Objective The EU malting barley industry supplies almost 50% of global malting barley requirements. The sustainability of thousands of EU SME farmers depend on the competitiveness of this industry, as is the quality of our brewing and distilling industries. Malting barley demands a premium at the farm gate but, in return, must exceed a range of malting quality (MQ) parameters laid down by the processing industries. Determination of barley MQ is a critical issue, as the accuracy of its assessment determines if the barley is suitable to be taken into the plant, influencing its price and subsequent quality of the end product. MQ is a complex character. To date its grading is largely dependent on a combination of visual appraisals of the barley and other assessments, including wet chemistry techniques, to segregate malting barley into grades of different end use value. Current assessment practices are plagued with limitations: time and labour intensive, prone to operator interpretation, etc.This project will provide the Malting Barley chain with a novel MQ assessment tool to replace the expensive, laborious and non-objective standard analyses currently used by the sector. Novel inspection techniques will be researched (NIRS, NIT, Raman, Imaging fluorescence spectroscopy and FT-IR/PAS) to determine their potential for predicting MQ parameters. A prototype measuring instrument will be designed, developed and calibrated against existing reference methods. It will be validated for use along the malting barley chain and will provide analyses in individual and whole barley grains and in a large number of samples in order to assess the homogeneity of the incoming raw material, vital for good MQ determination, and will assist in analysing the malting process. The RTD results will raise the quality of the EU malting barley supply chain, safeguarding growth and employment in many rural economies across EU-27, and ensuring consistent quality in industries dependent on high quality malt Fields of science agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturegrains and oilseedsnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsspectroscopyemission spectroscopysocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementemployment Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-2 - Research for SME associations Call for proposal FP7-SME-2007-2 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME-AG - Research for SME associations/groupings Coordinator IRIS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, SOCIEDAD LIMITADA EU contribution € 48 477,50 Address CARRETERA D ESPLUGUES 39 41 08940 CORNELLA DE LLOBREGAT Spain See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Digby Colm (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (13) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Associazione degli Industriali della Birra e del Malto Italy EU contribution € 161 702,00 Address viale di Val Fiorita 90 00144 ROMA See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Filippo Terzaghi (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ELINTARVIKETEOLLISUUSLIITTO RY Finland EU contribution € 272 117,00 Address PASILANKATU 2 00240 HELSINKI See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Marleena Tanhuanpää (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data FACHVERBAND DER NAHRUNGS UND GENUSSMITTELINDUSTRIE Austria EU contribution € 253 403,00 Address ZAUNERGASSE 1 3 1030 WIEN See on map Region Ostösterreich Wien Wien Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Julian Drausinger (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ASOCIACION EMPRESARIAL DE LAS CINCO VILLAS Spain EU contribution € 182 715,00 Address C/ DOCTOR FLEMING 30 50600 EJEA DE LOS CABALLEROS See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Maria Beamonte (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PROAGRIA KESKUSTEN LIITTO RY Finland EU contribution € 256 402,00 Address URHEILUTIE 6 01301 Vantaa See on map Region Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa Activity type Other Administrative Contact Sari Peltonen (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data PIMEC PETITA I MITJANA EMPRESA DE C ATALUNYA Spain EU contribution € 183 353,00 Address Calle Viladomat 174 08015 Barcelona See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Fran De La Torre Aspe (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CERVESES LA GARDENIA SL Spain EU contribution € 111 668,00 Address Polig. Industrial Les Roques Roges Nau 3 43640 Alcover See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Ramon Ollé (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Perä Jussi Finland EU contribution € 209 187,00 Address Hassintie 35 42100 Jämsä See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Jussi Perä (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data GASERA OY Finland EU contribution € 193 057,00 Address LEMMINKAISENATU 59 20520 TURKU See on map Region Manner-Suomi Etelä-Suomi Varsinais-Suomi Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Juha Pekka Kotro (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Optomesures France EU contribution € 186 182,00 Address enceinte Serres 31590 Saint Marcel Paulel See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Bernard Genot (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LNL ELEKTRIK ELEKTRONIK BILISIM VEDANISMANLIK LIMITED SIRKETI Türkiye EU contribution € 113 703,00 Address ODTU TEKNOKENT KOSGEB TEKNOLOJI GELISTIRME MERKEZI 402 06531 ANKARA See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Faysal Basci (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PERUGIA Italy EU contribution € 27 858,00 Address PIAZZA DELL UNIVERSITA 1 06123 Perugia See on map Region Centro (IT) Umbria Perugia Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Giuseppe Perretti (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT Finland EU contribution € 36 602,00 Address TEKNIIKANTIE 4 A 02044 VTT ESPOO See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Ralf Marbach (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data