“Nuestra experiencia en el campo de los EPI demuestra que es posible imprimir múltiples variedades de Equipos de Protección Individual mediante la fabricación flexible, que es el 3D, y que se puede aplicar a calzado, guantes, cascos, equipos respiratorios, ropa, tapones auditivos, sin limitaciones de estilos, formas o colores El Centro Tecnológico del Calzado de La Rioja, CTCR, expondrá en SICUR 2024, Salón Internacional de la Seguridad, del 27 de febrero al 1 de marzo, donde presentará algunos de sus proyectos tecnológicos más punteros, con el objetivo de mostrar sus avances al sector EPI, así como poder favorecer la transferencia de tecnología al mismo. De este modo, mostrará sus novedades en un stand de 16 metros cuadrados, situado en el en el pabellón 6, de ASEPAL, número 6A25, donde se harán también demostraciones acompañadas de explicaciones acerca del nuevo panorama de la impresión 3D, que permite ya la fabricación de múltiples productos y, concretamente, Equipos de Protección Individual como calzado de seguridad y sus componentes, mascarillas, cascos, viseras, gafas de protección, etc.

In the context of the EU Pact for Skills initiative launched by the European Commission in 2021, the three European TCLF umbrella organisations, EURATEX, COTANCE and CEC, launched last week a new EU co-funded project under ERASMUS+ Programme to support the up-skilling and reskilling in the textile, clothing, leather and footwear (TCLF) sectors. The AEQUALIS-4-TCLF project brings together 19 partners mainly from Eastern and Northern Europe who will work together in the coming 4 years to give a boost the competitiveness of TCLF industries across Europe by ensuring the lifelong learning of workers and attracting new generations.

The Erasmus+ VETting Green project was recently launched to support the European Union efforts to put an end to Greenwashing on consumer products. The partnership, composed by footwear producers, vocational training providers and consumer representatives from 5 European countries (BE, GR, IT, PT and SP) aim at preparing footwear companies to tackle greenwashing with the necessary training tools and materials. In line with the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the EU is implementing the Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP), a building block of the EU Green Deal, to become the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. Special attention is given to tackle misleading green claims that have during the last years while consumers demand for transparency and veracity. Europe has responded with two Directive proposals, the Directive on Consumer Empowerment for the Green Transition and the Directive on new rules for substantiating green claims, aimed at consumers and manufacturers respectively, both of them about to be approved.