TEMAS SOLUTIONS GMBH

Their core work

TEMAS Solutions is a Swiss consultancy specializing in nanosafety, risk governance, and safe-by-design strategies for advanced materials. They provide risk assessment frameworks, regulatory guidance, and multi-scale modelling expertise to help manufacturers and researchers ensure nanomaterials meet safety and sustainability standards. Their work spans the full lifecycle — from grouping and classifying engineered nanomaterials to adapting regulatory standards and building governance frameworks. They serve as the safety and risk management partner within large European nanotechnology consortia.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

TEMAS entered H2020 in 2019 focused on nanoinformatics platforms, risk governance structures, and foundational safe-by-design methodologies — building the frameworks and digital tools for nanosafety assessment. By 2020-2021, their work shifted toward applied domains: graphene flagship production lines, industrial nanoparticle manufacturing processes, and comprehensive testing strategies for advanced multi-component nanomaterials. The evolution shows a clear move from designing governance frameworks to implementing safety strategies in real production environments.

TEMAS is moving from theoretical risk frameworks toward hands-on safety integration in industrial nanomaterial production, making them increasingly relevant for manufacturers scaling up advanced materials.

How they like to work

TEMAS operates exclusively as a specialist participant — never coordinating but consistently present in large consortia (288 unique partners across 27 countries). Their role pattern suggests they are a trusted go-to partner that large nanotechnology projects bring in specifically for risk and safety expertise. Working with TEMAS means gaining a focused contributor who knows the European nanosafety ecosystem deeply and brings established connections across it.

Exceptionally well-connected for a company of their size, with 288 unique consortium partners across 27 countries — reflecting their presence in major flagship-scale projects like Graphene Flagship. Their network spans nearly all EU member states plus associated countries.

What sets them apart

TEMAS occupies a rare niche: a private-sector company focused entirely on nanosafety, risk governance, and regulatory strategy for advanced materials. While many academic groups do nanosafety research, TEMAS brings a consultancy perspective — translating science into governance frameworks, regulatory guidance, and industrial safety protocols. Their Swiss base and non-SME status suggest a stable, established operation, and their involvement in both the Graphene Flagship and multiple nanosafety cluster projects gives them cross-cutting visibility that few organizations match.

Highlights from their portfolio

• GrapheneCore3
  Part of the billion-euro Graphene Flagship — Europe's largest research initiative — likely providing critical safety assessment for graphene commercialization.
• HARMLESS
  Largest individual funding (EUR 383,356) and focuses on intelligent testing strategies for high aspect ratio nanomaterials — representing their most advanced safety assessment work.
• Gov4Nano
  Directly shaped nanotechnology risk governance infrastructure including a Risk Governance Council and governance framework — foundational policy-level impact.