PROFORM
Transforming
Nanoparticles into Sustainable Consumer Products
through Advanced Product and Process Formulation
PROFORM Partners
PROFORM Project Partners
The project is characterised by a strong scientific foundation (Karlsruhe, Loughborough, Warsaw, Birmingham and Poznan Universities) which brings together know-how covering all of the aspects necessary for processing of nano-particle (including process and material characterisation, integration with process equipment through to process modelling and simulation).
Building on this foundation are the SMEs (BHR Group, C3M and Rockfield) that are well placed to exploit the scientific breakthrough through the development of appropriate process engineering tools and methods.
Finally, the project has a health and consumer care industrial involvement with Bayer Technology Services and Unilever UK Central Resources participating in the technical development and also assessing the long-term business potential of the results of the work.
Integration is crucial as all of the Work Packages require multi-partner involvement.
The partners and their team leaders are:
BHR
Group Limited, UK. Dr. Gul Ozcan Taskin.
Karlsruhe
University, Institute of Food Process Engineering, Germany. Professor
Heike P. Schuchmann.
Bayer Technology Services GmbH, Germany. Dr Helmut Brod.
Loughborough
University, Department of Chemical Engineering. Professor Chris Rielly.
Unilever
UK Central Resources Ltd, UK. Dr Gordon McLeod.
Birmingham
University School of Engineering. Dr Andrzej Pacek.
Warsaw University of Technology, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering
Division of Mechanical Engineering and Process Dynamics, Poland. Professor
Jerzy Baldyga.
Poznan University of Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Institute
of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Poland. Professor Adam Voelkel.
Rockfield Software
Ltd (UK). Dr Martin Dutko.
Centre for Computational Continuum Mechanics (C3M), d.o.o, Slovenia. Dr
Tomaz Rodic.