ENVIRONNEMENT

• Search for applications for a new supple material designed for filtration of effluents and mud in water purifying systems (by ion fixation). • Setting up of technological partnerships, setting up of a related R&D programme, negotiation of contracts, market survey of finished products for a new concept in building products made up of a variety of salvaged products. • Finding a European partner to exploit a carbon dioxide detection technology. • Setting up technological partnerships (France and USA) for an Italian oil-filled-smoke filtration technology for the textile industry. Negotiation help with trials, tests, validation, official approval and technological partnership. • Analysis of the issues related to the development of sampling techniques in environment problems. (This was part of a general study aimed at creating a sampling-related centre in an industrial context). • Market research for a heavy metal salvage concept (Swiss client). Finding partners in Europe. • Participation and organisation with three European partners (Denmark, Scotland, Belgium) of conferences and special days, covering environment-related technology transfers. • Helping a Belgian company specialised in soil cleanup and the cartography of polluted sites to implement a development strategy in France. Finding alliances and setting up partnership contracts. • Market research, finding developers, negotiation of licences for the incineration of light industrial technology waste products and medical waste products. • Market research, project and preliminary test coordination, finding active partners, help with technology transfer to implement a farm mud-and its contents-reclamation system. • Various studies of composting systems.