Animal skins and essential oils: How SPD STAR is spinning wound dressings

As ageing populations increase, so does bacterial resistance to the antibiotics used in current wound dressings. Romanian SME, SPD STAR, has adopted a novel approach: testing the disinfectant properties of natural ingredients to produce regenerative medical gauzes and bandages.

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Posted 21 Nov 24

Eat 3D to save fish

An Austrian startup, Revo Foods, has developed a pioneering method to 3D print vegan salmon fillets. The company is paving the way for a revolution in how we eat to reduce our ecological impact.

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Posted 30 Oct 24

Eureka sponsors 39 companies to attend Web Summit

Eureka has given free tickets to 39 small and medium sized enterprises from 15 countries and 15 women innovators to attend Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, on 11-14 November 2024.

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Posted 22 Oct 24

Recycling plastic waste one river at a time

Roughly 12 million tonnes of plastic waste finds its way into our oceans every year, killing one million sea birds and one hundred thousand aquatic animals and turtles.

This problem seems overwhelming until you learn of Anssi Mikola, founder and CEO of Finnish SME, RiverRecycle, who has a business model that is cleaning up plastic debris in rivers before it enters the ocean. In an Innowwide project, RiverRecycle tackled the river Mithi in Mumbai.

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Posted 1 Oct 24

Eureka brings 40 companies to SWITCH

Eureka is bringing a delegation of 40 small and medium sized enterprises from 17 countries to the Singapore Week of Innovation and TeCHnology (SWITCH) in Singapore on 28-30 October 2024.

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Posted 19 Sep 24

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