3. Industrial demonstration platforms

For some time now, a number of technology platforms have been springing up in Europe, capable of carrying out benchmark-type studies or proofs of concept based on industrial demonstrations, usually on a pilot scale, using a variety of equipment. These platforms are managed either by private-public partnerships (PPPs) or purely industrial structures. They include

• CMAC: National Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Continuous Manufacturing and Crystallisation, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, United Kingdom;

• CPI (Center of Process Innovation) Durham, United Kingdom ;

• MEPI (Maison Européenne des Procédés Innovants) Toulouse, France ;

• TNO in the Netherlands

• GUEST: Covestro (ex-Bayer Technology Services), Leverkusen,...