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Presentation at the Plant Based Summit

Karolien Vanbroekhoven from VITO, presented the LIFE VIABLE project at the 7th edition of the Plant Based Summit, held in Lille in June.

Stay tuned for upcoming events where you could meet one of us and talk about the project

After 1 year and a half of the Life VIABLE project, fourth meeting with the partners in Pau

Our bi-annual meeting took place this week in Pau, with all the project partners. Some people left, some new people have joined us but we are still on tracks!

Next time, we will go to Westlake to see where the epoxy resin will be produced

Need for more sustainable epoxies – lignin based developments

VITO together with the collaborators of Greece made a short critical review that gives an insight on the potential that lignin and its bio-oils present towards the production of thermosetting epoxy polymers and composites.

Pilot on site and start up planned by September 2023

VITO has been designing, and constructing the LignoValue pilot plant since 2018 and the pilot has been installed on site at VITO’s location in Mol, Belgium. It is now ready for operation. Meanwhile the site is also been developed, to ensure available utilities for continuous operation from September 2023 onwards.

Third live meeting with all VIABLE partners

Tuesday 11th october, we were in Nantes, France for the 3rd meeting of the partners.
LIFE VIABLE Project is on track with promising results. Looking forward to share them with you. We’ll keep you posted.

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First live meeting with all VIABLE partners

After a few months working together on the VIABLE project, we finally got together for our first face-to-face meeting at VITO. We were able to discuss the first milestones and future plans.

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