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8 January 2024
2023 | INVENTORY OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION PROJECTS IN THE CERAMIC INDUSTRY
Publication
Please consult here the updated 2023 CU Inventory on R&I Projects in the Ceramic Industry.
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EU funding programmes
4 April 2022
2022 | INVENTORY OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION PROJECTS IN THE CERAMIC INDUSTRY
Publication
Please consult here the updated 2022 CU Inventory on R&I Projects in the Ceramic Industry.
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EU projects
20 May 2021
CU INVENTORY | PROJECTS ON BIODIVERSITY AND PROTECTION OF ECOSYSTEMS
Publication
Please consult the CU Inventory here.
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EU funding programmes
5 March 2021
2021 | INVENTORY OF R&I PROJECTS IN THE CERAMIC INDUSTRY
Publication
Please consult here the updated 2021 CU Inventory on R&I Projects in the Ceramic Industry.
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EU projects
25 November 2020
THE PROJECT LIFE SUPERHERO IS OFFICIALLY ONLINE | “VENTILATED AND PERMEABLE ROOFS FOR ENERGETIC SUSTAINABILITY AND EFFICIENCY”
Press release
Starting from today it is possible to find all the information about ongoing project updates, news, events and much more at: www.lifesuperhero.eu
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EU projects
11 February 2020
UPDATE ON THE CERAMICS BREF PROGRESS
News
The latest updates on BREF for the ceramic industry which went under revision on 5 June 2019.
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EU projects
10 December 2019
SPIRE STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP
News
On 3 December 2019, SPIRE held a Stakeholder’s event at the Blue Point Conference Centre. The main objective of the workshop was to discuss the next strategic SPIRE 2050 Roadmap.
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EU projects
25 November 2019
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION WORKSHOP DURING CERAMIC DAYS
News
On 21 November 2019, the Research and Innovation (R&I) Workshop was held at the Cerame-Unie Office during the European Ceramic Days.
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EU funding programmes
16 October 2019
ETS INNOVATION FUND MEETING WITH CERAMIC INDUSTRY
News
A workshop on the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) Innovation Fund for the Ceramic Industry with the European Commission took place in Cerame-Unie offices on 11 October 2019.
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EU funding programmes
19 September 2019
INVENTORY OF R&I PROJECTS IN THE CERAMIC INDUSTRY
Publication
The latest list of EU-financed research projects related to the ceramics industry is now available. The non-exhaustive list enumerates on-going and completed projects (updated in June 2019).
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EU funding programmes
17 September 2019
93 EUROPEAN ASSOCIATIONS CALL FOR AN AMBITIOUS HORIZON EUROPE PROGRAMME
News
EARTO, along with its research and industrial partners representing key European research & innovation stakeholders, have published a 3rd Joint Statement for an Ambitious Horizon Europe Programme.
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EU funding programmes
26 March 2019
SPIRE ROADMAP 2050
News
Off the back of the SPIRE 2050 Vision, SPIRE is developing its 2050 Roadmap to outline the concrete steps needed to facilitate the industrial transition in the European process industry.
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EU projects
25 January 2019
HARMONI SUMMIT
News
On 16-17 January, the 2019 HARMONI Summit successfully took place, and was organised by the H2020-project HARMONI, which is funded by the European Commission.
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EU projects
24 October 2018
LIFE CERSUDS: FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE WITH CERAMIC TILES
News
LIFE CERSURDS presents its new Urban Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS) project which, co-financed by the European Commission, uses ceramic tiles to mitigate flooding and reuse rainwater; reducing the impact of climate change.
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EU projects
15 October 2018
HARMONI PROJECT ON REGULATORY BOTTLENECKS
News
Harmonised assessment of regulatory bottleneck and standardisation needs for the process industry.
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EU funding programmes
10 October 2018
SPIRE VISION 2050
Publication
SPIRE together with experts in the field has developed the SPIRE 2050 Vision document, an ambitious document with the objective of driving the Process Industry forward towards a sustainable future and within the framework of Horizon Europe.
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EU funding programmes
3 May 2018
INVENTORY OF R&I PROJECTS IN THE CERAMICS INDUSTRY
Publication
The latest list of EU-financed research projects related to the ceramics industry is now available. The non-exhaustive list enumerates on-going and completed projects as of February 2018.
