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Eurecat is the main Research and Technology (RTO) centre in Catalonia (Spain) and the second largest private non-profit research organization in Southern Europe. Eurecat provides the industrial and business sector with differential technology, advanced expertise, and solutions to their innovation needs. The range of services offered by the centre are primarily focused on applied R+D+i, technological services, information technology consulting, highly specialized training, product and service development, and promotion and distribution of technological innovation. The centre brings together the experience of more than 700 professionals. Serving more than two thousand companies, which 71% are SMEs, Eurecat is involved in more than 150 H2020 and Horizon Europe projects underway with high strategic value. The RTO holds 181 patents and 8 technology spin-offs generating 14,6 M€ in turnover. We offer world-leading laboratory and test facilities in a wide range of technological fields. Our more than 20 exclusive advanced laboratories include the largest plastic processing plant in Southern Europe. Eurecat is recognized as a KET Technology Centre by the European Commission for its strong collaboration with SMEs on close-to-market research and innovation activities, offering the most cutting-edge technologies to boost their competiveness in a fast-paced environment. Our multidisciplinary technological-scientific capacities in the digital, industrial, sustainability and biotechnology field and our market-oriented approach enables us to contribute in a wide range of applied research projects. Inside of the above technology areas there are 21 technology units. At GIANCE Functional printing and embedded devices Unit and Polymers and Composites processes Unit are contributing to its execution. Eurecat counts with a specialized team of professionals with a broad experience in publicly funded R+D projects, from proposal preparation to project coordination and administrative management. More than 35 projects have been led inside H2020 and Horizon Europe by Eurecat and we collaborate with 544 organizations worldwide.      

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The MISSION of CNR-ISM focuses on both fundamental and applied research in the science of materials and technologies of matter. The activity of the Institute concentrates on design, synthesis and analysis of both well-established and new functional nano-, micro-, macro-scale materials to understand their complex properties and to develop frontier scientific concepts which will enable the development of sustainable technologies for energy, well-being and health, environment and information communication technology. The Institute, founded at the beginning of the 1980s, has a long tradition in material characterization ranging from laboratory based research to large scale facilities such as synchrotrons. The expertise of the institute has been subsequently extended to material synthesis and deposition capabilities as well as prototype fabrication to exploit novel materials at the application level. These investigations take advantage of a thorough theoretical expertise based on multiscale descriptions. In recent years, the global need, reaffirmed by the Paris Agreement, to use the best science to counteract climate changes is directing many of the scientific efforts of ISM towards the study of matter to support the sustainability paradigm. With its researchers and technicians, supported by a solid and efficient administration, CNR-ISM represents a professional research center capable of tackling the new challenges presented by the continuous development in material science and promote a detailed physical and physical-chemical understanding of classical and quantum processes governing material behavior. This expertise allows us to create advanced devices and systems thus promoting fruitful collaborations and technology transfer with companies. CNR-ISM is also the place where a new generation of scientists and technologists, such as master students, PhDs, postdocs can be trained in a dynamic and professional environment with access to hundreds of different facilities for material investigation. In order to further foster the collaboration among researchers, international partners and companies, CNR-ISM developed TEMPISM the Technological Material Platform where all the facilities of the institute are described and the links to people in charge of these facilities are provided initiate interactions.

FORVIA, 7th global automotive technology supplier, comprises the complementary technology and industrial strengths of Faurecia and HELLA. With over 290 industrial sites and 76 R&D centers, over 150,000 people, including more than 15,000 R&D engineers across 40+ countries, FORVIA provides a unique and comprehensive approach to the automotive challenges of today and tomorrow. FORVIA aims to be a change maker committed to foreseeing and making the mobility transformation happen. We aim to be a market leader in Hydrogen by 2030. The strengths of our automotive heritage and our long-standing reputation as an innovator mean we are well positioned to play a significant role in decarbonizing the mobility and support our customers. FORVIA provides hydrogen storage solutions for both automotive and non-automotive applications.  

