ACCENT PRO 2000 RECOGNIZED WTH EPMA PM INNOVATION AWARD 2026
Category:
Private funded projects
Period:
October, 2026
Coordinator:
Magurele High Tech Cluster
ACCENT PRO 2000 RECOGNIZED WTH EPMA PM INNOVATION AWARD - BUDAPEST 2026
The encyclopedic site dedicated to Romanian enterprises www.listafirme.ro has listed ACCENT PRO 2000 S.R.L to be the 1st most successful R&D Romanian Company and the 2nd in the Top R&D Company from District 3, Bucharest, according to the 2012 balance sheet.
Under the Research and Innovation for the SME’s benefit motto, The National Education Ministry gathered a series of enterprises and research unities involved in Technological Platforms to identify innovation, inventions, innovative companies and new technologies for the purpose of transferring innovation in the economic environment.
The 6th edition of international Symposium took place in Bucharest from 16th to 18th October 2013 and had as the main goal to bring forward innovative methods and technologies, development of new products and services, knowledge and technology transfer from the research environment to the productive one.
ACCENT PRO 2000 ltd. was present to the forum to talk about Difficulties and solutions in elaboration and management of R4SME projects from the perspective of the AP2K General Manager Dr. Mihai IOVEA, who has been Project coordinator for 13 projects and partner in more than 11 projects financed by Romanian Ministry of Research, EC or private companies.
Follow presentation link:
Confference presentations:
http://www.arott.ro/forum/prezentari
35 founding members associated today, the 18th of November 2013 to form a Non-Governmental, Nonprofit, Apolitical and Non-discriminatory Organization under the name of Măgurele High Tech Cluster – MHTC.
The purpose of the new-created Association is to ensure the technological transfer between Research-Development-Innovation entities and the Business environment by the development of productive partnerships. In this manner it is expected an increase in the competitiveness of Romanian companies, a growth in R&D&I capacities and a higher rate of success in the matter of Results.
Since the productivity seems to be the new target in the R&D domain, these partnerships that are able to generate innovative technologies, products and services destined to eliminate certain problems and to create implementing mechanisms are basically feeding an actual need.
With the approval of the Associates, the MHTC Association will accept new members. (For further details please see the MHTC presentation held by Ioan Ursu at the Industrial Forum, the President of Măgurele High Tech Cluster.)
On the 3rd and 4th of December 2013, the PlastronicsSpec Partners gathered at Accent Pro 2000 ltd. premises in Romania for the project’s Final meeting and DEMO day.
The first day of Meeting Agenda covered the Project overview and presentations of Radiography Activities, Development of signal processing for real time X-ray detector arrays, System Enclosure, System Integration and Validation. There were also discussions on the future Dissemination, Exploitation and Training activities.
The second meeting day was an open Demonstration Day of the PlastronicsSpec System located at the Coordinator’s Laboratory at Faculty of Physics, where the Consortium and other guests were invited to see a real-time product scan preceded by an introduction of the Project.
The completion of the project milestones are on track and according to schedule, stated Dr. Ian Nicholson, TWI Project Manager.
The project is funded by the European FP7 programme, started on the 1st of November 2011 and will end on December 31st, 2013.
The PlastronicsSpec consortium on the Demo day, 4th December 2013.
ACCENT PRO 2000 ltd. was invited on Tuesday, December 10th, at the Industrial Forum, a special meeting dedicated to Extreme Light Infrastructure – Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) Project. and organized by The National Education Ministry (MEN) and the Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH).
As the ELI-NP Project Manager N. Zamfir stated, “The New Laser – almost 1000 times more powerful than any other existing laser, will create a Center of European Research in Măgurele, ROMANIA, this being not only the avant-garde of research in the lasers’ domain at a global level but also an opportunity to explore new frontiers in various industrial domains.
Since there is an increasing interest for the companies’ help and expertise in such projects, AP2K is looking forward to develop new partnerships that will positively exploit the ELI-NP Gamma beam Source in imaging applications – our main activity domain.
Accent Pro 2000 personnel has been awarded by The Romanian Academy of Science for the scientific paper "Dual-energy X-Ray Tomography applied to marine and deltaic geology" published in Engineering Geology. The event took place on December 19th 2013, in Bucharest, ROMANIA.
In an article published on the DIGITAL edition of +Plastic ELECTRONICS magazine, the consortium for PlastronicsSpec discusses the potential impact of inspection technology in reducing OLED production costs - and opening the markets in displays and lighting.
Plastic electronics companies across the globe are set to invest heavily this year in evolving their manufacturing processes to both increase the size of production runs and cut material defects.
