Partners

Knowledge Transfer Network Limited (KTN) is a network aiming to stimulate growth in industry through collaboration and innovation. KTN has 60000+ members across multiple sectors and along the value chain. Its main aim is to help the industries in the UK to access, from a single source, the knowledge base in science, engineering and manufacturing, thereby enabling those industries to innovate faster and more successfully. One of its current challenges is in helping businesses to understand the implications of materials security.

Dr. Claire Claessen - Project Coordinator
[email protected]

Susanne Coles - Project Manager
Susanne [email protected]

ktn-uk.org

The AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe, ASD, represents the aeronautics, space, defence and security industries in Europe in all matters of common interest with the objective of promoting and supporting the competitive development of the sector. ASD has 28 member associations in 20 countries across Europe. In 2011 over 2000 aeronautics, space and defence companies in these countries employed more than 730 000 people and generated a turnover of almost €171.5 billion.

ASD pursues joint industry actions which require action on a European level or which concern issues of an agreed transnational nature, and generates common industry positions. The President and Chairman of the Council of ASD is Mr Jean-Paul Herteman, CEO of Safran. The ASD Secretariat is based in Brussels with an Office in Paris.

Key contacts:

Nicolas Evanno - R&T; Manager
[email protected]

Joëlle Brachet - Project Administrator
[email protected]

http://www.asd-europe.org/

CEA is the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives), a leading public organization in research, development and innovation. CEA is active in four main areas: low-carbon energies, defence and security, information technologies and health technologies. In each of these fields, CEA maintains a cross-disciplinary culture of engineers and researchers, building on the synergies between fundamental and technological research. CEA-Liten (Institute for new energy technologies and nanomaterials), partner of the CRM_InnoNet project, has specific R&D; activity on new energy technologies such as solar energy, biomass, hydrogen technologies (electrolysis, fuel cells, storage…) and electricity storage.

Key contacts: Aymeric Brunot – Project Engineer
[email protected]

http://www.cea.fr/english-portal

Cefic (European Chemical Industry Council) is the Brussels-based organisation representing the European chemical industry. Cefic represents, directly or indirectly, about 29,000 large, medium and small chemical companies which employ about 1.2 million people and account for nearly a third of world chemical production. Cefic was incorporated in 1972 as an international association with scientific objectives. Cefic addresses key issues of global importance, such as: Competitiveness, Research & Innovation, High Level Group on Chemicals, EU Chemicals Policy, International Trade, Climate change & Energy, etc. Cefic membership includes: • European national federations and associate federations;

• Fifty major international chemical companies with operations in Europe; • Sectorial businesses with a production base in Europe.

Key contacts: Annie Mutamba - Communications Manager
[email protected]

Maria Andrielou - Communications Manager
[email protected]

Antonia Morales Perez - Innovation Manager
[email protected]

http://www.cefic.org/

D’Appolonia is an international engineering consulting company operating in all continents with a staff exceeding 600 employees. D’Appolonia has built a world-wide reputation in geotechnical engineering and rock mechanics for industrial and energy facilities including nuclear power plants, oil & gas on-shore and off-shore installations as well as mining and tunnelling. Since its foundation, DAPP has participated in more than 20,000 projects worldwide. Permanent partnerships and co-operations enable D’Appolonia to mobilise external experts, independent professionals, researchers and scientists guaranteeing full coverage of the required expertise.

Experience and qualifications cover high tech sectors such as aerospace, nanotechnology, advanced materials and ICT as well as construction, raw materials and related supply processes. DAPP is active in all aspects related to innovation management: technology transfer and technology scouting, review of technological scenarios, analysis of innovation trends, development of technology implementation plans and strategic partnerships for different industrial sectors. Thanks to its multidisciplinary team and to the deep knowledge of methodologies for technology and business assessment, D’Appolonia also supports public authorities and agencies in policy making related to innovation. Clients include the European Space Agency, the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, leading European mining equipment companies such as Atlas Copco and Regional Development Agencies.

