TEKNIKER people involved in the project

	Amaya Igartua In Company since 1988. PhD in Sciences. Director of the Tribology area from TEKNIKER. Coordinator of 3 successful European and 5 national projects, and participant in more than 15 European and 14 National Projects. Author of about 50 papers. Keywords: Tribology, Surface treatments, coatings, light materials, lifecycle analysis, corrosion, environmental impact. Role for NADIA She will coordinate TEKNIKER activities as project manager. The activities from TEKNIKER in NADIA project are the following: Friction and wear studies at nano, micro and macro scale, corrosion and tribocorrosion studies, surface treatments by plasma electroxidation.

	Raquel Bayon In TEKNIKER since 2004. She is expert in corrosion and tribocorrosion activities. She has participated in TEKNIKER in several national research projects related to corrosion and tribocorrosion (RAMPE, Nanotribocorr, Surftec). She will be responsible in the project also for the characterization at nano and micro level. Role for NADIA She will assistant coordinator of the TEKNIKER activities in NADIA Project, and to follow the quality control of the documents, specimens received.

	Gemma Mendoza She is expert in tribology, especially friction and wear at macro level. She is also expert in lifecycle analysis, of different process and products. Role for NADIA She will be responsible of carrying out together with CRF the lifecycle analysis comparing the environmental impact, when changing the cast iron by coated aluminium components. In the NADIA project, she will be responsible also for the development of the Plasma electroxidation process.

	Javier Laucirica He is the scientific director from TEKNIKER. He acts if any problem happens during the evolution of the project, if the problem cannot be solved by the project manager. Role for NADIA Monitorization of the project