OUR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
Costa Brava Mediterranean Foods has a long history of innovation, responsiveness and versatility. That means we share the values of increasingly-informed consumers, who are more aware of health issues.
A team of experts, equipped with advanced research technology and microbiology laboratories, lead the search for new developments in products, packaging and processes. They follow market trends and guarantee the food safety, quality and standardisation of our products.
We have expert partners working alongside us on this task: research clusters, such as INNOVACC, and technological institutes, such as IRTA.
Our Frigoríficos Costa Brava plant is taking part in the project to optimise and automate the cutting process for semi-frozen and frozen meat and meat derivatives. This involves a new automatic band saw design and the implementation of a micro-cutting disc to prevent workplace accidents and improve operator safety. The result is increased product quality, while improving productivity and the hygiene of the process. Click here for more information.
We took part in the OPTINVAS project and created pilot equipment for AI inspection to verify packaging quality. Other participants included Embutidos Caseros Collell S.L. (on behalf of Costa Brava Mediterranean Foods), Esteban Espuña SA, IA Sapiens Innovation SL, INNDEO, NAGRIFOOD and INNOVACC. Click here for more information.
We took part in the OPTINVAS project and created pilot equipment for AI inspection to verify packaging quality. Other participants included Embutidos Caseros Collell S.L. (on behalf of Costa Brava Mediterranean Foods), Esteban Espuña SA, IA Sapiens Innovation SL, INNDEO, NAGRIFOOD and INNOVACC. Click here for more information about the project.
One of our most recent projects was carried out by Coopecarn Girona, S.A., with funding from the Catalan Government and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EU) to develop a process to make LegHemoglobin and test its industrial viability for vegetable preparations. Project funded by Operation 16.01.01 (cooperation for innovation) of the Catalonia Rural Development Programme 2014-2020.Click here for more information.
Frescos y Elaborados Delisano, S.A.’s R&D department took part in the SMARTFARM project (File IDI-20210049). This is based on critical points analysis and strengthening comprehensive quality management systems in the food industry by developing a preventive detection model for Salmonella. This project was funded by the CDTI and co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The aim is to promote technological development, innovation and quality research.See more details.
Plants equipped with state-of-the-art industrial production systems
Disruptive techniques to find new food solutions
A fifty-year track record and know-how built up over three generations
Testing, improving, testing, improving, always moving forward, because we are non-conformists
Plants equipped with state-of-the-art industrial production systems
Disruptive techniques to find new food solutions
A fifty-year track record and know-how built up over three generations
Testing, improving, testing, improving, always moving forward, because we are non-conformists
Some of our new self-supply improvement projects have received grants from INSTITUTO DE DIVERSIFICACIÓN Y AHORRO DE LA ENERGÍA (IDAE) (Read more details), and INSTITUTO CATALÁN DE ENERGIA (ICAEN) (Read more details), co-financed by the European Union through the ERDF Operational Programme.
This project comes under the programme of incentives for self-supply and storage, using renewable energy sources, and the implementation of renewable thermal systems in the residential sector, within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, financed by the European Union – NextGenerationEU. See all the details here.
We are also involved in the food processing and marketing project of the “Catalonia Rural Development Programme 2014-2020”, co-financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe invests in rural areas. It is also co-financed by the Catalan Government Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food. Read more details.
Frigoríficos Costa Brava has received funding from ICAE for two major projects related to our energy saving and efficiency goal. One of them is based on automating the multi-format packing and palletising system (read more details here) and the other involves automation of the palletising system for a phase three energy improvement (read more details here).
We invest in continuous improvement of the company’s sustainability, as we have recently done in the meat cutting line and in improving the efficiency of the croquette line. The project to improve the meat cutting line (File E4IN12/2019/84) received funding from IVACE and ERDF for its improvement in energy efficiency. Read more details.
The croquette line was improved (File E4IDIN/2019/11) by replacing the vertical packaging machine with an automatic vertical packaging system on the line. This is a clear technical improvement to this process, which cuts the plant’s consumption by more than 93,000 kWh/year and avoids more than 33,000 kg of CO2 emissions per year. Project supported with IDAE and IVACE funds, co-financed by the European Union as part of the ERDF Operational Programme. Read more details.
