Brightlands Chemelot Campus
Brightlands Chemelot Campus opt for sustainable and smart materials and smart and sustainable chemical processes as the main feature of the campus. n materials development, we look at entire value chains such as biomedical, automotive and packaging and focus on sustainable, efficient production of bio-based materials.
‘€1 Billion venture fund needed for gamechangers in green chemistry’
The Dutch government should set up a €1 billion venture fund to support high-potential companies ('gamechangers')…
Dutch frontrunners publish international brochure on chemical recycling
Chemical recycling makes it possible to convert plastic waste and biomass into new basic chemicals and…
Green light for BioBased Circular
The Dutch National Growth Fund is giving a go-ahead to the BioBased Circular (BBC) project, to…
Nappy waste yields new raw materials
Kenyan Melvin Kizito moved from Nairobi (Kenia) to Sittard-Geleen in The Netherlands. At the Brightlands Chemelot…
Koen Janssen new managing director of Brightlands Materials Center
From 1 October, Koen Janssen will succeed Marnix van Gurp and Peter Wolfs as managing director…
Brightlands Chemelot Campus turns 10
Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Sittard-Geleen, The Netherlands, is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year with a…
The future belongs to Biobased Materials
The Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM) is organising the mini-symposium 'The future belongs to Biobased…
€9.6 Million for circular plastics transition in Limburg
With a financial boost of € 9.6 million from the EU's Horizon Green Deal programme, the…
Transform Materials starts in Europe from Brightlands Chemelot Campus
Transform Materials LLC (´Transform´), a green technology company with a patented net CO2-negative process for the…
Province Limburg supports Brightsite with €9 million
The Province of Limburg has granted the Brightsite knowledge center, located on the Brightlands Chemelot Campus…
Avantium starts construction of bio-MEG demoplant
Avantium has started construction of a new demonstration plant that will help advance the production of…
CHILL partners with Brightlands Materials Center
Chemelot Innovation and Learning Labs (CHILL) partners with Brightlands Materials Center, a leading R&D center in…
Vertoro at Brightlands Chemelot: Scaling up lignin crude
Michael Boot already went to the Chamber of Commerce before the summer vacation. With his company…
Role for Province of Limburg in the transition
A transition to a biobased/circular economy requires the public sector to have a proactive and facilitating…
Master of Biobased Materials: passion and drive
The first class of the Master of Biobased Materials graduated in mid-July. At the festive ceremony…
The need for a uniform ‘yardstick’
The sustainable character of the biobased economy tends not to receive enough attention. Biomass is always…
Vertoro at Brightlands Chemelot: Scaling up lignin crude
Michael Boot already went to the Chamber of Commerce before the summer vacation. With his company…
Role for Province of Limburg in the transition Decisive, proactive but also facilitating
A transition to a biobased/circular economy requires the public sector to have a proactive and facilitating…
Cultus Crop Research goes to Brightlands Greenport
Cultus Crop Research, a 1,700 m2 research station on the site of the Brightlands Campus Greenport…
AMIBM: new biopolymers in the pipeline
It is anything but easy to get new polymers on the market. Technology, market and sustainability…
Chemelot InSciTe: successes and validation
Chemelot InSciTe was launched at the start of 2015. The public-private joint venture has been active…
Chemelot InSciTe: successes and validation
Chemelot InSciTe was launched at the start of 2015. The public-private joint venture has been active…
Cultus: crop protection market with potential
Crop protection is a promising market for more sustainable products. That is the claim of Dinand…
Call for participation BIO-HArT: test bio-aromatics samples
Currently partners in Biorizon's BIO-HArT project are looking for companies with an interest in biobased aromatics…
AMIBM hosts 2nd annual Applied Biobased Materials Conference
On the 12th of May, the Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM)Â hosted the 2nd annual Applied…
New worldwide repository for Biomaterial Transcriptiomics available
