Consortium PRODAL is a technology transfer center based at the University of Salerno, which was founded at the end of the project “Regional Centre of Competence on Agro-Food Production”, developed in the framework of the funding action 3.16 of POR Campania 2000–2006. It is one of the Research Laboratories accredited by the Italian Ministry of Higher Education and Research, from 2010.
Consortium PRODAL is a technology transfer center based at the University of Salerno, which was founded at the end of the project “Regional Centre of Competence on Agro-Food Production”, developed in the framework of the funding action 3.16 of POR Campania 2000–2006. It is one of the Research Laboratories accredited by the Italian Ministry of Higher Education and Research, from 2010.
PRODAL is a highly original institution, representing the first experience in Italy of linking between public research institutions in the agro-food field located in Campania Region (Italy), and a unique big laboratory for research and development in the service of enterprises. PRODAL – which has over 400 collaborators – makes the right conditions to create innovation from research owing to its qualified human capital and the ability to use knowledge to develop the southern Italian and Italian agro‐food productive chain.
The skilled technical and scientific expertise of its researchers covers a wide range of areas (agriculture, animal breeding, engineering, food technology, biology, chemistry, economics, etc.), allowing to deal with various problems related to plant design and energy efficiency, characterization and processing of different plant and animal based matrices, food wastes management and exploitation for the recovery of valuable compounds. PRODAL has a consolidated experience in applied research in collaboration with industrial partners and technology transfer management from research environment to industrial sites.
Key role(s) in the project
PRODAL will be the coordinator of the work package 4 (Tomato Processing Industry Demonstrator). In collaboration the industrial partner CALISPA, PRODAL will provide a contribution in terms of design, monitoring, control and technology integration in order reduce water consumption in combination with recovery of energy and valorisation of tomato processing wastes through an integrated and sustainable strategy. Moreover, PRODAL will support the partner ANICAV for market analysis and preparation of business plan, and the partner DIGNITY in the inventory stage providing all the needed input.