The revolution in micro-granulation technology for eco-friendly, production efficient, superior ceramic tiles

Projektinformationen

MIGRATECH 4.0

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 882436

DOI

10.3030/882436

Projekt abgeschlossen

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 27 November 2019

Startdatum 1 Dezember 2019

Enddatum 31 März 2020

Finanziert unter

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs

Gesamtkosten

€ 71 429,00

EU-Beitrag

€ 50 000,00

Koordiniert durch

LB OFFICINE MECCANICHE SPA
Italy

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - MIGRATECH 4.0 (The revolution in micro-granulation technology for eco-friendly, production efficient, superior ceramic tiles)

Berichtszeitraum: 2019-12-01 bis 2020-03-31

Zusammenfassung vom Kontext und den Gesamtzielen des Projekts

LB is developing a new micro-granulation technology for the production of high-quality powder for ceramic tiles. Our technology can be tuned to the production requirements of our customers and is optimised to achieve high-energy savings. In this project, LB has tuned the final product development roadmap to advance to TRL9 and accelerate our market entry. Also, an analysis of target markets and main drivers that will fuel the adoption of our new technology has been performed.

Arbeit, die ab Beginn des Projekts bis zum Ende des durch den Bericht erfassten Berichtszeitraums geleistet wurde, und die wichtigsten bis dahin erzielten Ergebnisse

In the technical part, we optimised the design of our plant for maximum energy savings, established our roadmap to advance MIGRATECH 4.0 to TRL-9, analysed key technical risks and established their mitigation actions. In the commercial part, we analyzed the ceramic tile industry and the main drivers that will fuel MIGRATECH 4.0 adoption by target segments. We tuned our commercialization plan for wide market adoption, focusing on markets where the energy efficiency of manufacturing operations and high-quality tiles are sought after. Our competition analysis validated our leadership over existing commercial products. Also, we performed a Freedom to Operate analysis, which confirmed that our technology does not infringe any existing IPR. From the financial side, we adjusted our pricing strategy, we calculated the necessary investment for MIGRATECH 4.0 market entry, and we projected two revenue scenarios (high and low) for the commercialization period.

Fortschritte, die über den aktuellen Stand der Technik hinausgehen und voraussichtliche potenzielle Auswirkungen (einschließlich der bis dato erzielten sozioökonomischen Auswirkungen und weiter gefassten gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen des Projekts)

MIGRATECH 4.0 offers huge reductions with respect to energy consumption, water and chemicals use. These reductions translate to substantial cost savings for our customers, who will be able to recoup their investment in our turnkey plant in less than 3 years. Also, our breakthrough technology will accelerate the decarbonisation of the ceramic tile industry leading to reductions of 388,600 tons of CO2 emissions, and accelerate the transition to sustainable production processes enabling savings of >1.7 million tons of water and >28,500 tons of chemicals.