The development of a Ballast Water Treatment (BWT) system, that will efficiently target and incapacitate a full spectrum of marine organisms <50μm. The introduction of invasive marine species into new environments from discharge of ships' ballast water has been identified as the 4th largest threat to the world's oceans.
This Collective project will improve the infra-structure of our crustacean fishery sector and start the process of improving our level of innovation and exploitation of technology in relation to our global competitors.
When UK HERI were approached for support in developing talking book technology, the initial idea generation process produced a novel innovation which solved a completely different challenge – an audio device with 'talking technology' to help patients take their medicines as prescribed.
Designed to increase the competitiveness of European sea ports by enhancing safety and increasing traffic throughput, the OPTIPORT project not only delivered a commercially successful product and impressive resultant sales, it has also proven to be a fine example of how effectively Pera Technology can secure funding and project manage a diversity of European consortium partners.
A collaborative partnership formed by Pera Technology to develop and manufacture an attractive yet high performance new material for heavy-duty sanitaryware has turned a European Commission-funded R&D project into an order book of £1.2m.
There are 195 million households in Europe whose combined domestic heating needs account for over 26% of Europe's energy demand and 500 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions annually. Reducing this is very important if Europe is to achieve ambitious emission reduction targets (ie Kyoto and beyond), decrease our excessive reliance on imported energy and reduce costs to households and industry.
In the world of commercial fleet vehicles, checking tyre tread depth and air pressure is a more sophisticated process than you might imagine. This is good news for Derbyshire-based SME Treadcheck Ltd who, thanks to project management and European Commission Framework Programme funding secured and delivered by Pera Technology, enjoyed an opportunity to introduce a market-changing innovation they couldn't have begun to develop by themselves.
The success of this breakthrough in tooling can be traced directly to Pera who secured the funding for research and development, as well as managing the project team so effectively.
Ben Halford,
Managing Director Surface Generation Ltd
I'm pleased to have been involved in the development of this exciting technology. It is a major advance in harmful gas detection and will significantly benefit this organisation commercially.
Duncan Johns
Ion Science Ltd