A defect-reducing inspection system for OLED production could help drive down price for new consumer products and lighting. The system was developed by a consortium of European businesses and academic institutes, as part of the EU-funded PlastronicsSpec project.
The Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) project, under implementation in Bucharest-Magurele, Romania, aims at reaching extremely high photon field intensities, for new experiments in Nuclear Physics and related areas, with two large research equipment, a high power laser system and a high intensity gamma beam system. Both pieces of equipment are significantly beyond present-day state-of-the -art.The new research infrastructure promises to break new ground in many areas of science and technology, such asa fundamental physics, nuclear physics, astrophysics, accelerators and releted technical developments, laser physics and engineering, medicine, and material science.
The purpose of this Memorandum is to establish a proper framework for cooperation between the signatory parties regarding the implementation of ELI-NP and the development of its scientific programme.
HoriaHulubei " National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, hereinafter "IFIN-HH", and Aceent Pro 2000 s.r.l., hereinafter "AP2K", are the sole parties to this Memorandum.
The undersigned parties agree to cooperate on research topics for developing applications for the High intensity gamma beam system from ELI-NP project, for:
- developing the ELI-NP gamma beam experimental areas;
- defining the applications set-up's intensity gamma beam system;
- designing and developing the necessary instrumentation for applications implementations;
- training high-skilled human resources in teh field;
- promoting ELI-NP as in international user facility.
TWI Technology Centre (Wales)
The Open Access NDT Database
The Web's Largest Database of Nondestructive Testing (NDT)
Third place in Top Profit Romania Microcompanies - SECTORUL 3 city, activity 72: Scientific research and development, according to the balance 2013
More details: http://www.romanian-companies.eu/
Accent Pro 2000 was participated at TIB- Bucharest International Technical Fair, an emblematic trade fair for ROMEXPO, between 15 and 18 of October.
At this fair Accent Pro 2000 had a booth where presented a number of several exhibits:
- a working prototype detector DUALTOMO- a dual-energy X-ray Radioscopy system dedicated for the use within antitero interventions for the fast identification of the content of the suspect luggage and packages and also for NDT industrial applications;
- poster of the project PlastronicsSpec: Development of an automated digital radiography system for the inspection of plastic electronics;
- poster of the project AutoInspect: Automated inspection for sintered parts by non-destructive technique for improved quality in production;
- poster of the project DUALTOMO : The design and development of high-resolution dual-energy X-ray Digital Radioscopy mobile and autonomous system destined for fast identification of the explosive materials during the antitero interventions and also for NDT industrial applications;
- presentation of X-ray images on a display of PC from the projects PlastronicsSpec, AutoInspect, DUALTOMO and others;
- poster of the presentation of projects research and development made by our company;
Among the exhibitors there were institutes from Magurele: IFIN-HH, INOE, INFLPR, INFP, from Bucharest: ROSA, ICECHIM, IMT and from the country, but also joined and successful SMEs.
Story on AUTOINSPECT project has been published on our Horizon 2020 website.
Horizon 2020 is a research and innovation programme from the European Union.
The article can be accessed from the following link
Accent Pro 2000 has participated at TIB- Bucharest International Technical Fair, an emblematic trade fair for ROMEXPO, between 14 and 17 of October.
A number of several exhibits where presented at the event:
- poster of the projects Autoinspect, Plastronicsspec, Dualtomo and the presentation of projects research and development made by our company;
- presentation of X-ray images on a display of PC from the projects PlastronicsSpec, AutoInspect, DUALTOMO and others;
- a working prototype detector DUALTOMO- a dual-energy X-ray Radioscopy system dedicated for the use within antitero interventions for the fast identification of the content of the suspect luggage and packages and also for NDT industrial applications.
Third place in Top Profit Romania Microcompanies - SECTORUL 3 city, activity 72: Scientific research and development.
More details: http://www.listafirme.ro/top_2015/diploma_360836.htm
Project ''Support action for gamma beam industrial imaging applications development at ELI-NP / ELITOMO''
Third place in Top Profit Romania Microcompanies - SECTORUL 3 city, activity 72: Scientific research and development.
ACCENT PRO 2000 S.R.L. (AP2K), seeks candidates for a 3-years PhD position in the interdisciplinary field of X-ray physics, materials science and computation
The PhD student will be part of our Research and Development team in the field of "2D &3D X-ray multimodal X-ray imaging for investigation of threats detection for security applications", especially in advanced baggage scanner techniques. The main goal is to analyze and optimize, by simulations and experiments, the materials identification methods based on various X-ray imaging techniques, such as: dual-energy, multi-energy and diffractions, using different scanning techniques that includes one-view, dual-view, multi-view and 2D and 3D static (non-gantry) tomography.
