SUSTAINABLE PROCESS INDUSTRY

1. SPIRE Brokerage event December 16th 2013 SUSTAINABLE PROCESSINDUSTRY EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL COMPETTIVENESS TROUGH Resource and energy efficiency Reduction of GHG Emissions . Valorisation of a variety of industrial inorganic waste or by-products into resources .

2. www.viokeral.com VIOKERAL , is one of the most important clay building materials producers in Greece and neighbouring Balkan countries (Bulgaria and Albania)

3. Established in 1920 as family owned company , created through the decades a great reputation for INNOVATION and PROGRESSIVE GROWTH , that both ensure reliable quality products , such as : hollow and perforated bricks, roof tiles, and celler system. • 550.000 tn of ceramic building materials are produced annualy at six different owned plants , fullfilling quality standards and aesthetic design. • By the participation to the EU – ETS, VIOKERAL organised R&D&I department , in order to achieve the KYOTO target and creates CARBON OFFSETS .Thus , in the production process , valorise waste or by-products into raw materials .

4. Project Idea Concept 1. Enriching natural clay resources and optimizing process parameters, guided by product quality specifications. 2. Production of innovative materials through low temperature processes (e.g. building products and materials for exceptional use) and innovative materials through high temperature processes (e.g. refractory materials)…………………………….... 3. Increase efficiency at kilns , boilers, heat exchangers and develop automation systems and technological innovations 4. Involve cross-sectorial corporations, machinery constructors and research institutes into the chain “ RESOURCE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY – EMISSIONS AND POLLUTANTS REDUCTION ”.……….What makes the difference……..a) Safe management and recycling into useful materials of a wide variety of common industrial by-products b) Holistic approach for resource and environmental management

5. Energy Balance Property and Microstructure Characterization Novel Materials Manufacturing Processes Mixing Homogenizing Characterization Clay Materials Applications Scale up Stream A Feedback Feedback Air Emissions Possible Material Content Modification • Low T materials Synthesis Low T Microstructure & Property Characterization Mixing Homogenizing Characterization Industrial By-products Streams B & C Synthesis High T • High T materials Feedback for Microstructure Modification

6. Existing Project Consortium • Process scale up • New products • GHG Reduction TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALY Research study on the incorporation of steel industry by-products into clay ceramics STEEL INDUSTRY Processes a large range of steel manufacturing and metal processing by-products Co-financed by the European Union (European Social Fund – ESF) and Greek National Funds through the Operational Programs “Competitiveness and Entrepreneuship and Regions in Transition” of the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) - Research Funding Program: COOPERATION 2011.

7. Possible partners RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS / UNIVERSITIES MINING INDUSTRY POWER PLANTS METALLURGICAL INDUSTRY PRODUCERS OF GHG EMISSIONS 7

8. Looking for partners… Machinery constructors and automation systems Research institutes / laboratories / universities Ceramic industry (LCA) (BAT) (LCC) Various Process / Industrial Sectors Process & applications Horizontal Feed

9. Contact details • Filippos G. Sapounas VIOKERAL – TERRA S.A. e-mail: fgsapon@gmail.com 2. Dr. Xenofon Spiliotis e-mail: spil@teilar.gr