The Gateshead-based milling technology company International Innovative Technologies (IIT) is part of a newly established consortium headed by Procter & Gamble Technical Centres that is being supported by the UK Government’s Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative. Called project Chariot, the three-year collaboration brings together eight organisations that will aim to develop new and innovative equipment and processes for the production of ultra-fine powders. IIT has successfully developed a patented low-energy vertical milling system suitable for the fine grinding of a range of bulk materials, powders and minerals. The company’s involvement in the Chariot project will include further in-depth analysis of the milling of powders and particles and research into the effects of new and different grinding equipment designs on material properties and performance. In this role, the company will work alongside the University of Leeds’ Particle Institute and the Teesside-based CPI Centre for Process Innovation. 

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