In September 2018, Calaf Grup launched the LIFE PST SORT project. Thanks to funding from the European Union's LIFE research and innovation programme, a 1,000 m2 demonstration and test plant was designed and built to test an innovative material sorting solution. The...
With the frenetic evolution of digital technologies and channels, it is considered that, after the three stages of industrialisation, we have now entered the next one. In this order, we are now in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, a period also referred to as Industry...
On average, each European citizen consumes about 26 kilos of textiles a year. This figure translates into the generation of more than 16 million tons per year in the European Union (EU) and, consequently, in a strong environmental impact due to the resources used for...
After the first three, we are now in what is theoretically known as the fourth industrial revolution. This new era builds on the changes generated by the Digital Revolution (the previous period) and is marked by the convergence of digital, physical and biological...
The automation of processes through robotics is not only a trend with a growing presence in the industrial world, but a long-distance race that most industries are joining. In a couple of decades, maybe less, robots and programmed and automated tasks will replace...
New recognition for Picvisa. The Demarcation of Central Catalonia of the Industrial Engineers of Catalonia unanimously awarded the 41st Guillem Catà Prize to the Calaf Grup company. On the night of December 28, 2020, in an atypical edition due to the pandemic, the...
Last December, the Catalan employers' association Foment del Treball presented the Carles Ferrer Salat Awards, which annually distinguish the work of companies, businessmen and women. In this last edition, Picvisa received one of the awards, being recognized as SME of...
The end of one year and the arrival of another always mark a moment to reflect on what is left behind and what is to come. Undoubtedly, the 2020 review will be unusual, with many moments to forget accumulated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The positive is that in a...
As the World moves towards controlling the COVID-19 pandemic with the distribution of vaccines, another concern (and the threat to Health) takes more and more force even in the background: how to process a new wave of contamination, with plastic waste as the main...
The coronavirus pandemic has affected industries worldwide, economically and structurally. In record time, organisations have been forced to adapt to a new environment and respond to a wide range of issues: import and export constraints; delays/interruptions in...