Epipolé Group

          Epipolé has always praised for the pure scientific advance, but has not stopped investing in industrial development. Joining plasma technologies studied in the laboratory and regional demand for nitriding and other technological services, part of the group, in mid-2008, founded Plasmar Tecnologia (http://www.plasmartecnologia.com.br/), a spin-off incubated at TecnoUCS (https://www.ucs.br/site/tecnoucs/), a technological incubator at the University of Caxias do Sul, that still houses the company's research, development and innovation center (R&D&I). The production center is located in another region of the city of Caxias do Sul. More recently, a new company was founded: Fineza (https://www.fineza.com.br/). Basically, it produces coatings (TiN, for example) with decorative focus for different segments.

          In addition to the companies created within the group, the laboratory has already maintained strategic and technological partnerships with large companies, such as Vale (http://www.vale.com) and Tramontina (http://www.tramontina.com.br/), as well as projects funded by scientific development agencies in partnership with Plasmar (such as Tecnova-RS (http://www.tecnova.rs.gov.br/), for development of an industrial-scale reactor for plasma deposition of diamond-like carbon films into real components).