The Centre for Technology Transfers in Ceramics (CTTC) is a non-profit association, labeled Center of Technological Resources (CRT) since 1997 by the French Ministry of Research and Innovation.

The expertise of the CTTC concerns ceramic materials, their manufacturing processes, and in particular ceramic additive manufacturing.

The CTTC achieves an annual turnover of 2 million euros, +50% of which is realized in the form of contractual research with industry. Among this private turnover, 50% is achieved with SMEs.

We offer R&D services, analysis and characterization, expertise, feasibility, prototyping, training, industrialization, pilot lines, pre-series, technology transfer and collaborative research services. We also have a FabLab for the general public.

On the one hand, on upstream projects we work in close collaboration with academic research laboratories, universities and engineering schools. On the other hand, on downstream projects, we work in collaboration with the economic world.
Our… CTTC owns 2 technological platforms and a characterization lab.

CERATECH Platform: the facilities of that platform cover all steps of the manufacturing chain: from the synthesis of the material, preparation of powders, their shaping, heat treatment, up to the final finishing step. From the laboratory scale to the semi-industrial scale, the platform's equipment meets the needs of R&D development, up to pre-series manufacturing.

ALTERINOV Platform: seven additive manufacturing technologies, a dozen of printers and ancillary means for material preparation, thermal treatment and product control. That platform is equiped with 3 layer-by-layer technologies (Laser Stereolithography, Binder Jettin, Robocasting) and 4 Direct Writing Technologies (InkJet Printing, Aerosol Jet Printing, Micro-dispensing, and Aerosol Deposition Method which is patented as INPACT Technology).

EXALYSES: the CTTC’s characterization lab (recently renamed EXALYSES) offers a range of characterisation tools, specific to powders and…. We offer various services, designed to meet our clients/partners needs :
- R&D services (most of our activities, 50% of our turnover)
- Characerization and analyses (15% of our turnover)
- Expertise
- Feasibility
- Prototyping and testing
- Training
- Industrialization
- Pilot lines
- Pre-series manufacturing
- Technology transfer
- Collaborative research
- FabLab for the general public.
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The Technical Center for Natural Building Materials (CTMNC) has developed a reputation in Europe for promoting innovative techniques and for improving the quality of building materials for sixty years.

CTMNC has expertise in the characterisation, manufacturing and use of fired clay, unfired clay and natural stone as building materials and in their combination with other building materials.

CTMNC has 60 highly-skilled engineers and technicians spread over 3 geographical sites (Clamart, Limoges and Paris) that can rely on high-performance equipment :

a laboratory for testing materials, products and works
a laboratory dedicated to research and development on ceramic behaviour (characterisation, processes and surface covering)

Our vocation is to meet the needs of many players in the fields of materials, construction processes, building and roads. We also support professionals wishing to develop technological innovations.

Our interlocutors are industrialists, project managers, project owners… CTMNC has a large panel of equipment :

Chemical Analysis: Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Spectrometer, Ionic Chromatograph, UV-Visible Spectrophotometer,  Fourier Transform Infrared  (FT-IR) Spectrophotometer, XR-Diffractometer ;
Physical Characterisation : Particle Size Distribution (by Sieve and Sedigraph), Mercury Porosimeter, Optical Microscope,  Bigot Curve Measurement ;
Thermal Analysis : Themogravimetric Analysis (TGA), Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Dilatometer, Calorimeter ;
Clay Studies: Laboratory Installations for Grinding, Extruding, Drying, Firing; High Pressure Extrusion Machine, Drying Test Rigs, Controlled Industrial Driers and Ovens ;
Tests on Products: Freeze/Thaw Units, Tile Flexural Strength Test Machine,  Brick Compressive Strength Test Machine, Impermeability and Absorption Measurement Facilities, Chimney Thermal Testing Rig, High Temperature Mechanical Testing Press ;
Tests on Works: Walls Compressive Test Machine (2000…. Research and development to improve the building materials and their manufacturing processes : optimisation of the clay bricks through simulation (thermal, acoustic, mechanical) ; development of unfired clay bricks ; development of functionalised covering ; improve the manufacturing processes and the quality of the building materials.

Technical expertise on products and buildings : raw materials characterisation, Masonry and roofing testing, Product testing (COFRAC NF EN 17025), support and recommendation on building material pathologies, evolution of building systems

Support for product and environmental quality certification procedures :  Audit of the NF label, Product certification (COFRAC NF EN 45011), Life cycle assessment, Environmental and Health declaration sheets, support on the waste management

Support to access the market : certification, guideline, BIM

Evaluation of the performance of building materials and building systems. Mechanical behaviour, Fire Safety ; Environment ;…. Yes. service.