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EU projects
27 April 2018
HARMONI CONFERENCE
News
On 26 April, a HARMONI workshop took place. The Workshop identified common challenges and visions for those industrial sectors seeking to overcome regulatory bottlenecks and pursue breakthrough technologies.
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EU funding programmes
21 February 2018
BOOSTING EUROPE’S FUTURE COMPETITIVENESS AS KEY PRIORITY FOR FP9
News
The 25 signatories of this Joint Declaration, are ready to strengthen our cooperation with the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council of the European Union to define and implement an ambitious FP9.
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EU projects
29 January 2018
HARMONI PROJECT
News
It was in this context that the European Commission launched the HARMONI project within the framework of SPIRE in the Horizon 2020 programme.
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EU projects
11 December 2017
NEW EU PROJECT FOR THE CERAMIC’S INDUSTRY: ETEKINA
News
The objective of ETEKINA project is to improve the energy performance of industrial processes.
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EU funding programmes
28 September 2017
FIRST EU PROCESS INDUSTRY CONFERENCE
News
A.SPIRE is organized the first European Process Industry Conference that took place on 19th to 21st September 2017 in Brussels.
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EU funding programmes
19 July 2017
AN AMBITIOUS FP9 STRENGTHENING EUROPE’S INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP – JOINT DECLARATION BY INDUSTRY AND RTOS
News
Cerame-Unie, along with 24 other industry and research stakeholders, calls on the European Union to develop an ambitious successor to Horizon 2020 to support industry’s contribution to research and innovation (R&I).
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EU projects
13 July 2017
LIFEHEROTILE PROJECT
News
LifeHerotile is a European research project (Life programme) that will facilitate the development and implementation of energy savings approaches, through the development of roof tiles able to increase their underlay ventilation.
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EU funding programmes
19 June 2017
FINANCE FOR INNOVATION: FINAL EVENT
News
The EC proposal for the EU ETS Directive review, published in July 2015, includes provisions to set up an Innovation Fund.
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EU projects
24 May 2017
SHAREBOX PRESENTED AT 7TH IMPACT WORKSHOP ON CPPPS
News
The 7th Impact Workshop on the contractual PPPs, organised by the European Commission, took place on the 17 May 2017.
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EU projects
15 May 2017
DRYFICIENCY SPIRE PROJECT
News
The DryFiciency project (H2020/SPIRE) involving 3 demonstrations, including one in the bricks & roof tiles sector (Wienerberger), was presented at the DecarbHeat conference on 11/12 May.
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EU projects
1 May 2017
HARMONI
News
In April 2017, the HARMONI project was notified that it would receive funding from the European Union.
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EU projects
15 December 2016
INSYSME PROJECT - ADVANCEMENT FROM ITALY
News
The INSYSME Project will come to its end during December. The sixteen partners have developed ten innovative systems for masonry infill walls.
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EU projects
15 December 2016
LIFE HEROTILE: TWO MOCKUPS IN ITALY AND ISRAEL
News
Life HEROTILE project (LIFE14CCA/IT/000939) ongoing activities: two mockups were been installed, buildings with test roofs, to compare performances of the new Marsellaise and Portuguese tiles with the standard ones.
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EU funding programmes
6 October 2016
EC ORGANISES INFO DAYS ON PPPS
News
On 14 October, Cerame-Unie attended the EC info day on the research PPPs.
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EU funding programmes
5 October 2016
EC FUNDS DREAM PROJECT TO IMPROVE CERAMIC KILNS
News
In 2016, the European Commission has funded the DREAM project, under the SPIRE 2016 calls on the retrofitting of new and existing installations.
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EU funding programmes
1 September 2016
CERAME-UNIE PARTICIPATES TO A.SPIRE ACTIVITIES
News
The A.SPIRE General Assembly on 17 February, which CU attended, addressed developments in the SPIRE PPP and projects as well as the priorities and expectations for 2016.
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EU projects
1 September 2016
MATCH RESEARCH PROJECT
News
In January, CU was invited to provide its expertise at a workshop organised by Alliance for Materials (A4M) as part of the MATCH project.
