SmarTZ4Milk is a tractor project promoted by the Galicia Food Cluster (Clusaga) through the Next Generation Galicia Food Technical Office, with Grupo Leche Río as the leading company. The main objective is to transform the Galician dairy sector and revolutionize its competitiveness through R&D+i and investment in sustainability. This project is financed through the PERTE AGROALIMENTARIO and its industrial strengthening actions in the agri-food sector.
Participation of Companies and Technology Providers
This project involves a total of 11 participating companies, all members of Clusaga, of which 7 are dairy companies: Grupo Leche Río, CAPSA FOOD, Grupo Cooperativas Lácteas Unidas - CLUN, Grouping of Dairy Cooperatives, Cooperativa Agraria Provincial De A Coruña, Queizuar, and Queixería Prestes. Four other companies participate as technology providers: AMSlab Group, ASM Soft, Plexus Technologies, and Sixtema Information Projects.
Collaboration with Institutions and Technological Centers
It is worth highlighting the involvement of the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), the University of Vigo (UVigo), and the Technological Center of Galicia (ITG), which are also members of Clusaga. SmarTZ4Milk also has Medrar Smart Solutions as the technical coordinator of the proposal and 40 other subcontracted technology companies.
Financing and Institutional Support
The total budget of the project is €16.8 million, of which €9.7 million comes from aid financed by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Tourism (MINCOTUR) and the European Union through the Next Generation EU funds.
Objectives of the SmarTZ4Milk Project
The SmarTZ4Milk project will be executed until June 2025, with 5 specific objectives aligned with the PERTE AGROALIMENTARIO, focusing on improving the competitiveness, sustainability, and traceability of the sector:
- Encouragement of R&D+i: Incentivize research, development, and industrial innovation in the dairy sector and the associated value chain, with 18 primary projects, maintaining Spain at the forefront of the agri-food sector.
- Increase in Competitiveness: Through digitalization, automation, and sensorization of processes, applying artificial intelligence and Big Data in 7 primary projects.
- Environmental Sustainability: Promote strategies that reduce the consumption of raw materials, emissions, and waste through 7 projects focused on sustainability.
- Green Investments: Encourage investments in energy efficiency, renewable energies, and circular economy, with a total of 2 investment projects.
- Improvement of Traceability: Increase transparency and accessibility to data through 2 projects that address traceability in the sector.