The Chemical Process Engineering Research Institute (CPERI) was founded in 1985 in Thessaloniki, Greece. In March 2000, CPERI became a founding member of the national Center for Research and Technology-Hellas (CERTH).
CPERI’s mission is to stimulate and promote industrial innovation by conducting fundamental and applied research that meets the specific technological needs of the Greek and European chemical industries. The goals of CPERI also include the establishment of strong links with Greek and other EU Universities and Research Centres as well as the training of young scientists and engineers in state-of-the-art technologies. Moreover, one of the main objectives of CPERI is to strengthen its collaborations with small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) of the Central Macedonia region