Reducing CO2 Levels is the Challenge of the New 2008 Altran Foundation for Innovation Award

PARIS, December 18 /PRNewswire/ --     The Altran Foundation for Innovation launches its 2008 Award to get onto 
the issue of reducing CO2 concentration in the atmosphere. Today, climate 
warming is accepted as a major issue by the international community and we 
have no choice but to try and tackle it, and tackle it quickly.

As we know, global warming is due to rising CO2 levels in the
atmosphere, and many now accept that this increase is caused by our own
day-to-day activities.

What if technological innovation were the solution?

The Award is open to international project leaders working on
this theme and coming from environment, energy, transport, building,
manufacturing industry, or aeronautics... An international jury composed of
independent specialists is responsible for the selection of the best projects
and the final Laureate.

This international competition will reward an innovative
technology-related project that takes into account one of the following
issues:

- Reducing energy consumption

- Reducing CO2 production and improving energy efficiency through
process optimization

- Improving CO2 capture technologies

- Improving CO2 storage technologies

- Recycling through development of CO2 conversion techniques

A unique and original grant - A scientific and technological
support that could value up to EUR1 million!

As every year, the award winner will be offered a financial
grant of EUR16.000 plus one year of technological and personalised support,
for use in the furtherance of the project. More precisely, the winner
benefits from the unique expertise and know-how of the 17.000 international
consultants and managers at Altran, in terms of research and scientific
innovation: technological development, design, industrialisation, cost
optimisation, project management, market studies, marketing, partnership
searches, fund raising, communication, multimedia, corporate strategy, ...

About Altran

Altran is the European leader in innovation consulting and
high technology. The Group's 17,000 consultants, operating worldwide, cover
the entire range of engineering specialities, including electronics,
information technology, quality and organisation. Altran offers its clients
ongoing support throughout the innovation cycle, from technology watch,
applied basic research and management consulting to industrial systems
engineering and information systems. The Group provides services to most
industries, including the automotive, aeronautics, space and
telecommunications sectors. Founded in 1982, Altran operates in 20 countries.
In 2006, it generated a turnover of EUR1,495.4 million.

Further information: http://www.altran-foundation.org