Researchers at the MERLN Institute for regenerative medicine launched a new worldwide research database for biomaterials,…
AMIBM wins the Ralf Raue Innovation Award 2017
At the BIOMEDICA summit in Eindhoven AMIBM (Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials) was awarded the Ralf…
AMIBM hosts second ABC Conference
On the 12th of May the Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM) will host its second international conference…
AMIBM spins ‘yarns’ from a natural source
At the start of December, AMIBM opened the doors of its renovated premises to the public.…
AMIBM spins ‘yarns’ from a natural source
At the start of December, AMIBM opened the doors of its renovated premises to the public.…
‘Major milestone at Brightlands Chemelot’
‘Development of a campus on the Chemelot grounds (editor’s note: Brightlands Chemelot Campus) went faster than…
Thermoplastic Composites pilot launched in Netherlands
Companies from Limburg, North Brabant, Zeeland and Gelderland, DPI Value Centre and Brightlands Materials Center in…
Green polyamides a step closer
At Chemelot InSciTe, an international research and knowledge institute for biobased and biomedical materials, DSM is on…
Clever composite materials from PLA
The aim of the recently established Horizon 2020 BIO4SELF project is to develop and produce self-reinforced polymer composites…
Four pilot plants under one roof
The brand-new Multipurpose Pilot Plant (MPP) at Brightlands Chemelot Campus will open its doors at the…
Stefaan de Wildeman wants to move ahead with biobased building blocks
As New Biobased Building Blocks group leader at Maastricht University, Stefaan de Wildeman is involved in…
Syngip: isobutene from syngas
It is roughly a matter of two to three years when bacteria will be able to convert…
InSciTe biobased building blocks
The middle stage in RT&D - the valley of death - often signals the end of…
BioTreatCenter: the key to integrated chain projects
Biomass suppliers, developers of pretreatment technology and buyers of applications often have problems in finding each…
From paper to nanocellulose
The world of paper and wood pulp is undergoing rapid change. That is why a traditional…
Chain-wide, multidisciplinary
Further development of the biobased economy requires employees with competences and skills which the usual courses…
Brightlands Chemelot Campus
Brightlands Chemelot Campus opt for sustainable and smart materials and smart and sustainable chemical processes as…
‘€1 Billion venture fund needed for gamechangers in green chemistry’
The Dutch government should set up a €1 billion venture fund to support high-potential companies ('gamechangers')…
Dutch frontrunners publish international brochure on chemical recycling
Chemical recycling makes it possible to convert plastic waste and biomass into new basic chemicals and…
Green light for BioBased Circular
The Dutch National Growth Fund is giving a go-ahead to the BioBased Circular (BBC) project, to…
Nappy waste yields new raw materials
Kenyan Melvin Kizito moved from Nairobi (Kenia) to Sittard-Geleen in The Netherlands. At the Brightlands Chemelot…
Koen Janssen new managing director of Brightlands Materials Center
From 1 October, Koen Janssen will succeed Marnix van Gurp and Peter Wolfs as managing director…
Brightlands Chemelot Campus turns 10
Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Sittard-Geleen, The Netherlands, is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year with a…
The future belongs to Biobased Materials
The Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM) is organising the mini-symposium 'The future belongs to Biobased…
€9.6 Million for circular plastics transition in Limburg
With a financial boost of € 9.6 million from the EU's Horizon Green Deal programme, the…
Transform Materials starts in Europe from Brightlands Chemelot Campus
Transform Materials LLC (´Transform´), a green technology company with a patented net CO2-negative process for the…
Province Limburg supports Brightsite with €9 million
The Province of Limburg has granted the Brightsite knowledge center, located on the Brightlands Chemelot Campus…
Avantium starts construction of bio-MEG demoplant
Avantium has started construction of a new demonstration plant that will help advance the production of…
CHILL partners with Brightlands Materials Center
Chemelot Innovation and Learning Labs (CHILL) partners with Brightlands Materials Center, a leading R&D center in…
