Objective Among the various industrial minerals needed by the EU industry, perlite is highly important both from technological and economic point of view with many applications in Construction (ceiling tiles; mortars, as loose-fill insulation), Chemical industry (cryogenics, filter media for chemicals, food products, water purification) and in horticultural applications. Conventionally expanded perlite has a number of favourable properties (inert, fire resistant and incombustible, good sound and thermal insulation) but is also characterised by low strength, lack of durability, high porosity and easy deterioration that limit the range of its applications and affect the quality of conventional perlite based products. These unfavourable properties originate from the sponge-like open structure of expanded perlite granules, which results from the technology of the expansion process. However, with the application of innovative expansion techniques (indirect heating, microwave) it is possible to produce micro-sized perlite particles with spherical shape and closed structure (CSP), which have all the favourable properties of the conventionally expanded ones and also enhanced mechanical (strength, durability) and physical properties ( porosity, thermal conductivity). The objective of this proposal is the production of micro-sized closed structure perlite with the application of breakthrough perlite expansion technologies and the development of a new generation high added value end- products based on CSP, including preformed insulating products (panels, boards and bricks), mortars and functional fillers tailored for the Construction, Manufacturing and Chemical industry The new CSP-based end-products will present a good number of favourable properties as they will be lightweight, inert, non toxic, recyclable, of high strength, with improved insulating properties, incombustible, unchangeable over time under and of low cost highly attractive for the European consumer. Fields of science engineering and technologychemical engineeringseparation technologiesdesalinationreverse osmosis Keywords Industrials minerals brick lightweight insulation panels microwaves mineral fillers mortars perlite perlite expansion vacuum panels Programme(s) FP7-NMP - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies Topic(s) NMP-2008-4.0-5 - Innovative concepts and processes for strategic mineral supply and for new high added value mineral-based products Call for proposal FP7-NMP-2008-LARGE-2 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-IP - Large-scale integrating project Coordinator IMERYS VIOMICHANIKA ORYKTA ELLAS MONOPROSOPI ANONYMI ETAIREIA EU contribution € 947 000,26 Address ANDREA METAXA STREET 15 14564 ATHENS Greece See on map Region Αττική Aττική Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Athanassios Karalis (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (12) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION Greece EU contribution € 617 000,00 Address HEROON POLYTECHNIOU 9 ZOGRAPHOU CAMPUS 157 80 ATHINA See on map Region Αττική Aττική Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Ioannis Paspaliaris (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ACCIONA CONSTRUCCION SA Spain EU contribution € 310 999,99 Address CALLE MESENA 80 28033 MADRID See on map Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Miguel ángel París Torres (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data STOROPACK DEUTSCHLAND GMBH + CO KG Germany EU contribution € 191 000,00 Address UNTERE RIETSTRASSE 30 72555 METZINGEN See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Oliver Donth (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data STIFTELSEN SINTEF Norway EU contribution € 383 500,00 Address STRINDVEIEN 4 7034 Trondheim See on map Region Norge Trøndelag Trøndelag Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Spyridon Diplas (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data RINA CONSULTING SPA Italy EU contribution € 233 000,00 Address VIA CECCHI 6 16129 Genova See on map Region Nord-Ovest Liguria Genova Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Laura Giovanelli (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA Spain EU contribution € 434 999,75 Address CAMINO DE VERA SN EDIFICIO 3A 46022 Valencia See on map Region Este Comunitat Valenciana Valencia/València Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Jose Antonio Perez Garcia (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HANITA COATINGS RCA LTD Israel EU contribution € 375 584,00 Address MAIN ROAD 1 22885 Hanita See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Ilan Lewin (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data VA-Q-TEC AG Germany EU contribution € 355 000,00 Address ALFRED NOBEL STRASSE 33 97080 Wurzburg See on map Region Bayern Unterfranken Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Roland Caps (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Schwenk Putztechnik GmbH & Co. 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