Tèxtils.CAT has launched the second call of proposals for the Eurocluster project xBUILD-EU – Cross-fertilization of industrial ecosystems in textile manufacturing and construction leveraging digital and advanced technologies to build up green and digital resilience in Europe. This is one of the 30 flagship Euroclusters funded by the European Commission and coordinated by Tèxtils.CAT.
The second call for proposals from the xBUILD-EU project includes three financial instruments with a total budget of 540.000€ as lump-sum support for SMEs.
Innovate grant is aimed at supporting the innovation for SMEs to become more resilient with an increased portfolio of new-to-firm products and services to adapt to changing environment, increasing their capacity to respond and adapt easily in case of value chain disruptions.
Green and Digital grant is aimed at the adoption of processes and technologies by SMEs to become more competitive and resilient with a focus on the green and digital transition to ensure the sustainability and connectivity of the value chain.
Global grant is aimed at facilitating the internationalization of SMEs to become more resilient and globally competitive with facilitated access to Middle East to ensure supply and production with a broader customer portfolio to facilitate overcoming regional value chain disruptions.
Tèxtils.CAT assessment of Euroclusters initiative is truly positive, among the different cascade funding mechanisms, 19 cluster members have received more than 507k€ so far for implementing their innovative projects, internationalization plans, and to drive the green and digital transition in the advanced textile materials sector of Catalonia.
Tèxtils.CAT is part of two Eurocluster, which are the tools funded by the European Union to deploy the industrial strategy at the European level. The European Commission uses Euroclusters as a major tool to reach out to sectoral SMEs in the 14 industrial ecosystems, which includes the textile industry as one of the prioritized industries to make Europe an industrial leader. As part of the Euroclusters initiative, Tèxtils.CAT is launching 2.1M€ in funds to support innovative textile SMEs across Europe, with the second call just opened.
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