ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES
ICTPOL offers the Portuguese polymer industry a set of units equipped with the very latest laboratory equipment and techniques, thus making it possible to carry out a vast programme of scientific and technological support to industrialist activities that include the following lines of action:

MATERIALS
 

  1. Research and development of new materials

  2. Identification of polymers and macromolecular classification

  3. Synthesis and modification of polymers

  4. Formulation and composition of polymers

 

 

 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
 

Development of products and applications

  • Plastics (thermoplastics and heat-resistant plastics), rubber and compounds

  • Polymer selection

  • Simulation of mechanical behaviour

  • Equipment projects

  • Polymer processing

  • Simulation and numerical optimising processes

  • Development of integrated processing systems

 

 

 

INFORMATION AND CONSULTANCY
 

  1. Documentation and databases

  2. Auditing and technical consultations

  3. Transfer of technology

  4. Support to innovation

 

  • Support services involve:

  • Provision of specialised technical services, namely tests, expertise in service breakdowns, technical diagnosis, etc.

  • Preparation, management and completion of exchange and R&D actions designed to help companies to achieve their industrial objectives

 

 

 

ENVIRONMENT
 

  • Recycling and degradation of polymers

  • Polymers and the environment

  • Waste treatment