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ICAM’s experience
Limited international connections
Strong links with industry
(2003)
From Interreg to FP7 projectDeveloping a large scale environmental RTD project
involving SMEs
International RTD project
involving SMEs
(2007)
MNAA
EURECOMP
Contents
1 - ICAM
2 - MNAA – INTERREG IIIb Atlantic Area– Objectives– Results– Future
3 - EURECOMP – FP7– Context– Objectives– Expected impacts
4 - Conclusion
OPEN DAYS Workshop: ‘From Interreg to FP7 projects’ by J. SOTO– Brussels, 7 October 2008. Page 2/18
Institut Catholique d’Arts et Métiers
Higher Education Institute
Based in ‘Pays de la Loire’ region
Staff 60
Part of ICAM group: 7 campuses (France, Poland, Cameroon, Congo)
Nantes
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ICAM - activities
Engineering SchoolGraduates 100 per year at master degree level
Vocational training centre100 trainees per year (technicians and unqualified people)
Technological Transfer centre~ 40 industrial RTD contracts per year
with large groups and with SMEs
Area of expertises• Mechanical Engineering• Electrical Engineering• Material Science
Bottom-up research activity (industry driven research)
Strongly connected with industry
Weak international research activity in 2003
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ICAM – development strategy
Starting point Strong feed back from industry that requires more advanced
innovation
Difficulties of SMEs to handle large scale programs requiring complementary academic skills, …, large budget.
ICAM objectives Enlarge its existing Academic/Industrial networks
Achieved joining INTERREG IIIb programme (ERDF) MNAA
Build a large scale RTD project
Achieved with FP7 funded EURECOMP project
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Duration: 3 years, 2003-2006
Objectives: "a network dedicated to industry"
Gather academic human and materials resources– to create a critical mass sufficient to tackle high technology research
– to exploit the complementarities of the partners
Share our best practices in Technology Transfer process
Identify weaknesses and opportunities for materials-related industry in the Atlantic Area
Materials Network for the Atlantic Area
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University ofLimerick
Universityof Exeter
ICAMNantes
Universityof Aveiro University of
Salamanca
ICAMToulouse
MNAA - Consortium
• MIRC - Limerick• XAT - Exeter• ICAMs• CICECO - Aveiro• Univ. Salamanca• INEGI - Porto• IPN - Coimbra• IAC - Bristol• GAIKER - Bilbao
MNAA – Results (1/2)
Academic network successfully created
Extension to the Industrial Associations and Regional Development Agencies and « Competitiveness Centres (France) »
Complex Composite and Metallic Assemblies competitiveness centre gathering 100 members including: Large groups (Airbus, Aker Yards …), SMEs, Research Centres, and Professional organisations
Competitiveness Centre: Combination of companies, training centres and either public or private research units working together on common, innovative projects
French polymers processing centre
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Extension towards industrial networks Successful with large companies/groups Less successful with SMEs
SMEs require greater assistance than large companies Environmental constraints Higher innovation products requested by customers (large groups) Exposure to low cost countries competitors
Sources of difficulties Lack of resource in staff availability and expertise Unability to maintain an awareness of current/new technology Lack of support for funding pre-competitive research specifically for SMEs (who
often cannot access to advanced research)
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MNAA – Results (2/2)
Promote long term innovation for industry, in particular SMEs,
- identify their needs, their problems
- propose packaged solutions, including innovation financing opportunities,
technical and managerial "answers"
Develop the entrepreneurial spirit at the universitiescreate spin-offs from identified "sleeping innovations"
Submitted to INTERREG IVb – Atlantic Area
MNAA - Future
Objectives
Materials Technological Cluster for the Atlantic AreaMATECAA
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EURECOMP - Context
Environmental project born thanks to MNAA
European legislation Europe promotes and pursues sustainable development
Legislation that puts pressure on producers
- Directives 2000/53/EC on End-of-Life Vehicles
- Directives 2002/96/EC on Waste Electrical and
Electronic Equipment
Today, the recycled parts are mainly made of metals
Increasing proportion of composites (45% in a sailing boat)
solution for composite recycling has to be found in order to achieve the targets set
Impose the recycling of an increasingly high percentage of their components (85% of a vehicle in 2005 to 95% by 2015).
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Uncompleted recycling stream for composites industry
Dismantling centres for large ships in India and Bangladesh
for airplanes in Tarbes and Chateauroux (France)
for leisure boats in Caen-la-mer (France)
for cars and trucks in Romorantin (France)
But, no economic and ecologically-acceptable solutions found for composites recycling
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Landfill / Incineration
Landfill is no longer a solution Landfill Waste directive 99/31/EC
Hazardous Waste directive 91/689/EEC
Lists of Hazardous Waste 2000/532/EC, 2001/572/53
stringent technical requirements for waste landfills
composite wastes unacceptable for this solution
Waste incineration: an inappropriate and expensive solution
Regulated by directive 2000/76/EC that prevents air, water and soil pollution by limiting emissions levels
- Some composite materials contain substances that could cause toxic emissions during incineration
- Poor recycling efficiency
composite incineration restricted
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Composite Solvolysis Recycling
Eliminate the concept of waste by closing the loop Short-term solutions: mechanical recycling, incineration, pyrolysis, cement furnaces
Medium-term solution: Solvolysis – Chemical separation of Fibres and Resin +
Re-use of the reaction products as new source of raw materials
app rox . 20 0 barsa
R eacto r
H e a tin g
P ressu reC om posite S o lvo ly sis S ep ara tion
M in era l c o m p o u n d (0 .2 € /K g )
S o lu tio n (0 .4 € /K g )
R e in fo rce m en tfib re s
M ix ed w ith n ew fib re s
H O /C O2 2
A approx . 400 °C
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EURECOMPRecycling Thermoset Composites of the
SUSTAINABLE SURFACE TRANSPORT
Work programme topic addressed
End of life strategies for vehicles/vessels and infrastructures
Consortium: built from MNAA and RDA (EMC2+Plastipolis) networks
Academic participants
ICAM (Fr), COMPOSITEC(Fr),
GAIKER (Sp), Universities of Limerick (IE), Bristol (UK) and Exeter (UK),
Industrial participants
Plastic Omnium (Fr), Volvo Trucks (Sue), Xietong Automobile Accessories (Chi),
SACMO (SME- Fr), Uriarte Elektro (SME- Sp)
Industrial Associations
European Composites Recycling Services Company (Be)
British Plastic Federation (UK),
Duration: 3 years
Budget: 2.5M€ - Start in autumn 2008
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EURECOMP – expected impact
For the composite industry area Save in waste management costs Limit the raw material costs
Avoid companies moving to less environmentally-restricted countries
Enhance the competitiveness
Marketing « Green Label » impact
For the recycling industry area: Creation of a new recycling activity Recycling centre units Recycling machine manufacturing Supply chain
Evironnemental impact Generate new raw and intermediate products Source of waste management cost savings
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Conclusion
MNAA INTERREG IIIb project (yesterday)
A major step foward to internationalisation
for ICAM and ICAM’s industrial partners
EURECOMP (today)
Materialisation of MNAA cooperation
SMEs : major actor of the project + major beneficiaries
Creation of a new activity
MATECAA INTERREG IV (tomorrow)
Intensification of SMEs assistance for innovation
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Thank you for your attention
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