Celebration Day for the 20th Anniversary of the LIFE Programme, Brescia, May 25th, 2012

• ECOFATTING power point presentation at “XXII Settimana della Cultura Scientifica a Tecnologica” in Faenza, Aprile 18th, 2012

• ENEA, in networking with ECOFATTING LIFE10 ENV/IT/365, presented a poster in the 3rd International Conference on Industrial and Hazardous Waste Management which was hold in Chania (Crete, GR) on September 12-14th, 2012.


ACTION 19: International fairs and other events

• ICCOM-CNR presented ECOFATTING in three national meetings:

- XXI National Meeting of Italian Society of Pure and Applied Biophysics (SIBPA), 17-20 September 2012;

- XXIII National Meeting of Analytical Chemistry, Italian Chemical Society, La Biodola (Elba), 16-20 September 2012: the description of part of the results of Action 1 were presented in a published abstract and in a poster. Possible participation at Uruguay event

- Po.Te.Co. (Polo tecnologico conciario) in Castelfranco di sotto (PI), 10/12/2012


ACTION 19: International fairs and other events• INESCOP presented the project in different national and

international fairs listed below:- 21st Edition of ECOFIRA 2012, International Fair of

Environmental Solutions. Valencia (Spain), 29th February – 2nd March 2012.

- 12th Edition of Green Week, Brussels (Belgium), 22nd – 25th May 2012

- Conference in Green Week Satellite events; “Regional responses to the EU2020 on water. Lessons learned through European projects”, FCVRE, Brussels (Belgium), 22nd May 2012.

- 1st Water, Waste and Energy Management, Salamanca (Spain), 23rd – 25th May 2012


ACTION 19: International fairs and other events - Industrial Technologies Congress, 2012, Aarhus (Denmark), 19th –

21st June 2012- 18th Congress of the Latin American Federation of Leather

Chemists and Technologists, Montevideo (Uruguay), 9th - 11th October 2012.

- 28th Edition of the International Footwear Fair, FUTURMODA, Alicante, (Spain), 30th – 31st October 2012

- 29th Edition of the International Footwear Fair, FUTURMODA, Alicante (Spain), 17th – 18th April de 2013.

- 62nd Congress of the Spanish Leather Chemists Association AQEIC; Lorca – Murcia (Spain), 10th – 11th May 2013

- LIFE+ Networking Event, Valencia (Spain), 14th May 2013


ACTION 20: Digital supports for international diffusions

ENEA is the project responsible for the selection of external service

video expert for the collection and mixing of each associated beneficiary activities video and production of the global ECOFATTING video.

In this project period ENEA started all the internal procedures for the external service video expert selection.


ACTION 21: International diffusion and dissemination• ECOFATTING website in Italian, English and Spanish:

www.pi.iccom.cnr.it/ecofatting/it• ICCOMCNR produced 1 roll up• ICCOMCNR produced an official ECOFATTING power

point presentation in English to be used in events• ICCOMCNR and ENEA articles• ICCOMCNR carried out two TV interviews with local TV

agencies• Cluster with OXATAN, SHOELAW, PODEBA,

SOREME, BioNaD, CLEANSED, After-Cu, MICROTAN, C02SHOE, SHOEBAT and BIOREM (LIFE 09-10-11-12 projects)


Management activities

ACTION 23: Project management ACTION 24: Monitoring

ICCOMCNR has continuous contact with all project partners for monitoring project activities

ICCOMCNR prepares and sends a monthly summary (each 28th) of the project activities carried out to monitoring representant

ICCOMCNR needs to receive from each partner technical inputs before each 28th

ECOFATTING Technical future issues





ACTION 10: Demonstration of technical-economic viability

ACTION 11: Natural products fatting manual ACTION 12: Leather sample books of hides fatted with

natural products



Description:Description:The leather produced in previous Actions will be The leather produced in previous Actions will be tanned tanned

with the natural products technique in the fatting with the natural products technique in the fatting phase by means of collaborating with Italian and phase by means of collaborating with Italian and Spanish tanneries that will be selected from those Spanish tanneries that will be selected from those interestedinterested. ICCOMCNR will conduct a product . ICCOMCNR will conduct a product assessment of the leather samples produced with the assessment of the leather samples produced with the new method and will finalize the environmental new method and will finalize the environmental product characterization of the leather produced with product characterization of the leather produced with the treated leather.the treated leather.