The PhD student will work closely with research colleagues from AP2K but also with the academic partner at Department of Physics at the Technical University of Denmark – DTU (www.dtu.dk) and externally, with our industrial and academic partners.
Your PhD project will be part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network, “Multiscale, Multimodal, Multidimensional imaging for EngineeRING” or in short MUMMERING (www.mummering.eu). The network is concerned with interdisciplinary R&D and training in 3D imaging and its application in materials and information science. The network offers totally 15 PhD positions Information about all 15 PhD positions can be found here.
For more details and other requirements of the PhD position please visit : https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/258300
Security applications development at ELI-NP: detecting concealed threatening materials by using Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence and 2D/3D tomography with gamma beams - ELI_THREAT_DETECT
We got signed an R&D contract with Gilardoni company from Italy (www.gilardoni.it) for jointly developing static tomographic machines equipped with new X-ray algorithms for the next generation of 3D baggage scanners.
Our company has recently signed an R&D Contract with NUROL Teknoloji A.S. company from Turkey for development of a dedicated Non-destructive equipment for ballistic plates in-line control.
Program: New advanced technologies for surfaces deposition by using high-power lasers for increasing the materials reliability and performances - PRELAM
Accent Pro 2000 succesfully delivered and installed X-Shaper equipment - Laser & X-Ray Scanner designed for ballistic plates in-line control developed in colabotration with NUROL Teknoloji A.S. (Turkey).
Mummering Project Event: Winter School: “Multimodal X-Ray Identification Techniques For Security Applications” & Workshop: ” How To Build And Run Your Own Business” & 4th General Assembly
Monday17th–Friday 21st February 2020
CAPITOL HOTEL, Bucharest, ROMANIA; Tel:+40213158030
Organized by partner:ACCENT PRO 2000 S.R.L. (shortly AP2K)
www.accent.ro; office@accent.ro; phone: (+4)0314380154
Registration deadline:10th January 2020
AP2K contact persons:
-Mihai IOVEA: mihai.iovea@accent.ro, mobile: (+4)0745182660
-Mihaela Poterasu:mihaela.poterasu@accent.ro, mobile: (+4)0745182660
Event program
Registration form
Accent Pro 2000 S.R.L. (AP2K) is proud to announce that has signed a know-how transfer contract with Integrity NDT -Turkey
Accent Pro 2000 S.R.L. (AP2K) is proud to announce that has signed a
know-how transfer contract with Integrity NDT -Turkey for delivering the
technologies and manufacturing design for ceramic ballistic plates in-line
Non-Destructive Control machine that will be further manufactured in Turkey.
According with the contract, AP2K will offer also technical consultancy to
Integrity NDT for the new product integration and further developments.
EU HORIZON 2020 - MARIE CURIE program grant awarded for 48 month PROJECT ‘XCTING’ with title "Enabling X-ray CT based Industry 4.0 process chains by training Next Generation research experts", our company being part of the project consortium as partner organization.
"BIOIMAGING - Imbunatatirea tehnicilor de imagistica cu raze X
neconventionale pentru investigarea efectelor iradierii tesuturilor
biologice cu doze de radiatii gama monitorizate".
The HECTOR project aims to create the first-ever fully autonomous solution for
inspections of ship confined spaces relying on a drone that collects visual and ultrasonic
data. The HECTOR project significantly pushes the boundaries in the fields of robotics,
Artificial Intelligence and Condition-Based Maintenance which contribute significantly to
the Digital Transition of the shipping industry.
ACCENT PRO 2000 S.R.L. is proud to announce that will attend the World PM2022 Congress & Exhibition, organised and sponsored by the European Powder Metallurgy Association, Lyon, France from 09 to 13 October 2022, and invites interested companies to visit our Stand #148 and to discuss solutions for the needs of manufacturers in the PM domain.
The Powder Metallurgy World Congress is only held in Europe once every six years and is an essential destination for the international PM community to meet its suppliers, producers and end-users and to discover the latest innovations in PM technology.
ACCENT PRO 2000 S.R.L. is proud to announce that will participate (online) in the Automotive Expo & B2B Meetings 2022 and invites interested companies to discuss solutions for the needs of manufacturers in the Automotive domain.
Automotive Expo & B2B Meetings is the leading B2B Automotive Trade Fair in Romania, organized with the purpose of development and improvement of business relations, dedicated to automotive manufacturing professionals, buyers, suppliers and sub-suppliers.
