Adamant Composites is the coordinator of the MINEFIELD project by developing high-end, state-of-the-art solutions serving primarily the Space, Aerospace and Defence markets. Since its foundation in 2012 in Greece, the company has successfully completed projects for several institutional and industrial clients such as the European Space Agency and Airbus. Its expertise lies in the design of large deployable structures, the engineering and manufacturing of composite and nano-enabled materials in applications such as batteries, hydrogen storage tanks, UAVs airframes, deployable structure subsystems, structural components and ground support equipment for satellites and launchers.

Adamant Composites is a reliable knowledge and innovation intensive SME seeking to transform into a Composites Engineering and Manufacturing Hub for the Aerospace & Defence Supply Chain. Currently the company has 30+ employees, including engineering team, quality assurance, production, and newly formed commercial team.

During the last 5 years the company reached more than 3 million Euros cumulative revenue exhibiting 25% yearly organic growth. Adamant Composites has been certified by EUROCERT under EN ISO9001:2015 (Cert. # 00.12.1272) for a range technical activities covering the end-to-end process cycle for development of new materials and structures.

The Company is a member of several international organizations, including the Hellenic Manufactures of Defence Material, the Greek Association of Space Industries, the Hellenic Space Technologies and Applications Cluster (si- Cluster).

FORTH/ICE-HT was founded in 1984 and operates in Patras, Greece. It is one of the ten (10) Institutes of the Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas (FORTH) that reports to the General Secretariat for Research and Innovation (GSRI).

FORTH has been recognized repeatedly as a top-level research center not only in the country but also in Europe, following several evaluation and ranking studies. The mission of the Institute is to conduct forefront scientific research, contribute to technological innovation, provide training and advanced education to new researchers, and contribute to the development of the Region of Western Greece, in particular, and the country as a whole.

The Institute covers a broad range of disciplines within chemical engineering sciences: (i) nanotechnology & advanced materials, (ii) energy & environment, (iii) biosciences & biotechnology. In addition to the mainstream activities in these sectors, several major activities are promoted at the interfaces of these areas, creating a truly multidisciplinary work environment. The research results respond to modern societal challenges, like green energy, environment, and quality of life. The Institute also encourages strongly the exploitation of research results in the form of patents, licensing, and spin-off companies.

The main assets of the Institute are the high quality of research personnel, its modern infrastructure, its efficient administrative and technical services, and the synergistic atmosphere that is constantly promoted. The FORTH team has long standing expertise in the development of novel (nano)materials through diverse chemical and physical techniques.

Over the last years the team has developed intensive research and innovation activities on the laser-assisted preparation of graphene-based materials for various applications related to energy conversion and storage. These innovative approaches have been protected under patents.

Through national and EC-funded projects, the FORTH team, in partnership with other consortium teams (ADAMANT) has established proper pilot lines for the roll-to-roll production of conductive textiles based on direct graphene deposition onto the fabric.

Drawing from this experience, the FORTH team is poised to construct energy harvesting and storage mechanisms in MINEFIELD that can seamlessly integrate into soldiers’ vests, all while championing eco-friendly technologies

The Hellenic Army Academy (HAA) is an academic institution at a university level which provides academic and military education for future career officers of the Hellenic Army. It is the oldest academic institution of Greece, founded in 1828.

The Hellenic Army Academy has a broad spectrum of scientific activities that span from mechanical engineering, materials science, electrical engineering etc. The HAA is expanding its activities in additive manufacturing, metamaterials design and adaptive camouflage techniques and has the ability to test them at real world and combat situations. In parallel with the above, the HAA hosts in its facilities more than 1500 personnel (cadets, military staff, civilians working for the academy). The Academy has the operating equivalent of a Military Division.

Hellenic Army Academy – HAA is going to be a valuable partner of the consortium, as it is going to provide its long-lasting experience, as well as its knowledge for the effective implementation of MINEFIELD project. More specifically, HAA is going to bring an added value to the partnership through its hands-on contribution regarding the identification of the detailed and accurate specific requirements for the establishment of a soldier’s system.

The Hellenic Army Academy is the sole military educational provider of this consortium that has the unique know-how about the prerequisites for the development of a next-generation and technologically advanced soldier’s equipment that could satisfy the survival, energetic, and ergonomic needs and demands when soldiers operating in the battlefield, especially in harsh and difficult conditions.

Université Gustave Eiffel (UGE) is a university created in 2020 on the basis of an innovative model bringing together for the first time in France the triptych university/schools/research organization. It is the fruit of a joint venture initiated over 20 years ago between a university, a research institute, 3 engineering schools and an architecture school. ESYCOM lab from UGE has had strong expertise in small-scale kinetic energy harvesting for over 20 years, using devices based on electrostatic MEMS or ZnO nanowire technologies.

Since 2017, UGE has specialized in triboelectric systems and focused its research on their conditioning electronics to maximize high-voltage energy conversion while providing a low, regulated voltage to the output electrical load.

Pleione Energy GmbH is a subsidiary company of Pleione Energy SA in Greece. Pleione Energy is an International Joint Venture company, between the Greek company ADAMANT COMPOSITES LTD (founded 2012) and the German company OMNIDEA-RTG GmbH (founded 2014).

The parent company Pleione Energy SA was established in 2015 and is since based at the Technology incubator of the National Center for Scientific Research (NCSR) "Demokritos" in Athens, Greece. Pleione Energy GmbH was established in 2022 and is based in Brinkum, Stuhr, Lower Saxony in Germany.

The Vision of Pleione Energy GmbH is to further invest as an innovative company that develops and provides technological excellent applications for the energy and space sector and focus more on the product development as also on the industrialization of its developed technologies. The main goal is to identify and synthesize leading edge technologies to industrial applications and products, maximizing their exploitation potential.

Currently, the company focuses on the development, design and production of cost-effective products and applications for energy conversion, distribution and storage using enabling graphene technologies that can benefit both the industry and society at large. The primary application field is the design and development of advanced storage systems through the application of nanotechnology in batteries, capacitors, fuel cells etc. Advanced materials and nanotechnology expertise, along with extensive research experience in the energy and aerospace sector, empowers the team behind the company to achieve technological breakthroughs.

Furthermore, the company has access to its shareholders (Pleione Energy SA, Adamant Composites and Omnidea-RTG) infrastructures and capabilities that provides the capability to utilize fast higher amount of resources and capabilities in the areas of materials, mechanical/electrical engineering and aerospace systems.

The company also maintains good contacts with local Universities and Technical Institutes, a strategic move which provides good flexibility and fast response to fluctuations in demand for production and new developments (technical and business).