Key contacts:
Mr. Andrea Maria Ferrari - Head of Unit “Technology Adaptation and Transfer”
[email protected]

Mr Nicolò Olivieri - Senior Engineer “Technology Adaptation and Transfer”
[email protected]

http://www.dappolonia.it/

Founded in 1983, the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) now has more than 4500 members from industry, government, academia and research laboratories, who meet regularly to debate recent technological developments of functional materials. The E-MRS differs from many single-discipline professional societies by encouraging scientists, engineers and research managers to exchange information on an interdisciplinary platform, and by recognizing professional and technical excellence by promoting awards for achievement from student to senior scientist level. As an adhering body of the International Union of Materials Research Societies (IUMRS), the E-MRS enjoys and benefits from very close relationships with other Materials Research organizations elsewhere in Europe and around the world.

Each year, E-MRS organizes, co-organizes, sponsors or co-sponsors numerous scientific events and meetings, promoting also studies and workshops for a broad range of stakeholders, going from policy makers to academy and industry driven vision managers. The major society conference, the E-MRS Spring Meeting, is organized every year in May or June and offers on average 25 topical symposia. It is widely recognized as being of the highest international significance and is the greatest of its kind in Europe with about 3000 attendees every year.

Key contacts:
Rodrigo Martins - E-MRS President
[email protected]

Paul Siffert - General Secretary
[email protected]

http://www.emrs-strasbourg.com/

The role of C-Tech Innovation Limited is to accelerate the UK’s transition to a low carbon, energy and resource efficient economy and stimulate business growth.

C-Tech has extensive experience of management and delivery of major business support programmes for both regional and national agencies, as well as involvement in numerous FP6 and FP7 projects. The company currently participates in over 30 collaborative R&D; projects with a total value of over €40million.

Current EU-funded projects include:

Remanence – The project aim is to develop new processes for the recovery and recycling of rare earth containing neodymium iron boron magnets from a range of waste electronic and electrical equipment.

4M2020 – Multi Material Micro Manufacturing – A coordinated support action to develop new alliances in Horizon 2020 for the development of new products and processes that use advanced micro-manufacturing techniques, and their application to a number of key end-user sectors, including energy, health and ICT.

Wastecosmart – A regions of knowledge project to develop joint action plans to enhance waste recovery and reuse in seven regions in Europe and identify opportunities for the application of concepts across Europe.

Key contacts:
Dr. David Gardner, Senior Project Manager
[email protected]

ctechinnovation.com

The Spanish Chemical Industry Federation (FEIQUE, www.feique.org) is the highest representative organisation of the Spanish Chemical Sector. FEIQUE’s articles of association enable it to represent the chemical industry in its dealings with national competent authorities and other administrations as well as with other institutional bodies, professional employers and workers’ organisations, national and international economic and social institutions and any other type of public and private national or foreign organisations.

FEIQUE cooperates with the appropriate national authorities in drawing up and implementing regulations and measures to make the chemical industry more competitive. Different working groups, task forces and specialised committees, made up of experts from member companies and associations, act as advisory bodies to help FEIQUE in these tasks.

Key contacts:
Mrs. Mª Eugenia Anta - Innovation and Product Stewardship Director
[email protected]

Dr. Cristina Gonzalez - Innovation coordinator
[email protected]

http://www.feique.org/

The Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI analyzes the origins and impacts of innovations. Fraunhofer ISI conducts empirical studies in system- and technology-oriented innovation research. It investigates market potentials of technologies and their impacts on the economy, state and society. Fraunhofer ISI is deeply involved in the discussions around supply of raw materials and on policy regarding critical raw materials both in Germany and in the EU.

In addition to technical support, Fraunhofer ISI has provided networking support for the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research in the field of resource efficiency; actively participated in establishing a Pole of Competence for environmental technologies (Green Technology Cluster) under the auspices of North Rhine-Westphalia's Ministry for the Environment and Conservation, Agriculture and Consumer Protection and has extensive experience in the formulation of policy recommendations at the national and EU level.

