Our Sponsors & Exhibitors

GOLD SPONSOR:	Petroceramics S.p.A., founded in 2003 as the first spin-off of the University of Milan, has always been committed in turning the outmost recent scientific findings into innovative solutions and industry-ready technologies and cutting edge products. This ongoing commitment has lead to the development of significant know-how, innovative products and solutions. Petroceramics S.p.A. is now a stand-alone, dynamic company which develops new advanced, highly innovative materials and technological solutions for different technical sectors including automotive, surface treatments, armoured protection of individuals and vehicles, manufacturing industry and aeronautic. Our organizational structure reflects both the customer-oriented attitude, guided by agility, flexibility and efficiency criteria, and our dedication to science and technology development. Petroceramics' client-oriented approach aims at developing strategic partnership for supporting all project's steps from the development of new materials and/or processes to till putting into production. Additionally, Petroceramics carries on own internal R&D activities, which have turned into more than 15 patented technologies and materials. Our leitmotif is to turn the outmost recent scientific findings into innovative materials as well as industry-ready equipment and processes. Our state-of-the-art equipments can ensure a rapid and excellent production of small scale, customized parts as well as prototypes and pre-series. Petroceramics S.p.A. has an internal research and development laboratory which enables the rapid structural and thermomechanical characterization of both own and customer's materials including analysis services and consultancy services on ceramics and petrology. Petroceramics is also partner of several national and European funded projects. Petroceramics's team is composed of nearly 15 highly qualified researchers with expertise in several fields, including geology, materials sciences, physics, nuclear and mechanical engineering and chemistry. The annual turnover is over 2,000,000 Euros. Petroceramics S.p.A. is located within the Kilometro Rosso Science & Technology Park in Stezzano (Bergamo) which offers a highly innovative, interdisciplinary environment.	Petroceramics S.p.A c/o Kilometro Rosso Science & Technology Park Viale Europa, 2 -24040 Stezzano (Bergamo) - Italy www.petroceramics.com
BRONZE SPONSOR:	Newtec is 25 years of experience on optical microscopy and digital imaging. Since 2012 we have widened our know-how in the field of the electronic microscopy. We have developed new instruments : MT1000 (In-situ tensile stage), FurnaSEM (in-situ furnace), CELDI (in-situ reactor) and we are able to adapt scientific instrumentation in severe environments.	NewTec Scientific 285 rue Gilles Roberval - Bât. A2 30900 Nîmes - France Phone: +33 (0)4 66 62 33 04 www.newtec.fr
	CNRS is a French Research Agency with multidisciplinary scope; it is one of the most important actors of French academic research in sciences. The HT-CMC10 Congress benefits from technical and accounting support from the Aquitaine section of CNRS.
	The HT-CMC10 Congress warmly acknowledges financial support from the French-speaking Carbon Society, SFEC. The Francophone Society for Study of Carbons (SFEC) encourages interdisciplinary research on carbons with an Annual Carbon Colloquium, an Annual Prize and help on many Carbon-related congress, summer school, etc. initiatives.
	The Initiative of Excellence and the Laboratory of Excellence (LabEx) AMADEus: Advanced Materials by Design of the University of Bordeaux are acknowledged for their financial support to the event. The Bordeaux University is one of France's leading universities in Science, recognized through its Excellence labels "LabEx" and "IdEx" by the French Ministry of Higher Education.
	The French Atomic Energy & Alternative Energies Institute, CEA.
	ESCM (European Society for Composite Materials) is a European, non-governmental, non-profit scientific and engineering organisation with the objective to encourage the free interchange of information on all those aspects related to composite materials which of are interest to the scientific and engineering community, to promote European cooperation on the topic, and to encourage the education of young specialists. Support to HT-CMC10 is provided as travel grants for young attendees.
	The JECS Trust of the ECerS is a non-profit organization devoted to oversee the expenditure of funds passed on to the European Ceramic Society (ECerS) by the Society’s Journal and by its publisher, Elsevier. In its allocation of the Trust’s ressources, the Trust Council aims : To enable the European Ceramic Societies to engage in a broad range of activities for the benefit of its membership To strengthen research and teaching in Europe within the subject of ceramics To maintain and build on the current strong position of the Journal The main focus in the expenditure of Trust money is towards student/young researcher activities, but not exclusively so. This event is supported by the Journal of the ECerS Trust, a non-profit organization aimed at overseeing the expenditures passed to the ECerS (European Cermaic Society) by Elsevier, editor of its Journal. Support consists in : - Financial help to students travelling to attend the Conference; - Financial help for the Best Poster Awards.
	Mécamat is a French community of (industrial and academic) researchers - physicists, materials scientists, soild state mechanicians, focused on Materials and Mechanics, covering experimental and modeling aspects, from basic research to applications. Themes are : microstructure, damage mechanics, thermomecanics, behavior laws, numerical simulation, new materials, interfaces. The circulation of scientific information and the training of young researchers & engineers are important missions of this association.
	Safran Ceramics, part of the Safran group.