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, based in Germany, is the world’s leading applied research organization. By prioritizing key technologies for the future and commercializing its findings in business and industry, it plays a major role in the innovation process. A trailblazer and trendsetter in innovative developments and research excellence, it is helping shape our society and our future. Founded in 1949, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft currently operates 76 institutes and research units throughout Germany. Around 30,800 employees, predominantly scientists and engineers, work with an annual research budget of roughly €3.0 billion, €2.6 billion of which is designated as contract research. In GIANCE, two Fraunhofer Itehttps://www.fraunhofer.de/en/about-fraunhofer.htmlnstitutes are involved, Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT and Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF. While ICT is working on the development of recycling concepts and leads the Life Cycle Assessment, LBF is investigating the longtime durability of the developed Graphene composites.  

Based in the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United States, Dawn Aerospace’s mission is to enable the next generation of space users by providing dramatically more scalable and sustainable ways to access and move around in space.  Spaceplane, Dawn’s suborbital and orbital rocket-powered planes operate much like a fleet of aircraft, taking off and landing horizontally at airports. Mk-II is a suborbital plane designed to fly 100 km above the Earth and aims to be the first vehicle to access space multiple times per day. An active test flight program of the Mk-II Aurora spaceplane demonstrator has seen 50+ flights completed. The vehicle serves as a technology demonstrator for the two-stage-to-orbit vehicle, the Mk-III. In-space propulsion, Dawn is now a leading supplier of turnkey green propulsion systems for NanoSat, MicroSat, ESPA, and ESPA Grande-class satellites. Dawn propulsion technology often achieves superior performance than traditional hydrazine systems by using a unique, green-propellant combination; nitrous oxide and propylene. Having proven this technology on orbit for both CubeSats and small satellites, Dawn propulsion systems have now flown on Vega, Falcon 9, and Soyuz launchers.

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Crossfire is an innovative, mass production, recyclable composites applied R&D laboratory. We internally develop dedicated reactive resins and their transformation technologies, transitioning from 100% thermoplastic to "thermoplastic behaving" reactive resins. Our formulations are solvent and VOC-free, ensuring fast curing, eliminating frozen transportation and warehousing issues. We incorporate an incremental content of monomers from recycled materials, contributing to value-preserving recycling within circular economy methods. With a very low carbon footprint, our Crosspreg® branded prepregs are internally produced and directly supplied to users. Crossfire specializes in running Crosspreg® applicative projects, tailored to customer needs.

The Netherlands Aerospace Centre NLR is a leading international research centre for aerospace. Bolstered by its multidisciplinary expertise and unrivalled research facilities, NLR provides innovative and integral solutions for the complex challenges in the aerospace sector. The NLR’s activities span the full spectrum of Research Development Test & Evaluation (RDT & E). Given the NLR’s specialist knowledge and facilities, companies turn to the NLR for validation, verification, qualification, simulation and evaluation. The NLR thereby bridges the gap between research and practical applications, while working for both government and industry at home and abroad. The NLR stands for practical and innovative solutions, technical expertise and a long-term design vision. This allows the NLR's cutting edge technology to find its way into successful aerospace programs of OEMs, including Airbus, Embraer and Pilatus. NLR contributes to (military) programs, such as ESA's IXV re-entry vehicle, the F-35, the Apache helicopter, and European programs, including SESAR and Clean Sky 2. Founded in 1919, and employing some 650 people, the NLR achieved a turnover of 73 million euros in 2014, of which three-quarters derived from contract research, and the remaining from government funds. NLR is experienced in the design, manufacturing and testing of structures in non-conventional and conventional composite materials ranging from thermoset (prepreg, infusion and OOA), thermoplastics (PPS, PEEK, PEKK) to high temperature systems such as BMI and Polyimide.

CTAG is a Spanish, private R&D technology centre devoted to support the automotive industry in its research, development and innovation needs. CTAG was created in 2002 thanks to a joint initiative of automotive enterprises within the region of Galicia. With a team of more than 1000 professionals having more than 50% of international activity, CTAG is an ideal partner for developing new innovative products for the automotive sector. The key fields of competence where CTAG concentrates its activities are: new materials, novel manufacturing processes, simulation and modelling, component testing, electronics, ergonomics, comfort and innovation management. CTAG’s modern facilities incorporate cutting-edge technology and testing equipment designed to provide world class validation services for automotive components. Main labs: acoustic and vibration, climatic testing, fatigue and durability, reliability, materials, engine, electric vehicle, automation and instrumentation, metrology and passive safety. The Materials Innovation Area is the research team involved in GIANCE project. Our strategic research lines are focused on:

