TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH

TÜV SÜD Industrie Service provides engineering and inspection services for manufacturers and operators of plants and installations, buildings and infrastructural facilities – worldwide. As one of the largest companies in TÜV SÜD Group, TÜV SÜD Industrie Service has been pooling know-how and experience across all technical disciplines for 140 years. We offer customized, cost-effective solutions to increase the success of our customers. Chemical industry, manufacturing industry, energy and gas suppliers, plant or apparatus engineering, airports, hospitals, alternative energies, refueling stations, power stations, department stores or paper industry ... whatever sector our clients operate in, we provide comprehensive and qualified support in the form of innovative knowhow. We see to it that risks are identified and controlled. We increase the availability of plants and installations, and mobilize safety and performance reserves.

Steinbeis Advanced Risk Technologies GmbH                                                  

Steinbeis Advanced Risk Technologies GmbH (R-Tech) is the member of the Steinbeis Group (http://www.steinbeis.de/), established in 1971. The Steinbeis Group with its 700+ Transfer Centers in 50+ countries offer global services in technology and knowledge transfer. The main competence of the R-Tech is in the area of assessment, analysis and management of business and technical risks. R-Tech is currently active in the area risks related to industrial safety and technology related risks. Organizing European and national stakeholders, promoting and supporting technology transfer, introducing new approaches to the risks and their management, development of specific methods and tools are examples of these activities.

Iberdrola S.A.

Iberdrola, a hundred-year-old Spanish-based company, is a global utility with activities in the fullbvalue chain of the electricity business from generatiob to distribution. The main markets where the company operates are Spain, the UK, the US, Mexico and Brazil. Globally the company has approximately 2  million electricity points of supply and almost 40,000 MW of generation capacity of which over 6,500 MW are from renewable energies, showing the strong commitment of the company to the environment.

Atos Origin Sociedad Anónima Española

Atos Origin is an international information technology services company. Its business is turning client vision into results through the application of consulting, systems integration and managed operations. The company’s annual revenues are more than EUR 5 billion and it employs over 46,000 people in 40 countries. Atos Origin is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic Games and has a client base of international blue-chip companies across all sectors. Atos Origin add value across many industry sectors including CPG/Retail, Discrete Manufacturing, Financial Services, Process Industries, the Public Sector, Telecom, Utilities and Media. Atos Origin sae is the Spanish branch of this leader European IT service  Company. Atos Origin is a founding member of the European Technology Platform NESSI (Networked European Software and Services Initiative) officially launched in September 2005 as industry’s commitment to cooperate on research and innovation in the strategic software, Grids, eServices an  security sector for Europe.

Eni Group

ENI Norge's main office is in Stavanger, Norway. At present petroleum R&D has become more operationally focused on field development concepts, practical problems, equipment solutions, and health, safety, and environment (HSE) issues. Company R&D activities are intended to support the short, medium and long-term technology challenges and needs in relation to the Company activities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Environment and related health and safety matters is one of four core areas for the Company's R&D activities. Due to Eni Norge operated and non operated activities in the Barents Sea and in the northern part of the Norwegian Sea a high level of R&D initiatives in the HSE area will be maintained mainly with the intention to implement a zero harmful discharge policy for field development in the Norwegian Arctic areas and in the northern Norwegian Sea.

D'Appolonia S.p.A.

D’Appolonia S.p.A. is a major Italian consulting engineering firm which provides multi-disciplinary services to clients, belonging both to the public and the private sectors, in the following domains: a) Environment and Infrastructures; b) Transportation; c) Industry. To offer high level services worldwide, D’Appolonia relies on a permanent staff of approximately 200 engineers and scientists, mainly based in the headquarter in Genoa, Italy, but also worldwide (USA, China). Staff skills are related to electronic, civil, structural and chemical engineering, earth sciences and geotechnical engineering, hydrology and hydraulic engineering, risk, reliability and safety, chemical and process engineering, transportation systems, mechanical engineering and environmental engineering and science.

Management Intelligenter Technologien GmbH

MIT - Management Intelligenter Technologien GmbH has been working in the area of intelligent technologies since its foundation in 1991. With 35 employees we focus on the application of fuzzy technologies, neural networks and decision trees. Intelligent technologies are applied in many diverse areas, for instance: optimizing manufacturing processes, data analysis and data mining. They foster the extraction of information from data and therefor  lead to better informed decision making and analysis.