Automotive Expo & B2B Meetings will be hosted at Redal Expo, located in Sibiu, on 26.05.2022.
https://automotiveexpo.intradefairs.com/sites/default/files/Automotive%2...
https://automotiveexpo.intradefairs.com/
The World PM2022 Congress & Exhibition, organised and sponsored by the
European Powder Metallurgy Association , took place
in Lyon, France, 9 - 13 October 2022.
This world event attracts industry leaders, decision-makers, respected
academics and PM related companies and personnel from across the supply
chain.
The programme of plenary, keynote, oral and poster presentations were
focused on all aspects of PM:
* Powder Production
* Consolidation technologies (Compaction and Sintering, MIM, HIP,
FAST, AM beam based technologies, AM sinter based technologies, .)
* Materials (Ferrous & Non ferrous materials, Light materials, Hight
temperature materials, Functional materials, Hard metals, cermets and
diamond tools, .)
* Applications (Biomedical, Aerospace, Automotive, Energy, .)
* Tools for improving PM (Test and evaluation, Secondary operations,
Design and modelling, Life Cycle Analysis, Digitization, .)
At the Congress we presented:
- our X-ray high-resolution Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) solutions for
sintered and additive manufactured parts quality analysis available in our
laboratory, together with some X-ray digital radiography images of scanned
samples.
- a high-resolution X-ray Digital Radiography (DR) system and a Laser-based
3D profiler accurate dimension measurement, both installed in one machine,
for sintered parts in-line NDT quality control.
- a new real-time X-ray imaging quality control system for parts
manufactured by Laser Melting Deposition (LMD) and adaptable for any
additive manufacturing technique, able to acquire continuously DR data
during the deposition process and to check, in real-time, the deposition
geometrical parameters and internal defects.
LASER-DRIVEN GAMMA IMAGING STUDIES AND EXPERIMENTS FOR APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT AT EXTREME LIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE-NUCLEAR PHYSICS (ELI-NP) 100 TW
High-intensity photon beam sources in the range of multi-MeV are the key tools in many research fields, such as nuclear, atomic, materials and astrophysics sciences, and especially in medical gamma therapies and non-destructive testing applications. Surprisingly, nowadays microfocus-size gamma ray sources of multi-MeV energy range able to produce 2D radiographic images and 3D tomograms of scanned objects at high-resolution of few/tens microns size are not available. We are proposing the development of a multi-annual research and an experimental program, focusing on increasing the theoretical knowledge regarding the laser interactions with matter and on the improvement of the various set-ups able to produce high-intensity gamma beams, with small focal spot size and the required divergence. For each set-up a set of new experiments will be dedicated to a better characterization of the gamma source capabilities and to improving the theoretical model. The scientific and experimental work in this program will finally allow us to predict and optimize various laser-driven gamma beam emission configurations, as a starting tool for further potential development of stand-alone microfocus gamma ray sources projects for the development of medical, scientific and industrial applications.
Project details
Accepted research proposal/ in the process of signing: DIGITAL MAINTENANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE AND FLEXIBLE OPERATION OF HYDROPOWER PLANT - Di-Hydro
Title of project: DIGITAL MAINTENANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE AND FLEXIBLE OPERATION OF HYDROPOWER PLANT
Acronym of project: Di-Hydro
Duration (months): 36
Call: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-03 (Sustainable, secure and competitive energy supply)
Topic: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-03-08
Type of Action: HORIZON-RIA
Proposal number: 101122311
Type of Model Grant Agreement: HORIZON Lump Sum Grant
List of participating organisations:
Coordinator: ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTY (CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS CERTH), Greece, https://www.certh.gr/
Parteners:
INSTITUT MINES-TELECOM, France, https://www.imt.fr/
MOBYGIS SRL, Italy, http://www.mobygis.com eroare
DEUSER TECH GROUP SL, Spain, www.irc-a.com
ATLANTIS ENGINEERING AE, Greece, https://atlantis-engineering.com/
MAS Consulting S.r.l., Italy, https://www.mas-co.it/
INOSENS DOO NOVI SAD, Serbia, https://inosens.rs/
ACCENT PRO 2000 s.r.l., Romania, https://www.accent.ro/
DEEP BLUE SRL, Italy, http://www.dblue.it
DIMOSIA EPICHEIRISI ILEKTRISMOU ANONYMI ETAIREIA, Greece, https://www.dei.gr/
A2A SPA, Italy, www.a2a.eu
JAVNO PREDUZECE ELEKTROPRIVREDA SRBIJE BEOGRAD, Serbia, www.eps.rs
ASOCIACION DE INVESTIGACION METALURGICA DEL NOROESTE, Spain, https://www.aimen.es/
Di-Hydro will develop practical solutions, applicable to HP plants and clusters across the EU, regardless of their previous digitization level, by combining innovative sensor technology and digital adaption for energy production, optimized O&M practices based on cutting-edge information technology, while taking into account weather and water flow conditions, biodiversity, environmental and societal issues as inputs, and at the same time will help HP companies strategize and manage production based on market and societal needs, thus leading to an increase in HP energy generation by at least 30% by 2030 and more than 50% by 2040, as the proposed digital adaption in HPs intensifies. Innovations of Di-Hydro will facilitate HP energy production through novelties in sensors, data management and security, process digitization, safe connection, and optimization, as well as help preserve wildlife and include societal factors in electrical power production and management, as this is critical to achieve the vision of strengthening the clean energy cluster in the EU.
