Re-engineering of natural stone production chain through knowledge based processes, eco-innovation and new organisational paradigms

Project Information

I-STONE

Grant agreement ID: 515762

Project closed

Start date 1 March 2005

End date 30 November 2008

Funded under

• Nanotechnologies and nanosciences, knowledge-based multifunctional materials and new production processes and devices: thematic priority 3 under the 'Focusing and integrating community research' of the 'Integrating and strengthening the European Research Area' specific programme 2002-2006.

Total cost € 11 742 650,00

EU contribution € 6 759 934,00

Coordinated by

PEDRINI S.P.A
Italy

Objective

The need for an IP (I-STONE) to address the current problems and the future requirements of the European Stone Sector originates from the ever increasing need of the EU Construction industry for more and higher quality stone products and the fact that despite its economic importance, the Stone Sector has not made any significant technological progress the last decades. The primary aim of I-STONE is the re-engineering of the stone production chain, in order to considerably increase its efficiency and productivity, minimise the amount of stone wastes disposed in the environment, produce a new generation of multifunctional products based on stone wastes and safeguard the quality in stone application and use. The ultimate target of the project is to transform the rather traditional Stone Sector into a modern, competitive and knowledge-based industry and ensure a lasting technological superiority of EU over its competitors.

These objectives will be achieved with the incorporation of nanotechnology and intelligent manufacturing in stone processing and through the creation of new applicable knowledge and radical innovations in advanced materials and multifunctional products. The main radically new knowledge to be developed includes: the development of a new generation of consolidating agents with chemical characteristics similar to that of the stone, which will efficiently consolidate the stone products and prevent them from breaking during their processing; innovative extra thin cutting disks, a new generation of Ultra Fine Dispersed Diamonds and new heavy metal free metal-diamond bonds resistant to high temperatures and mechanical stresses that will lead to the development of innovative high-speed drilling and cutting tools to maximise productivity and new multifunctional products from stone wastes for construction applications with energy storage and self-cleaning properties.

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/euroscivoc.

• engineering and technology › nanotechnology
• social sciences › economics and business › economics › production economics › productivity

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Programme(s)

• FP6-NMP - Nanotechnologies and nanosciences, knowledge-based multifunctional materials and new production processes and devices: thematic priority 3 under the 'Focusing and integrating community research' of the 'Integrating and strengthening the European Research Area' specific programme 2002-2006.

Topic(s)

• NMP-2003-3.4.3.1-3 - Support to the development of new knowledge-based added-value products and services in traditional less RTD intensive industries

Call for proposal

FP6-2003-NMP-SME-3
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Funding Scheme

IP - Integrated Project

Coordinator

PEDRINI S.P.A

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: via FUSINE 1 ; CAROBBIO DEGLI ANGELI (BERGAMO) ; Italy
• Total cost: No data

Participants (41)

"PETRU PONI" INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Romania

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Aleea Grigore Ghica Voda, 41A ; IASI
• Total cost: No data

AGENCIA CORDOBA CIENCIA SE

Argentina

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Bv. Alvarez de Arenales No 230 ; CORDOBA
• Total cost: No data

ASOCIACION DE INVESTIGACION DE LAS INDUSTRIAS DE LA CONSTRUCCION

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Parque Tecnologico, c/Benjamin Franklin, 17 ; PATERNA (VALENCIA)
• Total cost: No data

ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH AND LNDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Margarita Salas 14 / Parque Leganes Tecnologico 14 ; MADRID
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ATLAS COPCO ROCK DRILLS AB

Sweden

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Klerkgatan 21 ; OREBRO
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B GRELK CONSULT

Denmark

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Borrebyvej 26 ; BRONSHOJ
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BELGIAN BUILDING RESEARCH LNSTITUTE

Belgium

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Boulevard Poincare 79 ; BRUSSELS
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BOHLER MILLER MESSER UND SAGAN GMBH

Austria

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• Address: Waidhofner Strasse 11 ; BOHLERWERK
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CEVALOR - CENTRO TECNOLOGICO PARA O APROVEITAMENTO E VALORIZAC DAS ROCHAS ORNAMENTAIS E LNDUSTRIAIS

Portugal

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• Address: Estrada Nacional n 4, Km 158 ; BORBA
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CONSORZIO CETMA - CENTRO DI PROGETTAZIONE, DESIGN E TECHNOLOGIE DEI MATERIALI

Italy

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• Address: S.S.7 Per Mesagne km 7.3, C/O Cittadella della Ricerca ; BRINDISI
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D'APPOLONIA S.P.A.