• Smart materials and multifunctional surfaces
• High performance and lightweight composites
• Biobased composites
• Acoustic surfaces
• Thermal comfort management and measurement
• Eco-design and circular economy

Through its career, the Materials Innovation Area has participated in +50 research projects, leading 10 of them within different EU programmes (HEu, H2020, FP7, Interreg, etc.) and more than 40 projects with private clients. This has allowed us to establish strong international networks with several automotive OEMs, major suppliers, material manufacturers, research institutes and innovative SMEs.

Brightlands Materials Center develops innovative materials solutions for a sustainable future, building on the talents of our own experienced scientists and collaborating with industry, academia, and entrepreneurs. Powered by shared expertise and facilities of TNO and the Brightlands Chemelot Campus, Brightlands Materials Center is all about shaping and recycling materials for a better world. We were founded in 2015 by the leading Dutch research institute TNO and the Province of Limburg, represented by the Brightlands Chemelot Campus. Brightlands Materials Center is well positioned between scientific research and commercial product and technology development. Our initiatives typically focus on technologies that will be market-ready within three to five years. We define our activities based on global societal challenges, industry trends, and emerging markets and applications. Currently, Sustainable Buildings, Sustainable Mobility, and Circular Packaging are our focus application areas. In our work we develop prototypes to demonstrate the feasibility of new technology concepts. We collaborate with industrial partners who wish to commercialize products based on these technologies. We are committed to supporting the Green Deal ambitions of the European Union. We follow the Dutch mission-oriented innovation policy, with a particular focus on the energy transition and the materials transition to a circular economy. We are a proud partner of the first European Circular Hub, Chemelot, which is located in the Dutch province of Limburg. www.brightlandsmaterialscenter.com  

HydroSolid focuses on material based hydrogen storage. The austrian deeptech startup founded in 2021 provides hydrogen storage tanks including its patented technology to store great amounts of hydrogen at much lower pressure levels below 100 bar comparable to 350-700 bar high pressure pure gas tanks. This makes the storage of hydrogen much more efficient and easier to handle. HydroSolids safe, green, economical and recyable approach makes it the best greentech startup of Austria 2022. Typical pilot projects and use cases are stationary systems such as sector coupling of renewables or transport of hydrogen.

Graphenea S.A is leader in graphene production that develops, manufactures and supplies high quality graphene materials to leading companies and research laboratories worldwide. It was established in 2010. Graphenea has two business lines one focused on graphene materials for semiconductor applications (Graphenea Semiconductor) and other focused on Advanced Materials for industrial applications (Kivoro). Graphenea´s vision is to develop the graphene technology to disrupt industrial applications in Europe and around the world. It has extensive expertise in the synthesis, characterization and formulation of high-quality graphene and graphene oxide materials and has developed the most advanced nanotechnology production platform. Graphenea has a strong Intellectual Property strategy and has several international patents protecting its innovation.

LENNTECH is a vibrant and international company based in the Netherlands, near Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). Founded in 1993 as a spin-off of TU Delft, the company has over 30 years of experience in the field of water treatment and separation processes. We practice at the cutting edge in applications including:

• water purification,
• brine mining,
• zero and minimal liquid discharge (ZLD, MLD),
• recovery of nutrients or organic compounds,

and implement innovative solutions to respond to our customers’ demands. LENNTECH team is made up of experienced chemical, environmental, mechanical and electrical engineers offering a wide range of technologies for industries with challenging treatment objectives. Our R&D and engineering assets work together to design integrating solutions with a target-oriented approach.