Key contacts:
Dr. Luis Tercero Espinoza - Coordinator of Business Unit Systemic Risks
[email protected]

http://www.isi.fraunhofer.de/isi-en/index.php

MEFOS, Swerea MEFOS AB, is a Swedish institute that undertakes research and development services in process metallurgy, metal working and energy and environmental technology for iron and steel manufacturers, manufacturers of non-ferrous metals, and suppliers of equipment to the metallurgical and metal working industries. MEFOS was established 1963 on the initiative of the Swedish Ironmasters Association. It owns and operates two research facilities: The Metallurgical Research Station and the Metal Working Research Station and has as its principals about forty Nordic and European steel, metal and supplier companies.

MEFOS is well known world-wide for its unique large scale pilot plant equipment and its ability to perform very large research projects. MEFOS employs about 90 people including research engineers and other specialists. Most of the engineers are metallurgists but there are also physicists, computer scientists, instrument engineers and process control engineers.

Key contacts:
Dr. Mikael Larsson - Group manager – process integration
[email protected]

Mr Johan Eriksson - Group manager - Primary and secondary steelmaking
[email protected]

http://www.swerea.se/mefos/

PNO Consultants N.V. (PNO) is the European leader in Grants and Innovation advisory services, with presence in 12 countries and about 250 employees. PNO advises in R&D;, technology transfer and innovation activities to highly recognized companies and research centres across Europe. PNO core business is to support public administration, research organisations, SMEs and industries, in the definition and implementation of their innovation strategies and projects.

Key contacts:
Dr. Pablo Garcia Tello - Senior Research, Development and Innovation Consultant
[email protected]

Dr. Nader Akil, Senior Research, Development and Innovation Consultant
[email protected]

http://www.pnoconsultants.com/

https://www.innovationplace.eu/

SEMI is a not-for-profit global industry association representing 2000 companies that supply equipment, materials and services for the manufacturing of semiconductors, photovoltaic, MEMS, displays and related technologies. SEMI supports 200 member companies in Europe, including global names such as ASML, Soitec and Siltronic but mainly SMEs that represent 90% of its membership. SEMI members contribute 9 billion EUR in Europe and employ directly 105.000 people, 500.000 indirect jobs.

Key contacts:
Anne-Marie Dutron - General Director of SEMI Europe Grenoble Office
[email protected]

Yann Guillou - Business Development Manager at SEMI Europe Grenoble Office

[email protected]

www.semi.org/europe

SINTEF is one of the largest independent research organisations in Europe. SINTEF is a broad based, multidisciplinary research concern that possesses top-level expertise in technology, medicine and the social services. SINTEF is a non-commercial organisation and has for the past five years invested NOK 500 million of its own funds in laboratories and scientific equipment. SINTEF employs approximately 2100 staff from more than 67 different countries. The turnover in 2010 was NOK 2,8 billion, more than 90% of which was won in open competition. SINTEF operates in partnership with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and collaborates with the University of Oslo. SINTEF has clients in about 60 different countries. In 2010, 16% of the turnover was derived from international contracts.

About 40% of SINTEF’s international turnover comes from the EU's research programmes, in which SINTEF is a leading participant. European Union projects are given high priority, due to SINTEFs belief that it is important to participate in multinational knowledge-generation efforts.

Key contacts:
Dr. Casper van der Eijk - Research Manager of Process Metallurgy
[email protected]

Dr. Morten Onsøien
[email protected]
Per Helge Høgaas
[email protected]

www.sintef.no

SP Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut AB (SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden AB) is owned by RISE Research Institutes of Sweden Holding AB under the Ministry of Finance. SP is the national institute for technical evaluation, research, testing, certification, metrology and calibration and works closely with large and small companies, universities, institutes of technology and other organisations. SP consists of eight technical units and six subsidiary companies covering a wide technical range. SP, the parent company, has some 1100 co-workers and bases the services on competence, efficiency, impartiality and international acceptance. SP's headquarters are located in Borås in Sweden.

