Consortium
EFONGA
aims at co-ordinating European groups working in fundamental and applied
pre-competitive research on science and technology of glass. The list of
institutions involved as participants covers industries, institutes and academic
laboratories, over a large number of European countries.
The groups
involved in the project are already operative and they have co-operated for many
years within the framework of the European Group of the International Commission
on Glass. The present consortium has all the competencies and technical possibilities
needed to achieve the expected results by co-ordinating the whole glass research in
fundamental and applied science as well as in technology.
Moreover, it is expected that about 50 European laboratories from 20
European Union member and associated states will effectively collaborate to this
action.
EFONGA
is coordinated by a Steering Committee
chaired by Dr.
René Vacher, du Laboratoire
des Colloïdes, Verres et Nanomatériaux (Unité mixte de recherche
CNRS et Université Montpellier 2), France.
