Twentieth anniversary for 3P Engineering, Beneficiary Coordinator of the LIFE CHIMERA project and which built the plant that will allow the transformation of chicken manure into fertilizer and energy. The engineering company based in Italy, is also the author of the two patents underlying the new technology that distinguishes CHIMERA, and which aims to create a circular economy model in the poultry sector, in the name of sustainability. Founded by Michele Marcantoni, Project Manager of LIFE CHIMERA, and led as Ceo by Rosalino Usci, which is the Dissemination & Networking Manager di LIFE CHIMERA, 3P Engineering was established on December 3, 2002 thanks to the victory of the Business Competition "E-capital" as an innovative engineering company. Over the years, several tenders have been won – today in progress, besides to LIFE CHIMERA, also the projects "W2BIOS - Wireless Wearable Biomedical Sensors" and MARLIC "Marche Applied Research Laboratory for Innovative Composites", a collaborative platform on the theme of sustainable manufacturing, eco-sustainability of products and processes for new materials and de manufacturing - which bear witness to the value built by 3P Engineering, distinguishing itself today on the market not only as an accredited Testing Laboratory (ACCREDIA LAB N° 1537 L ISO/IEC 17025) with the widest range of tests on the market for types of tests and materials, but also for its innovative capacity, with 31 registered patents (of which 21 for its customers). Find out more

Networking activities continue with the LIFE AGRESTIC project which took part in the CHIMERA Final Event on 23 November 2022, with a specific session dedicated to the presentation of the project "LIFE AGRESTIC – Reduction of Agricultural GReenhouse gases EmiSsions Through Innovative Cropping systems", that promotes the adoption of innovative and efficient cropping systems, with high potential for mitigating climate change, and contributes to the dissemination of innovative visions and tools for more efficient agriculture that is attentive to climate impacts. Like CHIMERA, LIFE AGRESTIC is a LIFE project, the program for the environment and climate action and the two projects have shared networking activities, confronting each other over the years on complementary issues, in particular in relation to the issue of reducing gas emissions greenhouse. At the CHIMERA Final Event, LIFE AGRESTIC was presented by Pierluigi Meriggi, agronomist, expert in integrated crop production and consultancy for agricultural entrepreneurs, agro-industries and producer organizations, he is one of the founders of HORTA, Spin off of the dell’Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, with many years of experience in the field of research in plant epidemiology and in the application of agronomic techniques. The final LIFE CHIMERA event was also highlighted in the LIFE AGRESTIC Newsletter of December 2022 and on the website with a dedicated article. Find out more