Research Team
Kafsis AE
KAFSIS has been active in the environmental sector since 2007. The company undertakes work across the entire spectrum of waste management — from collection and transportation to treatment and final disposal — offering integrated solutions in accordance with legislation and international quality standards.
The company is certified under the following standards:
ISO 9001:2015 for Quality Management,
ISO 14001:2015 for Environmental Management,
ISO 45001:2018 for Occupational Health and Safety,
SA 8000:2014 for Corporate Social Responsibility,
ISO 39001:2012 for Road Traffic Safety Management,
ISO 22301:2019 for Business Continuity Management,
ISO 41001:2018 for Facility Management,
ISO 50001:2018 for Energy Management Systems,
ISO 37001:2016 for Anti-Bribery Management,
ISO 27001:2013 for Information Security Management,
Zero Waste to Landfill – Gold, for the integrated management of non-hazardous solid waste and organic, plant-based, and animal by-products.
The company’s philosophy is oriented towards decentralization of responsibilities, encouragement of initiative, and a strong spirit of teamwork and collaboration.
The Corporate Development Division — which is also the primary division responsible for managing research projects — will undertake the management of the present project. Through this division, the project leader for each project is appointed, responsible for organizing and coordinating the work packages so that the individual objectives, as well as the overall research project, are successfully completed within the predefined time and budget framework.
Short CVs
- Evangelos Alexandropoulos is an agronomist, a graduate of the Agricultural University of Athens, with postgraduate studies in agricultural business consulting and a PhD candidate at the same university. He is the head of the company’s research department. His professional experience includes food quality, research on smart systems and decision-support systems in agriculture and livestock production, as well as the study of greenhouse gas emissions from the agri-food sector.
- Stefania Panagiotidou is a chemist, a graduate of the School of Science at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, with postgraduate studies in the field of food science at Glasgow Caledonian University. She is responsible for the company’s process and certification systems, where she aligns new systems and procedures with the existing organizational structure. Her experience focuses on process management as well as health and safety.
- Panagiotis Kalantzis is a graduate of the School of Environmental Engineering at the University of Crete. His role in the company is the supervision of the incineration and biogas unit in Tripoli. His specialization lies in the field of environmental facility management.
- Andreas Savadis is a Mechanical Engineer, a graduate of the Piraeus University of Applied Sciences, and holds a master’s degree in Engineering Management from Brunel University. He is the head of the Project Implementation and Development Department. He has significant experience in environmental protection projects.
- Eleftherios Chatzidakis, a recent graduate of the Environmental Engineering School of the University of Patras, supports the company’s Operations Department.
The project “Sustainable development of three-dimensionally printed medicines” (Project Code: ΥΠ3ΤΑ-0560854) is implemented under the Action “Research Excellence Partnerships – REP” and is co-funded by the European Recovery and Resilience Facility “Greece 2.0” and National resources.