MI-Partners is a company specialized in the development of high-end mechatronic systems. The development of these systems is often very challenging in terms of accuracy and/or speed. We deal with the full trajectory in system design: starting from whiteboard and specifications, we generate  concepts and make a concept selection, together with our customer. Then we start an iterative design process, where modelling, performance prediction and mechanical design go hand in hand. We outsource manufacturing of the parts, but assembly and testing is done in-house. As we mostly develop one-of-a-kind systems (prototypes, test equipment or research equipment), we always face unique challenges. Our company consists of 50 highly educated and experienced engineers. MI-Partners’ main competences being concept design, precision engineering, thermal design, dynamics and control. OEM customers from all over the world acknowledge our added value in bringing them innovation.

Member of:

DSPE (Dutch Society of… All (high-end) measurement equipment to do:

modal and vibration/acceleration measurements
thermal measurements
friction and stiffness measurements

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Mechatronic research
Development, (thermal, CFD, dynamic simulations)
Design (actuators, motion control, air bearings, maglev technology, tuned mass damping, active vibration isolation, active thermal control and stability, vacuum and cryogenic )
Prototyping
One of a kind equipment, including CE certification and on-site installation
Testing and validation
Training

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NOVELTIS is a French private company that was created in 1998. We perform innovative scientific engineering studies and implement customized end-user solutions in the fields of Space, the Environment and Sustainable Development.

Our engineers and scientists develop high-tech solutions that involve top-level skills in environmental and physical sciences, in areas covering atmosphere, oceans, and land surfaces.

NOVELTIS teams have extensive expertise in multi-source data processing, environmental modelling, big data, cloud computing, Web-GIS and operational decision support systems. Our company supplies end-to-end services to governmental bodies and industries.

NOVELTIS helps also the space agencies and industry design tomorrow’s space missions, and promotes the use and exploitation of current missions. NOVELTIS focuses its activities on innovation, in close relations with international research laboratories.

NOVELTIS is certified to the ISO 9001 standards and has been granted “Confidential-Defense… . NOVELTIS and Space:

NOVELTIS works on the design of tomorrow’s space missions and enhances the value of current missions, in partnership with space agencies, the European Commission, research centers and industry.

With more than 20 years of experience, NOVELTIS has been able to develop over the years a real expertise in scientific engineering for space missions, whether for atmospheric physics and chemistry, oceanography, characterization of continental surfaces or sciences of the universe.

NOVELTIS' activities in Space includes:

Analysis and specification of the needs for new missions;
Preliminary studies of new concepts in Earth observation and atmospheric sounding;
Development of end-to-end simulators and new on-board and ground processing algorithms;
Performance analysis of space instruments and missions;
Design of new geophysical products derived from the missions;
Calibration and validation of observation systems, before and after satellite launch;
Radiative transfer modeling…. Yes. service.

At I-Form, the SFI Research Centre for Advanced Manufacturing, our mission is to shape the future of manufacturing through high-impact research into the application of digital technologies to materials processing. 

We work in close collaboration with our industry partners (start-ups, SMEs and MNCs) on research projects (2 to 4 years duration) that augment their technology roadmaps and deliver impactful results that enhance their long-term manufacturing competitiveness.

A major focus area for I-Form is the development of efficient and sustainable Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes. Our research focuses on deep materials, in-process and post-processing characterisation; development of advanced predictive modelling tools; and application of machine learning to process feedback and control.

We also support research into the application of digital technologies in the wider materials processing space; including precision machining, surface engineering, bonding/joining, casting and moulding.

I-Form… Additive Manufacturing

Metal laser based powder bed fusion (LB-PBF)
Polymer steriolithography (SLA), fused filament fabrication (FFF), PBF and jetting processes
Laminated Object Manufacturing (paper based)
Robot arm for multi-axis FFF

Other Materials Processing

Multi-axis precision engineering equipment
Plasma Surface Treatment systems
 

Metrology

Micro and Nano X-Ray CT Scanning
High resolution SEM, TEM, XPS, EDX, FIB, XRD, OES
3D Optical Profilometry
Metallurgical Microscopy
Various mechanical property tests (hardness, fatigue etc.)

https://www.i-form.ie/
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Advanced manufacturing research
Training, undergraduate,post graduate and industry upskilling/reskilling
Prototyping for feasibility demonstration as part of a research collaboration

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RTI - Regional Technological Institute is a new research centre affiliated with the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen. It was built between 2011 and 2015; and since then has grown to comprise nearly one hundred young and talented researchers, engineers, and members of administrative staff. Our scientists develop numerous research projects, many of them in collaboration with partners from industry. On behalf of manufacturing companies, RTI conducts contract research, which includes complex testing, measurements, and calculations. We also develop prototypes and verify new manufacturing processes.

