MATERIALS

• National market survey of a new refractory coating for specialist cooking ovens. • National and international market survey of a new material using organic mineral-filled beads. • Market survey of applications, finding partners, help with technology transfers, negotiations for a new natural-product-based material to replace thermoplastics. Project and market research coordination at European level. • Organisation of a Europe-United States study of competitors, for structural and semi-structural adhesives for new materials. • International study of applications for a new ceramic coating, especially in medical fields. Help with technology transfer, organisation of a technical operating base, partnership negotiations. • Study of international market trends prior to manufacture of flat liquid crystal screens using French technology. • Various studies in France, Europe, the United States and the Mediterranean basin for : Cutting, cropping and machining systems for delicate materials, using laser, water-jet, air and other technologies, the use of specific materials (plastic conductors, charged composites, laser rods) in various sectors. • Market surveys for light aircraft propellers and the introduction of new materials into this sector. • Finding licence-holders (in Europe), to develop a shock-absorbing material, especially for use in the medical equipment sector. • Studies of applications for a supple material, with a conductor built into technically-developed cloth; for the safety and protection requirements of specialised garments.