La COVID-19 i la innovació

The start-up Loop creates a spray-based disinfection system, to disinfect aeroplanes, schools, hotels and offices. Link: https://www.businessinsider.es/loop-startup-espanola-cuyo-sistema-desinfeccion-gusta-iberia-704065

Two Asturian companies produce a contact tracking chip for coronavirus-infected people. Link: https://www.lavozdeasturias.es/noticia/asturias/2020/08/28/comienza-produccion-chip-rastreo-contactos-infectados-coronavirus/00031598627033683467517.html
ASTI Mobile of Burgos creates a robot that is able to neutralize the virus of COVID-19 through ultraviolet rays, with an effectiveness of 99%.
Link: https://www.expansion.com/economia-digital/2020/06/07/5edd5711468aeb0b0f8b458c.html
CaixaBank launches the world's first ATMs with facial recognition for users, in order to eliminate physical contact with the surface of the ATM.
Link: https://www.expansion.com/empresas/banca/2020/06/06/5edb9581e5fdea6b3b8b45bd.html

Porcelanosa develops Parker®, a ceramic parquet from a composition of 95% recycled material; and WaterForest, a technology incorporated in its brand of bathrooms and interiors, Noken, which promotes responsible energy consumption, reducing consumption by up to 89%. Link: https://www.eleconomista.es/status/noticias/10651076/07/20/Porcelanosa-Gruop-recibe-de-manos-de-los-reyes-el-Premio-Nacional-a-la-Innovacion-2019.html

Re Olivar appears, the first brand that sells toys, furniture and panels of different uses, from olive stones, proposing a biodegradable substitute for plastic. Link: https://elpais.com/elpais/2020/06/08/icon_design/1591603614_266885.html

Methacrylate cubes made to protect doctors when they intubate patients with Covid-19. Several Catalan companies are collaborating, such as the furniture makers in La Sénia. Link: https://www.ccma.cat/324/fabriquen-tubs-de-metacrilat-per-protegir-els-metges-quan-intuben-pacients-amb-covid-19/noticia/3001752/

Emergency PPE made from Decathlon snorkelling masks and 3D printing adapters. Link: https://formlabs.com/eu/covid-19-response/snorkel-mask-emergency-ppe-adapters/

Ajudem.cat has emerged, a portal that connects various online and traditional volunteering initiatives in times of confinement, such as English classes, graphic design classes or shopping. Link: https://ajudem.cat

The public-private consortium of the R&D&I centers of ArcelorMittal, Idonial and ThyssenKrupp, together with several companies and the Asturian government, have developed a respirator that allows its simultaneous use in several patients, inspired by the moments of maximum hospital pressure when respirators were lacking and space was lacking. Link: https://www.elcomercio.es/sociedad/coronavirus-asturias-respirador-20200417153717-nt.html?ref=https:%2F%2Fwww.elcomercio.es%2Fsociedad%2Fcoronavirus-asturias-respirador-20200417153717-nt.html

The business fabric of the Zona Franca de Barcelona joins to develop the first model of respirator to treat patients of industrializable COVID-19, through 3D printing. Link: https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20200322/4830789695/respirador-3d-coronavirus-consorci-de-la-zona-franca.html

La Cambra de Comerç de Reus crea compradesdecasa.cat, una plataforma digital per fomentar el consum de proximitat, la qual permet que els usuaris facin cerques geolocalitzades per trobar les opcions de comerços, venda de productes i serveis que tenen més a prop. Link: https://infocamp.cat/comerc/item/37904-la-cambra-de-reus-impulsa-una-plataforma-online-per-fomentar-el-consum-de-proximitat-arran-de-la-covid-19

Banco Santander has been leading the use of telework since the massive arrival of COVID-19 in Spain, with 100,000 employees working from home, and an average of more than 650,000 daily remote connections, including calls and network video calls. Link: https://www.capital.es/2020/04/23/banco-santander-un-ejemplo-de-la-innovacion-tecnologica-al-servicio-del-teletrabajo/

Estrella Damm removes plastic rings from its tin containers, following its strategy of reducing its environmental impact. Currently, 65% of its packaging is reusable and 100% is recyclable. In addition, the company has reduced the consumption of water in its production process by 34%, and has reached the green source of all the electricity it consumes. Link: https://www.eleconomista.es/empresas-finanzas/noticias/10661673/07/20/Estrella-Damm-anuncia-la-eliminacion-de-las-anillas-de-plastico-en-su-nueva-campana.html

Lightwash emerges a project that disinfects clothing and other personal protective equipment (PPE) of medical bodies, through ultraviolet light. Link: https://www.eleconomistaamerica.cl/empresas-eAm-chile/noticias/10638881/06/20/Lanzan-catalogo-con-las-mejores-innovaciones-para-enfrentar-crisis-COVID19.html
MIDE emerges, a project to help schools so that they can maintain school continuity electronically, in the face of the uncertainty of the future attendance that COVID-19 has brought. Link: https://www.eleconomistaamerica.cl/empresas-eAm-chile/noticias/10638881/06/20/Lanzan-catalogo-con-las-mejores-innovaciones-para-enfrentar-crisis-COVID19.html
Localshop emerges a platform that allows you to connect small local businesses with neighbours and the public, through the shops of these businesses. Link: https://www.eleconomistaamerica.cl/empresas-eAm-chile/noticias/10638881/06/20/Lanzan-catalogo-con-las-mejores-innovaciones-para-enfrentar-crisis-COVID19.html