The Laboratory of Building Materials is one of the main Laboratories that have been operating since the establishment of the Polytechnic School. Provides theoretical and practical training to the students of the Department of Civil Engineering and to the postgraduate students of the Interdepartmental Postgraduate Program in the Protection, Preservation, and Restoration of Cultural Monuments. Over the last twenty years, the Laboratory has developed significant research activity that mainly concerns two research fields/areas: Applied Research for the promotion of new materials in the production and utilization of industrial by-products in construction, for the benefit of saving natural resources and energy, protecting of environment and the construction economy. Research for the analysis of the historical materials of the monumental heritage and the maintenance and fixing of buildings with compatible materials.
Perlite Hellas SA is one of the leading companies in the expansion of perlite in Greece and the only one with a history of more than 20 years. It was founded in 1992 by Athanasios Saridis in the Industrial area of Volos. The company's products are friendly to humans and the environment, have many uses as building materials offering thermal insulation, fire protection, and sound insulation, are inorganic and chemically neutral, non-combustible and odorless at all temperatures, while not affected by moisture, fungi, no consumed. The company's vertical production unit includes crushing, drying, and swelling, giving the flexibility of complete control over the produced product, either in its non-expandable or expanded form. The company complies with the quality system ISO9001: 2015 and certifies its products with CE in accordance with European regulation 305/2011.
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