Belgian Textile Research Centre (Centexbel)

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Belgian Textile Research Centre (Centexbel)

19 February 202514 February 2025

SYMBA EU Project: Transforming bio-based industries through industrial symbiosis

Unlike traditional waste management approaches, Industrial symbiosis fosters a closed-loop system that maximizes resource efficiency, reduces waste, and minimizes pollution

15 May 202413 May 2024

SYMBA: promoting circularity in the bio-based industrial ecosystem through AI-driven solutions

The project aims to revolutionize industrial practices by promoting symbiotic relationships within bio-based ecosystems

12 March 20247 March 2024

NENU2PHAR project: end of project after 42 months

After 42 months of dedicated effort and collaboration among 17 partners, we are proud to announce the successful conclusion of the project

10 November 20228 November 2022

ALIGNED, a project to improve environmental assessment in multiple bio-based sectors

By bringing together scientific and industrial knowledge, the goal of the new collaboration project is to provide a systematic evidence-based methodology for decision-making

19 October 202114 October 2021

nenu2PHAr project update after 1 year of work

One year after the launch of the project, the 16 European partners gathered online to review their work and plan the next activities of the project

23 July 202021 July 2020

European Bioplastics Research Network Gets Underway

Network of Science, Companies and Politics for the Research and Development of Bio-based Plastics Gets Underway

Netzwerk für Forschung und Entwicklung von Biokunststoffen gestartet

Europäisches Forschungsnetzwerk für Biokunststoffe will mit Unterstützung der Politik alternative Lösungen gegen die Verschmutzung der Umwelt durch Plastikmüll finden

27 January 202026 January 2020

New EMFF project “BIOGEARS” launched to develop biobased ropes for aquaculture

The project aims to provide the European aquaculture sector with innovative products and a value chain to challenge the existing gap of biobased ropes

9 December 20196 December 2019

Bio4Self project captures the 2019 Global Bioplastics Award

Consortium of research institutes and companies collaborating on a project to develop self-reinforced composites based on PLA fibres

14. Global Bioplastics Award 2019: Bio4Self gewinnt mit selbstverstärkten Verbundwerkstoffen auf Basis von PLA-Fasern

Internationales Konsortium unter Beteiligung von Centexbel, Fraunhofer ICT, dem Institut für Textiltechnologie der RWTH Aachen und 13 weiteren Partnern hat einen selbstverstärkten Verbund aus Polyactid (PLA) entwickelt

11 October 201911 October 2019

Milestone in the development of new material systems

Fraunhofer ICT at trade fair K 2019: New composite materials: bio-based, functionalized and with high mechanical strength

Meilenstein in der Entwicklung neuer Werkstoffsysteme

Fraunhofer ICT auf der Messe K 2019: Neue Verbundwerkstoffe: biobasiert, funktionalisiert und mechanisch hochfest

8 April 20193 April 2019

Bio4Self wins JEC Innovation Award In the category “Sustainability”

Centexbel's concept for a biobased self-reinforced composite material receives the prestigious JEC World Innovation Award in the category “Sustainability”

24 September 201415 February 2018