VALORMAR – Integral Valuation of Marine Resources: potential, technological innovation and new applications

VALORMAR – Integral Valuation of Marine Resources: potential, technological innovation and new applications

Abstract/Aim
The ValorMar project – Integral valorization of marine resources: potential, technological innovation and new applications aims to develop innovative technological solutions that enhance the valorization and efficient use of marine resources through the integration of value chains, in a circular economy logic, articulating: aquaculture, food industry, biomedical, pharmaceutical and cosmetic. ValorMar has as a general objective the valorisation of marine resources, through research, development and demonstration of new products and the improvement of production processes, proposing innovative solutions for the creation of new healthy food products, using innovative, sustainable and efficient technologies. The project, funded under the Portugal 2020 Mobilising Programmes (SI&IDT), has the participation of 18 companies and 13 entities from the R&D system.

Keywords
Primary production; Manufacturing industry; Aquaculture industry; Support technologies

Partners
SONAE CENTER SERVIÇOS II, S.A. (Coord.); 18 companies and 13 entities from the R&D system

Coordinator MARE-Polytechnic of Leiria
Maria Manuel Gil – maria.m.gil@ipleiria.pt

Funding
224.968,02 € (MARE-Polytechnic of Leiria)| ANI – Agência Nacional de Inovação; POCI – Programa Operacional Competitividade Internacionalização // Duration 2017-2021

Project Card

Project Website: http://valormar.pt/en/home-2/