20 Sep 2012

Presentation of the electric trike for last mile distribution designed by KeelWit Technology for vienenbici to Madrid’s town hall and regional government authorities, as well as representatives of several logistic industry leading companies

On September 20th, and as part of the acts taking place during the European Mobility Week, CITET (Innovation Centre for Logistics & Transportation) hosted, together with Vienenbici, the presentation of KeelWit’s recently created TEC (Electric Trike for downtown Last Mile Distribution) to authorities and logistic companies. This event gathered Mrs. Eva Piera, Economy & Employment Deputy Minister of Madrid’s Regional Government, Mr. Federico Jiménez de Parga, Transportation General Manager of Madrid’s Regional Government, Mr.Carlos López Jimeno, Industry General Manager of  Madrid’s Regional Government, Mr.Javier Rubio de Urquía, Madrid’s City Hall Mobility Coordinator, Mrs. Paz Valiente, Environment Deputy Director for Madrid’s City Hall, Mr. Eduardo Zapata,Secretary General of UNO (Logistics & Ttransportation Employer’s Organization) and CITET’s  Director, as well as first rank executives of the main logistic companies (SEUR, TNT, etc.). After a brief demo on how TNT currently operates in La Latina quartier, with this kind of vehicles, these authorities approached the TEC to receive deeper information on its advantages and performance and finally rode it around the open square of Mercado Puerta de Toledo. Eva Piera emphasized the Regional Government’s support to CITET and eco-friendly projects as TEC, “due to several reasons but specially due to the strong R&D efforts done in logistics & transportation in order to improve small companies’ competitiveness and create new job and business opportunities”. As Eduardo Zapata stated, “TEC is a technologically advanced vehicle, with a highly efficient energy use, non-polluting, and it allows a flexible, comfortable and silent last mile distribution business, combined with traditional logistic schemes. There is no doubt that it is a realistic solution for many mobility and environmental...
16 Sep 2012

KeelWit Technology reaches the finals in cleantech open Spain 2012

KeelWit reaches the final round of the Spanish branch of this prestigious international award that tries to find and fund the most promising cleantech startups on the planet. The ten finalists will receive a mentoring session at the final in Pamplona on September 27 by a prestigious panel of judges formed by entrepreneurs, professionals from the sector and venture capital investors who will be in charge of evaluating participants’ ideas and projects. Also, all finalists can participate in the European investor Connect which will be held on October 18 and 19 2012 and attend a mentoring session from a law firm. The national winner for each country will have the opportunity of travelling to San Francisco in November and competing with the winners of all participating countries at the global final. The winner will also be able to present his or her idea at the award ceremony in front of 2,500 investors, entrepreneurs, large corporations, academics and media KeelWit shall present HYPER, a HYdro-Pneumatic Energy Recovery system, based on the KERS used in Formula 1, developed by founder of KeelWit, Isaac Prada y Nogueira. For further information follow the links to: http://www.madrimasd.org/blogs/emprendedores/2012/09/18/134158 http://www.cleantechopenspain.com http://www.elconfidencial.com/tecnologia/2012/09/13/las-10-mejores-startups-tecnologicas-de-energias-limpias-en-espana-3142/ http://www.fidena.es/actualidad/index.php/cleantech-open-finalistas/...
22 Apr 2012

KeelWit in the finals of the first edition of the Fondo de Emprendedores Repsol’s Awards

Fundación Repsol launched in 2011 its first edition of the Fondo de Emprendedores award. This Investment Fund is the result of the aim of Repsol to enhance energy-responsible projects and to: Promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the energy efficiency industry. Help create and enhance growth of new companies devoted to this field. Promote private investment in these companies and talent retention in their teams. Bring together R&D to market demand and vice versa. Intensify public-private partnership in R&D in Spain. 409 projects worldwide have been accepted in the contest. 4 out of them belonged to KeelWit Technology: a)    CarTemp: thermal regulation of heat flow in batteries and cabin of electric vehicles b)    EnergyBox: Design of energy storage systems from different sources (thermal, electric, kinetic, pneumatic, etc.) c)    SolarTrike: Integration on an electrically assisted tricycle of solar panels for “last mille delivery” in crowded cities. d)    SmartData: Tool to measure electricity, water, gas and fuel consumption to improve energy efficiency either at machine, production line or factory levels. After 3 rounds of judge’s analysis, 3 out of 4 projects ended among the 39 projects selected. Finally SmartData project ended among the 17 projects selected for the final session. The winners shall be granted an award and an up to two year mentoring program aimed to help develop the business model. The winner´s award ceremony shall be held in the coming weeks. For more information click here Figure: Partners Isaac Prada & José María Cancer and Engineer Head Alberto Oliver in Repsol’s R&D...
15 Dec 2011

KeelWit Technology received the “Young Entrepreneurs of the Year 2011” Award

The prize was awarded by the Madrid Young Entrepreneurs Association   The Young Entrepreneurs Association of Madrid (AJE Madrid) celebrated its X Annual Awards Ceremony last December 15th. During the ceremony KeelWit Technology was granted the “Young Entrepreneurs of the Year 2011”award in recognition for its dedication to Research & Development in key sectors such as energy efficiency and eco-friendly mobility systems. In another warm moment of the ceremony, Mr. Antonio Garrigues Walker received a distinction for his young attitude all along his prestigious and impressive professional career and achievements. The Award Ceremony was held in the Caixa Forum Auditorium in Madrid. Click here to watch the awards ceremony and Prada-Nogueira´s interview. Read more about the award received in: Asociación de Jóvenes empresarios EuropaPress Granpyme lainformacion.com Noticias Terra Acens News...
30 Sep 2011

KeelWit Technology visits Trafic, the international Road safety and equipment exhibition

Engineers from KeelWit have joined the group of experts that have shown during this international exhibition their latest products in areas like: road signals, road illumination, public parking management, environmentally friendly roads, road safety equipment and intelligent traffic surveillance. KeelWit has R&D projects in several areas in this scope, which have been enriched with the conversations held with other experts in these fields that have gathered around the Gallery of Innovation 2011. Trafic created this specific area in the exhibition to display the most relevant R&D projects that have been developed in the last 2 years in road safety. Read more about this in this...
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