Meet our partner: ITENE

12/06/2024

ITENE offers ready-to-market solutions tailored to meet the needs of companies across the value chain. Specializing in four main areas:

  • Materials & Technologies for the Circular Economy
  • Packaging Safety, Design & Functionality
  • Safety & Environmental Monitoring Technologies
  • Transport, Mobility & Digital Transformation

With 30 years of experience, ITENE provides expert knowledge through R&D, technical assistance, testing services, and training. Their headquarters in Valencia spans 11,750 m², housing state-of-the-art laboratories and pilot plants.

Sustainable Electronics: Minimizing Electronic Waste

Electronic devices have significant environmental impacts. ITENE develops biodegradable systems and eco-friendly materials to mitigate this waste:

  • Eco-Design & Bio-Based Materials
  • Compostable Materials with Advanced Properties
  • Bio-Based Inks for Various Printing Systems

Their sustainable conductive inks for printed electronics offer a lower environmental impact, ease of manufacture, speed, cost reduction, and versatility.

Role in the ECOTRON Project

Responsibilities

ITENE leads environmental assessments using life cycle analysis tools. They are also developing bio-based inks and sustainable recycling pathways.

Technologies Used

They employ a one pot recycling process for recovering silver ink + dielectric and valorizing PET support. Conductive bio-based inks that are separable from substrates for enhanced recyclability, and compostable conductive inks for temperature control in packaging solutions, are also part of their technological repertoire.

Achievements & Milestones

Key Milestones

ITENE has successfully tested the one pot recycling process at laboratory scale, separating ink + dielectric and BHET monomer for recycled PET. They plan to upscale the process to a pilot-size plant, equivalent to an industrial recycling plant setup.

ITENE continues to drive innovation and sustainability in the electronics industry with the ECOTRON project, aiming to create a more sustainable future through advanced technology and eco-friendly solutions.