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Gaining a foothold
Home care is a market in which renewable raw materials are establishing an increasingly firmer foothold…
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…
Distinction based on functionality
A large share of biomedical materials is based on fossil resources and metals, but biobased biomedical…
Connection with added value
‘Our aim with BioLinX is to guide the businesses and organisations that want to put biobased…
From straight producer to supply chain player
‘I see the future of the VDL Groep more as a player which controls the chain.…
Morssinkhof produces rPET yarns
Morssinkhof Rymoplast is one of the largest plastic recycling businesses in Europe. The company reduces different…
Broad focus on biopolymers
‘The Biopolymer Application Centre is intended to bring biopolymers in a general sense to the attention…
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: all about the new research centre in Venlo
Crop protection is a promising market for more sustainable products. That is the claim of Dinand…
New eco-friendly coating for boats based on shellfish waste
Researchers from the GREEN-CHEM network at Ghent University have developed a new coating for boats based…
The search for winning combinations
‘At the Pyrolysis testing ground in Moerdijk, we want to test value chains on the basis…
AMIBM: new biopolymers in the pipeline
It is anything but easy to get new polymers on the market. Technology, market and sustainability…
Ample opportunities and challenges
Slowly but surely, natural fibres are finding their way into widely varying markets such as construction,…
Proper risk management needed
There are funding gaps that hamper the development of circular/biobased projects in the EU. Private investors…
Market with prospects
Compostable disposables in food service still form a relatively small market, but certainly one with prospects…
Chemelot InSciTe: successes and validation
Chemelot InSciTe was launched at the start of 2015. The public-private joint venture has been active…
Scaling up: from customer to plant
The decision has been made. On 30 March, the construction of the Bio Treat Center at Brightlands…
Seeking ties across the border: condition for transition to a biobased economy
Cooperation in a powerful network is crucial to ensure the efficient growth of biobased R&D and…