RTI cooperates with a number of companies, research institutions in the Czech Republic and seeks and continues to establish new relationships with foreign organisations. An overview of our laboratories is part of this offer.

The collaboration may take the form of direct contract collaboration or joint R&D projects. We are ready to prepare study visits, lectures and… RTI forms these very modern equipped laboratories:

•Virtual prototyping laboratory (including printing plastics)

•Technological manufacturing planning laboratory

•Industrial metrology laboratory

•Machining technology laboratory (including 3D metal printing)

•Experimental machining laboratory

•Experimental forming laboratory

•Metallographic laboratory

•Mechanical testing laboratory

•Transport vehicle components testing laboratory

•Strength and fatigue life testing laboratory

•Laboratory of experimental methods for mechanical engineering
. RTI - Regional Technological Institute provides industrial research and development, testing and technology verification, design and virtual prototyping, training.
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Chilab is the main micro and nano technology laboratory of the Materials and Processes for Micro & Nano technologies, group (DISAT department Politecnico di Torino). The services are addressed to the following topics: Micro and nano Technologies, Technologies for bio, Energy & Environment,Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing. The related competences and facilities are widespread over different fields including: 

MEMS & Microsensors
Laser Micromachining
Microfluidics
Rapid Prototyping & Additive Manufacturing
Plasma assisted surface modification at the nanoscale
High Power Electronics
Photonics
Atomistic Simulations
Chemical & Biochemical Functionalizations
Nanomaterials Synthesis
FVM & FEM Simulations
Bioprinting

Partners and Companies, which were included in the network of the Chi-Lab are:

Microla - Optoelectronics: a Spin-off of the Polytechnic of Turin proposing solid-state laser is now an established company working in synergy within the lab network
IMEM -…
Micro and Nano technologies:

Thermal & E-Gun Evaporation
Sputtering
Rapid Thermal Annealing (RTA)
Electroplating
Low Pressure Plasma Polymerization System
RF Magnetron sputtering (monotarget)
Atmospheric Pressure Plasma System
Single-layer Graphene growth
Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD)
ICPCVD
Parylene Deposition
Front & Back-side UV Lithography
Laser Pattern Generator
Plasma Etcher
Reactive Ion Etching (RIE)
Deep Reactive Ion Etching (DRIE)
Wet Etching
Micro Powder Blasting
Two-Photon Polymerization (2PP)
Electrospinning

Rapid Prototyping, Additive Manufacturing and polymer technologies

3D InkJet Printing
Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Milling
Micro Electro-Discharge Machining
FDM 3D Printer
Micro Stereo Lithography
3D Plastic Sintering
Micro Stereo Lithography (custom)
Ink-Jet Printing
Two-Photon Polymerization (2PP)
Hot Embossing
Micro Injection Moulding
Elastomers Casting in-situ

…. The Chi-Lab is currently able to supply services of training, prototyping, development and testing in: MEMS, microsystems, microfluidics, 3D printed polymer objects, thin films growth, microanalysis, spectroscopies. For more information please visit:

https://areeweb.polito.it/ricerca/micronanotech/competences

Also device small production is possible using our network partners.  
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Axel’One is the French collaborative innovation platform in the Chemistry and Environment sector created in 2011 and dedicated to smart processes and innovative materials. Located in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region.  Axel’One is an independent association (French law 1901, private and public partnership) whose main missions are to provide shared facilities, tools and services for collaborative research and development projects. In 2020, Axel’One hosts around 20 SMEs and provides its services to 30 collaborative projects representing more than 250 people located on the platform ( 4.9 M€ turn over).

The platform offers access to 40 M€ shared tools from basic research to pre-industrial stage (from TRL 3 to 6) in the field of catalysis, smart processes, on-line analysis, digital solutions and advanced materials. Spread over 3 different sites (9000 m²), its activities support industrial companies from the chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical sectors, but also with other industrial sectors such as textile … The technologies developed on Axel'One are based on 3 main strategic areas: Smart Process Advanced Materials and Catalysis. For each of these axes, Axel’One offers pilot lines operating in industrial conditions  and expertise accessible to all innovation projects. Some of these tools are unique in France or even at a European level.

