AINS. Asociación Empresarial Innovadora de Nutrición y Salud. Junio 2011
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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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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