Project Partners
LKR LEICHTMETALLKOMPETENZZENTRUM RANSHOFEN OF AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
The LKR Leichtmetallkompetenzzentrum Ranshofen coordinates the project RecAL and leads the work package cluster for alloy development. As a 100% subsidiary of AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, LKR is a leader in the development of high-quality light metal alloys, their sustainable processing through to the development of functionally integrated lightweight components and their recycling.
The AIT Austrian Institute of Technology is Austria’s largest non-university research institute. With its seven Centers, AIT regards itself as a highly specialised research and development partner for industry. Its researchers focus on the key infrastructure issues of the future: Energy, Health and Bioresources, Digital Safety and Security, Vision, Automation and Control, Transport Technologies, Technology Experience and Innovation Systems and Policy.
AIRCRAFT END-OF-LIFE SOLUTIONS (AELS) BV 🇳🇱
What happens when an aircraft is no longer flying? Derk-Jan van Heerden, an aerospace engineering student, was determined to find out. In 2005, he wrote his Master’s thesis on this subject at the Technical University of Delft.
After his graduation, Derk-Jan worked for a short time with KLM Engineering and Maintenance where he managed the disassembly of a Boeing 747. In 2006, he started AELS which is short for Aircraft End-of-Life Solutions.
In our history, AELS has disassembled and dismantled over 75 aircrafts. Today, we are active in the circular economy recycling many aircraft parts. Partnering with companies such as KLM, Lufthansa, TNT and Iberia. From finding the right part to delivery, our sales and logistics team ensures every client has a pleasant experience.
ALUMIL 🇬🇷
At ALUMIL we are building excellence every day.
Through our modern production facilities and strict quality controls along the entire production line, we ensure the creation of superior products of high added value. Our continuous research and development leads to offering unique solutions with many innovative features, which totally meet the needs of our customers.
With more than 35 years of experience and 3.100 employees, in the design and production of architectural aluminium systems, we are one of the most advanced companies globally owning state-of-the art production lines in our 12 factories in Europe.
ALTEK EUROPE LIMITED 🇬🇧
ALTEK is a technology-based company with specialist expertise and experience in the design, manufacture and installation of aluminum dross and scrap processing systems.
We pride ourselves on supplying market-leading equipment and expertise to maximise the aluminium recovery from dross. We are the only partner than can provide world class Total Dross Management.
We have continued to push the boundaries and look at our industry with fresh eyes, resulting in new and advanced solutions across the entire casthouse that are transforming the aluminum industry.
Underpinning this methodology, and at the center of our brand, sits ALTEKAdvance, the four pillars of our brand architecture.
BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH 🇩🇪
We’re not just metal processing specialists. We’re also inventors. Which is why we continually ask ourselves, how can we make tubes, components and systems even lighter, even more durable and even more resource-efficient? All around the world, in high quality and at fair prices. In short, how can we make mobility lighter, safer and more sustainable.
Intensive efforts are being made worldwide to reduce greenhouse gases: Europe plans to be CO2-neutral by 2050; Germany wants to achieve this goal as early as 2045. To achieve this, new energy sources are needed. For example, “green” hydrogen, which, because it’s produced using renewable energy, is CO2-free.
BENTELER has now added seamless, hot-rolled tubes and pipes for the safe distribution of hydrogen to its portfolio: BENTELER HYRESIST. Designed for the construction of hydrogen distribution networks, the range helps make the alternative energy source more readily available – and thus the targeted CO2 neutrality more quickly achievable.
CANCOM Austria AG 🇦🇹
We are Austria’s leading ICT service provider and digitalization partner. Through our Kapsch roots, we combine 130 years of innovative strength with our passion for technology and our certified expertise in collaboration, network and IT technology to be available to you as a consultant, implementation partner, managed service partner and digital business engineer.
We also develop our own software solutions, platforms for IoT and specific AI applications for your new business models. And as digital makers, we always think end-to-end. Our CANCOM Cyber Defense Center ensures the protection of your data.
We support you in your cloud transformation as well as in the development of smart spaces and hybrid offices. And we always do all of this in a sector-focused manner, both regionally and internationally for many of our customers.
As a leading ICT integrator and service provider, CANCOM Austria AG (formerly Kapsch BusinessCom) supports companies in their digital transformation. The range of solutions includes consulting, implementation, services and the operation of IT solutions. CANCOM Austria also develops its own software solutions and platforms for specific industries. Thanks to its Kapsch roots, CANCOM Austria combines 130 years of innovative strength with many years of experience as a market leader for network, data center, security, collaboration, workplace and managed services.
ASOCIACION CENTRO TECNOLOGICO CEIT 🇪🇸
Ceit is a non-profit technology center, created on the initiative of the University of Navarra in 1982, and whose main task is to carry out industrial research projects in close collaboration with the R&D departments of the companies.
