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Meet some companies funded by Horizon 2020

Horizon 2020 supports research and innovation for better science, better industry and better society

Company: REAMDA LTD, Tralee

Project: ROCSAFE

Details: Remotely-controlled robotic air and ground vehicles (RAVs/RGVs) that operate in rain, wind and on challenging ground. The vehicles assess the scene and send camera images and data to a Command Centre.

Sector: Security

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Company: CCICC LTD, Dublin

Project: DARWIN

Details: Promoting Resilience Management guidelines for critical infrastructure affected by crises such as cyber-attacks and earthquakes. The guidelines will be developed through adaptation of innovative tools (eg serious gaming, training packages) then tested and validated.

Sector: Communications

Company: CCKF Ltd, Dublin

Project: Transforming European Women's Entrepreneurship

Details: The project strengthens international and inter-sectoral collaboration in researching the development of young women entrepreneurs, leading to an educational programme to improve the level of entrepreneurship among young females across Europe.

Sector: Education

Company: Oran Pre-cast, Galway

Project: Built to Spec

Details: New cloud-based technology for self-inspection, 3D modelling, management and quality-assurance on construction sites, helping contractors meet EU energy efficiency targets, new build standards, and related policy ambitions.

Sector: Construction

Company: NVP Energy, Navan

Project: Waste water digestion

Details: Anaerobic digestion technology for low-temperature treatment of wastewater in the food and drinks sector, making all biogas produced available for reuse and reducing greenhouse gases and thermal energy requirements.

Sector: Energy

Company: Clean Communications, Naas

Project: Proctective Cyber Security Risk Management

Details: Increases Computer Security Incident Response Teams' capability by improving cyber security monitoring and increased sharing of threat intelligence between organisations within a community. It also ranks critical alerts based on threat level.

Sector: Security

Company: RMS Ltd, Dublin

Project: RetroTek validation, certification and testing of road markings

Details: Road-marking retro-reflectance measuring equipment cuts inspection costs by half by performing a two-line inspection on one pass. It also offers driver-only inspection, real-time data and obviates the need for lane closures.

Sector: Transport

Company: SETANTA SPORTS CHANNEL IRELAND LTD, Dublin

Project: Integrates content generated through social media with real-time 3D graphics, together with advanced interaction and visualization systems, in order to create added value for both audience and broadcast media sector.

Sector: Media

Company: Haunted Planet Studios, Dublin

Details: Gaming for Peace Development of a Conflict Prevention and Peace-Building (CPPB) curriculum through a multi-player online game improving coordination across diverse national and international organisations (militaries, police, civil society) through more standardised approaches to CPPB.

Sector: Security

Company: TE Laboratories, Carlow

Details: Contaminated land remediation A series of research projects developing techniques and tools across a range of disciplines relating to site investigation and risk assessment, to provide better-informed solutions for remediation of contaminated land.

Sector: Environmental

Company: Pintail Ltd, Dublin

Details: Project management and consultancy for Horizon 2020 funded projects Consultancy and project management company specialising in EU-funded projects. Pintail has been involved in several Horizon 2020 projects involving, among other sectors, medical devices, weight-loss management and ICT.

Sector: Consultancy

Company: Blueacre Technology Ltd, Dundalk

Details: On-demand production of customised minimally invasive medical devices Development of a flexible process chain for on-demand production of customised, minimally invasive medical devices, enabling production of small batch sizes complemented by a monitoring and data mining toolset.

Sector: Health

Company: Ashleigh Farms (Environmental) Ltd, Cork

Details: Biogas yield from pig slurry A microwave pre-treatment system increasing the biogas yield from anaerobic digestion of pig slurry by 20 per cent, creating a sustainable waste management system and improving margins for pig farmers.

Sector: Agriculture

Company: United Technologies Research Centre, Ireland Ltd, Cork

Details: District heating and cooling Development of a cloud-enabled management framework for District Heating and Cooling systems, delivering compound energy cost savings of 30 per cent, through highly efficient and cost effective design, operation and maintenance.

Sector: Energy

Company: Gavin and Doherty, Aughrim

Details: Offshore substructure A steel-and-concrete offshore substructure for wind turbines in water depths of 35-60m. All construction and assembly is onshore reducing risk for offshore installation and reducing energy cost by up to 15 per cent.

Sector: Energy

Company: Decare Dental Ireland Ltd, Claremorris

Details: Dental health Development of a model promoting preventive oral health care involving intensive information exchange and engagement of stakeholders to establish a set of key indicators to be used as benchmark metrics.

Sector: Health

Company: Fleming Medical, Limerick

Details: Health devices An integrated pilot line for micro-fabricated medical devices capable of small/medium-scale production. It will be integrated in a complete innovation value chain from technology concept to high-volume production and system qualification.

Sector: Health

Company: Entellexi, Limerick

Details: An innovative internet-based business model for the sustainable supply of traditional toy and furniture products that is demand driven, manufactured locally and sustainably, meeting all product safety guidelines.

Sector: Manufacturing