Q-MEAT

HELPING EU PROCESSORS BECOME COMPETITIVE USING AUTOMATED AND NON-CONTACT PIGMEAT PIECE QUALITY CLASSIFICATION

Coordinatore	ATEKNEA SOLUTIONS CATALONIA, SA    more  Organization address address: CALLE VICTOR PRADERA 45 city: CORNELLA DE LLOBREGAT BARCELONA postcode: 8940 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Anna Cognome: Szathmary Email: send email Telefono: 34932049922 Fax: 34932049866
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Spain [ES]
Sito del progetto	http://www.qmeat.eu/
Totale costo	1˙509˙089 €
EC contributo	1˙098˙098 €
Programma	FP7-SME Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
Code Call	FP7-SME-2011
Funding Scheme	BSG-SME
Anno di inizio	2012
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2012-01-01   -   2014-06-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	ATEKNEA SOLUTIONS CATALONIA, SA  Organization address address: CALLE VICTOR PRADERA 45 city: CORNELLA DE LLOBREGAT BARCELONA postcode: 8940 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Anna Cognome: Szathmary Email: send email Telefono: 34932049922 Fax: 34932049866	ES (CORNELLA DE LLOBREGAT BARCELONA)	coordinator	61˙160.00
2	STRASSER GMBH & CO KG  Organization address address: GEWERBERSTRASSE 1 city: NUSSDORF AM HAUNSBERG postcode: 5151 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Stefan Cognome: Strasser Email: send email Telefono: +43 650 25 000 14 Fax: +43 6272 6184 20	AT (NUSSDORF AM HAUNSBERG)	participant	258˙657.74
3	EXTRAPERNIL SA  Organization address address: PASSEIG DE LA GENERALITAT 69 city: VIC postcode: 8500 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Núria Cognome: Vilacís Erra Email: send email Telefono: 34938850916	ES (VIC)	participant	237˙507.74
4	JCB. ELECTROMECANICA SL  Organization address address: CALLE VICTOR PRADERA 45 city: CORNELLA DE LLOBREGAT postcode: 8940 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Narcis Cognome: Clavell Email: send email Telefono: +34 93 204 99 22	ES (CORNELLA DE LLOBREGAT)	participant	233˙581.74
5	PROSCIUTTIFICIO SAN MICHELE SRL  Organization address address: VIA CAVO 16 city: LESIGNANO BAGNI PR postcode: 43037 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Giulio Cognome: Gherri Email: send email Telefono: +39 0521857640 Fax: +39 0521857375	IT (LESIGNANO BAGNI PR)	participant	219˙177.76
6	THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER  Organization address address: OXFORD ROAD city: MANCHESTER postcode: M13 9PL contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Liz Cognome: Fay Email: send email Telefono: +44 16 12 75 71 14 Fax: +44 16 12 75 24 45	UK (MANCHESTER)	participant	33˙642.08
7	ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE, L'EXPERIMENTATION, LA VULGARISATION DES PRODUITS AGRO-ALIMENTAIRES D'AQUITAINE ET DE MONTAGNE  Organization address address: ROUTE DE SAMADET ABIOPOLE city: ARZACQ ARRAZIGUET postcode: 64410 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Isabelle Cognome: Chalan Email: send email Telefono: +33 5 59 04 49 34 Fax: +33 5 59 04 49 39	FR (ARZACQ ARRAZIGUET)	participant	20˙766.00
8	STAZIONE SPERIMENTALE PER L'INDUSTRIA DELLE CONSERVE ALIMENTARI  Organization address address: VIALE FAUSTINO TANARA 31/A city: PARMA postcode: 43100 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Ermes Cognome: Monica Email: send email Telefono: 390522000000 Fax: 390522000000	IT (PARMA)	participant	17˙105.60
9	INSTITUT DE RECERCA I TECNOLOGIA AGROALIMENTARIES.  Organization address address: Passeig de Gracia, 44 3 planta city: BARCELONA postcode: 8007 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Eliecer Cognome: Lopez Jimenez Email: send email Telefono: 34934674040 Fax: 34934674042	ES (BARCELONA)	participant	16˙499.94

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

The €160.6 billion EU-27 meat processing sector employs over 1 million workers and is dominated by SMEs (94%) with small productions and traditional processes. SMEs in this vital sector are facing global competition from multinationals which are more productive and have superior marketing capacity. Moreover, the current crisis is reducing demand for premium meat and traditional quality products that are the core business for most European sector SMEs. The solution to maintain sector viability is for SMEs to increase productivity and manufacture with consistent quality. The SMEs behind this proposal (processors RDVIC and SANMI, and equipment manufacturers/distributors JCB and STRASSER ) have identified the need for a technology to sort meat prior to processing, without which 30-40% of all processed meats do not reach the expected final quality. To become more competitive, processors must be able to select higher quality meats for higher added-value processes (e.g. long dry-curing, use of natural ingredients), while lower quality meats can be separated and treated to achieve an acceptable and consistent final quality. With the support of RTDs (CRIC, UNIMAN, IRTA and SSICA), the SMEs propose the development of QMEAT, an automatic non-contact system based on Magnetic Induction Spectroscopy and Image Analysis, to determine the Water Holding Capacity and colour of meat pieces prior to processing. This system is expected to increase the production of high-quality products by at least 20%, with benefits of at least €700-1500 per tonne. The estimated tag price for the QMEAT system will be of €80,000; an investment fully recoverable in 6-9 months of operation for companies producing a minimum of 110 tonnes per year. With a time-to-market of 18 months, QMEAT represents a real business opportunity for the SMEs, who will jointly exploit the results to reach a foreseen 2% EU market penetration and an accumulated income of €24 million over a 5 year time frame.

Introduzione (Teaser)

Europe's meat-processing sector, dominated by small and medium-sized enterprises, is hard-pressed to compete with more productive and resourceful multinationals. The Q-MEAT project proposes a technology-based approach to boost their productivity and promote manufacturing with consistent quality.