DEREMCO

De & Remanufacturing for Circular Economy Investments

 in the Composite Industry


Project reference: 101084037

Start/end: December 2022 – November 2025

Total Cost: 12 603 930.83

EU contribution: 8 822 751.58

Call: I3-2021-INV1

Topic: I3-2021-INV1-MANU

Website: https://deremco.afil.it/



30 EUROPEAN PARTNERS FROM ITALY, FINLAND, AUSTRIA, SPAIN, SLOVENIA, BELGIUM AND PORTUGAL COLLABORATE WITHIN THE EU-FUNDED DEREMCO PROJECT, STARTED IN DECEMBER 2022. PARTNERS ARE ON A MISSION TO CREATE A SYSTEMIC, CROSS-SECTORAL AND DEMAND-DRIVEN CIRCULAR ECONOMY SOLUTION THAT WILL ENABLE THE COST-EFFECTIVE REUSE OF POST-USE COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS IN NEW HIGH-ADDED VALUE PRODUCTS.

 


ABOUT


Fiber-reinforced plastics are the structural components of a wide range of consumer and industrial goods, but managing composite products after use in accordance with the principles of the circular economy remains a significant challenge.


The DeremCo project aims to create a systemic, cross-sectoral, demand-driven circular economy solution that will enable the cost-effective reuse of post-use composite materials and components in new high-added value products. This solution will be based on the interaction between the technical and social eco-systems at the local and interregional level and will benefit the environment, industry, consumers, and the European society.


To satisfy consumer demands, two circular pilot procedures will be used:

a) mechanical demanufacturing and hybrid reprocessing,

b) thermo-chemical demanufacturing and textile reprocessing.


The circular value-chain will be changed into a “pull” system, in line with the new DeremCo Demand-Driven vision, where the demands and specifications on the materials and components to be reused are transferred directly from the demand side in terms of the qualities and functions of the high added-value products reusing them. The major objectives will be to encourage industrial uptake within local eco-systems, to de-risk future industrial uptake through private investments, and to raise awareness for more conscientious consumer behavior to assure sustainability and continuity.



ROLE OF THE CLUSTER


IDEC will be involved in the development, testing and validation of inter-regional demonstration cases within the DeremCo project.

IDEC will be not only and end-user, but also a carbon fiber waste provider in order to try to transform the company`s value change into circular. The main industrial interest is to validate the re-use of long carbon fiber of aeronautical components with high structural requirements into low structural demanding ones, such as fairings like a Horizontal Tail Plane Tip. 

This project has received funding from the European Union’s ERDF under grant agreement No 101084037. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

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