Vertoro at Brightlands Chemelot: Scaling up lignin crude
Michael Boot already went to the Chamber of Commerce before the summer vacation. With his company…
Role for Province of Limburg in the transition
A transition to a biobased/circular economy requires the public sector to have a proactive and facilitating…
Master of Biobased Materials: passion and drive
The first class of the Master of Biobased Materials graduated in mid-July. At the festive ceremony…
The need for a uniform ‘yardstick’
The sustainable character of the biobased economy tends not to receive enough attention. Biomass is always…
Vertoro at Brightlands Chemelot: Scaling up lignin crude
Michael Boot already went to the Chamber of Commerce before the summer vacation. With his company…
Role for Province of Limburg in the transition Decisive, proactive but also facilitating
A transition to a biobased/circular economy requires the public sector to have a proactive and facilitating…
Cultus Crop Research goes to Brightlands Greenport
Cultus Crop Research, a 1,700 m2 research station on the site of the Brightlands Campus Greenport…
AMIBM: new biopolymers in the pipeline
It is anything but easy to get new polymers on the market. Technology, market and sustainability…
Chemelot InSciTe: successes and validation
Chemelot InSciTe was launched at the start of 2015. The public-private joint venture has been active…
Chemelot InSciTe: successes and validation
Chemelot InSciTe was launched at the start of 2015. The public-private joint venture has been active…
Cultus: crop protection market with potential
Crop protection is a promising market for more sustainable products. That is the claim of Dinand…
Call for participation BIO-HArT: test bio-aromatics samples
Currently partners in Biorizon's BIO-HArT project are looking for companies with an interest in biobased aromatics…
AMIBM hosts 2nd annual Applied Biobased Materials Conference
On the 12th of May, the Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM)Â hosted the 2nd annual Applied…
New worldwide repository for Biomaterial Transcriptiomics available
Researchers at the MERLN Institute for regenerative medicine launched a new worldwide research database for biomaterials,…
AMIBM wins the Ralf Raue Innovation Award 2017
At the BIOMEDICA summit in Eindhoven AMIBM (Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials) was awarded the Ralf…
AMIBM hosts second ABC Conference
On the 12th of May the Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM) will host its second international conference…
AMIBM spins ‘yarns’ from a natural source
At the start of December, AMIBM opened the doors of its renovated premises to the public.…
AMIBM spins ‘yarns’ from a natural source
At the start of December, AMIBM opened the doors of its renovated premises to the public.…
‘Major milestone at Brightlands Chemelot’
‘Development of a campus on the Chemelot grounds (editor’s note: Brightlands Chemelot Campus) went faster than…
Thermoplastic Composites pilot launched in Netherlands
Companies from Limburg, North Brabant, Zeeland and Gelderland, DPI Value Centre and Brightlands Materials Center in…
Green polyamides a step closer
At Chemelot InSciTe, an international research and knowledge institute for biobased and biomedical materials, DSM is on…
Clever composite materials from PLA
The aim of the recently established Horizon 2020 BIO4SELF project is to develop and produce self-reinforced polymer composites…
Four pilot plants under one roof
The brand-new Multipurpose Pilot Plant (MPP) at Brightlands Chemelot Campus will open its doors at the…
Stefaan de Wildeman wants to move ahead with biobased building blocks
As New Biobased Building Blocks group leader at Maastricht University, Stefaan de Wildeman is involved in…
Syngip: isobutene from syngas
It is roughly a matter of two to three years when bacteria will be able to convert…
InSciTe biobased building blocks
The middle stage in RT&D - the valley of death - often signals the end of…
BioTreatCenter: the key to integrated chain projects
Biomass suppliers, developers of pretreatment technology and buyers of applications often have problems in finding each…
From paper to nanocellulose
The world of paper and wood pulp is undergoing rapid change. That is why a traditional…
Chain-wide, multidisciplinary
Further development of the biobased economy requires employees with competences and skills which the usual courses…