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Fecam Srl was born as an automation workshop in the footwear sector to extend over the years its expertise by adding small metal parts to its production, ski boots and skates assembly as well as processing carbon parts. Fecam strengths are Product innovation and Industrial automation. They have been collaborating with the R&D Departments of some major customers, to develop together innovative solutions both in the product area, product patents and samples, and in the industrialization area. The proximity with the Sportsystem district has pushed the company to get closer to the world of recycling by providing, in particular together with Tecnica Group, its transversal skills in the world of plastics and mechanics. This commitment has allowed Fecam to propose a series of technical solutions and equipment for the preselection of ski boots within the Recycle Your Boots project.

LaPrima Plastics was born with the idea of creating a new perspective for the recycling industry, focusing in particular on the regeneration of polymers through several different state of the art processes. The vision and business acumen of the founder allowed us to develop and apply new technologies to the recycling industry, creating space for LaPrima Plastics in important niche markets for regeneration.

INTERSPORT is one of the world’s leading sporting goods retailer, is made of a community of entrepreneurs in the biggest European markets. Each INTERSPORT store is independently owned and run. With an understanding of local customer and sports club needs like no other, able to provide the best advice, guidance and value for all services and products.

The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI) is the pre-competitive platform representing the interests of the sporting goods industry in Europe, advancing its members’ priorities and promoting initiatives that benefit the sector, EU citizens and the society as a whole. Located in the core of the European institutions, FESI is the unique stakeholder that provides sporting goods companies with the possibility to leverage their expertise into one steady and coherent voice in Brussels, allowing them to benefit from the many advantages offered by the EU’s single market of nearly 500 million consumers. FESI represents some 1 800 sporting goods companies either directly or indirectly, with a total annual turnover of about 81 billion €.

Dating back to 1222, the University of Padova (UNIPD) is one of Europe’s oldest and most prestigious seats of learning, with over 65,000 students and 2,200 educators within its 32 departments. For some time now, The University of Padua has enjoyed a high-ranking position in both Italian and international ranking agencies for its quality of teaching, research activities and student services. The Department of Industrial Engineering (DII) of the University of Padua provides scientific and technical expertise in all fields of Industrial Engineering. In particular DII-UNIPD will support the development of both sorting and recycling steps of polymers thanks to its expertise in polymer formulations, recycling, processing and characterization. Moreover, thanks to it competences on sustainability indicators and management systems, it will lead the develop a life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle cost (LCC) model to study the potential consequences of the changes brought by the project outcomes into the European market.