Headquartered in Brussels, the European Composites Industry Association (EuCIA) represents European national composites associations and industry-specific sector groups at EU level. With the support of its members, EuCIA is actively contributing to building an economically and environmentally sustainable European composites industry. EuCIA closely monitors relevant standards and legislation, actively communicates the ways in which composites contribute to a more sustainable world, and promotes educational activities. Our initiatives aim to ensure the healthy growth and continued competitiveness of more than 10,000 companies and an estimated 150,000 employees involved in composites manufacturing across Europe.

EuCIA actively supports initiatives to promote the sustainability of composite materials and improve their circularity. Its projects include the development and regular updating of the Eco Impact Calculator, a free, online tool which enables composites companies to calculate the environmental impact associated with the production of their composite products.

Role in REFRESH

EuCIA is leading Work Package 7: Dissemination, Communication and Exploitation, which will focus on making results of the project available to key stakeholders from the market, industry, science, and policy domains. Activities include:

• Planning and development of the exploitation, dissemination and communication activities;
  Engagement of key stakeholders and their involvement to steer the process of long-term project exploitation, creating real business opportunities;
• Management and distribution of the knowledge to maximise the return on research investment;
  Granting the maximum exploitation potential to partners, preventing disputes related to results ownership;
• IPR management for the innovations developed, and consequent exploitation path.

Read more in the article Meet the partners: EuCIA.