V.E. Lashkarev Institute of Semiconductor Physics, NAS of Ukraine (LISP NASU) was established in 1960 on the basis of departments and laboratories of the Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR. V.E. Lashkaryov (1903-1974), Academician of the Academy of Sciences of UkrSSR, was the first Director of the Institute (1960 -1970). Researches and developments are being performed by eight scientific departments. These are as follows: Department of Theoretical Problems, Department of Photoelectronics, Department of Optoelectronics, Department of Semiconductor Optics, Department of Surface Physics and Nanophotonics, Department of Physical and Technological Problems in Semiconductor Infrared Engineering, Department of Technologies and Materials of Sensor Engineering, Department of Structural and Elemental Analysis of Semiconductor Materials and Systems. In the Institute 82 Doctors of Sciences (including 51 Professors) and 212 Candidates of Sciences work. A self-sustained Special Design &Technology Bureau with pilot production line (SDTB with PP line) works at the LISP NASU. The Institute actively applies new forms for organization of scientific researches and application of their results. Thus, there are the following organizations and departments working at the Institute:

• Technological Park “Semiconductor Technologies and Materials, Optoelectronics and Sensor Engineering”;
• Center for collective use of devices of NASU “Diagnostics of semiconductor materials, structures and device systems;
• Testing laboratory of protective holographic elements;
• Central  testing laboratory of semiconductor materials science (accreditation certificate of the All-Ukrainian State Research and Production Centre for Standardization);
• Centre for testing photo-conversion devices and photovoltaic arrays;
• Centre for testing and diagnosing semiconductor light sources and lighting systems based on these sources.

The Department of Functional Materials and Nanostructures (www.lab15.kiev.ua) (Now Department of Surface Physics and Nanophotonics). Head of department – Prof. Alexei (Oleksiy) Nazarov. Department was a pioneer in Former Soviet Union (FSU) countries in the modification of semiconductor materials and multilayer structures by laser annealing (LA), flash-lamp annealing (FLA), low-temperature RF plasma annealing (RFPA) and modification (RFPM). Moreover, this department last 15 years is strongly involved in research and development graphene based and 2D materials such as graphene oxide, MoS₂, highly porous graphitic thin films for chemical sensing. The department develops low-temperature plasma reduction of graphene oxide films and plasma doping of MoS2 films deposited on different substrates by spray coating method. New method (magnetron plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition) of deposition highly porous graphitic (graphene-based) films was suggested and implemented. The porous graphene based films are a basis for photocatalytic nanocomposites (ZnO/graphene; MoS2/graphene; carbon nanodots/graphene). The department possesses technological equipment (such as RF plasma and DC magnetron sputtering) for the fabrication of graphene based thin films and dielectric structures, chemical lab and equipment for electrical and optical characterization. The department is a base for center for collective using of devices of NASU for electrical characterization of different materials and has strong cooperation with other laboratories for surface morphology (AFM, SKPM, STM), optical (Raman, PL) characterization, chemical and structural composition characterization (XPS, XRD, XRR).

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Innovation Engineering S.r.l. is a private company located in Rome, Naples, Milan (Italy) and The Netherlands (Rijswijk) focused on the design and development of advanced IT solution to search, access and manage relevant knowledge within enterprises, on the web, and in structured databases, with specific focus on the technology innovation domain. The company (ISO-9001 certified) focuses on robust methodologies and IT solutions based on Java language and Open Source, to drive innovation through the search, manage and analyses of information that should be translated into valuable knowledge. The Innovation Engineering team couples a longstanding expertise in the development of IT solutions, with a consolidated knowledge in the innovation domain within enterprises and extended enterprises’ framework. Innovation Engineering’s clients include private companies as well as large governmental bodies where a full set of knowledge management tools needs to be developed.

The University of Northumbria at Newcastle (UNN) is a research-intensive modern university in the United Kingdom, ranked 23 for research power in the recent national Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 exercise. UNN has been named University of the Year 2022 in the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) Awards. UNN hosts approximately 25,000 students from over 137 countries, including nearly 10,000 postgraduate students, and employing 3,000 core staff working across four faculties in disciplines ranging from fine art to material physics. UNN is dedicated to supporting the career development of all researchers, evidenced by the European Commission HR Excellence in Research status, which it has held since 2013. UNN also has substantial experience as partner or coordinator in many national and international funded research projects.

Universal Matter produce high quality and economical graphene from simple carbon feedstocks that can dramatically reduce our carbon footprint. Universal Matter is leading the transition toward the crucial circular economy by using biomass, waste plastics and other waste carbon materials to create stronger, lighter, and more resilient products with graphene. Using carbon to decarbonize.