Objective NEOBALLAST is an innovative high-performance, long-lasting and eco-friendly ballast aggregate solution designed toovercome the two most important shortcomings of railway tracks: track degradation and noise and vibration emissions, whilstimproving safety and customer service. The implementation of NEOBALLAST will improve the economic and environmentalperformance of European railway tracks, bringing important socio-economic benefits to the whole European society. As asuitable solution for both, new and existing railway lines, NEOBALLAST potential market extends to the whole European railnetwork (i.e. beyond 200,000km of lines), accounting for almost 20 million tonnes of new ballast every year, and a relatedturnover about 350M€.In order to take this mature and proven technology, NEOBALLAST project joins industry partners from different sectors,covering the whole value-chain of NEOBALLAST, into a well-balanced and multidisciplinary team. The project has abusiness-driven approach, where actions are devised to solve those barriers that may difficult NEOBALLAST quick andextensive market up-take. In this sense, the main steps to attain a successful and effective market uptake are thedevelopment of a large-scale production technology to meet expected market demands, the demonstration and validation ofNEOBALLAST in real working environment, an effective dissemination across Expert Panel groups to achieve a widedeployment and finally the IPR management, exploitation and commercialization of NEOBALLAST through the creation of aNEWCO constituted by all the project parents.The management structure joins forces with an Advisory Committee that will provide the Consortium with an independent,end-user centric viewpoint to the direction and relevance of the work as the project. The Advisory Committee will be drawnfrom three Infrastructure Managers, track contractor organisations, technological platforms and three track expert membersof the Academia. Fields of science social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness modelsengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and filmsnatural sciencesmathematicspure mathematicsgeometrysocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy Programme(s) H2020-EC - Horizon 2020 Framework Programme Main Programme H2020-EU.3. - PRIORITY 'Societal challenges H2020-EU.2. - PRIORITY 'Industrial leadership' Topic(s) FTIPilot-1-2015 - Fast Track to Innovation Pilot Call for proposal H2020-FTIPilot-2015-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme IA - Innovation action Coordinator COMSA SAU Net EU contribution € 542 675,00 Address Calle viriato 47 08014 Barcelona Spain See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 232 575,00 Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all DYNAMICS,STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL NV Belgium Net EU contribution € 405 125,00 Address Jules vandenbemptlaan 71 3001 Heverlee See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. Vlaams-Brabant Arr. Leuven Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 173 625,00 TALLERES FELIPE VERDES SA Spain Net EU contribution € 356 387,50 Address Carretera igualada a sitges km 2 08788 Vilanova del cami See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 152 737,50 MAPEI SPA Italy Net EU contribution € 197 925,00 Address Via cafiero carlo 22 20158 Milano See on map Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Milano Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 84 825,00 SORIGUE S.A. Spain Net EU contribution € 90 125,00 Address C/ alcade pujol 4 25006 Lleida See on map Region Este Cataluña Lleida Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 38 625,00