Methods employed:Methods employed: COLORTEX, SERICHIM and INESCOP COLORTEX, SERICHIM and INESCOP will be involved in:will be involved in: Industrial-scale production of sheep/goat leather treated with Industrial-scale production of sheep/goat leather treated with

innovative natural products formulations in the fatting phase.innovative natural products formulations in the fatting phase. Product characterization.Product characterization. Industrial-scale production of bovine leather treated with Industrial-scale production of bovine leather treated with

innovative natural products formulations in the fatting phase..innovative natural products formulations in the fatting phase.. Product characterization.Product characterization.

ICCOMCNR and ENEA ICCOMCNR and ENEA will be involved in:will be involved in: Environmental assessment of the new fatting process in tanning Environmental assessment of the new fatting process in tanning

cycle using internationally accepted standards.cycle using internationally accepted standards.


Expected results:Expected results: sheep/goat skins leathers tanned with the use of natural sheep/goat skins leathers tanned with the use of natural

products in the fatting phase.products in the fatting phase. bovinebovine skins leathers tanned with the use of natural skins leathers tanned with the use of natural

products in the fatting phase.products in the fatting phase. analysis of the environmental impact from the hide analysis of the environmental impact from the hide

tanning process by using natural products instead of tanning process by using natural products instead of cloroparaffines in the fatting phasecloroparaffines in the fatting phase



Description:Description:The hides produced by the Italian and Spanish tanneries will be The hides produced by the Italian and Spanish tanneries will be

used by Italian and Spanish leather manufacturer companies, used by Italian and Spanish leather manufacturer companies, chosen from those interested, to manufacture different leather chosen from those interested, to manufacture different leather products. Immediately afterwards, a comparison will be made products. Immediately afterwards, a comparison will be made between the natural products fatted hides and cloroparaffines between the natural products fatted hides and cloroparaffines fatted hides, taking into account the voluntary limits imposed fatted hides, taking into account the voluntary limits imposed by the European Eco-label for ecological criteria (Decision by the European Eco-label for ecological criteria (Decision 2002/231/CE) and other chemical parameters of environmental 2002/231/CE) and other chemical parameters of environmental interest (pH, etc.). To achieve this, validations of harmful interest (pH, etc.). To achieve this, validations of harmful substances that could be present in hides will be carried out. substances that could be present in hides will be carried out. The validation results will be written in a report.The validation results will be written in a report.


Methods employed:Methods employed: ICCOMCNR, INESCOP and ENEAICCOMCNR, INESCOP and ENEA will be involved will be involved

in:in: Production of different types of leather productsProduction of different types of leather products Validations of harmful substances in hides based on Validations of harmful substances in hides based on

international standards.international standards.

Expected results:Expected results: 100 leather products elaborated with natural products 100 leather products elaborated with natural products

fatted leathers.fatted leathers. Production of more environmentally friendly leather Production of more environmentally friendly leather

products, that complies with the European Eco-label products, that complies with the European Eco-label criteriacriteria



All the information gathered from earlier actions, as well as results and conclusions, will be logged in a study. To achieve this, INESCOP will send reports to ICCOMCNR in which the results will be contained from the production validations carried out in the Spanish companies, as well as the results of the comparison between leather products manufactured from natural products fatted hides and cloroparaffines fatted hides. This study will contain photos of the leather products manufactured, and will contain samples of natural products tanned hides at a semi-industrial and pre-industrial level.