Ceit promotes excellence in applied research through the publication of non-confidential results and participation in scientific and technical dissemination forums, as well as doctoral training within the framework of industrial research projects.
Ceit works with companies in a range of sectors (railway, aeronautical, automotive, health, manufacturing, energy and environment) and strives to understand all aspects of our clients’ business in order to develop high value added solutions through applied investigation projects. In addition to offering innovative solutions to our clients, Ceit trains young researchers who are preparing to join the labour market and add value to the production system.
BARNA STEEL SA 🇪🇸
BARNA STEEL is the matrix company of Celsa Group, the largest Spanish-owned steel company and the second largest European long products manufacturer, being the most diversified and vertically integrated.
We are a company leader in Europe in the production of low-emission circular steel, we produce steel in the most sustainable way possible, in electric arc furnaces from the recycling of ferrous scrap.
Our two main objectives for 2050 are to complete our circularity and become a Net positive company with the aim of offering the planet and society more than what we receive. Similarly, by 2030, we want to reduce our Scope 1 and 2 CO2 emissions by 50%.
The object of the study for the Recal project will be Ferimet. A leading recovery company dedicated to the recovery and treatment of ferrous and non-ferrous materials from Celsa Group.
CENTRE FOR RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY HELLAS 🇬🇷
The Centre for Research and Technology Hellas was fοunded in March 2000, it is a legal entity governed by private law with non-profit status, supervised by the General Secretariat for Research and Innovation (GSRI) of the Greek Ministry of Development. CERTH suggests one of the most important Research Centers in Greece with a main mission: The promotion of innovative research for the benefit of society. Dedicated to this purpose, CERTH lies at the forefront of basic, applied and technological research to provide solutions to society’s modern challenges.
Clean energy, low/zero CO2 emission technologies, clean vehicle technologies, green hydrogen, climate change, artificial intelligence, advanced robotic systems, the internet of things, Industry 4.0, smart home infrastructure for the future, precision medicine, holistic health nutrition, holistic health-nutrition approach, autonomous vehicles, driving simulators, traffic control hubs, smart cities, precision agriculture, agro-robotics and circular economy, are the primal fields around which CERTH’s five (5) institutes are organized. …
DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV 🇩🇪
DLR is the Federal Republic of Germany’s research centre for aeronautics and space. We conduct research and development activities in the fields of aeronautics, space, energy, transport, security and digitalisation. The German Space Agency at DLR plans and implements the national space programme on behalf of the federal government. Two DLR project management agencies oversee funding programmes and support knowledge transfer.
DLR employs approximately 10000 people at 30 locations: Cologne (Headquarters and location of the Executive Board), Augsburg, Berlin, Bonn, Braunschweig, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Cochstedt, Cottbus, Dresden, Geesthacht, Göttingen, Hamburg, Hanover, Jena, Jülich, Lampoldshausen, Neustrelitz, Oberpfaffenhofen, Oldenburg, Rheinbach, Sankt Augustin, Stade, Stuttgart, Trauen, Ulm, Weilheim and Zittau. DLR also has offices in Brussels, Paris, Tokyo and Washington D.C.
FERIMET SL 🇪🇸
Ferimet is the CELSA Group company dedicated to the recovery and treatment of ferrous and non-ferrous materials.
We have been a subsidiary of CELSA Group™ since the 1980s, and with 18 plants distributed throughout Spain, we have become the leading recoverer in the country, being one of the main drivers of the circular economy.
Our plants are geographically located to guarantee the coverage of our operations and their proximity to suppliers and customers.
FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV 🇩🇪
Fraunhofer LBF in Darmstadt is one of the most traditional institutes of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. Over 75 years ago, the former “Laboratory for Structural Durability LBF” shaped a completely new area of research that even back then was already economically significant and, up to today, has lost none of its topicality and pertinence.
Particularly in the last decade, the institute developed its competence center both in breadth and depth on the basis of experimental structural durability with a great deal of innovation force and high degree of dynamics. Additional market segments beyond the traditional vehicle and mechanical engineering branches of industry were opened up.
GEBAUER & GRILLER KABELWERKE GMBH 🇦🇹
We are a leading manufacturer of cables, wires and cable harnesses for the automotive industry as well as for special industrial applications.
We at GG live our vision to enhance people’s lives through energy and data transmission. Relationships are about interaction and communication. They are the basis of any process, whether human or technical in origin. Our vision is to constantly ensure reliable and seamless energy and data transmission and to provide technology that is indispensable for our everyday lives. Passion is what drives us in order to create the best solutions for and in cooperation with our customers and partners, while continuously caring for our employees and act in the interest of our owners.
GG is one of the leading providers for data and energy cables and wires as well as harnesses for the automotive and industrial sector – and therefore is an innovator that shapes the future of the world.
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KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN 🇧🇪
For 600 years, KU Leuven has been driven by unending curiosity and a search for knowledge. The result is cutting-edge research that attracts the foremost minds in academia, engages our diverse student body, and ignites partnerships with industry to benefit society as a whole.
