PRUMO: Project of mobile units for technological assistance for micro and small businesses (MSBs)

• Grant number: 97/14352-1
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Research Partnership for Technological Innovation - PITE
• Start date: May 01, 1998
• End date: November 30, 2000
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Chemical Engineering - Chemical Process Industries
• Principal Investigator: Vicente Nelson Giovanni Mazzarella
• Grantee: Vicente Nelson Giovanni Mazzarella
• Host Institution: Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas S/A (IPT). Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Econômico (São Paulo - Estado). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Company: Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas (SEBRAE)
• City: São Paulo

Abstract

With organized and programmed action to support micro and small businesses (MSBs) on their own premises, the plan was - with the use of batteries of tests, analyses, on-the-spot control experiments and examinations - to detect faults in raw materials, equipment and processes, and to indicate the necessary modifications, implementing them, whenever possible, expeditiously, as a didactic tool with as much visibility and effectiveness as possible. These dynamics for support should result in innovations, both in processes and in the formulation of the components of the raw materials and in the properties of the end products. These activities will be delivered via Prumo, which consists of mobile laboratory units (MU), operated by specialized engineers and technicians. The in loco technological assistance is expected to last between one and three days. During this period, a survey will also be carried out to identify problems that are common to the sector and afterwards themes for cooperative research, with several MSBs taking part, will be proposed. Management problems may be attended to at a later stage, possibly by SEBRAE or other qualified institutions. To start with, this proposal will be applied to the plastics transformation sector. (AU)