Development of an automated process to extract fibres from the waste of banana food production for exploitation as a sustainable reinforcement in injection - and rotomoulded products
Badana's Partners

 

     Smithers Rapra

     www.rapra.net | info@rapra.net

 

As part of the Smithers Group, Smithers Rapra is considered to be Europe's leading independent plastics and rubber consultancy. It has extensive experience in product design, materials performance, and processing-structure-property relationships.

 

     Queens University Belfast - PPRC

     www.qub.ac.uk/pprc |

 

The Rotational Moulding Research Centre at QUB was formed in 1994 and has now been integrated within the Polymer Processing Research Centre, which is regarded as the world's leading research facility in rotational moulding and has an international reputation for high-quality research.

 

     BSH Electrodomesticos Espana SA

     www.bsh-group.es| comunicacion.corporativa@bshg.com

 

Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH is a corporate group  
operating worldwide.  It stemmed from a joint venture set up in 
1967 between Robert Bosch GmbH of Stuttgart and    
Siemens AG of Munchen. BSH operates forty-five factories in   
fifteen countries in Europe, USA, Latin America and Asia.

 

     CMB Colorex Master Batches BV (Colorex)

     www.colorex.nl| henry@colorex.nl

 

Colorex was formed in 1988 combining injection moulding and extrusion. In 2003 it broadened its activities to colouring of powders and production of materbatches and compounds. Colorex has a worldwide customer base in a wide variety of markets as well as a range of twin screw extruders for compounding the banana fibres with resins to make sustainable compounds.

 

     Grupo Regional de Cooperativas Plataneras del 
     Archipielago Canario (Colplaca)

     www.coplaca.org| info@coplaca.org

 

Coplaca is a second degree co-operative formed in 1972 and is regarded as the most important banana producers' organisation in the European Union, producing over 130 million kilograms per annum with a membership in excess of 4,620 co-operatives.

 

 

  PEVA Ipari, Kereskedelmi es Szolgaltato Kft (PEVA)

  www.peva.hu| op@huplast.hu & pevaplast@monornet.hu

 

Peva are involved with moulding of plastics products for consumer applications and supply mouldings to Electrolux.

 

 

     Rototek Ltd (ROTOTEK)

     www.rototek.com| enquiries@rototek.com

     

Rototek was formed in 1993 and has established itself as a high quality trade rotational moulder. The company employs over 30 people and operates four machiens, 24 hours per day, 6 days a week; the largest of which is capable of moulding products up to 5m in length.

 

 

 

     Sivel Ltd (SIVEL)

     sivelltd@abv.bg

           

          Sivel is a private plastic manufacturing company, established in 
          1998.  The company has experience of injection moulding 
          processing and manufactures plastic and rubber details for 
          automotive products, the electrical engineering sector, the food 
          industry, the tourism sector and the advertising industry.  Its 
          client base includes companies from Bulgaria, the Balkans and 
          the Ukraine.

 

      

      Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC)    

      www.cfi.ulpgc.es    lfi@ulpgc.es    mmonzon@dim.ulpgc.es 

      

Laboratorio de Fabricacion Integrada (LFI) is a group comprising researchers from the mechanical engineering and chemical-process engineering departments within ULPGC. Over the past five years, the group has undertaken a considerable amount of research into rapid-tooling techniques, mainly involving rapid prototyping and electroforming. It has a vast amount of experience of machine design and manufacturing.

 

 

      TIIP, Universidad de Zaragoza (TIIP)

      www.tiip.unizar.es| tiip@unizar.es

      

Taller (Taller de Inyeccion para la Industria de los Plasticos) is a research group fro the mechanical engineering department wtihin Universidad de Zaragoza. The group was formed in 1990 in order to improve the investigation and development of injected plastics transformation. As a result of the excellent research carried out, in 1996 the group was invited to become a partner of CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas).

 

 

     Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC)

     www.csic.es |webmaster@csic.es

 

ICTP is one of the more than one hundred Research Centres and Institutes belonging to the CSIC, the biggest Spanish public research organisation, covering almost all research areas. The main objective of the ICTP is to carry out research on polymers for scientific and technological advancement to benefit Spanish society. CSIC carries out projects and investigation contracts, staff education and training, and provision of scientific and technical assistance to clients.

 

     Grupo Antolin Ingenieria S.A.

     www.grupoantolin.com| webmaster.ga@grupoantolin.com

 

Grupo Antolin was formed during the 1950s and now is a leading global supplier of components for vehicle interiors, offering its clients an Integral Service embracing the conception, design, development, manufacture and distribution of overhead systems, doors and seats. Grupo Antolin, with more than 10,000 employees operates in 22 countries with 84 plants and 21 techincal-commercial offices. Grupo Antolin Ingenieria S.A., with more than 300 employees, is the company responsible for the R&D activities of Grupo Antolin, with the following activity areas: central research, materials, simulation, acoustic and vibrations, lighting, electronics, technical drawing, engineering and projects.

 

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