Winners of the
Process Intensification Award for Industrial Innovation

 

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EFCE Process Intensification Award for Industrial Innovation 2023


The 2023 EFCE Process Intensification Award for Industrial Innovation
has been awarded to the innovation

Continuous production of a functional Consumer Care ingredient

developed by

Croda International Plc,

United Kingdom

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The Award, generously sponsored by EUROPIC, was presented on 31 May 2023 at the 8th European Process Intensification Conference -EPIC 8, held in Warsaw, Poland on 31 May - 2 June 2023. Croda colleagues involved in the innovation are invited to give a presentation on 2 June 2023.


EFCE Process Intensification Award for Industrial Innovation 2019


The 2019 EFCE Process Intensification Award for Industrial Innovation
has been awarded to the innovation

"Eliminating the need for liquid bromine by flow technology"

developed by

AGFA-GEVAERT N.V.

Mortsel, Belgium      

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The Award was presented on Monday, 27 May 2019 at the 2nd International Process Intensification Conference - IPIC2) which will be held in Leuven, Belgium on 27-29 May 2019. The winning team was invited to give a presentation on the project on Tuesday, 28 May 2019.

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From left to right: Tom Van Gerven (chairman WP PI), Bora Aydin (chairman of the jury and representative of TechnipFMC, the sponsor), Wim Dermaut and Bart Cappuyns (both Agfa-Gevaert NV)


EFCE Process Intensification Award for Industrial Innovation 2017
 

The 2017 EFCE Process Intensification Award for Industrial Innovation
has been awarded to the innovation

"Compact Heat Exchanger & Reactor for process intensification made by additive manufacturing / First use case: H2 On-Site"

developed by

AIR LIQUIDE

Centre de Recherche Paris Saclay, France

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The Award, generously sonsored by Perstorp AB, was presented at the Award Ceremony of the 10th World Congress of Chemical Engineering - WCCE10 in Barcelona, Spain, on 2 October 2017. Representatives of the team were invited to give a lecture on 2 October 2017 in the topic "Hybrid process and multifunctional process" of IPIC1/EPIC6/APSPIS3 held as a joint event of WCCE10.

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From left to right: Professor Oleg Pajalic, Vice President Process Innovation, Perstorp AB; Professor Jean-Marc Le Lann, EFCE Scientific Vice-President; Mr. Raphael Faure, Air Liquide; Mr. Matthieu Flin, Air Liquide; Professor Tom Van Gerven, Chairman of EFCE Working Party on Process Intensification.(photography by Alicia Garcia)


EFCE Process Intensification Award for Industrial Innovation 2015

 
The 2015 EFCE Process Intensification Award for Industrial Innovation has been awarded to the innovation

"FLOW MINIPLANT, A TOOLBOX THAT BOOSTS PROCESS PERFORMANCE
TO A NEW LEVEL"

developed by

MICROINNOVA

Austria

 

in co-operation with

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Fraunhofer ICT-IMM

Germany

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The Award was presented on 28 September 2015 at EPIC5 held in conjunction with ECCE10/ECAB3 in Nice, France, on 27 September to 1 October 2015.

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Presentation-PI Innovation Award

From left to right: Prof. Tom Van Gerven (WP PI Chairman), Dr. Jens Uhlemann, Prof. Jean-Marc Le Lann (EFCE Scientific Vice-President), Dipl.-Ing. Ulrich Krtschil (Fraunhofer ICT-IMM),  Dipl.-Ing. Walter Linhart (Microinnova), Dr. Dirk Kirschneck (Microinnova)