Efficient and Eco-friendly Construction Of Revolutionary surfboard blanKs

Informazioni relative al progetto

e2CORK

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 673635

DOI 10.3030/673635

Progetto chiuso

Data della firma CE 27 Aprile 2015

Data di avvio 1 Maggio 2015

Data di completamento 30 Settembre 2015

Finanziato da

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Climate action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials

Costo totale € 71 429,00

Contributo UE € 50 000,00

Coordinato da

LIVING SURF SL
Spain

Obiettivo

The overall objective of the e2CORK project is the construction of eco-friendly surfboard-blanks built with cork. To reach this, the design of a sustainable-industrial manufacturing procedure will be necessary.

The typical surfboards are manufactured from noxious materials and with unsustainable processes that contaminate the environment, require safety equipment for shapers exposed to toxic materials, and produce a massive carbon footprint on our planet. e2CORK will offer a clean alternative, 100% natural, organic, sustainable, and with physical, structural and mechanical properties that far exceed the current styrofoam blanks.

e2CORK will enhance the current hand-operated manufacturing procedures with a sustainable industrialization. These improvements will lead LIVING SURF to offer more competitive prices, reaching more units manufactured per day, to achieve international growth, to make a product portfolio extension and hence attaining wider audience. Moreover, e2CORK will boost the European cork-production market and its associate industries, hence contributing to the conservation of the cork-oak forests.

The specific objectives of the current phase 1 are to study and evaluate the technical feasibility as well as the sustainability and profitability of the e2CORK results. The objective of the overall innovation is that the current stage of e2CORK’s TRL6 prototype version reaches a TRL9 commercial level at the end of phase 2.

LIVING SURF has a wide expertise in manufacturing and selling surfboard blanks, offering natural alternatives to existing foam products. This background and knowhow enables the company to significantly reduce the risk of undertaking the e2CORK project while maximizing the probability of success of this business opportunity.

Campo scientifico

• natural sciences › physical sciences › astronomy › planetary sciences › planets

Programma(i)

• H2020-EU.3.5. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Climate action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials Main Programme
• H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument

Argomento(i)

• SC5-20-2014-1 - Boosting the potential of small businesses for eco-innovation and a sustainable supply of raw materials

Invito a presentare proposte

H2020-SMEInst-2014-2015

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Bando secondario

H2020-SMEINST-1-2014

Meccanismo di finanziamento

SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1

Coordinatore

LIVING SURF SL

• Contribution nette de l'UE: € 50 000,00
• Indirizzo: CAMINO VIEJO DE ALJUCER 68 EL PALMAR ; 30120 MURCIA ; Spagna
• PMI L’organizzazione si è definita una PMI (piccola e media impresa) al momento della firma dell’accordo di sovvenzione. Sì:
  Regione
  Sur › Región de Murcia › Murcia
• Regione: Sur › Región de Murcia › Murcia
• Tipo di attività: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Costo totale: € 71 429,00