Smart Process technology pilot lines and tools :

Online Industrial Analysis and process monitoring (Liquid & gas experimentation benches, online separative techniques, online spectral techniques, physical and physico-chemical sensors, online rheology, instrumented corrosion bench)
Digital solutions and simulation (Chemometrics, data processing and fusion, advanced process control , mechanical numerical simulation CFD)

Solids and Industrial catalysis pilot lines (from 10 g to 50 kg):

Synthesis Line (ligands synthesis, mineral synthesis, grafting)
Shaping Line ( spray dryer, single screw extrusion, reactive extrusion, pelleting);
Thermal Treatment Line …. Axel'One offers 2 types of services : R&D services and hosting

R&D services : The platform works as an innovation hub offering R&D services through a large pool of  scale-up pilot lines that are accessible to all members. It provides turnkey R&D services adapted to the needs of each project (access to shared tools, operators, expertise…). Axel’One does not claim intellectual property and is accredited for French research tax credit.

Projects and SMEs hosting : Axel’One provides spaces adapted to R&D collaborative projects (offices, laboratories, technological halls) as well as daily support services  (HSE, logistics, maintenance, implementation of labs and pilots) in complete confidentiality.
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A technology pioneer and provider for companies that want to digitally boost their competitive edge, b<>com addresses several industries: culture & creation, digital infrastructures, health, defence and industry 4.0. Its laboratories bring together talented people from a variety of disciplines and cultures in areas like artificial intelligence, immersive video and audio, content protection, 5G networks, the Internet of Things, and cognitive technologies. b<>com's researchers and engineers, drawn from the ranks of industry and academia, work at its Rennes campus and at its sites in Paris, Brest, and Lannion. Thanks to its world-class engineering team, its technology platforms and its unique mix of scientific and industrial knowhow, b<>com offers its clients technology solutions that give them invaluable competitive edge.
b<>com is partner of 5G EVE H2002 ICT-17 project and provides a 5G outdoor radio access network in Rennes (France) connected to a Core Network operated by b<>com in the scope of this project. This testbed is also accessible under b<>com *Flexible Netlab* service offer which is described on web site: https://b-com.com/en/bcom-flexible-netlab .
. b<>com Ngagement is a new generation of interaction design to boost your systems’ conception. To reduce costs and deadlines, explore new concepts of interaction and reduce the risk of usability of innovations, manufacturers are searching for new user-centric solutions. b<>com *Ngagement* revolutionizes the interaction design of complex systems by the integrated combination of agile design tools, natural immersive technologies and AI behavioral analysis. It helps human factors experts, complex systems designers and innovators to assess their interaction concepts, simulate human-machine collaboration, change on the fly tests scenarios and monitor users’ behaviors and cognitive states (such as workload or stress), in early steps of design.
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Shannon ABC is a commercially focussed, state of the art, Research Centre and Technology Gateway. It is a collaboration between Limerick Institute of Technology and the Institute of Technology Tralee.

Shannon ABC’s vision is to be a leading centre for the development and application of science and technology to applied settings, in collaboration with external organisations, and based on our own research.

The Centre brings together a multidisciplinary team of researchers with commercial specialists so as to provide a centre of excellence in applied research, capable of exploiting opportunities in science and technology to the benefit of the Regional and National economy.

Shannon ABC has developed significant expertise in bioresources – detection, identification, characterisation and valorisation – and collaborates with industry and other research centres in order to deliver this expertise in applied settings.

Shannon ABC responds to the challenges of Biotech, Food and Life Science Industries… Shannon ABC’s expertise, state of the art facilities and equipment are available to assist companies to address specific challenges.

The facilities at Shannon ABC are co-located between the South Campus of Institute of Technology Tralee and the Hartnett Enterprise Acceleration Centre of Limerick Institute of Technology. This co-location allows our Industry and Research Partners to take advantage of the synergistic skills and wide range of equipment available at the two locations.

Shannon ABC laboratories are customised and future-proofed for wide ranging biotechnological and analytical capabilities including dedicated research bench space, analytical suites, raw material processing, HEPA filtered microbial suite and tissue culture suite, fermentation suite. Access to laboratories is controlled and restricted to authorised personnel only.

Below is a list of some of the equipment we have at Shannon ABC:

HPLC
GC-MS
Bioreactor Suite/SUB/Fermentation Suite
…. Shannon ABC’s key area of expertise is in bioresources – from both a practical and policy perspective. The better utilisation of bioresources is fundamental to a successful bioeconomy. There are many different types of companies that are involved in a flourishing bioeconomy, from a range of different sectors. Shannon ABC has an extensive national and international network of companies and partners involved in and associated with the bioeconomy.  

The key aim of Shannon ABC Technology Gateway is to assist in the continued prosperity of industry by offering access to wide ranging expertise and know how, state of the art equipment and facilities and access to a wide variety of national and international funding programs. As a Technology Gateway, Shannon ABC delivers close to market solutions for industry and acts as an access point to wider research resources and infrastructure. Shannon ABC has developed significant expertise in bioresources – detection, identification, characterisation and valorisation – of…. Yes. service.