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ITP maintains a balanced portfolio of over 500 R&D projects to address the priority needs of energy-intensive industries. Each project meets rigorous criteria for industry participation and cost sharing, relevance to industry defined priorities—set out in the industry roadmaps, energy and environmental benefits, scientific foundation, and technical innovation. Recent tracking results indicate that ITP's projects have cumulatively saved over 1.6 quadrillion (1015) Btu—worth about $6.5 billion.

For detailed information on ITP's industrial projects, browse our portfolio factsheets, search the Industrial Projects Locator, or visit the Industry of the Future portfolio pages listed below.

Aluminum

Guided by industry-defined priorities, ITP provides cost-shared support to a balanced portfolio of Aluminum RD&D projects. The projects fall into the categories of primary and secondary aluminum production, casting, forming and finishing, and recycling.

Chemicals

Based on meeting industry-defined priorities and recommendations, the Chemical Industry of the Future portfolio includes R&D projects in chemical synthesis, bioprocesses and biotechnology, process science and engineering, computational technology, and materials.

Forest Products

The ITP Forest Products R&D portfolio addresses a broad spectrum of industry priorities. Among them are energy savings and process improvements in wood preparation and raw materials, pulping, bleaching, chemical recovery, papermaking, recycling, recovery, and emission controls.

Glass

Industry plays a central role in focusing the ITP Glass team research investment on near- and long-term goals. Current Glass research projects are looking at saving energy and costs in batch preparation and charging, melting and refining, forming, and finishing.

Metal Casting

Coordinated through the Cast Metals Coalition, the metal casting industry is implementing the IOF strategy and transforming metal casting processes by funding R&D efforts in manufacturing, materials, environmental improvements, new products, and applications.

Mining

The ITP mining portfolio is built around industry priorities. Focused research projects fall under the priority categories of exploration and resource characterization, drilling and excavating, material transfer, mine operations, mineral preparation, physical preparation, physical separation, and chemical separation.

Petroleum

ITP has worked with the petroleum industry, under the leadership of the American Petroleum Institute's Technology Committee and the National Petrochemical and Refiners Associations, to define Petroleum industry priorities. The Petroleum portfolio addresses those priorities with projects designed to improve energy and process efficiency, environmental performance, and material and inspection technology.

Steel

The steel industry, guided by the American Iron and Steel Institute and the Steel Manufacturers Association, has identified research and development priorities with ITP. The Steel portfolio addresses these priorities with projects designed to explore process efficiency, iron unit recycling, environmental engineering, and production efficiency.


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