15 Beneficiaries Academics Industrials Institute of Research for Ceramics IRCER – UMR CNRS 7315 Limoges (France) Elkem Silicon Product Development ELKEM Kristiansand (Norway) Processes and Engineering in Mechanics and Materials PIMM – UMR CNRS 8006 Paris (France) IMERYS Vaulx Milieu (France) Department Chemical Engineering (CHEMENG) University of Liege (ULIEGE) Liège (Belgium) Division High Temperature Solutions CALDERYS Neuwied (Germany) Department Minerals Engineering, Materials & Environment (GEMME) University of Liege (ULIEGE) Liège (Belgium) Technology Center Leoben RHI Magnesita Leoben (Austria) Chair of Ceramics – Montan Universität Leoben CoC – MUL Leoben (Austria) Refractories Research Centre VESUVIUS Ghlin (Belgium) Institute of Mineral Engineering, Chair of Ceramics Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen (Germany) Performance Ceramics and Refractories St-Gobain Research Provence Cavaillon (France) Institute of Energy Systems and Thermodynamics (IET) Technische Universität Wien (TUWien) Wien (Austria) Ceramics Research Centre TATASTEEL IJmuiden (Netherland) Division 8.5 Micro Non-Destructive Testing Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) Berlin (Germany) Research and Development Campus ARCELORMITTAL Maizières-lès-Metz (France) Department Research and Development Safran Tech Colombes (France) 10 Associated Partners (Academics/Industries) Doctoral School n°609 « Sciences et Ingénierie des Matériaux, Mécanique, Énergétique » (SIMME) University of Limoges (UNILIM) Limoges (France) Department Research and Development Almatis Premium Alumina Frankfurt (Germany) Doctoral School n°432 « Sciences des Métiers de l’Ingénieur » (SMI) Arts et Métiers Paris (France) ISOMAG Division Pyrotek Scandinavia AB Ed (Sweden) Institute of Physics and Astronomy University of Potsdam (UNIPOT) Potsdam (Germany Research and Development – Refratechnik Asia Group (Zibo) Refratechnik Asia HongKong Federation for International Refractory Research and Education FIRE IJmuiden (Netherland) Department Development and Application Technology Refractory Linings Steuler Höhr-Grenzhausen (Germany) Department Materials Engineering Glass & Ceramics Koblenz University of Applied Science (HSK) Koblenz (Germany) Department of Materials Science and Engineering Seoul National University Seoul (South Korea)