COWI A/S

COWI is a leading international consulting group. We work worldwide within engineering, environmental science and economics. Since COWI was founded in 1930, we have been involved in more than 50,000 projects in 175 countries. We have 3,500 employees, including engineers, biologists, geologists, economists, surveyors, anthropologists, sociologists and architects. COWI has worked with risk analysis and risk evaluation since the beginning of the 1980's in a very wide variety of industries and fields, for example: Installations with hazardous substances; Transport and transport systems of all types; Soil and ground water pollution; Power generation; Reliability and maintenance; Microbiological systems; Major construction projects, building and demolition.

Pöyry Forest Industry Oy

Poyry is a global consulting and engineering firm focusing on the energy, forest industry and infrastructure & environment sectors. Pöyry employs 6400 experts in 45 countries and all continents. The business concept is based on early involvement in the clients' business development. Pöyry offers services related to consulting, project development and implementation, and operations management and maintenance planning in all of its business sectors. The company's competitive strengths include the independence from machine suppliers and contractors. In addition to an efficient network of equipment suppliers worldwide, Poyry has strong technology and industry know-how, proven methods and tools, and unique information management concepts.

MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Public Limited Company

The Hungarian Oil & Gas Company Plc (MOL Rt.) was founded in 1991, and that alone represents a milestone in the history of the Hungarian petroleum industry. It is not only a company that embraces the entire Hungarian petroleum industry, but one that has grown into one of the largest multinational corporations in Central Europe. The corporation consists of several divisions in which MOL Refining and Marketing division, which will take part in the project, is responsible for the supply, refining, logistics and commercial sales of crude oil, other feedstock and oil products. A key aim for this segment is to increase efficiency through the use of an integrated supply chain management system.

VSH Hagerbach Test Gallery Ltd

Over the last 30 years, the Hagerbach Test Gallery Ltd. (Switzerland) has developed an underground infrastructure of tunnels totaling approximately 5.0 km in length, together with gallery cross-sections ranging up to the size of a two-lane motorway tunnel. From the very outset, the tunnel structures have been used for research and development work on materials, equipment and processes, primarily for the underground construction sector. While interest was initially focused on drilling and blasting processes, nowadays our investigations and our research and development work encompass virtually all aspects of underground construction. All the infrastructures required for these purposes are in place, including several fire tunnels, a blasting chamber, experimental areas for tests on concrete, injection and sealing, our own concrete plant, drilling equipment, pumps for injection and sprayed concrete, rock and concrete laboratory and so on. The overall aim is to offer test facilities which reproduce practical conditions as closely as possible.

Swiss Reinsurance Company

Swiss Re is one of the leading global reinsurers. We offer a wide range of traditional reinsurance products and related services, which are complemente  by insurance-based corporate finance solutions and supplementary services.

NIS GaspromNeft Petroleum Industry of Serbia

NIS a.d. was incorporated on 1st October, 2005 as Company for exploration, production, processing, distribution and trade of oil and oil products and exploration and production of natural gas “Petroleum Industry of Serbia“ a.d. Novi Sad, a closed Shareholding Company whose sole owner is the Republic of Serbia. The predecessors of the existing NIS were: company for the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas “Naftagas” established in 1949, trading company “Jugopetrol” founded in 1953. oil refineries in Pančevo and Novi Sad started up in 1968 and few other companies dealing with petrochemicals and fertilizers. In 1991. the Republic of Serbia has unified oil economy into Petroleum Industry of Serbia. NIS a.d. is a leading company in Serbia and one of the largest petroleum companies in the countries of the Southeast Europe. In the regional framework NIS filling stations and storages make the backbone of the oil product supply network to the traffic routes in the country.

Saipem Energy Services S.p.A.

 Saipem is now the largest, most powerful, most international and best balanced turnkey contractor in the oil and gas industry. The organization, while providing many different kinds of services including specialized services and maintenance, modification and operations - has been rationalized into three global business units: Onshore, Offshore, Drilling. It enjoys a superior competitive position for the provision of EPIC/EPC services to the oil industry both onshore and offshore; with a particular focus on the toughest and most technologically challenging projects - activities in remote areas, deepwater, gas, difficult oil. Its drilling services continue to be distinctive, operating in many of the oil & gas industry’s ‘hotspots’, frequently in synergy with the Group’s onshore and offshore activities.

