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Established in 1884 by Rinaldo Piaggio, and based in Pontedera (Pisa, Italy), the Piaggio Group operates globally in the light mobility vehicles industry. The Group is also a leading manufacturer in the development, production and sale of two-wheeled vehicles. Including Aprilia and Moto Guzzi, and the Spanish manufacturer Derbi, Piaggio Group operates in the two-wheeled market and in the light transport vehicles market. Piaggio product range features scooters with engine sizes ranging from 50cc up to 500cc and motorcycles from 50cc up to 1.200cc with Piaggio, Vespa, Gilera, Aprilia, Moto Guzzi, Derbi and Scarabeo brands. The Group also manufactures three and four-wheel light commercial vehicles for utility and personal mobility. Piaggio Research and Product Development Department (R&D) design new two/four stroke engines and two/three/four-wheel vehicles characterized by low environmental impact. Piaggio presented and produced the world's first bimodal scooter (called Zip&Zip) and the world's first two-stroke direct injection engine named FAST. Piaggio has already gained good experience at coordinating/participating EU-RTD projects (such as the MORIS ESPRIT Project, the DOLCE BRITE-EURAM Project) and, at the present time is in activity for the participation in the EC projects FRESCO, WATCH-OVER, SAFESPOT and ALICE. Piaggio has been involved in two EC projects: ZEDIS and ZED. Piaggio is coordinating the SIM project Piaggio & C. SpA Scooter Technical Innovation Product Development&Racing Viale Rinaldo Piaggio, 25 56025 Pontedera (Pisa) Italy www: http://www.piaggiogroup.com top
CIDAUT focuses its efforts on three basic activities: Technological Research and Development, Technological Diffusion and Transfer and Specialised Training. This allows it to deal with its Research, Development and Innovation goals effectively. Technological Research and Development is the main activity carried out by the Centre where several broad areas are covered: Crashworthiness and Occupant Safety, Products & Processes Design and Development, Materials (energy absorption foams, plastics, light alloys, …), Acoustics and Vibration Dynamics, Environment and Engines & Energy systems. Regarding Safety expertise, CIDAUT is experienced in real world accidents and injury data, biomechanics, dummy development and test methods, virtual testing and modelling, preventive and active safety, material technologies, vehicle structural crashworthiness and restraint systems (passive safety), road furniture, HMI and ergonomics. Dealing with the means of transport, we are mainly focused to passenger cars, motorcycles, pedestrians, rail and aircraft transport safety. Both experimental and virtual testing tools are always used. CIDAUT Parque Tecnologico de Boecillo Parcela 209 E-47151 Boecillo, Valladolid Spain www: www.cidaut.es top
The system supplier for intelligent automotive safety, drive and comfort With systems, components, and engineering services for intelligent automotive safety, comfort, chassis, powertrain performance as well as embedded telematics and hands-free communication systems, Continental Automotive Systems has secured itself a top position as a reliable partner of all major car manufacturers worldwide. Automotive Systems is a division of the Continental Corporation, a leading automotive supplier of brake systems, chassis components, powertrain controls, vehicle electronics, tires, as well as technical elastomers. Across systems and with uncompromising quality, Continental Automotive Systems, with global headquarters in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is specialized on integrating active and passive driving safety, developing innovative electric drives and making available superior body electronics. Core competencies are quality, technology and cost competitiveness. The Division develops and produces electronic and hydraulic brake, stability and chassis control systems, electronic air suspension systems, sensors, engine management and transmission control systems, hybrid drives, cooling fan modules, body and security electronics and embedded telematics and hands-free communication system in cars. In 2005 Automotive Systems achieved sales of approx. € 5.2 billion with a worldwide workforce of more than 24,000. Continental Automotive Systems Division System- and Program Management Electronic Motorcycle Brake System Guerickestrasse 7 60488 Frankfurt a. M. Germany www: http://www.contiautomotive.com top
Centro Ricerche FIAT (CRF) is an industrial organisation which has the mission of promoting, developing and transferring innovation in order to provide competitiveness to its clients and partners who include the different companies in the FIAT Group, automotive suppliers, and companies from other sectors of industry, SMEs, and national and international research agencies. The core competence of CRF is centred on land transportation: advanced vehicles and propulsion systems, innovative components with associated manufacturing processes and methodologies for product development. In developing and applying these core competencies, considerable emphasis is placed on the transfer of advanced technologies from automotive applications to other sectors of industry and areas of business. CRF has been an active participant in national projects (MIUR, CNR, Italian Ministry of the Environment), regional projects, the EUREKA programme and in over 220 projects with the R&D programmes of the European Union. Centro Ricerche Fiat is active at international level since the involvement in the PROMETHEUS EUREKA Project in the 90s, and has been active throughout the 4th, the 5th Framework, in the 6th Framework and specifically in the field of integrated safety, Centro Ricerche Fiat is involved in the GST, EASIS, AIDE, PREVENT and APROSYS European projects both at R&D and at management level. Centro Ricerche Fiat S.C.p.A. Strada Torino, 50 10043 Orbassano (TO) Italy www: http://www.crf.it top
