Polymer materials for the infrastructure industry
Norner has long experience working with plastic materials for building and infrastructure applications. We have the competence, equipment and capability required to be your technology partner in material selection, testing and product development.
Our strategic advisory team helps clients to be successful in strategic choices, to create added value, to achieve a superior cost position and to set up innovation organization and tools.
Norner key services in strategic advisory
- Business & Market Strategy
- Creating Added Value
- Cost reduction programs
- Innovation – Organisation & tools
Norner have a team with industrial experience and can support our customers in the field of infrastructure with a variety of innovation projects.
- Technology developments
- New product development
- Polymer materials for harsh environment
- Lifetime prediction and improvement
- Quality improvement
- Technical studies and feasibility projects
- Multi-client funded research projects
Funding support
Norner has unique funding expertise and broad experience from both national and EU research programs relevant for the energy sector. Norner is listed in The Research Council of Norway (RCN) overview of approved institutes.
Read more about funding support in Norner.
Norner provides high expertise in material and analytical testing, evaluation of physical and chemical properties, environmental influence on material properties, as well as plastic processing techniques.
Our ISO 9001 certified laboratory ensures high quality testing with focus on health, environment and safety (HSE).
Some key laboratory testing and analytical services for infrastructure
- Material characterization
- Mechanical testing
- Polymer and additive analysis
- Environmental exposure testing
- Durability testing
- Failure analysis
- Fire testing
Quality control for building and infrastructure industry
Our quality control laboratory performs tests and analysis for customers and clients on request.
Norner has advanced laboratories and based on more than 40 years of experience, we understand the need of the industry.
Our quality control offers testing in a wide range of materials. We can offer testing according to international standards (ISO / ASTM).
Main service areas
- Rawmaterial control
- Quality control during production
- End product testing and control
Cases
The vision of a circular plastics system and a pollution free environment will require extensive collaboration, innovation, system changes and significant financing to fulfil.
Development of a new wastebin sounds like an easy task. It’s not! At least when it should be used for dangerous waste. Add functional design and it gets even worse.
How phase change materials can improve energy efficiency of buildings. Focus on energy savings in buildings – a project supported by Innovation Norway.
FoAM BUILD, an EU-FP7-NMP funded research project.
New test methods for pipe in pipe solutions.