Business Development, Innovation and SMEs Completed

"Mežroze" LTD Introduction of a new product in production with reduced environmental impact

MEŽROZE ·Latvia

€319k

Grant awarded

Business Development, Innovation and SMEs

Programme

9 December 2021

Signed

About this project

During project implementation, a new product will be introduced in the Company's production - wide printed fabric that can be used for the production of wide bed linen. At the moment the company have no technology that would be able to ensure the production of wide-sized (over 1.65 m) printed fabric for the production and sewing of bed linen. It will be a brand-new technology in the company that is more efficient fabric printing compared to existing technology - will be reduced: <ul> <li style="text-align: justify">gas consumption required for polymerizing inks on fabric,</li> <li style="text-align: justify">fabric consumption, as there will be less fabric waste to start printing.</li> <li style="text-align: justify">dyes will be used more efficiently and will be less discharged into the sewer.</li> </ul> Introducing the new product will significantly increase the company's competitiveness, as the company will be able to offer its products in new markets, as well will be able to produce for existing customers specific wide fabric orders. The project will create at least 4 new high-quality jobs. The new jobs will be better paid compared to the current equivalent jobs in the company, because the new technology is more complex and the employee who will work with it must be significantly better trained with more specific knowledge (computer skills in English, because all the manufacturer's programs are in English, understanding the information provided by the machine and be able to make adjustments during printing to avoid defects. Employees will need properly maintain the machine - clean the necessary areas, react to changes in printing, etc.) and have more responsibility for working with mew machine. New employees will have higher qualifications, as equipment management will be more knowledge-intensive.

Bilateral cooperation results

The Project Partner (Norwegian company “Mayapapaya AS”) helped the Project Implementer (Mežroze) to put into production a new product – the Project Implementer's company's (Mežroze) own large-sized fabric for the production and sewing of bed linen without seams: • material trends in sustainability – understanding a market – what is going on around the world in fibres and materials related to sustainability and circularity; • understanding of main customers and their markets – what are the expectations from the end users and how is sustainability expected to be affecting their choices; • suggestions for the Project Implementer in this context related to material choices – suggestions on material choices and design strategies for the Project Implementer (Mežroze) in this future context of consumer change and sustainable demands as well as regulations from the EU; • prints and finishing tech or better alternatives – evaluation of more sustainable print and finishing technologies; • inspirational report in English – to assist in communicating and implementing changes; • to give the Project Implementer (Mežroze) a fact based platform for decision making to maintain a good position as a manufacturer for the European market. The Project Implementer (Mežroze) and the Project Partner (“Mayapapaya AS”) plan to continue bilateral cooperation in other projects, if it will be possible

Project partners

Mayapapaya AS Donor project partner· Norway

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