For our energy efficiency action to improve technology in industrial equipment and processes, we have received a grant for the project “Improvement of efficiency in the skin plus flow pack line” (File: E4IDIN/2019/230) with the aim of reducing energy consumption in the plant. Project supported with IDAE and IVACE funds, co-financed by the European Union as part of the ERDF Operational Programme.Find out all the information here.
We are continuing to work on improving the energy efficiency of technology in industrial equipment and processes and have received a grant for the project “Improving efficiency on line 11” (File: E4IDIN/2019/194) with the aim of reducing energy consumption in the plant by automating product packing. Project supported with IDAE and IVACE funds, co-financed by the European Union as part of the ERDF Operational Programme.Find out all the information here.
Frescos y Elaborados Delisano, SAU has received a grant for the self-supply project “Solar panels for self-consumption” (File: IDAUT2/2021/65) with the aim of achieving a cleaner and more sustainable economy. This project comes under the programme of incentives for self-supply and storage, using renewable energy sources, and the implementation of renewable thermal systems in the residential sector, within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, financed by the European Union – NextGenerationEU.Find out all the information here.
In the social field, our plant in Cheste (Frescos y Elaborados Delisano, S.A.) has received a €2,826.24 grant from LABORA, the Valencian Employment and Training Service, to promote the hiring of people with functional diversity.Further information
We have implemented a new project for three recharging points with a grant co-financed by the European Recovery and Resilience Mechanism PRTR-Next Generation EU coordinated through IDAE under Royal Decree 266/2021 with the aim of achieving a cleaner and more sustainable economy. Further information
FRESCOS Y ELABORADOS DELISANO SAU has received funding for its energy saving and efficiency project, project file E4IDIN/2019/443, with IDAE and IVACE grants, co-financed by the European Union as part of the ERDF Operational Programme 2014-2020 with the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), coordinated by IDAE and managed by the autonomous communities, through the National Energy Efficiency Fund, with the aim of achieving a cleaner and more sustainable economy. An energy saving and efficiency project has been created to replace a heat pump for office air-conditioning. This required the collaboration of the best equipment manufacturers in the sector and will provide major energy and environmental savings in the process. The project saves 12.12 TOE per year. Find out all the information here.
Delisano has created an energy saving and efficiency project consisting of automating rib line 7. The project receives IDAE and IVACE grants and is co-financed by the European Union as part of the ERDF Operational Programme 2014-2020 with the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), coordinated by IDAE and managed by the autonomous communities, through the National Energy Efficiency Fund. Click here to find out all the information.
Another energy saving and efficiency project has been created, consisting of replacing thermoforming equipment on line 116. The project receives IDAE and IVACE grants and is co-financed by the European Union as part of the ERDF Operational Programme 2014-2020 with the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), coordinated by IDAE and managed by the autonomous communities, through the National Energy Efficiency Fund. Find out all the information here.
Our Embutidos Caseros Collell S.A. plant has received a grant for our energy saving and efficiency project “Replacement of the flowpack system on the fuet sausage line”, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) with the aim of achieving a cleaner and more sustainable economy. The project will save 20.95 TOE per year. Read more details
We have created an energy saving and efficiency project, co-financed by ERDF and coordinated by IDAE, consisting of replacing an A11 dryer with a new highly energy-efficient dryer. This project has saved us 17 TOE per year. Find out more
As part of the European Fund’s same energy saving and efficiency programme, we have implemented a new highly-efficient crate washer, saving 41.13 TOE per year. Find out more.
Co-financed by ERDF, coordinated by IDAE and managed by the autonomous communities, through the National Energy Efficiency Fund, we have carried out a project to replace a conventional flowpack system with a highly-efficient one, with the aim of achieving a cleaner and more sustainable economy. This project will save 17.59 TOE per year. Read the details.
New project to replace conventional thermoforming equipment with the aim of achieving greater energy savings and efficiency, which will save 15.89 TOE per year. Find out more.
We strive every day to go above and beyond the current environmental legislation, as can be seen in the link to our Environmental Policy below. Find out the details.
