Safe and sustainable-by-design metallic coatings and engineered surfaces
Plating On Plastics Equation-based sYstems Engineering (POPEYE - A FreeMe Tool)
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FreeMe Project
At a glance
The FreeMe project proposes the metallization of polymeric (plastic or resins) surfaces eliminating the use of hexavalent chromium (Cr6+) and palladium (Pd) from the Plating on Plastics process, based on a safe and sustainable by design strategy.
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FreeMe's Final Consortium Meeting
Our journey to Italy for the final meeting of the project was a great success! During the meeting all the activities of FreeMe were showcased. A big thank you to all the partners.
FreeMe technologies will be validated in 3 applications in the: automotive aerospace home appliancies
industry.
Automotive: Decorative parts for interior and exterior use.
Centro Recerche Fiat SCPA
CRFAerospace: EMI shielding on 3D-printed antenna parts.
ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD.
IAIHome appliancies: Applications on washing machine parts.
ARCELIK A.S.
ARKELIK
The final conference of the FreeMe Project will be hosted by MDPI with the support of EXELISIS, in Athens, Greece, at 20-22 April, 2026.
