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Teaser, summary, work performed and final results

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - ECO-INK (ECO-INNOVATIVE WATER-BASED INKS FOR THE CERAMIC SECTORS)

Teaser

Summary

The project aims at scaling up high performance, competitive and new green Water Based Inks, which are dissolved in water and eliminate organic solvents, leading consequently to a reduction of inks carbon footprint and toxicity.
First trials in SME phase I have proven the ECO-INK inks have high quality performances and enable the production of the polished grÃ¨s porcelain tiles at an affordable and competitive pricing, suitable for the medium-high level market.
Metco srl will bring the ECO-INK Water Based Inks to a ready to market status, by:
A) enlarging the gamut of the magenta, cyan and yellow colors (already formulated);
B) Selecting a new printing head and developing its waveform, suitable for our inks;
C) manufacturing the â€œdemoâ€ polished grÃ¨s porcelain tiles in real production scenario with a selected number of clients and proving their high quality and aesthetics;
D) planning and initiating the market commercialization strategy, for the future market take up of the ECO-INK inks.
The dissemination & communication of the project results is one of the key objectives of the project.

Work performed

The activities performed from M1 to M12 allowed Metco to reach the main objectives prefixed for the first year.
Overview of the progress
The project was monitored and managed trough periodic activities reporting on the project status, use resources and activities planning.
During this first period the correct management of our Project Management Plan allowed us to check progress, monitoring all activities and implement mitigation actions when necessary.
In relation on new developments on Yellow and CYAN ECO-INK formulation defined in these months till month 12,
METCO developed the optimal waveform. Formulation were studied more deeply in order to satisfy the selected print heads parameters.
In this 12 months of project, several types of printing heads have been tested and evaluated following an internal standard methodology.

Considering the high potential impact of the ECO-INK Water Based inks in the tile market, the project is strongly focus on the dissemination & communication phase,
providing constant and detailed information on the activities and on the results achieved, through national and trans-national initiatives.

Final results

ECO-INK proposes a highly innovative solution that goes well beyond the state of the art in comparison with existing or competing solutions,
including on the basis of costs, safety of use and other relevant features as well as issues related to environment.
A continuously updated market analysis, considering segmentation, and penetrability is used to define the best commercialization strategy at the end of the project.
Cost and benefits analysis, cash flow and return of the investments will be calculated in order to draft a consistent business plan for three years after the project conclusion.