The full breadth of intellectual discovery is to be found within our walls. KU Leuven is home to 15 faculties offering hundreds of degree programmes. No matter where our students’ curiosity leads, KU Leuven reseachers are studying, analysing and pushing the boundaries of that field. All of which is conducted with the ethical rigour and financial resources necessary for true academic freedom.
Groundbreaking discoveries in the field, the lab, and the library go straight into the classroom and define our educational offering. From Georges Lemaître’s Big Bang theory to our revolutionary solar hydrogen panels, at KU Leuven curiosity is transformed into knowledge.
The KU Leuven Mecha(tro)nic System Dynamics (LMSD) research group aims at creating added value during every phase (design – manufacturing – operations) in the lifetime of mecha(tro)nic systems by understanding, monitoring and controlling their dynamic (motion-vibration-acoustics) behaviour. To this end, the research conducted at LMSD spans a broad spectrum from methodologies, over theoretical foundations, to various application domains. Within RecAL, the focus lies on topology optimization.
ACONDICIONAMIENTO TARRASENSE
ASSOCIACION 🇪🇸
PURPOSE: We generate technological knowledge and innovation by managing technologies and talent.
MISSION: We manage technologies to create sustainable social, environmental, economic and industrial value, transferring this value to companies and entities through research and technological processes.
VISION: To be a global benchmark for the management of innovative technologies, stimulating people’s creativity and talent.
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RTDS VEREIN, ENGL. RTDS
ASSOCIATION 🇦🇹
RTDS Group is a multidisciplinary competence centre for applied social and economic sciences, advancing innovation and sustainability through EU-funded research and innovation projects.
RTDS provides expertise in proposal development, project implementation, and communication, dissemination and exploitation, translating research results into societal, economic and policy-relevant impact.
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STENA ALUMINIUM AB 🇸🇪
We are the leading producer of aluminium alloys from recycled material in the Nordic region. We are actively working with continuous improvements to create efficient and environmentally-friendly production and to be a long-term and sustainable partner.
Stena Aluminium is a part of Swedish-based Stena Metall Group with seven business areas and operations at more than 200 locations in nine countries. Net sales for the group total the last fiscal year was MSEK 28 200.
Each year, six million tons of waste and end-of-life products are recycled and refined, and customers are supplied with many essential raw materials, steel products and marine fuels.
Through research and development, Stena Metall are working to meet the challenges of the future with new, sustainable solutions. …
SWERIM AB 🇸🇪
Swerim is a leading industrial research institute within mining engineering, process metallurgy, materials, manufacturing engineering and applications.
Our strength is applied research for resource-efficient and sustainable industry, and we have solid knowledge and experience when it comes to applying research results in practical industrial applications. Our customers are mainly within the mining, steel and metal industries, but we also work closely with suppliers to these sectors. As a strategic R&D partner, we strengthen our clients’ competitive advantage and contribute to the development of new solutions for processes, materials and products.
We develop and optimize metallurgical processes and total solutions in materials and manufacturing engineering, mainly with a focus on energy efficiency, recovery and recycling of residual materials, reduced CO2 emissions, materials development, joining, additive manufacturing and component properties. Our longstanding experience from research in large pilot scale for extreme environments is a success factor for our customers’ competitive advantage and sustainable development. …
UNIVESITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE 🇮🇹
The University of Florence represents one of the largest and most productive systems of public research in Italy, in terms of the number and scientific-disciplinary diversification of its tenured and fixed-term researchers and of the many junior scientists in training, the intense participation in research programmes of major national and international interest, the scientific results achieved and the funding that supports research and transfer activities from outside.
This combination of factors, which qualifies Florence’s university as a modern “research university”, is what determines its excellent positions in national and international assessments.
Researchers at the University of Florence belong to 21 departments and use around 40 research facilities including inter-departmental and inter-university centres, as well as research, transfer and higher education centres. …
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MODENA E
REGGIO EMILIA 🇮🇹
UNIMORE has a longstanding tradition (it was founded in 1175) and is ranked one of the best universities in Italy for teaching and research. With just over 27,000 students, including 3,500 graduates, and with approximately 880 professors, lecturers and researchers, it is large enough to offer all the facilities one would expect from a major university but small enough to retain a personal and friendly learning environment.
UNIMORE is composed of 13 Departments, offering a wide range of degree programmes at undergraduate level, right up to doctoral studies in most disciplinary areas, from the humanities and social sciences to engineering and technology, and from physical and natural sciences to medicine and life sciences.
UNIMORE is located in the heart of one of Europe’s wealthiest and most dynamic regions, which is world-renowned for its production of mechanical parts, engines, sports cars as well as for its agro-food sector, ceramic tiles and manufacturing industries. It is part of the High Technology Regional Network, involving all the Universities in the Emilia-Romagna Region, and offers cutting-edge facilities for research and technology transfer.