Key contacts:
Dr. Jelena Todorovic - Researcher Waste Science and Technology
[email protected]

Associate Professor Conny Haraldsson - R&D; Manager Inorganic Chemistry
[email protected]

Fredric Norefjäll – LLM & MSc Finance
[email protected]

Dr. Andreas Johansson - Head of the Department Energy Technology
[email protected]

http://www.sp.se/en

Fundación Tecnalia Research & Innovation (TECNALIA) is a research organisation resulting from the merger of eight research organisations on January 1, 2011. TECNALIA is the leading private research and technology entity in Spain and the fifth largest in Europe, with a staff of 1,475 (192 PhDs) and a turnover of €116M. The company filed 58 patents and created two spin-offs in 2011. TECNALIA is very active in the Seventh Framework Programme and European tenders, participating, on July 1, 2012, in 256 funded projects, 64 of them as coordinator. TECNALIA also has an active role in the European Technology Platforms, with presence in at least 30 platforms and 10 High Level Groups. Sustainable Construction, Energy and Environment, Innovation Strategies, ICT, Industry and Transport, Health and Technological Services are the fields in which TECNALIA is specialized. For this project, the Energy and Environment and Innovation Strategies Divisions will bring in their joint expertise.

Key contacts:
Mr Ignacio Calleja – Energy and Environment Division
[email protected]

Ms Gemma Garcia - Energy and Environment Division
[email protected]

Daniela Velte– Innovation Strategies Division
[email protected]

Javier Mendibil – Innovation Strategies Division
[email protected]

http://www.tecnalia.com/en

The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) is an independent and not-for-profit research and technology organisation (RTO) primarily concerned with the application of scientific knowledge to improve the competitiveness of companies and to assist governments with policy matters. TNO has a staff of about 3600 employees. For this project, TNO will draw from competences available in several research units within the organisation, notably:

• Economic analyses, based on a vast array of databases and econometric, as well as sector models, innovation system analyses and foresights. • Technical competences involved in process development for high-tech equipment and appliances with a focus on semiconductor technology, solid state lighting, photovoltaic cell technology.

Key contacts:
Dr. Ton Bastein - Program Manager
[email protected]

Dr. Arjan Hovestad
[email protected]

www.tno.nl

Delft University of Technology, founded in 1842, is the oldest, largest and most comprehensive university of technology in The Netherlands (ranking 18th in the 2012 QS World University Rankings – Engineering and Technology). TU Delft has a strong research profile with a focus on engineering and applied sciences. The Industrial Design Engineering Faculty (IDE) is among the largest university design programmes in the world. It is rated as amongst the 'best design schools in the world' by Bloomberg Businessweek. The faculty has an integrative vision on product design. Its concern is to study, innovate and improve the development of durable products and their related services, on the basis of the balanced interests of users, industry, society and environment.

Key contacts:
David Peck - Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering
[email protected]

Dr. Conny Bakker - Associate Professor at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering
[email protected]

http://home.tudelft.nl/

Technical Research Centre of Finland is a globally networked multi technological contract research organisation. From its wide knowledge base, VTT can combine different technologies, and produce applied R&D; and information services. VTT has a staff of about 2800 experts and a turnover of €278 Million (31.12.2011). VTT's activities cover a broad range of technologies, such as applied materials, bio and chemical processes, energy, electronics, ICT, industrial systems and technology in the community. In the field of applied materials the expertise areas include materials for extreme conditions, including e.g. materials for energy and electronics, biomaterials, functional surfaces and material recycling. The development of materials is carried out in close collaboration with the application experts at the research sectors mentioned above.

Key contacts:
Mrs Ulla-Maija Mroueh - Principal Scientist in the Advanced Materials knowledge Centre
[email protected]

Margareta Wahlström - Senior Scientist
[email protected]

http://www.vtt.fi/?lang=en