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AGENDA
Lusitano Project – Mobilizing Agenda for Business Innovation in the Textile and Clothing Industry of Portugal

CONSORTIUM LEADER 
NAU VERDE, LDA.

AGENDA DESCRIPTION

The Lusitano Project Agenda aims to promote the reindustrialisation of the national Textile and Clothing Industry (ITV) through the implementation of R&D, Productive Innovation, Training and Internationalisation activities that make it possible to bring a crucial part of the ITV value chain back to Europe, specifically the ability to manufacture yarns from recycled and natural fibres, and subsequently new and innovative textile and clothing products with higher added value. The Agenda also aims to promote the competitive transformation of the sector through concerted R&D efforts into intelligent systems, in line with the Industry 4.0 and Internet of Things paradigms, and into effluent treatment and reuse systems, in order to drastically reduce the consumption of water resources. Finally, the aim is to promote and disseminate its results, generating a contagion effect for other organisations.

Star Date
01-01-2022

Conclusion Date 
31-12-2025

AGENDA INVESTMENT
111.481.160,20€

AGENDA GOALS

•  Reindustrialisation of the textile industry in Portugal, based on a sustainability strategy (business and environmental);
• R&D into new solutions for clothing textiles based on natural and/or recycled fibres;
• R&D into new technological solutions for the production of recycled/natural fibres for the Factory of the Future Textile, in line with Industry 4.0;
• R&D into energy solutions and resource management for the textile and clothing sector, responding to the environmental and energy challenges linked to the exploitation of new fibres and materials;
• Creation of employment, particularly skilled employment, and prospective training;
• Promotion of the project results and internationalisation of the national Sustainable Label.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES OF THE AGENDA

The Lusitano Project Agenda is expected to yield 6 Products, Processes, and Services (PPS):

1. PPS1. Recycled Yarn
2. PPS2. Natural Yarns
3. PPS3. Fabrics based on natural and recycled fibers
4. PPS4. Fashion collections, sustainable and customer-oriented, based on natural and recycled fabrics
5. PPS5. Intelligent and automated systems for the Textile and Clothing Industry
6. PPS6. Technology for the reuse of textile wastewater in the Textile and Clothing Industry

BENEFICIARY ENTITY
Polopique – Acabamentos Têxteis, S.A.

BENEFICIARY’S INVESTMENT
4.352.000,o0€