Granta Materials Expert Partners
Granta Materials Expert Partners are organizations that offer expertise and services in materials information, materials analysis, or eco design, supported by Granta technology.
CERAM
Focus of partnership: Materials testing, consultancy, and analysis
Website: www.ceram.com
CERAM applies its materials expertise to help clients improve performance and profitability throughout all stages of the product and systems lifestyle: from material selection and concept design to pre-evaluation, process optimisation and failure analysis. Granta's CES Selector software assists with projects that involve analysis of materials choices or manufacturing routes. Granta's GRANTA MI materials information system is also available to CERAM, offering support for projects that require materials test data to be captured, stored, and shared in an easily-accessible but secure format.
D'Appolonia
Focus of partnership: Materials selection and product design
Website: www.dappolonia.it
D’Appolonia is an Italian engineering consulting company. Its multidisciplinary staff includes experts in earth sciences, civil, environmental and structural engineering, risk assessment, health and safety, chemical and process engineering. D'Appolonia are able to use Granta's CES Selector for projects involving materials selection and product design.
Life Cycle Engineering
Focus of partnership: Eco design
Website: www.studiolce.it
Located in Torino, Italy, LCE works in areas including Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), environmental engineering and management, environmental communication and reporting, environmental sustainability, green procurement (GPP) and carbon management/emission trading. Granta is working with LCE to advance the use of materials information in these areas.
Metatech GmBH
Focus of partnership: Materials, manufacturing, eco design
Website: www.meta-tech.de
Metatech GmbH is an expert materials consultancy providing consultancy, engineering, and implementation services in areas including product development (selection of materials, processes, and coatings), manufacturing (improvement of materials and energy efficiency), and eco design. The full range of Granta software is available to support this work. Metatech also acts as a Granta representative and provides services relating to Granta products to customers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
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NIMS
Focus of partnership: Materials, manufacturing, eco design
Website: www.nims.go.jp/eng/
Granta has a memorandum of understanding with Japan's National Institute of Materials Science and collaborates to further the usefulness of materials information in electronic format.
Start Innovation srl
Focus of partnership: Product design & engineering, materials selection,
Website: www.startinnovation.it
START Innovation is a consulting company based in Venice – Italy, with long term experience in advanced engineering and materials selection to speed up product innovation. START Innovation coordinates projects all along the innovation cycle, in particular focusing on new materials research and technology transfer. Granta's CES Selector and CES Eco Selector are key tools, enabling START Innovation to support companies in different industry sectors to design and develop innovative breakthrough products.
Information for current or prospective partners
Do you offer services relating to materials, materials information, or eco design? You and your customers could benefit from you joining our Materials Expert Partner program.
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