We have received a grant for the energy saving and efficiency project “Implementation of efficient technologies in a production process”, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), coordinated by IDAE and managed by the autonomous communities, through the National Energy Efficiency Fund, with the aim of achieving a cleaner and more sustainable economy. An energy saving and efficiency project has been created, consisting of implementing efficient technologies in the product slicing systems for production processes by replacing existing equipment with highly-efficient systems. This required the collaboration of the best equipment manufacturers in the sector and will provide major energy and environmental savings in the process. The project saves 37.96 TOE per year. Read more details.
We have received a grant for our energy saving and efficiency projects “Improved energy use in the new refrigeration chamber” and “Continuous complete packaging line”, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), coordinated by IDAE and managed by the autonomous communities, through the National Energy Efficiency Fund, with the aim of achieving a cleaner and more sustainable economy. Click for more information.
Fricafor has created an energy saving and efficiency project consisting of replacing the beef packaging line with others that use the most advanced productivity and energy efficiency techniques. Learn more about the project
A new project based on replacing the current conventional boiler with a highly energy-efficient boiler. See project details.
We have carried out a project that comes under the programme of incentives for self-supply and storage, using renewable energy sources, and the implementation of renewable thermal systems in the residential sector, within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, financed by the European Union – NextGenerationEU.
See more details about the project at the Sant Jaume de Llierca plant.
See more details about the project at Les Planes d’Hostoles
Some of our new self-supply improvement projects have received grants from INSTITUTO DE DIVERSIFICACIÓN Y AHORRO DE LA ENERGÍA (IDAE) (Read more details), and INSTITUTO CATALÁN DE ENERGIA (ICAEN) (Read more details), co-financed by the European Union through the ERDF Operational Programme.
This project comes under the programme of incentives for self-supply and storage, using renewable energy sources, and the implementation of renewable thermal systems in the residential sector, within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, financed by the European Union – NextGenerationEU. See all the details here.
We are also involved in the food processing and marketing project of the “Catalonia Rural Development Programme 2014-2020”, co-financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe invests in rural areas. It is also co-financed by the Catalan Government Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food. Read more details.
Frigoríficos Costa Brava has received funding from ICAE for two major projects related to our energy saving and efficiency goal. One of them is based on automating the multi-format packing and palletising system (read more details here) and the other involves automation of the palletising system for a phase three energy improvement (read more details here).
We invest in continuous improvement of the company’s sustainability, as we have recently done in the meat cutting line and in improving the efficiency of the croquette line. The project to improve the meat cutting line (File E4IN12/2019/84) received funding from IVACE and ERDF for its improvement in energy efficiency. Read more details.
The croquette line was improved (File E4IDIN/2019/11) by replacing the vertical packaging machine with an automatic vertical packaging system on the line. This is a clear technical improvement to this process, which cuts the plant’s consumption by more than 93,000 kWh/year and avoids more than 33,000 kg of CO2 emissions per year. Project supported with IDAE and IVACE funds, co-financed by the European Union as part of the ERDF Operational Programme. Read more details.
For our energy efficiency action to improve technology in industrial equipment and processes, we have received a grant for the project “Improvement of efficiency in the skin plus flow pack line” (File: E4IDIN/2019/230) with the aim of reducing energy consumption in the plant. Project supported with IDAE and IVACE funds, co-financed by the European Union as part of the ERDF Operational Programme.Find out all the information here.
We are continuing to work on improving the energy efficiency of technology in industrial equipment and processes and have received a grant for the project “Improving efficiency on line 11” (File: E4IDIN/2019/194) with the aim of reducing energy consumption in the plant by automating product packing. Project supported with IDAE and IVACE funds, co-financed by the European Union as part of the ERDF Operational Programme.Find out all the information here.
Frescos y Elaborados Delisano, SAU has received a grant for the self-supply project “Solar panels for self-consumption” (File: IDAUT2/2021/65) with the aim of achieving a cleaner and more sustainable economy. This project comes under the programme of incentives for self-supply and storage, using renewable energy sources, and the implementation of renewable thermal systems in the residential sector, within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, financed by the European Union – NextGenerationEU.Find out all the information here.