Technologica Group - European Technical Joint Venture c.v.   

  "TECHNOLOGICA Group", a European Technical Joint Venture (http://technologica.org) based in Belgium, but with representations in various European countries an  abroad, is a joint initiative from a number of high-tech corporate partners and individual -internationally renowned- scientists and engineers, both from academia and industry. Amongst its main goals is the improved exploitation of results and know-how from R&D projects previously sponsored by the European Commission or by various UN agencies or USA-based organizations. Partners and co-workers include former scientists or staff members from e.g. Cambridge Univ. (UK), SRI International (CA, USA), MPA Stuttgart (D), KULeuven (B), RPI (NY, USA).

EuRogas – The European Association of the Natural gas Industry (GERG)

Eurogas-GERG, the European Gas Research Group, was founded in 1961 to strengthen the gas industry within the European Community and it achieves this by promoting research and technological innovation in all aspects of the gas chain. Established initially as a network to enable exchange of information between a select group of specialist R&D centres to avoid duplication of effort, it has grown steadily to its current size whilst retaining and expanding its original aims. Eurogas-GERG members have developed a large European reservoir of specialist knowl-edge, which currently represents a high qual-ity research resource numbering in excess of 2000, many of whom are international leaders in their field. Its priorities are: networking; technical information exchange; and the promotion of collaborative R&D, as evidenced by its wide portfolio of projects, many with European Union funding, carried out by dedicated, multi-disciplinary Project Teams.

Enagás S.A.

Enagas is Spain’s top natural gas transportation, regasification and storage company, and also is the Technical Manager of the Gas System. Its facilities include over 7,600 km. of high-pressure gas pipeline and three regasification plants: Barcelona, Cartagena and Huelva. These plants have a total emission capacity of 4,050,000 m³/hr, and a total storage capacity of 1,287,000 m³ of LNG.

INCDPM Alexandru Darabont, National Research and Development Institute on Occupational Safety

INCDPM is the Romanian National Research Institute for Occupational Safety. Practically, all the research in the domain of safety in Romania is performed (or validated) by INCDPM, health problems bein  the domain of other institute. INCDPM is performing research regarding various subjects like:

Swiss Institute for the Promotion of Safety and Security 

The Swiss Institute of Safety and Security, a service organization for risk management and corporate safety and security, works hand in hand with the business world, insurance companies and the authorities for the purpose of loss prevention. Our objective is to promote safety and security (integrated safety and security, fire and explosion protection, process safety, occupational safety, environmental protection, security) in industrial, commercial and service sector operations in all fields of business.

European Virtual Institute on Knowledge-based Multifunctional Materials AISBL

  European Virtual Institute on Knowledge-based Multifunctional Materials (KMM-VIN AISBL) is an international non-profit research organization (association internationale sans but lucratif, no. d'entreprise 0889.462.185; www.kmm-vin.eu) founded in Belgium in March 2007 by 25 institutions from 10 European countries (universities, research institutes, national research organizations: e.g. Fraunhofer Gesellschaft from Germany and ONERA from France, SMEs, …) - members of the FP6 Network of Excellence on "Knowledge-based Multicomponent Materials for Durable and Safe Performance (KMM-NoE).

Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques

INERIS is a public research body of an industrial and commercial character, under the supervision of the French Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development. INERIS’s mission is to assess and prevent accidental and chronic risks to people and the environment originating from industrial activities, chemical substances and underground works. INERIS engages in two main sorts of research and studies: a) Characterization and understanding of the phenomena that underline the risks affecting the safety or property, people, health and the environment as a result of economic activities; b) Improvement of the identification and evaluation of such risks in order to enable decision-makers in the public and private sectors to adopt the most appropriate measures to improve environmental safety.

Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique

The CEA (Atomic Energy Commission) is a French Governmental Research Organization (15000 employees) devoted to both fundamental and industrial R&D. For the needs of its programs, CEA develops a strong activity in the field of nanomaterials (new generation of composites for nuclear field as well as for industrial advanced materials). In particular, CEA develops at pilot scale innovative technologies for the mass production of nanoparticles. From the point of view of safety, these new systems are fully enclosed, preventing the release of nanoparticle to the atmosphere.

Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung

BAM is a governmental institute associated to the German Ministry of Economy and Technology. Its main focus lies on "Safety in Chemistry and technology". 1600 employees, among them about 400 academic staff in eight scientific departments cover a wide range of safety related topics from chemical analytics, chemical safety, transport of dangerous goods, non-destructive testing to safety and reliability of construction materials and fire engineering. Besides manifold laboratory facilities and vast experience in advanced theoretical methods BAM runs one of Europe's largest test fields for fire and explosion testing.

Universität Stuttgart (ZIRN)

The ZIRN - Interdisciplinary Research Unit for Risk, Governance and Sustainable Technology Development represents a cross-disciplinary, horizontal organization serving several departments of the University of Stuttgart. Its main goal is to generate, collect and promote better knowledge on how different actors in economics, politics and society cope with the opportunities and risks of new technological advances. In addition, the Institute deals with novel approaches to assess, evaluate and manage systemic risks that are typical for today’s global economy. A team of investigators primarily from the social sciences pursues research projects aimed at assessing and evaluating the opportunities and risks of specific technologies within a broader subject area such as energy, food, chemicals or sustainable development.

Technical University of Crete

The Technical University of Crete (TU Crete) was established in 1977 and today it houses about 3000 students both graduate and undergraduate at the city of Chania, in the Island of Crete, Greece. The TU Crete has a staff of more than 400 permanent professors and researchers. TU Crete joins the iNTeg-Risk project via its research activities on Industrial Risk Management in the Ergonomics Lab of the Department of Production Engineering & Management. The research activities of the laboratory are devoted to the study of hazard analysis and assessment in complex industrial systems where hazards of major accidents are present involving dangerous substances.

Stiftelsen SINTEF

The SINTEF Group is the largest independent research organization in Scandinavia. The abbreviation SINTEF means The Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research at the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH). We solve our customers’ problems through research contracts in petroleum and energy, health, information and communications technology, marine activities, materials science and applied chemistry, technology management and building/construction. SINTEF has approximately 1900 employees, 1300 of which are located in SINTEF's head office in Trondheim, Norway. We have foreign offices in Houston (USA), Skopje (Republic of Macedonia), and a laboratory in Hirtshals (Denmark).

Technical Research Centre of Finland

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is an impartial multidisciplinary expert organization. VTT’s special strength is its ability to create new, globally competitive technologies and innovations by combining knowledge and expertise in different fields. With its know how VTT produces research  development, testing and information services to the public sector and to companies as well as to international organizations. With its staff of 2780, VTT provides high-end technology solutions and innovation services. From its wide knowledge base, VTT can combine different technologies and create new innovations as well as a substantial range of world class technologies and applied research services.

Systems Reliability and Safety Technology Laboratory of DEMOKRITOS performs research and development in the fields of reliability and safety of complex technological systems, with emphasis on nuclear and chemical installations. Areas of concern include probabilistic analysis of various aspects of safety performance of complex systems, from hazard identification and quantification to consequence assessment and risk management. These analyses are applicable to a variety of problems relevant to the protection of public health, the environment and in general to the management of various risks. The laboratory is a scientific advisor to the ministry of Development and the ministry of Environment-Physical Planning and Public Works, on the practical implementation of the SEVESO directive of the European Union in Greece.

Swerea IVF AB

IVF Industrial Research and Development Corporation is the Swedish engineering industry’s research organization and a subsidiary of the SWEREA-group. IVF is a non-profit organization with headquarters in Göteborg/Mölndal. Our main objective is to create value for our customers through rapid and efficient implementation of new technical applications and methods. IVF’s staff of about 100 skilled and highly educated employees carry out applied research and offer qualified research and consultancy services in five core areas of the industrial manufacturing sector: Product Development, Production Efficiency, Process Optimization, Electronics and Micro system Integration and Ceramic Materials, all in combination with the work environment.

Jozef Stefan Institute

The Jožef Stefan Institute (http://www.ijs.si) is a leading research organization in physics, chemistry, environmental sciences, information technology, etc. in Slovenia. It employs over 800 staff (about 400 with Ph.D.) in a broad range of disciplines, and undertakes projects on a national and international basis. Two departments are involved in this proposal: the Department for Inorganic Chemistry and Technology, works on different aspects of basic research related to inorganic (fluorine) chemistry and at the application of chemical engineering for environmental protection.