Faculty of Transportation Sciences, Czech Technical University in Prague, offers the B.Sc. study programs and M.Sc. degree programs with concentration in transportation and telecommunications. The programme on B.Sc., M.Sc. level prepares the students for analysis, design, organisation, control, development and research of transportation processes giving them a thorough motivation in the aspects of economics, system theory, traffic theory and traffic safety, environmental protection and optimal ways to achieve the high efficiency in logistic, transportation technology and telecommunication processes. Graduates of this faculty will also be able to develop and monitor the reliability and economical operation, using the latest knowledge of management theory and informatics. More technically and theoretically oriented are Ph.D. programmes, which cover: - Transportation Techniques and Systems - Engineering Informatics - Technology and Management in Transportation and Telecommunication The Faculty of transportation science has wide cooperation with big companies as Czech Railways, Telefónica and cooperates with State executive institution and working committees of Czech Parliament. CTU in Prague, Faculty of transportation science has been involved in APSN project, AUTOFORE project and in the research projects supported by the local ministries (transport, trade and industry). The aim of the research projects in active and passive safety of vehicles mainly. CTU in Prague Faculty of Transportation Sciences Horska 3 CZ - 128 03 Prague Czech Republic www: http://www.fd.cvut.cz top
DME, a TRW Automotive Company, was founded in 1974 and entered the TRW family in 2005. We are dedicated to the design and manufacturing vehicle components. The main products are airbags, steering wheels, and clocksprings. In the airbag area DM manufactures all kind of airbags (driver, passenger, thorax, curtain, knee, ..). The main objective is to supply our automotive customers innovative and price oriented solutions to achieve the continuous innovation and passive safety solutions, products and processes needed in vehicles. In coordination with TRW Automotive, Technological Research and Development is one of the important activities carried out by DME, in several R&D centres located in Spain and Portugal, where several broad areas are covered: Occupant and Pedestrian Safety System development, Product & Processes Design, and Subcomponents Development. Dalphimetal has been involved in other European Projects such as PRISM, from the 5thFramework Programme. Dalphimetal Espana R&D C/ Julian Camarillo 19, Bajo int. 28037 Madrid Espana top
DEKRA is an international service provider with a worldwide focus. The company is in the business of providing safety and quality for people dealing with technology, the environment and mobility. DEKRA provides one of the most extensive ranges of services for cars, trucks and logistics on the market. The services are based on innovative technology and, modern communications solutions. DEKRA Automobil GmbH is the competent partner for vehicle testing in Germany. Over 9 million car tests are annually conducted at approximately 400 sites and at 35.000 work-shop centers (about 18 million tests for the whole of Europe). Each year more than 25.000 legal opinions about accidents are fixed by the approximately 500 DEKRA accident-experts. DEKRA Accident Research & Crash Test Center analyses real-world road accidents regarding primary (active) and secondary (passive) safety and the crashworthiness of vehicles. Standard tests and non-standard tests defined for special projects with all kinds of vehicles are carried out. DEKRA Accident Research covers a wide range of national and international activities such as: - Research projects for the Federal Highway Institute (BASt) - EACS-Study (70% of the cases provided by DEKRA) - IRU-ETAC Survey - eSafety - Heavy Vehicles and Accident Causation - APROSYS SP2, SP4 and SP8 - ISO 13232 core membership In addition there are more than 120 professional publications. DEKRA Automobil GmbH Accident Research & Crash Test Center Handwerkstraße 15 D - 70565 Stuttgart Germany www: http://www.dekra.com www: http://www.unfallforschung.com top
NZI Helmets is a company that design, develop, manufactures and sell protective helmets for motorbike and moped riders. The company started its activities in 1983. Today more than 10 million helmets have been produced and sold to more than 23 countries worldwide. NZI Helmets has all the necessary internal resources for design, engineer, prototype, manufacture and test all the components that today may be included in a helmet. The technical department is as well in charge of research and development of new materials and technologies to be adapted/ introduced to a helmet. NZI Helmets is, at this moment participating in the PRO-HEAD project funded by the EU aimed at finding a new fully recyclable and energy absorbing material for helmet shells. NZI Helmets Avda. De La Paz, 203 30510 Yecla - Murcia Spain www: http://www.nzi.es top