A check will be made to verify that hides fatted with natural products satisfy leather products quality standards. To achieve this, physical validations (tensile strength, resistance to wear, contraction temperature, etc.) will be carried out on hides produced to manufacture leather products in Italy and in Spain. These validations will be carried out in COLORTEX, SERICHIM and INESCOP laboratories, which are equipped to carry out these types of assessments. The results will be logged in a report.


ACTION 10: Demonstration of technical-economic viability

This Action will foresee a deep analysis in order to prove that hides tanned with the new natural products method comply with quality standards and are economically viable.


ACTION 11: Natural products fatting manual

This Action will foresee the production of a formative manual which explains how to apply the new natural products fatting technique to the industrial process in tanneries.


ACTION 12: Leather sample books of hides fatted with natural products

This Action will foresee the production of hide sample books tanned with the new natural products fatting technique, which can be shown at different events.


[All] Open discussion on actions to be carried out in the next six months of the project

ECOFATTING Dissemination future issues for the next six months

ACTIONS 13-22: Update

In particular: Action 13: production of new materials Action 14: production of new articles and technical articles Action 15: OK Action 16: OK Action 17: workshop in October-November in Colortex Action 18: workshop in October-November in INESCOP Action 19: participation at new 4 events Action 20: ENEA will produce a video in 3 languages (English, will produce a video in 3 languages (English,

Spanish and Italian) in which the ECOFATTING projects results Spanish and Italian) in which the ECOFATTING projects results will be shown. will be shown.

Action 21: production of new 5 posters Action 22: ICCOMCNR, with the support of all the partners, will

produce the “After-LIFE Communication Plan”

ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES

Next Deliverables Progress Report submitted Partner cost analysis Monitoring Team visit Final Report Audit Next meeting

NEXT DELIVERABLES

Semi-industrial level: Action 5 Pre-industrial level: Action 6 Environmental demonstration: Actions 7-8 Study of technical-economic viability: Action 10 Videos: Action 20 Articles and press releases: Actions 14, 21 Dissemination materials: Action 13-22 Layman report: Action 20 After-LIFE Communication Plan: Action 23Audit report: Action 25 Final Report: Technical, Dissemination and Financial documents

Progress Report

ICCOMCNR at the end of May 2013 has submitted the foreseen Progress Report to the EC and Monitoring Team, made up by:

Progress report with the summary of technical, administrative and dissemination project issues

Dissemination Annex Deliverables

Partner cost analysis

Monitoring team visit

The Monitoring Team (Ludovico Susani) will visit ICCOMCNR on 28th of June for checking the progress of the project technical activities and the administrative documents

Ludovico Susani requested the presence only of ICCOMCNR and COLORTEX for checking the technical activities

Please send to ICCOMCNR all the updated administrative documents before 20th of June

Final Report

ICCOMCNR will be responsible of the production of the Final report which will be made up by:

Progress report with the summary of technical, administrative and dissemination project issues

Dissemination Annex Deliverables Financial forms with all the originals signatures

from each partner Audit document

The EC ok of the Final report will produce the project final payment from the EC

Audit

ICCOMCNR will be responsible for the production of an audit document signed by an external authorised auditor (already selected) which will certify all the project financial data.

The selected auditor will check all the partner financial data and will be free to request to each partner more detailed documents.

Project meetings

Project meetings 1st Kick off meeting in COLORTEX in Italy in

January 2012 2nd Coordination meeting in ICCOMCNR in Italy in

June 2012 3rd Coordination meeting in SERICHIM in Italy in

January 2013 4th Coordination meeting in INESCOP in Spain in

June 2013

Next Final Project meeting 5th Coordination meeting in ICCOMCNR in Spain in

December 2013

Documents

Progetto: LIFE10 ENV/IT/000364 «ECOFATTING» «Environmentally friendly natural products instead of cloroparaffines in the fatting phase of the tanning cycle»