SmarTZ4Milk

SmarTZ4Milk – Cadena de Valor Láctea Inteligente, Trazable, Sostenible y Conectada

“SmarTZ4Milk – Cadena de Valor Láctea Inteligente, Trazable, Sostenible y Conectada” is a tractor project promoted by the Galicia Food Cluster (Clusaga) through the Next Generation Galicia Food Technical Office that has Grupo Leche Río as a leading company, and whose 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 industrial strengthening actions of the agri-food sector – PERTE AGROALIMENTARIO

This project has the participation of a total of 11 participating companies, all members of Clusaga, of which 7 are dairy companies: Grupo Leche Rio, 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.

Thus, 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), also members of Clusaga. SmarTZ4Milk also has Medrar Smart Solutions as technical coordinator of the proposal, and 22 other subcontracted technology companies.

The project has a budget of €16.8 M, with the aid granted being €9.7 M and with financing from the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism (MINCOTUR) and the European Union, through the funds Next Generation EU.

SmarTZ4Milk has 5 specific objectives that are in line with PERTE, seeking to address and advance in its three main blocks: competitiveness, sustainability and traceability of the agri-food sector.