<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-09-03T10:35:59Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/FB99B46C-C3F3-482D-A5BE-1CBD34C3ED35" ns1:id="FB99B46C-C3F3-482D-A5BE-1CBD34C3ED35"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/9F3EDEE3-0E31-4060-A1D2-F5095D4D1856" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/64BE1C7A-3C7F-4BAC-AB56-A36DA09996ED" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/742E8DF3-F9CD-4B7B-B1C0-7D6AD3CC1EDB" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/64BE1C7A-3C7F-4BAC-AB56-A36DA09996ED" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/7AA8A6D1-CE51-4C06-BA76-C608ABB61519" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/1A32FAF1-829F-46E9-970F-8094BD0FF145" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2016-05-30T23:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/4C085D00-BF86-4FC2-A5DB-14D338BC804E" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2013-12-01T00:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">101695</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>Aluminium Plating Process for Cadmium Replacement (ALPCAR)</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Collaborative R&amp;D</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>The primary objective of the ALPCAR project is to scale up an Aluminium Plating process, based on a promising new generation of Ionic Liquids and develop a process demonstrator for an Al plating line using these new electrolytes. To date all existing Al coating technologies have either suffered from major technical limitations and/or been very expensive. The primary market being targeted within the proposed project is a replacement for Cadmium within the aerospace industry.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>