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The piqlBox moulding tool Plasto - Åndalsnes, Norway

R&D Projects - Overview

AStoR (BIA 219744) Norwegian Research council project Project duration: 2012-2016 Project budget: 3 mill. €

Project abstract The AStoR project has delivered a unique combination of advanced materials and systems required to store digital data for 500 years in an economic, safe and en- vironmental friendly way, by use of expertise in mate- rial technology and systems engineering. The amount of digital data generated in the world is doubling every second year and is expected to increase by a factor of 50 from 2011 to 2020. A significant amount of the data needs secure long-term storage of 100 years or more. AStoR will result in a fully integrated system, pulling a number of other data storage technology projects to- gether to provide one commercially viable solution (Piql Preservation Services). The main focus of AStoR is on the longevity properties of the materials used and the physical devices (piqlBox and secondary packaging) and an automated Storage system (piqlVault) needed for the protection and han- dling of data in a system designed to last 500 years or more. Project partners • Norner Research AS, Norwegian independent industrial polymer institute • Plasto AS, Norwegian experts in the injection molding of plastic • Element Logic AS, Norwegian developers of an automatic storage system • Piql AS

preservation solutions assessing the new medium as it develops.

The objectives in the project has required collaboration by a broad range of research institutes, material tech- nology research companies, technology developers and manufacturers. They have been supported by govern- ment and commercial institutes and organisations that are also backing this pan-European project. Project partners • Norner Research, Norwegian independent industrial polymer institute • Filmotec, German film manufacturer • Harman Technologies, English film manufacture • Photomec, English manufacturer of film processing machines • HostertPro, German manufacturer of film processing machines • National Archives of Sweden (NAS) • BBK, German Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance • Piql AS