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Europe’s food system has come under unprecedented pressure during the COVID-19 pandemic that requires an urgent and coordinated response. As Europe’s leading food innovation initiative, EIT Food has launched two initiatives to support the…
Fostering transformation in European regions with modest to moderate agrifood innovation rates.
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EIT Food has announced the 61 high-impact agrifood startups that have been selected to join the EIT Food Acceleration Network (EIT FAN) 2022. EIT Food is supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the…
Pulcea
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Pulcea is an innovative SME based in Scotland, and our focus is on harnessing the power of physics underwater. Our initial project has developed a successful treatment for sea-lice, a ubiquitous marine ectoparasite which can prove challenging for the farmed salmon industry. To achieve commercial success we work with a range of partners, from academics to large chemical manufacturing companies.
Competences & Capabilities
Main areas of specialisation and technological expertise are:
- marine physics and in particular how underwater sound can interact with chemistry
- researching the fundamentals of a new phenomena and thereby being able to successfully scale up the exploitation of it
- practical expertise in aquaculture with our focus being on improving farmed fish welfare
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Pulcea
Cahill Foxton Alnwick
Alnwick NE66 3BB
The United Kingdom
Alnwick NE66 3BB
The United Kingdom
Ian Armstrong
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