Industry: Building materials Location: Spain Transaction price: USD 1 million Transaction method: Equity financing
Description of Requirement:
Spanish University researchers have patented a gypsum-based material that improves building properties, especially as coatings that require high fire resistance. This material is made from steel industry waste, so it has high resistance and durability, as well as high performance, implementation and fire resistance. The types of associations sought are licensing agreements and manufacturing agreements with industry size, academia or R&D institutions.
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Project Description
Founded in 1994, this Spanish university is medium-sized with 76 research groups and has been active in several European research and projects (H2020 and before FP, LIFE, Justice, ERASMUS+, Interreg, COST, LLP, IEE, Coal and Steel Research Fund, Director General for Competition Policy and Strategy, Peace Science and Security Programme - OTAN...) with more than 50 European projects; coordinator in 22 projects, received EU funding totaling more than 8.4 million euros. Currently, the University is involved in 26 ongoing projects in 8 different EU projects (12 of which act as coordinators) and has received an average of €1.7 million in EU funding over the past 4 years.
The proposed patented solution is a dense material with improved properties compared to conventional blends and performs well in the range of properties relevant to fire protection.
It is an ecologically prefabricated gypsum board with high fire resistance, which consists of a gypsum core, including steel residues from the steel industry, mainly composed of CaO, SiO2, Al2O3 and MgO.
Potential applications are:
- Companies in the construction industry.
- Companies in the cultural heritage industry.
- As a material with high fire resistance and reactivity for large scale coatings.
- Prefabricated for building partitions and industry with fire protection requirements.
The research group is interested in international collaborations under manufacturing/licensing agreements with other research organisations, academia/industry.
In addition the research group offers the possibility of testing new applications/adaptation to specific needs and further development.
2. Advantages and Innovation
Improve the incombustibility of traditional stucco.
Increase the use of gypsum-based materials in the environment.
Reuse of material waste from the steel industry.