With Instituto Superior Técnico
Cimpor launches research and development project Lisbon, 4th January - Cimpor signed yesterday a contract with Instituto Superior Técnico, the largest and most reputed school of Engineering, Science and Technology in Portugal, to carry out a research and development project to explore the possibility of manufacturing new materials as alternatives to cement.
Research & Development is of strategic importance to Cimpor,
which positions itself on the frontline of the future
challenges of the industry. In the long term, the company
aspires to find new technology that will make it possible to
produce a material with the same properties as cement on an
industrial scale, using fewer natural resources and emitting
less CO2.
The contract now signed with Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)
will be executed in parallel and complementary to the
research project that Cimpor has been undertaking since 2008
with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),
relating to nano-engineering of calcium silicate hydrate
(C-S-H) using computer simulation techniques.
Over the next three years, the research will focus on the
experimental manufacture of materials that have already been
simulated and through experimental and computer-based
techniques on deepening the hydration mechanism of clinker,
with a constant focus on identifying gains in efficiency
without losing quality.
The team involved in the project that is now beginning is
made up of staff members of Cimpor Tec, the Cimpor Competence
Centre for Cement, and has the scientific coordination and
laboratorial support of IST, which is also supervising the
doctorate theses of Cimpor staff involved in the scientific
research.
Cimpor Tec, which has its headquarters in Lisbon, is
responsible for the group's innovation and technical
development across the world and for supporting business
units in areas as diverse as geology and raw materials,
process engineering, products and quality, innovation and
development of new products, laboratory testing, technical
training and sustainable development, amongst others.
The quality, safety, durability and low cost of construction
using cement make it an indispensable part of modern life as
well as the second most consumed material in the world after
water. For that reason the cement industry continues to face
an important challenge in reducing global greenhouse gases,
despite the significant progress that investment in R&D
and application of new technologies have provided in reducing
unit emissions.
With a relevant presence in the world market, CIMPOR is a cement manufacturing group with its headquarters in Portugal. Having now industrial activities in 12 countries - Portugal, Spain, Cape Verde, Brazil, Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey, South Africa, Mozambique, India and China - where it operates 26 cement plants with a total production capacity of 36 million tons of cement per year, it employs 8,500 persons of 33 different nationalities. In
2010, CIMPOR generated a turnover of 2.240 billion euros, an operating cash flow of 630 million euros and a net profit of 242 million euros.
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