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AINS

WHERE WE ARE

Reus Catalonia (Spain)

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WHERE WE ARE

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WHO WE ARE

The aim of AINS is to improve the competitiveness of its companies through shared strategies that generate flows of knowledge and

collaborative innovation projects

16 food companies

(9 SME, 7 large companies)

785 million € turnover - 2.000 employees

26% mean export rate (5 - 85%) - 19 million € in R&D activities

+ CTNS - Technological Centre of Nutrition and Health

+ CENTA – Centre for New Food Technologies and Processes

+ URV - University Rovira i Virgili

+ Tecnoparc – Technology Park

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Company City Activity description website SME?

Andrés Pintaluba, SA Reus

Manufacture, commercialization and distribution of chemicals and additives for the feed industry

www.pintaluba.com NOPreparation, distribution, export and import of veterinary drugs.

Biocentury SLU Quart (Girona)

Production and distribution of dietary and weight control products.

www.bicentury.com NO

Big Drum SA Reus Ice cream industry supplier (Cones, Sleeves, Lids, Cups, Push-up, Tubes & Cans, Gumballs, Paper).

www.bigdrum.com YES

BioIbérica SA Barcelona Production of ingredients for food, pharma and vet industries. Production of functional foods and nutraceuticals.

www.bioiberica.com NO

Borges SAU Reus Sale and purchase, preparation, processing and marketing of dried nuts.

www.borges.es NO

Brudy Technology SL Barcelona R&D services: research projects to create new products, specialized in the field of polyunsaturated fatty acids.

www.brudy.net YES

Camara Arrossera del Montsià SCCL

Amposta Processing, packaging, storage and marketing of rice. www.lacamara.es YES

Comercial Agroalimentaria SL

Reus Production and sale of almond cream www.joanescoda.com YES

WHO WE ARE - COMPANIES

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Company City Activity description website SME?

Costa Concentrados Levantinos SA

Alcàsser (Valencia)

Study and formulation of master chemical formulas for industrial applications in the food sector.

www.costa.es YES

Industrial Técnica Pecuaria SA

Barcelona Manufacture and marketing of feed additives. www.itpsa.com YES

Industrias Rodríguez SA Reus Manufacture and distribution of sweets, biscuits and nougat.

www.virginias.es NO

Laboratorios Vidal SL Tarragona Specialized laboratory services in food analysis and technical consultancy studies.

www.laboratoriosvidal.com YES

Laboratorios Ordesa SL Sant Boi de Llobregat

Production of hydrolyzed grain, liquid milk, cereal foods with bifidus effect and supplemented infant formulas

www.ordesa.es NO

Shirota Functional Foods SL

Reus Research and development on new functional foods, bioinformatics, ...

www.shirotafoods.com YES

Unió Corporació Alimentària SCCL

Reus Wholesale food (nuts, olive oil, wine) www.unio.coop YES

Vidreres Llet SLVidreres (Girona)

Production and distribution of dairy products www.lletato.cat NO

WHO WE ARE - COMPANIES

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WHO WE ARE – VALUE CHAIN

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Campus of International Excellence for Southern Catalonia (CEICS)

European Technology Platform Food for Life.

European Technology Platform for Global Animal Health.

Federación Española de Industrias de la Alimentación y Bebidas (FIAB)

Catalan Technology Association (ACTec) and TECNIO

European Project BIOCLAIMS (BIOmarkers of Robustness of Metabolic Homeostasis for Nutrigenomics-derived Health CLAIMS Made on Food) and NutriGenomics Organisation (NuGO)

Spanish competitive-funded projects PROFIT, CENIT, Fondos Tecnológicos, CIDEM

Agrofood Connect-EU Group

WHO WE ARE – WHAT WE DO

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WHAT WE DO

Strategic Lines Innovation in methodologies and biomarkers to substantiate

nutritional / health claims.

Innovation in information and food safety.

Innovation in industrial technologies and processes

Innovation in ingredients, additives and functional foods

Technology, legal and trade watch

Specialized training

Strategic Plan 2010 - 13

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WHAT WE DO

Main current projects / activitiesInnovation in methodologies and biomarkers to substantiate nutritional / health claims.

Creation of a database of interesting bioactive compounds for the food industry, linked with patents, EFSA’s opinions,… 

Innovation in information and food safety.

Participation in the “UCC+i en Nutrición y Salud” (scientific culture unit funded by FECYT aimed to provide reliable information about functional foods to consumers)

Innovation in industrial technologies and processesInnovation in ingredients, additives and functional foods

BYFUNC project - Feasibility study to obtain bioactive ingredients from byproducts, deisgn better extraction processes and incorporate it into food matrices 

Technology, legal and trade watch

Technology Mission to Food Valley cluster (The Netherlands) 

Specialized training

Training courses in Biostatistics, Design of healthy foods, and Viability of RDI projects 

Other initiatives

Participation in the Agrofood Connect-EU Group, aimed at promoting Catalan (both business- and academic-) participation in EU FP7

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More info:

www.ains.ctns.catIgnasi Papell

Cluster ManagerTel. +34 977 300 431

ains@ctns.cat