05/11/2009
Sustainability
Sustainable production is a fundamental principle underlying the approach to collaborative research in the European Union, and the Commission works to support this policy.
The industrial technologies thematic priority has a key role to play in sustainability through:
- Research into nanotechnologies and nanosciences research to control phenomena at atomic level and enable development of better materials, components and systems;
- Multifunctional materials that add value and quality with new properties and improved performance, especially at the environmental level; and
- New production processes and devices that will lead to more flexible, safe, cleaner and higher quality production systems.
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EU project SEPMAC pushes the envelope - 18/05/2009
The development of a clean and safe machining process for the production of magnesium parts in the automotive sector is important for Europeans. Rising to the challenge to meet this need was the EU-funded SEPMAC project, with an EU funding of EUR 2.3 million.
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