Italy

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• Address: Via San Nazaro 19 ; GENOVA
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DIAMOND LNNOVATIONS INTERNATIONAL SALES

Ireland

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• Address: Clonshaugh Business Park ; CLONSHAUGH, DUBLIN 17
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ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL AND METALLURGICAL SERVICES LTD.

Greece

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• Address: 40-42 MIKRAS ASIAS Street ; ATHENS
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EVOLUZIONE DELLA RICERCA INDUSTRIALE NEL COMPRENSORIO APUANO SCARL

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Via Dorsale 13 ; MASSA
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EXTREME MATERIALS S.R.L

Italy

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• Address: Via dei Cipressi 2 ; COSTA MASNAGA
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GEOANALYSIS S.A.

Greece

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• Address: G. GENIMATA 54 ; FINIKAS, THESSALONIKI
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GRANIET LMPORT BENELUX BV

Netherlands

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• Address: Alexander battalaan 44 6221 CE ; MAASTRICHT
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IBAG SWITZERLAND AG

Switzerland

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• Address: lndustrie Tagelswangen, Buckstrasse 2 ; LINDAU-ZURICH
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INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL EXPLORATION

Greece

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• Address: Messoghion 70 ; ATHENS
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INSTITUTE OF SURFACE CHEMISTRY OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF UKRAINE

Ukraine

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• Address: General Naumov Str. 17 ; KIEV
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IZHEVSK STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Russia

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• Address: Stydencheskaya 7 ; IZHEVSK
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IZHEVSKIY INSTRUMENTALNIY ZAVOD

Russia

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• Address: Derjabin Pr, 3 ; IZHEVSK
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LEVANTINA Y ASOCIADOS DE MINERALES, SA

Spain

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• Address: Autovia Madrid-Alicante, Km 382 ; NOVELDA, ALICANTE
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MARMOL COMPAC SA

Spain

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• Address: Carretera de Almansa Km 96.3 ; REAL DE GANDIA
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MARMOR & GRANIT I KRISTIANSTAD AB

Sweden

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• Address: lndustrigatan 6 ; KRISTIANSTAD
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NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, LABORATORY OF METALLURGY

Greece

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• Address: HEROON POLYTECHNIOU 9 ; ATHENS
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PROCEMA GEOLOGI SRL

Romania

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Calea Grivitei, 136 ; BUCHAREST
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PROCEMA SA

Romania

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• Address: 136 Calea Grivitei, S.1 ; BUCHAREST
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RIPAMONTI DR. GIANNI S.R.L.

Italy

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• Address: Via Sergio Jonghi, 21 ; ORNAVASSO (VB)
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S.C. CONEX COLOR S.R.L.

Romania

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• Address: SILVESTRU 152 ; IASI
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SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH LNSTITUTE OF SWEDEN

Sweden

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• Address: Brinellgatan 4 ; BORAAS
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SPACE RESEARCH LNSTITUTE OF BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Bulgaria

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• Address: Moskovska str., 6 ; SOFIA
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STATSOFT POLSKA SP. Z O.O.

Poland

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• Address: Kraszewskiego 36 ; KRAKOW
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SVILUPPO ITALIA TOSCANA SCPA

Italy

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• Address: VIA DORSALE 13 ; MASSA
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TRION TENSID AB

Sweden

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• Address: Svederusgatan 1-3 ; UPPSALA
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UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO

Spain

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• Address: Plaza de Riego s/n - Edificio Historico, 1a planta ; OVIEDO
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UNIVERSIDAD NATIONAL DE CORDOBA

Argentina

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• Address: Haya de la Torre s/n Ciudad Universitaria ; CORDOBA
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UNIVERSITAT HANNOVER

Germany

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• Address: Welfengarten 1 ; HANNOVER
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UNIVERSITY OF LUENEBURG

Germany

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• Address: Volgershall 1 ; LUENEBURG
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UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE

Netherlands

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• Address: Drienerlolaan 5 ; 7522 NB ENSCHEDE
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ZENON S.A. - ROBOTICS & INFORMATICS

Greece

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Kanari 5 ; GLYKA NERA - ATHENS
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