In the social field, our plant in Cheste (Frescos y Elaborados Delisano, S.A.) has received a €2,826.24 grant from LABORA, the Valencian Employment and Training Service, to promote the hiring of people with functional diversity.Further information
We have implemented a new project for three recharging points with a grant co-financed by the European Recovery and Resilience Mechanism PRTR-Next Generation EU coordinated through IDAE under Royal Decree 266/2021 with the aim of achieving a cleaner and more sustainable economy. Further information
FRESCOS Y ELABORADOS DELISANO SAU has received funding for its energy saving and efficiency project, project file E4IDIN/2019/443, with IDAE and IVACE grants, co-financed by the European Union as part of the ERDF Operational Programme 2014-2020 with the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), coordinated by IDAE and managed by the autonomous communities, through the National Energy Efficiency Fund, with the aim of achieving a cleaner and more sustainable economy. An energy saving and efficiency project has been created to replace a heat pump for office air-conditioning. This required the collaboration of the best equipment manufacturers in the sector and will provide major energy and environmental savings in the process. The project saves 12.12 TOE per year. Find out all the information here.
Delisano has created an energy saving and efficiency project consisting of automating rib line 7. The project receives IDAE and IVACE grants and is co-financed by the European Union as part of the ERDF Operational Programme 2014-2020 with the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), coordinated by IDAE and managed by the autonomous communities, through the National Energy Efficiency Fund. Click here to find out all the information.
Another energy saving and efficiency project has been created, consisting of replacing thermoforming equipment on line 116. The project receives IDAE and IVACE grants and is co-financed by the European Union as part of the ERDF Operational Programme 2014-2020 with the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), coordinated by IDAE and managed by the autonomous communities, through the National Energy Efficiency Fund. Find out all the information here.
Our Embutidos Caseros Collell S.A. plant has received a grant for our energy saving and efficiency project “Replacement of the flowpack system on the fuet sausage line”, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) with the aim of achieving a cleaner and more sustainable economy. The project will save 20.95 TOE per year. Read more details
We have created an energy saving and efficiency project, co-financed by ERDF and coordinated by IDAE, consisting of replacing an A11 dryer with a new highly energy-efficient dryer. This project has saved us 17 TOE per year. Find out more
As part of the European Fund’s same energy saving and efficiency programme, we have implemented a new highly-efficient crate washer, saving 41.13 TOE per year. Find out more.
Co-financed by ERDF, coordinated by IDAE and managed by the autonomous communities, through the National Energy Efficiency Fund, we have carried out a project to replace a conventional flowpack system with a highly-efficient one, with the aim of achieving a cleaner and more sustainable economy. This project will save 17.59 TOE per year. Read the details.
New project to replace conventional thermoforming equipment with the aim of achieving greater energy savings and efficiency, which will save 15.89 TOE per year. Find out more.
We strive every day to go above and beyond the current environmental legislation, as can be seen in the link to our Environmental Policy below. Find out the details.
We have received a grant for the energy saving and efficiency project “Implementation of efficient technologies in a production process”, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), coordinated by IDAE and managed by the autonomous communities, through the National Energy Efficiency Fund, with the aim of achieving a cleaner and more sustainable economy. An energy saving and efficiency project has been created, consisting of implementing efficient technologies in the product slicing systems for production processes by replacing existing equipment with highly-efficient systems. This required the collaboration of the best equipment manufacturers in the sector and will provide major energy and environmental savings in the process. The project saves 37.96 TOE per year. Read more details.
We have received a grant for our energy saving and efficiency projects “Improved energy use in the new refrigeration chamber” and “Continuous complete packaging line”, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), coordinated by IDAE and managed by the autonomous communities, through the National Energy Efficiency Fund, with the aim of achieving a cleaner and more sustainable economy. Click for more information.
Fricafor has created an energy saving and efficiency project consisting of replacing the beef packaging line with others that use the most advanced productivity and energy efficiency techniques. Learn more about the project
A new project based on replacing the current conventional boiler with a highly energy-efficient boiler. See project details.
We have carried out a project that comes under the programme of incentives for self-supply and storage, using renewable energy sources, and the implementation of renewable thermal systems in the residential sector, within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, financed by the European Union – NextGenerationEU.
See more details about the project at the Sant Jaume de Llierca plant.
See more details about the project at Les Planes d’Hostoles
