Viable PROJECT

Valorisatie van lignine-biomassa tot competitieve componenten ter geleidelijke vervanging van BPA in de formulering van epoxyharsen

Bisfenol A (BPA) is een chemische stof die elk jaar in grote hoeveelheden over de hele wereld wordt geproduceerd. Het wordt gebruikt bij de productie van epoxyharsen en polycarbonaten. De hormoonverstorende eigenschappen en de fossiele samenstelling doen echter vragen rijzen over de milieueffecten en de toxiciteit voor de gezondheid, alsook over de duurzaamheid van deze stof.

Het VIABLE-project is er daarom op gericht de duurzaamheid en het milieueffect van de productie van epoxyharsen te verbeteren door het BPA-gehalte in de formulering van epoxyharsen met 20 tot 50% te verlagen.

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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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First teasing of the LIFE VIABLE project

📢 Last week, we were in Germany at the Renewable materials conference 2022 and the LIFE-VIABLE project has been teased 😉 Special thanks to the speaker Jaime Gracia Vitoria from VITO!

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Project Partners

VITO (BE) - Flemish Institute for Technological Research, a leading EU research and technology organisation  will coordinate the project. Through their pilot plant, VITO will ensure the depolymerisation of lignin, the fractionation and the supply of biobased alternatives for BPA to Solvay.

Site: https://vito.be/en

Apesa, partner of Viable Project

APESA (FR) - a technological centre specialised in environmental assessment - will be in charge of monitoring the different impacts of the project.

Site: https://www.apesa-france.com/

CIMV, partner of Viable Project

CIMV (FR)  - a SME with more than 20 years of experience in lignin valorisation - will provide its expertise in lignin reactivity and will produce organosolv lignin.

Site: http://www.cimv.fr/

HP Composites, partner of Viable Project

HP composites (IT)-  a manufacturer of composites components for several markets - will integrate the new epoxy resins in composites for both aesthetic and structural car parts. Their role in the project will range from design to final homologation of the car components

Site: https://www.hpcomposites.it/en/

Polymeris, partner of Viable Project

Dissemination and valorization of the results will be performed by Polymeris (FR), a cluster with a large EU network in the field of polymers and composites for various industrial sectors.

Site: http://polymeris.fr

Solvay, partner of Viable Project

SOLVAY (UK) - a global manufacturer of materials and chemicals is a key producer of epoxy resins in Europe - will produce in operational environment the lignin-based epoxy resins.

Site: https://www.solvay.com/en/

Stellantis, partner of Viable Project

CRF (IT) - a research and innovation centre of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles - will demonstrate the feasibility of these car components

Site:https://www.linkedin.com/company/centro-ricerche-fiat/

Westlake Epoxy (NL) - productie en marketing van epoxyharsen voor meer dan 50 jaar. Zij zullen de opschaling van de epoxyharsproductie binnen het project beheren.

Site: https://www.westlakeepoxy.com/