Abstract

The increasing environmental concern of the community lead, over recent yearsyears, to the recognition of the need for new processes that would be versatile and eco-efficient. One partner of this project has discover and patented the synthesis of a new environmently-friendly resin based on vegetable oils. This is suitable for use in various application fields ranging from traditional to high tech industry.

A consortium was created including several industrial partners from different areas in order to to develop new processes either using this resin or allowing its production. Such processes will be oriented towards modern factory use. The optimisation of these processes, to be realised within the present project, will allow production of some objects based on composite materials in the fields of the aeronautics, automotive, wood, textile and furniture industries. At the end of this project, it is expected that some new environment friendly processes suitable for rapid industrial development will have been developed and that these will permit the production of a wide range of products with decreased environmental impact and optimised production costs.

Contacts

Coordinator

• Régis DE BAYNAST / ARD FRANCE

Participant

• Daniel GUINARD / Centre Technique du Bois et de l'Ameublement FRANCE
• Gianni SANVITO / Dry Doughy Srl ITALY
• Institut Francais du Textile et de l'Habillement FRANCE
• Manuel DOS SANTOS COELHO / OGMA - Industria Aeronautica De Portugal S.A. PORTUGAL
• Rudolf MILLER / Preform Polymerwerwerkstoffe Gmbh & Co. Kg GERMANY
• Henrique DIONISIO / TMG - Tecidos Plastificados e Outros Revestimentos Para a Industria Automovel S.A. / PORTUGAL
• Bernard VANDEPUTTE / Unilin N.V. BELGIUM