Textile materials against ticks and bedbugs

The aim oft he Project BETITEX is to obtain textile materials capable of providing protection against ticks and bedbugs. It is expected to obtain high durability of slowly released repellent/insecticide effect.

BETITEX is a research and development project cofounded by the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement nº 606517, with a total budged of 1.560.604 €.

BETITEX has a total of 8 Work Packages which will be executed during 36 months (starting on 1stNovember 2013) by the 11 partners forming part of the project consortium: 4 SMEs Associations —Gremi textil de Terrassa (coordinator) and ATEVAL, from Spain; CLUTEX, from Czech Republic, and TEXCLUBTEC, from Italy—, 3 technological centers —INOTEX, from Czech Republic, and LEITAT (member of Tecnio), and TECNALIA, both from Spain— and 4 SMEs (GEM’INNOV, from France; La Industrial Algodonera, fromSpain; NILKA, from Turkey, and SILK&PROGRESS, from Czech Republic).

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Spain