Objective Today, more than 90% of lubricant and coating production is based on use of raw materials and processes developed by the petro-chemical industry. The high environmental burden caused by the use of non-renewable petrochemical based feedstocks for the chemical and polymer industries, has led to the search for vegetable oil-based alternatives.Bio-lubricants and "green" solvents for coatings answer to these preoccupations and represent an emerging market in which Small and Medium Enterprises are strongly active. To develop market shares, SMEs need to enhance the performances and the properties of vegetable oil based products through selection of the best vegetable oil sources and the development of cost-effective and efficient processes to transform vegetable oils in raw materials for bio-lubricants and solvents for coatings.The objectives of the project are to develop "green" raw materials and related production processes from renewable sources: standoils from linseed oil, castor oil and tung oil for two applications which are bio-lubricants and solvent for coatings.The main interests of the project are:- The implementation of a low cost process with few reaction steps that could be used easily at SME scale (4 steps instead 6 steps for traditional processes).- To provide to SMEs cost-effective raw materials with high quality standards, good mechanical and physical properties (at least 20% cheaper than traditional raw materials).- To valorise all the standoils derivatives from linseed, castor and tung oil. The main one (dimer) will be used for bio-lubricant production and the reaction by-product (monomer) for the coating industry. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringtribologylubricationengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfossil energypetroleumengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and filmsagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticulturevegetable growingengineering and technologychemical engineeringseparation technologiesdistillation Keywords Bio-lubricants castor oil coatings linseed oil standoils trans-esterification tung oil Programme(s) FP6-INNOVATION - Research and innovation in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) 2002-2006 Topic(s) INNOVATION-5 - Stepping up economic and technological intelligence Call for proposal FP6-2003-INNOV-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme Cooperative - SMEs-Co-operative research contracts Coordinator VANDEPUTTE OLEOCHEMICALS S.A. EU contribution No data Address Boulevard Industriel 120 MOESKROEN/MOUSCRON Belgium See on map Total cost No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BARALDI LUBRIFICANTI S.R.L. Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Lombardia, 2/I - 2/L OSTERIA GRANDE / CASTEL SAN PIETRO (BO) See on map Total cost No data ZEROWASTE France EU contribution No data Address 89, rue de la Commune de Paris AUBERVILLIERS See on map Total cost No data PEWAS SRO Slovakia EU contribution No data Address Mlynske Nivy 36 BRATISLAVA See on map Total cost No data SOCIETE DES COLORANTS DU SUD OUEST France EU contribution No data Address 18, rue du Meilleur Ouvrier de France MERIGNAC See on map Total cost No data TOYAL EUROPE SA France EU contribution No data Address Route de Lescun ACCOUS See on map Total cost No data MOTUL France EU contribution No data Address 119, boulevard Felix Faure AUBERVILLIERS See on map Total cost No data INSTITUT DES CORPS GRAS France EU contribution No data Address Par Industriel -Rue Gaspard Monge PESSAC See on map Total cost No data BFB OIL RESEARCH SA Belgium EU contribution No data Address 10, rue Phocas Lejeune GEMBLOUX See on map Total cost No data