International projects
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Abstract
"INNOCAT aims to diffuse an innovation in the domain of recycling and substitution of Platinum group metals (PGMs) in automotive catalysts. The innovation was conceptualised and first developed by MONOLITHOS, a pioneer in sustainable catalytic converters, and utilises copper nanoparticles to substitute PGMs in catalysts by up to 60%. PGMs are some of the rarest & hardest to produce elements on earth with a very high supply risk. Nonetheless, they are among the most important for the EU and its automotive industry.
The 12 INNOCAT partners from 8 countries aspire to build up communities in RIS-eligible countries, namely ecosystems of innovation, to stimulate the emergence of start-ups and foster further business development, based on the commercialisation potential of this technology. The benefits of this approach will be effectively demonstrated in the 7 participating RIS countries, by retrofitting heavy duty vehicles owned or operated by territorial public authorities. Many of these vehicles are aged, with very high CO2 emissions; consequently, the project key-beneficiaries will harvest both economic and environmental benefits.
INNOCAT actively pursues the contribution of public authorities and policy-makers, businesses and business enablers (active in areas such as automotive maintenance, waste management and secondary raw resources), as well as academic, training, research, and innovation-oriented organisations, to:
-Optimise, exchange and diffuse innovation and best practices on substituting PGMs in catalytic converters, and in general on applying this technology
-Develop roadmaps to build-up CRMs communities in RIS countries, setting these regions at the forefront of technological change and providing a boost to the whole economy and labour market.
-Build the capacities and offer match-making services to key-beneficiaries in RIS countries, to develop their businesses and profit from such innovation ecosystems."
