The process industry covers energy-intensive sectors like chemicals, metallurgy, steel, minerals, cement, ceramics, engineering, pulp and paper, refining, and water. The process industry also has a key role in recycling because the same chemical and metallurgical processes and infrastructure, which have been developed for the primary ores and raw materials, may also be utilized to recycle waste materials from the consumption of the manufacturing industry products.

This upskilling program concentrates on low-temperature thermodynamics, focusing on water solution chemistry and water footprint, as well as high-temperature thermodynamics in pyrometallurgy and inorganic process chemistry. Throughout the program, participants will be immersed in cutting-edge insights sourced from both academic research and industrial expertise.

The learning objectives are to reduce the overall life-cycle climate and environmental footprint of the products, to achieve longer product lifetimes via more durable and reparable products, to increase circular material use rate, to reduce waste, and to achieve higher recycling rates. Hence, consumers, the environment, and the climate will benefit from more durable, reusable, repairable, recyclable, and energy-efficient products.