Integration of Advanced Experiments, Computation and Data for Innovation in Freeze Casting and Advanced Porous Structures - ice-Link
The project aims to collaboratively research on ice-templating of advanced porous materials through modern data system/sharing, experiments and numerical/physical modelling. It will enhance the R&I capacity of academic and industrial partners, sustain the effort in collectively challenging issue in this most active research area and jointly developing major break-through technologies.
It will also equip researchers with modern research facilities, innovation skills and critical thinking capacity through integrated data system, facilities, dynamic collaboration with everlasting impact.” cu link catre proiec
Di-Hydro will develop practical solutions, applicable to HP plants and clusters across the EU.
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Defence Safety & Security Group Technical Networking: Additive Manufacturing in Defence
organised by Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IOM3 | Homepage) will take place on 21 November 2024, 1pm – 5.30pm, London, IOM3 Headquarters, 297 Euston Road. (IOM3 | Defence Safety & Security Group Technical Networking: Additive Manufacturing in Defence)
This half-day event is designed for businesses, academia, and industry leaders to highlight their innovations and expertise. It provides a prime opportunity to network, present cutting-edge solutions, including advancements in additive manufacturing, engage in insightful discussions, and explore collaborative ventures that could shape the future of global security.
At the event, Dr. Mihai Iovea will present the paper “Industrial techniques and equipment for sintered and additive manufactured parts quality control by X-ray imaging and Laser profilers 3D scan”.
Comunicat de presă - Lansarea proiectului Platformă Națională pentru Tehnologiile Semiconductorilor (PNTS) cod SMIS 304244
Lansarea proiectului "Platformă Națională pentru Tehnologiile Semiconductorilor (PNTS)" cod SMIS 304244
Quantum-enhanced Perovskite crystal scintillators for Innovative X-ray photon-counting in medical imaging and other applications (QuPIX)
We are proud to announce that the proposal “Quantum-enhanced Perovskite crystal scintillators for Innovative X-ray photon-counting in medical imaging and other applications (QuPIX)”, financed by the European Commission through the Program HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDEROPEN (EIC Pathfinder 2025) has been accepted for funding.
QuPIX will achieve a breakthrough in the accuracy, affordability, and scalability of X-ray PCDs through the development and integration of two radically new technologies, both emerging from recent scientific research: QuPS and μAPCs.
QuPS are a novel class of scintillators that exploit quantum-mechanical principles such as exciton confinement and the Purcell effect to greatly enhance luminescence efficiency and speed.
QuPIX will utilize the unique properties of these new photonic materials to almost instantaneously convert the energy of each X-ray photon into a proportional number of optical photons. These scintillation photons will be counted and converted into an electrical signal by means of a μAPC, a solid-state photosensor with unique characteristics ideally suited for application in PCDs.
Duration: 48 months (estimated start date 01.05.2026)
List of participating organisations
1. TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT, Netherlands, Coordinator
2. ACCENT PRO 2000 SRL, Romania, Partner
3. FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER, Italy, Partner
4. SIEC BADAWCZA LUKASIEWICZ - PORT POLSKI OSRODEK ROZWOJU TECHNOLOGII , Poland, Partner
5. UNIVERSITE LYON 1 CLAUDE BERNARD, France, Partner
6. CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS, France, Affiliated
ACCENT PRO 2000 is proud to be recognized with the EPMA PM Innovation Award 2026, an important acknowledgment of our commitment to innovation, technological advancement, and excellence in powder metallurgy nondestructive testing.
This recognition highlights our dedication to developing innovative solutions that address evolving industrial challenges and contribute to the advancement of powder metallurgy technologies. It also reflects the expertise, creativity, and commitment of our team in transforming new ideas into practical applications with real industrial value.
We would like to thank the European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA) for this recognition and everyone who has contributed to our innovation journey.
This award motivates us to continue pushing boundaries, exploring new possibilities, and delivering advanced solutions that help shape the future of powder metallurgy.