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„Development and implementation of an innovative installation intended for the application of an advanced thin-film coating technology for manufacturing energy-efficient glass – TEGAS”
SMIS Code: 338197

The beneficiary BAHM CONSTRUCȚII CIVILE ȘI INDUSTRIALE S.R.L., tax identification number 336481583, registered at the Trade Registry under no. J2021000788361, headquartered at str. Manolești Deal no. 15A, city Botoșani, Botoșani County, as Partnership Leader between BAHM CONSTRUCȚII CIVILE ȘI INDUSTRIALE S.R.L. and “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iași, will implement the project “Development and implementation of an innovative installation intended for the application of an advanced thin-film coating technology for manufacturing energy-efficient glass – TEGAS”, co-funded through the North-East Regional Program 2021-2027, based on financing contract no. 731/10.07.2025.

The project is funded through Regio - North-East Regional Program 2021-2027, Priority 1 "A more competitive, more innovative region", Call: Support for developing the innovation capacity of SMEs through R&D projects and SME investments necessary for developing innovative products and processes, PR/NE/2024/P1/RSO1.1_RSO1.3/1 - R&D AND SME INVESTMENT PROJECTS.

Total project value: 34,224,558.69 RON, of which Non-reimbursable financing: 14,491,228.09 RON from (ERDF/ESF+/FC/FTJ) funds and 2,557,275.55 RON from the national budget.

Implementation period: 10.07.2025 - 09.07.2028.

Managing authority: North-East Regional Development Agency.
Intermediate body: North-East Regional Development Agency.

The project implementation sites are located in three distinct locations, as follows:

1. 1. City of Iași – within the “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iași (TUIASI), at Str. Prof. Dr. Doc. Dimitrie Mangeron, no. 43, postal code 700050, Faculty of Mechanics, and Bulevardul Prof. Dimitrie Mangeron, no. 27, postal code 700050, Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers. These locations are dedicated to activities related to component RSO1.1 - Development and enhancement of research and innovation capacities and adoption of advanced technologies, financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) – North-East Region.
2. 2. City of Botoșani, at Str. Manolești Deal, no. 15A, where activities related to component RSO1.1 - Development and enhancement of research and innovation capacities and adoption of advanced technologies, also under ERDF North-East funding, stage 1, coordinated by the leader BAHM.
3. 3. Village Zăicești, Bălușeni commune, Botoșani county, cadastral point no. 56766, where activities for component RSO1.3 - Strengthening sustainable growth and competitiveness of SMEs and creating jobs within SMEs, including productive investments, ERDF North-East funding, stage 2, coordinated by leader BAHM.

The project objectives are as follows:

General objective of the project:
“Development of an innovative vacuum deposition technology for transparent conductive thin films on glass and production of heat-reflective glass prototypes, transparent in the visible spectrum, validated under conditions similar to real operation, followed by the industrialisation of the research results.”

Specific objectives of the project are:

1. 1. Development and laboratory testing of laboratory prototypes: glass with TCO coatings for exterior, glass with oxide ceramic coatings for interior, and glass with TCO and oxide ceramic coatings for interior-exterior.
2. 2. Development of two innovative processes allowing deposition on glass by cathodic sputtering and cathodic arc evaporation.
3. 3. Construction of a modern production hall, arrangement of a functional parking lot and access roads, as well as fencing the area to ensure a complete and efficient industrial space.
4. 4. Expansion of collaboration with the academic and research environment, involving specialized partners, aiming at generating new knowledge, materialized through publishing two articles presented at conferences and two articles in specialized journals.

Additional information can be obtained from:

• Contact person: Ionuț Nichifor
• Phone: 0746 330 136
• Email: bahm.constructii@gmail.com

Project Description

Project title
“Development and implementation of an innovative installation intended for the application of an advanced thin-film coating technology for manufacturing energy-efficient glass”, acronym TEGAS

Beneficiary (partnership leader)
S.C. BAHM CONSTRUCȚII CIVILE ȘI INDUSTRIALE S.R.L., city of Botoșani, Botoșani County

Partner
“Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iași

Funding programme
North-East Regional Programme 2021-2027, Priority PRNE_P1 “A more competitive, more innovative region”, call for proposals PR/NE/2024/P1/RSO1.1_RSO1.3/1, R&D and SME investment projects. Project co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund through the North-East Regional Programme 2021-2027.

SMIS Code
338197

Project aim
Development of an innovative vacuum deposition technology for transparent conductive thin films on glass and production of heat-reflective glass prototypes, transparent in the visible spectrum, validated under conditions similar to real operation, followed by the industrialisation of the research results.

Specific objectives

• Building the pilot vacuum deposition installation using magnetron cathodic sputtering (Stage 1)
• Producing and validating full-scale glass prototypes with AZO / Ag / AZO layers at TRL 7 (Stage 1)
• Building production capacity and bringing the research results into manufacturing (Stage 2)

Results

• A functional pilot vacuum installation for batch processes
• Three glass prototypes with transparent conductive layers, validated in an operational environment
• New production capacity in the North-East region (under implementation, Stage 2)

Implementation period
10.07.2025 - 09.07.2028, under financing contract no. 731 / 10.07.2025

Total project value
34,224,558.69 RON

Non-reimbursable financing
17,048,503.64 RON, of which co-financing from the European Union (European Regional Development Fund): 14,491,228.09 RON and co-financing from the national budget: 2,557,275.55 RON

Beneficiary contribution
17,176,055.05 RON

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