In order to relaunch industrial activity, the Government of Aragon launched in 2021 the Plan de Ayudas para la Industria Digital, Innovadora y Sostenible (IDIS-REACT Line) financed through the European Recovery Aid initiative for Cohesion and the Territories of Europe (REACT-EU); within the Programa de Ayuda a la Industria y la PYME (PAIP) and within the framework of the Estrategia Aragonesa para la Recuperación Social y Económica.
Industrias Químicas del Ebro S.A. (IQE) has developed a subsidized Project within the IDIS-REACT Line with the general objective of consolidating a business and growth model in IQE, aligning the general objectives of the call to its activities, moving towards a model of sustainable development, reduction of emissions and ecological transition in the industry, implementing Circular Economy strategies. In particular, these initiatives were aimed at achieving the following challenges:
- Reduction of water consumption.
- Reduction of energy consumption.
- By-product generation reduction or reuse.
The IDIS-REACT line of support has sought to support industrial strategies that have had differentiated potential of added value, economic or social, encouraging these through the promotion of productive investment, the development of R&D projects and innovation in organization and processes.
The call has been aimed at: a) promoting the digital transformation of companies in all possible aspects, including the concept of Industry 4.0; b) actions related to a contribution towards the objectives of a green and more sustainable industrial activity, supporting projects that incorporate the concept of the circular economy into industry processes, or c) the development of industrial logistics chains and targeted actions to a transition and energy efficiency in the processes.
