CERAMICHE ATLAS CONCORDE SPA

Their core work

Atlas Concorde is one of Italy's major ceramic tile manufacturers, based in Fiorano Modenese — the heart of the Italian ceramics district. Their industrial operations involve high-temperature kiln firing and large-scale water use, making them a natural industrial partner for resource efficiency projects. In H2020, they participate as an end-user and industrial demonstrator, providing real manufacturing environments to test and validate heat recovery and water recycling technologies at scale. Their value to consortia is not theoretical: they bring production lines, energy data, and the credibility of a live industrial setting where the technologies must actually work.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Atlas Concorde's H2020 engagement began with a focused interest in thermal energy recovery — specifically recovering waste heat from industrial processes like kiln firing. Their second project broadened this to a full resource recovery framing: water, raw materials, and heat together. This shift mirrors the wider industrial sustainability agenda, moving from single-resource efficiency to circular resource management. The direction is clear: they are progressively building experience as a testbed for industrial decarbonisation and circular manufacturing technologies.

Atlas Concorde is moving toward full circular resource management in ceramic manufacturing, making them a strong fit for future consortia targeting industrial water reuse, waste heat valorisation, or zero-waste production processes.

How they like to work

Atlas Concorde participates exclusively as a consortium member — they have never coordinated an H2020 project. This is consistent with their role as an industrial end-user rather than a research driver: they contribute manufacturing infrastructure, process data, and real-world validation rather than project management or scientific leadership. With 27 unique partners across just 2 projects, they operate in large, diverse consortia — typical of Innovation Actions that require multiple technology providers and industrial testers working in parallel.

Atlas Concorde has built a network of 27 unique partners across 10 countries through two projects — broad reach for a company with only two participations. Their network spans technology developers, research institutes, and other industrial partners drawn from across Europe.

What sets them apart

Atlas Concorde brings something most consortium partners cannot: a high-volume, energy- and water-intensive industrial facility in one of Europe's most competitive ceramic manufacturing regions. Technologies validated in their plants carry commercial credibility — if it works at Atlas Concorde scale, it can work across European heavy industry. For project coordinators seeking an industrial demonstrator with both the operational scale and the sectoral prestige to attract attention, this is a compelling case.

Highlights from their portfolio

• iWAYS
  The largest of their two projects by EC funding (EUR 1,013,201), with a scope that extends beyond heat to full water and material recovery — the broadest resource efficiency mandate in their portfolio.
• ETEKINA
  Their first H2020 engagement, focused specifically on heat pipe technology for industrial waste heat recovery — a precise and technically demanding application relevant to ceramic kiln operations.