B4: Better Biobased Building Blocks
04-07-2023
Cross-border BIO-CAPPP project started: working together on building blocks for sustainable products with premium properties
In June 2023, six partners from Flanders and the Netherlands started the BIO-CAPPP project. Over the next 3 years, together with companies, experts and students, they will develop sustainable chemical building blocks and apply them in products for the construction and textile sectors, among others. The application of these bio-aromatics not only makes the products more sustainable, but also provides premium properties. In this way, BIO-CAPPP contributes to the transition to a circular economy. The project has a total budget of €4.3 million and is co-funded by Interreg Flanders-Netherlands, VLAIO, the provinces of Antwerp, East-Flanders and North Brabant and the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy.
14-03-2023
PROMIS Project: sustainable PROduction of bio-based Multi-reactive ISocyanates
PROMIS will help the chemicals and materials industries in the production of more sustainable polyurethanes (PUs). Using inventive organic chemistry and catalysis, novel bio-based PU building blocks, called isocyanates, will be designed. As a result, current challenges in polyurethane industry will be addressed through closely interlinked valorisation goals.
14-03-2023
DELICARE Project: DEpolymerisation of hydrolysis LIgnin for Conversion to Acrylic REsins
The DELICARE project maximally exploits the potential of hydrolysis lignin (HL) as a sustainable source of reactive bio-aromatic compounds. Using a catalytic depolymerization we target applications in acrylic resins. DELICARE will link upstream HL producers and downstream acrylic resins and polymer stakeholders, resulting in an optimized value chain, new economic opportunities and new synergetic partnerships.
06-03-2023
Publication: Elucidating the effect of the physicochemical properties of organosolv lignins on its solubility and reductive catalytic depolymerization
Lignin, a bio-aromatic polymer with immense potential to replace petroleum for fuels, chemicals, and materials. One main obstacle to its full industrial exploitation is its complex structural variations after isolation from woody biomass. Biorizon co-initiator VITO and KU Leuven recently published a study about a way forward to address this challenge.
19-01-2023
Biorizon teams up with Kaneka to create hard bio-based coatings based on lignin and MS Polymer
Researchers from Biorizon co-initiator VITO and chemical company Kaneka Belgium joined forces to conduct research to create hard bio-based coatings based on lignin and MS Polymer™ with excellent adhesive properties. This research was published in the Polymers Paint Colour Journal (PPCJ).
06-12-2022
Decathlon: “Bio-aromatics can make sportswear more sustainable”
Customers of outdoor sports brand Decathlon spend a lot of their time in nature. Sustainability is therefore one of the company's obvious values. “We have a big impact on the environment and take on the responsibility to reduce this. This includes switching to bio-based raw materials produced in a nature-friendly way,” said Mansuy Rocquin, Decathlon's Product & Application Engineer, at the 9th Biorizon event on 1 December.
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