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EU funding programmes
17 February 2016
2016 A.SPIRE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Event
The annual A.SPIRE General Assembly took place on 17 February 2016. The A.SPIRE members reviewed the management priorities of the association as well as the advancements of the PPP and recommendations/expectations for 2016.
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EU funding programmes
22 January 2016
HORIZON 2020 PROJECT MATCH ORGANISES WORKSHOP
News
CU was invited to provide its expertise at a workshop organised by Alliance for Materials (A4M) as part of the MATCH project. MATCH is a Horizon 2020 project that started in January 2015 and will continue for 30 months until June 2017.
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EU funding programmes
21 January 2016
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES UNDER H2020 CALLS FOR 2016
News
Late 2015 was a key period for research opportunities. The European Commission organised InfoDays linked to the Horizon 2020 calls, on PPPs in October and on energy efficiency in December.
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EU projects
14 January 2016 - 15 January 2016
INSYSME HOLDS TWO-DAY MEETING IN BRUSSELS
Event
On 14-15 January the INSYSME partners met in Brussels to discuss the 27-month progress of the project. The INSYSME project aims at developing innovative systems for masonry enclosures and is funded under FP7.
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EU funding programmes
8 December 2015
H2020 INFO DAY ON 2016 ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROPOSALS
Event
The European Commission organised a Horizon 2020 Info Day on the 2016 call for energy efficiency proposals under the Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy Societal Challenge.
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EU projects
4 November 2015
RESTAR PROJECT CONCLUDED AFTER TWO YEARS
News
Launched in October 2013, the ReStaR project concluded after two years. This project was funded under the EU’s 7th Research Framework Programmeand involved 13 partners (RTDs and SMEs) in 7 countries.
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EU funding programmes
16 October 2015
2015 HORIZON 2020 PPPS INFO DAY
Event
This year's Information Day on contractual PPPs - Sustainable Process Industry, Factories of the Future, Energy-efficient Buildings, Green Vehicles - took place on 16 October 2015 in Brussels.
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EU projects
2 July 2015
RESTAR - IMPROVING EUROPEAN REFRACTORY TESTING STANDARDS
News
Cerame-Unie is a dissemination partner for ReStaR, a Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) project which aims to improve, promote and ensure the reliability, precision and efficiency of the current European refractory testing standards.
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EU funding programmes
30 June 2015
SPIRE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP UNDER HORIZON 2020
News
Cerame-Unie is a founding member of A.SPIRE aisbl, an association governing a private part of a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) funded under the Horizon 2020 framework programme. Since its launch in July 2012, many activities have taken place.
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EU funding programmes
10 June 2015
EEB PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP UNDER HORIZON 2020
News
EeB is a public private partnership (PPP) funded under Horizon 2020 which aims to improve the energy efficiency of buildings. Cerame-Unie is a proud member of the Energy Efficient Buildings Association (E2BA) governing the private part of the PPP.
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EU projects
24 March 2015
INSYSME - INNOVATIVE SYSTEMS FOR MASONRY ENCLOSURES
News
Cerame-Unie is a dissemination partner for INSYSME, a Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) project. The INSYSME project aims at developing innovative systems for masonry enclosures.
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EU funding programmes
4 December 2014
RESEARCH & INNOVATION IN CERAMICS: HOW INDUSTRY BENEFITS FROM EU FUNDING
Event
Cerame-Unie organised a conference on research and innovation on 4 December. Around 90 participants attended to discover which EU funding schemes are available to the ceramic industry and receive first-hand experience on EU-funded research projects.
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EU funding programmes
17 December 2013
CERAMIC COMPANIES AND RTOS PRESENT RESEARCH IDEAS AT PPP INFODAYS
News
The long awaited Horizon 2020 legislation and its work programmes for 2014 and 2015 were published in December 2013. Ceramic companies and RTOs presented their initial ideas at a SPIRE brokerage event in October and during the PPP Infodays.
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EU funding programmes
18 July 2012
CERAME-UNIE IS FOUNDING MEMBER OF A.SPIRE
Press release
A.SPIRE aisbl, which will manage and implement the proposed SPIRE Public-Private Partnership (PPP), was established as at a signing ceremony in Brussels. Cerame-Unie is proud to be a founding member of this industry association.
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