{"id":14741,"date":"2025-11-11T07:00:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T07:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ruydelacerda.pt\/collin-lab-pilot-solutions-innovation-and-technology-for-applied-polymer-research\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T15:58:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:58:55","slug":"collin-lab-pilot-solutions-innovation-and-technology-for-applied-polymer-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ruydelacerda.pt\/en\/collin-lab-pilot-solutions-innovation-and-technology-for-applied-polymer-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Collin Lab &#038; Pilot Solutions: Innovation and Technology for Applied Polymer Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14741\" class=\"elementor elementor-14741 elementor-14419\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a875029 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default 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class=\"page-generator__output js-generator-output\">\n<p>(English Below) \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"waldo-sticky-footer-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"waldo-sticky-footer-inner\">\n<p><strong>\ud83c\udf0d<\/strong><strong> Inova\u00e7\u00e3o e tecnologia para a investiga\u00e7\u00e3o aplicada em pol\u00edmeros<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>O setor dos materiais polim\u00e9ricos est\u00e1 a evoluir rapidamente, impulsionado pela procura de solu\u00e7\u00f5es mais sustent\u00e1veis, leves e eficientes.<\/p>\n<p>A liga\u00e7\u00e3o entre investiga\u00e7\u00e3o e ind\u00fastria nunca foi t\u00e3o essencial, e \u00e9 precisamente nesse ponto que se insere o trabalho desenvolvido com o <strong>STAR Institute<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd2c A <strong>Ruy de Lacerda<\/strong>, representante da <strong>Collin Lab &amp; Pilot Solutions<\/strong> em Portugal, colaborou com o STAR Institute num projeto que refor\u00e7a a aplica\u00e7\u00e3o pr\u00e1tica da investiga\u00e7\u00e3o cient\u00edfica em \u00e1reas como a mobilidade, ind\u00fastria autom\u00f3vel, eletr\u00f3nica e materiais de engenharia.<\/p>\n<p>O STAR Institute atua como ponte entre as universidades e o setor produtivo, transformando conhecimento acad\u00e9mico em inova\u00e7\u00e3o tecnol\u00f3gica concreta para empresas de refer\u00eancia portuguesas.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udca1 As solu\u00e7\u00f5es laboratoriais e piloto da Collin permitem estudar e otimizar processos de extrus\u00e3o, granula\u00e7\u00e3o e transforma\u00e7\u00e3o de pol\u00edmeros, oferecendo precis\u00e3o, modularidade e escalabilidade \u2013 fatores decisivos no desenvolvimento de novos materiais e produtos t\u00e9cnicos.<\/p>\n<p>\u2699\ufe0f Este projeto contou com a colabora\u00e7\u00e3o direta de <strong>Carla Gomes<\/strong> e de <strong>Jo\u00e3o Lopes<\/strong>, do STAR Institute, e foi poss\u00edvel gra\u00e7as \u00e0 coopera\u00e7\u00e3o entre o embaixador Collin,<strong>\u00a0Corn\u00e9 Verstraten<\/strong>, e o embaixador Ruy de Lacerda,<strong> Ant\u00f3nio Pereira<\/strong>, que asseguraram a articula\u00e7\u00e3o t\u00e9cnica e estrat\u00e9gica entre as equipas.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude80 Num contexto em que a inova\u00e7\u00e3o e a transi\u00e7\u00e3o tecnol\u00f3gica definem o futuro da ind\u00fastria, esta parceria refor\u00e7a o papel da Ruy de Lacerda e da Collin Lab &amp; Pilot Solutions como facilitadores de solu\u00e7\u00f5es avan\u00e7adas que ligam a investiga\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e0 produ\u00e7\u00e3o real, promovendo o progresso, a competitividade e a sustentabilidade dos setores onde atuam.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfed Com mais de sete d\u00e9cadas de presen\u00e7a cont\u00ednua na ind\u00fastria, a Ruy de Lacerda mant\u00e9m-se fiel \u00e0 sua miss\u00e3o: aproximar tecnologia, conhecimento e pessoas, contribuindo para um tecido industrial portugu\u00eas mais inovador, moderno e preparado para os desafios do 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knowledge into tangible technological innovation for leading Portuguese companies.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udca1 Collin\u2019s laboratory and pilot-scale solutions enable the study and optimisation of extrusion, granulation and polymer processing, offering precision, modularity and scalability \u2013 key factors in developing new materials and technical products.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2699\ufe0f This project involved the direct participation of Eng. 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