Health and Safety Executive

The Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) is Britain's leading industrial health and safety facility with over 30 years of research experience across all sectors. Operating as an agency of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), we support their mission to protect people's health and safety by ensuring risks in the changing workplace are properly controlled. As well as delivering a comprehensive service to HSE, we are also able to offer our unique portfolio of skills and expertise to the private sector. The scope of HSL’s work requires a diversity of talents. HSL employs over 350 people including scientists, engineers, psychologists, social scientists, health professional  and technical specialists.

Commission of The European Communities - Directorate General Joint Research Centre (Ispra)

The Major Accident Hazards Bureau (MAHB) belongs to the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and is part of the Traceability risk and vulnerability assessment Unit within the Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen, which aims at contributing to the safety, security and trustworthiness of technological and societal systems by developing innovative methods, tools and strategies for the assessment and management of risk and uncertainty and for supporting decision-making processes.

Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu

The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) in the Netherlands performs tasks to promote both public health, and a healthy and safe living environment. The main tasks of RIVM are: 1) to conduct research; 2) to provide policy support; 3) to perform national coordination; 4) to coordinate intervention programs; 5) to provide information to professionals and the general public. Our knowledge is used to support the Dutch government in formulating its policy.

German Fire Protection Association (vfdb)  

The purpose of vfdb is to avert danger (outside police authority) by promoting and applying scientific, technological, and organizational developments in relation to: fire safety; technical assistance; environmental protection; rescue services; disaster prevention. This also includes other related fields and information in response to some public concerns on safety issues. vfdb as a non-profit organization unites all interested parties involved in promoting fire safety (i.e. fire brigades, insurance companies, authorities, fire safety research and industry, users, experts and certification institutes) (about 2000 individual members and about 600 organizations as members).

Agenzia Regionale Protenzione Civile - Emilia Romagna

In 1985 the Regional Council of Emilia Romagna established a dedicated organization that would deal with all the problems associated with the natural and anthropical territorial risks in an innovative way. The Civil Protection Agency of Emilia – Romagna is divided into three main sections: Planning and Emergency Actions - Forecast, Prevention, Voluntary Work and Training and Accounting - Finance.

Association pour la Recherche et le Développement des Méthodes et Processus Industriels

ARMINES is a research lab dedicated to risk and crisis management. Three research axes can be distingued. Tools and method for risk management, organizational learning and resilience engineering. The resilience engineering group objectives is to develop method and tools dedicated to human and organizational factors in risk management.

 

EKON Modeling Software Systems Ltd.

EKON Modeling Software Systems Ltd. is a new innovative company for modeling and development intelligent and out of box software solutions. EKON founders have many years of experience in development operational management systems for industry control centers, telecommunication NOC and situation awareness systems. With a unique combination of software engineering and philosophy, understanding the complexity of human-computer interaction in critical infrastructure and enterprise environment, EKON initiates and delivers out-of-box models and solutions.

STUVA is an independent non profit research institution dealing with fundamental and structural investigations in all fields of underground construction as well as urban and long-distance landborn transportation for more than 45 years. Fields of activities include design, planning, construction and operation of underground facilities for metro, railway and road transport. Owing to their wide-ranging experience and knowledge gained from many years of research work, STUVA is also consulted for many object-related analyses and expert reports at home and abroad.

Institut Químic de Sarrià

Institut Químic de Sarrià is one of the federated centres of Universitat Ramon Llull Fundació Privada (URL), which is a non-profit making federated private entity constituted by the Spanish Law 12/1991 of 10th May and integrated by 10 centres each with its own juridical personality. The (PQAT) Hi-Tech Chemical Process Research group of the Chemical Engineering Department of the Higher Technical School IQS will participate providing its experience in the field of safety of chemical and industrial processes, and education and training on safety.

Trimble provides positioning solutions enabling professionals in engineering and construction, surveying, agriculture, fleet management and field service to be more productive by revolutionizing their work processes.

Trimble is transforming the way work is done through the application of innovative positioning. Trimble uses GPS, lasers, optical, and inertial technologies, as well as wireless communications and application specific software to provide complete solutions that link positioning to productivity.