CPTM - New materials research and development

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Francesco Rossi

Organisation / Company

Consorzio Polo Tecnologico Magona

Address 1

via Magona

Postcode

57023

City

Cecina

Country

Italy

Telephone (Office)

+39 0586 632142

Fax (Office)

+39 0586 635445

E-Mail (Office)

Website

http://www.polomagona.it

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Consorzio Polo Tecnologico Magona, established in 1997 and operative since 1998, recovered the ancient industrial area, Magona di Cecina (LI), in which realized a private research centre. Local Public Authorities, Cecina and Rosignano town Councils, Livorno Provincial Administration and University of Pisa placed buildings and scientific instrumentations at CPTM disposal; all the research activity is directly carried out on commission by companies, both associated or not.

In 2002, CPTM obtained ISO-9001 quality certification and became one of the research institutes "d'excellence" according to the Ministry of Education, University and Scientific and Technology Research.

The research work concerns the development and testing of innovative chemical processes. CPTM, in fact, owns chemical and instrumental laboratories where the required analyses can be carried out in a first laboratory testing stage; afterwards, the process can be simulated in a pilot scale.

Today Polo Magona represents, in the SME's world, an important and reliable point of reference to identify the most advanced process technologies for reliability, safety and environmental defence.

CPTM recently created a network for the development of basalt fibers technologies in Tuscany and in Italy (http://www.basaltnet.it): this should create an occasion for a technical meeting involving all the people interested in production and application. As it is well known, the composite engineering trend is, nowadays, towards fiberglass substitution with basalt fibers, mainly for high technology applications. Basalt fibers present better resistance to high temperature and compatibility with the workers skin, which instead is often affected by dermatitis when glass fibers are handled.