The FLAREX project aims to promote sustainability in the textile sector.
By studying the products that provide flame-retardant properties to textile materials, the project seeks to reduce the use of toxic substances such as bromine, formaldehyde, and antimony, offering environmentally sustainable alternatives that maintain the required level of flame resistance.
FLAREX is co-funded by the European Commission’s LIFE+ program, with a duration of three years and a budget of €1,162,525.
In this project, Tèxtils.CAT coordinates a consortium of six members: the Leitat Technological Center, the Institute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC)—both members of Tèxtils.CAT—the Belgian technological center CENTEXBEL, and the clusters ATEVAL (Valencian Community), POINTEX (Piedmont, Italy), and CLUTEX (Czech Republic).
Tèxtils.CAT has previously implemented two other projects aimed at promoting sustainability in the sector: the European MIDWOR-LIFE project, also co-funded by the LIFE+ program, which seeks to reduce the environmental, health, and safety impacts of liquid-repellent products used in textile finishing processes; and the PACTEX project, co-funded by the Catalan Waste Agency, which, in collaboration with the Packaging Cluster, explores synergies between companies from both clusters to optimize the use of material resources by reducing industrial waste at its source, reusing products, improving recyclability, and enhancing waste recovery.