Öhlins Racing AB is a leading manufacturer of suspension products for the motorcycle, automotive, four-wheel and snowmobile market. Founded in 1976 by Kenth Öhlin and based in Sweden, the company sells its products throughout the World from offices in Stockholm and Hendersonville, NC, USA as well as a network of distributors in over 50 countries. Since 1987, Öhlins Racing has been majority-owned by the Yamaha Motor Company. Over 95% of the company's turnover is accounted for by the export market, equally divided between original manufacturers and aftermarket sales. Öhlins concept is to offer high performance and top quality suspension products. The product range includes shock absorbers, front forks, steering dampers, front fork springs, mounting kits, special oil and greases. Close co-operation with the racing teams has always been a very important part of Öhlins business. Shock absorbers from Öhlins have dominated the motorcycle and the car racing scene for years. Öhlins have captured more than 90 World Championship titles. Also an important business for Öhlins is to provide the automobile and motorcycle industry with all vehicle concept studies such as vehicle dynamic simulations and testing. Öhlins Racing AB Box 722 S-194 27 Upplands Väsby Sweden www: http://www.ohlins.com top
Savatech Industrial Rubber Products and Tyres d.o.o. is a part of the SAVA Group, which predecessor, Sava Kranj, was established in 1920 in Kranj, Slovenia. After the production of car tyres of the former company Sava Kranj had been sold to the Goodyear Corporation in 1997, the remaining part of the rubber production was restructured. The production programmes joined in 2001 into the newly formed company Savatech d.o.o. as a part of Sava Kranj d.d., and is 100% owned by Sava Kranj d.d. The aim of this process has been searching for new products with higher added value. Main activities of Savatech d.o.o. are production and marketing of rubber compounds, tyres for scooters and motorcycles, tyres for industrial vehicles and solid tyres, environmental protection products, conveyor belts for mining and building industry, solid and sponge rubber profiles for building industry, and rubber printing blankets for printing industry. Savatech d.o.o. comprises six production programmes: Elastomers, Conveyor Belts, Profiles, Print, EKO and VELO. The Elastomers programme comprises also the Research & Development Institute (RDI). The VELO programme develops and produces tyres for scooters and motorcycles, tyres for industrial and agricultural vehicles, and solid tyres. It has a wide experience in the cooperation with many OEMs, such as Piaggio, Aprilia, Peugeot, Suzuki, Tomos, Sachs and others. Savatech, d.o.o. Škofjeloška c. 6 4502 Kranj Slovenia www: http://www.savatech.si top
The Department of Mechanical, Nuclear and Production Engineering is a Department of the University of Pisa, Italy. The Department is involved in many research activities in the fields of mechanical and automotive engineering and has specific expertise in vehicle dynamics, vehicle design, development of dynamic models and simulation. The teaching staff holds the chair of many courses of the M.Sc. Programme in Vehicle Engineering, such as "Vehicle dynamics" and "Vehicle design" and co-operates with the main Italian four and two wheeler manufacturers on specific subjects of vehicle engineering. The Department is also centre for the Ph.D. Programme in Land Vehicles. It participates in two networks of excellence (NOE) launched in the 6th Framework Program: Hysafe and Sarnet. It also is partner in Nuresim, an integrated project. In addition at the Department experimental facilities for materials and components characterisation and of advanced CAE design tool, such as FE and MB codes are available. University of Pisa Department of Mechanical Nuclear and Production Engineering Via Diotisalvi, 2 56100 Pisa Italia www: www2.ing.unipi.it/~dimnp/eindex.htm top
The University of West Bohemia (UWB) in Plzen is the only institution of higher education in this part of the country which prepares students for careers in engineering (electrical and mechanical), science (computer science, applied mathematics, physics, mechanics), education (for both primary and secondary school teachers in a wide range of subjects), fine arts, economics, humanities (philosophy, sociology, foreign languages, social and cultural anthropology, archaeology), law and public administration. New Technologies - Research Centre (NTC) involved in this project is a research institution covered by the University of West Bohemia. The key competencies of the research centre are testing and prediction of material properties during the process of exploitation and the research focused on development of algorithms for designing the composites strongly resistant to shock loads and sensors, modeling of systems respecting inner structure, material properties and loading leading to strongly coupled non-linear problems not covered by the commercial software and their experimental verification and computer model of a human body including inner organs for impact and comfort purposes. UWB is involved in the APSN, the APROSYS project and the MYMOSA project. University of West Bohemia New Technologies - Research Centre Univerzitní 8 306 14 Plzeò Czech Republic www: http://www.zcu.cz top |
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Newsletter 4:
This issue brings an overview about SIM project's progress in the last six months and about PISa and SIM 1st joint workshop on motorcycle integrated safety.
9th – 11th September 2008
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