All Projects

AC2GEN
  • (Inter)Cluster, 2G sugar, 2G sugar - agriculture, 2G sugar - industrial, Agricultural sidestreams, Biopolymers, Bulk chemicals, Carbon fibres, Chemical building blocks, Coating, Coordinator, Corn stover, DSP process development, Fermentation, In situ product recovery, Industrial sidestreams, Moonshot flanders-cSBO, Ongoing projects, Paper and cardboard, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery and purification, Regional-flanders, WP leader

Acrylates from 2nd generation sugars: a powerful combination of fermentation, catalysis, and CO2 recycling

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ECHO
  • Biodegradable, Biopolymers, Bulk chemicals, CCU, CO2, Chemical building blocks, EU RRF project, Fermentation, Fwo, Gas fermentation, Gasses, H2, Low TRL, Ongoing projects, Partner, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Regional-flanders, WP leader, Waste gasses

Engineering Cupriavidus necator for the Hydrogen-efficient production of a pyrOne building block from industrial gas streams.

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FUCATIL
  • (Inter)Cluster, 2G sugar, 2G sugar - agriculture, 2G sugar - industrial, Acrylic deratives, Agricultural sidestreams, Automotive, Biopolymers, Bulk chemicals, Carbon fibres, Chemical building blocks, Coordinator, Corn stover, DSP process development, Fermentation, In situ product recovery, Industrial sidestreams, Lactic acid, Moonshot flanders-cSBO, Ongoing projects, Paper and cardboard, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery and purification, Regional-flanders, WP leader

Full Carbon Utilization: Conversion of abundant Flemish waste streams into platform chemicals using advanced separation and catalytic technologies

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LUCRA
  • 2G sugar, 2G sugar - food, 2G sugar - forestry, Biocatalysis, Biomass pretreatment, Bioplastics, Biopolymers, Coordinator, Fermentation, Forestry sidestreams, HEurope - CBE JU, HEurope-CBEJU-IA, Municipal solid waste, Ongoing projects, Other feedstock, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Product recovery and purification, WP leader

LUCRA will exploit Municipal Solid Waste and Wood waste as feedstocks for the large scale production of platform building block chemicals at high yield with significant industrial end-user interest using a circular bioeconomy biorefinery approach.

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POLYMEER
  • Automotive applications, Biocatalysis, Biochemical modification, Biomass pretreatment, Biomaterials, Bioplastics, Biopolymers, Biorefinery, Brewers spent grain, Enzymatic conversion, Food related sidestreams, Fractionation, Green chemistry, HEurope - CBE JU, HEurope - CBE JU - RIA, Low TRL, Ongoing projects, Polymers, Process development (TRL 4-5), Task leader, Textile fibres

Brewers spent grain as main by-product for development of novel, high-performance bio-based polymers, polymer blends and co-polymers. 

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UPLIFT
  • Biodegradable, Bioplastics, Biopolymers, Eco-design, Enzyme development, Fermentation, Food and drink packaging, H2020-RIA, Industrial sidestreams, Ongoing projects, Partner, Plastic upcycling, Plastic waste, Polymers, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Scale-up (TRL 4-6)

The concept of UPLIFT is to introduce biological depolymerization technology as an addition and integration to established recycling practices, by converting persistent plastic waste into more easily recyclable and/or degradable polymers.

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BioBase4SME
  • Agriculture, Aromatics, Biopolymers, Bulk chemicals, Chemical building blocks, Coordination, Coordinator, Enzymes, Fertilizers, Finished projects, Food, Food ingredients, Innovation vouchers, Interreg NWE, Networking, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Process development, SME support, Scale-up, Specialty chemicals, Sugars, Value chain building, WP leader

The BioBase4SME project intends to help Start-ups and SME to overcome technological and non-technological barriers to bring their innovation to market.

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BIOCON-CO2
  • Acrylic deratives, Alcohols, Biocatalysis, Bioplastics, Biopolymers, Bulk chemicals, CCU, CO, CO2, Feed, Feed additives, Feed ingredients, Fermentation, Finished projects, Formic acid, Gas fermentation, Gasses, H2, H2020-RIA, Lactic acid, Mobile unit, PHA, PHB, Partner, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery and purification, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Specialty chemicals, Steel mill gasses, Waste gasses

BIOtechnological processes based on microbial platforms for the CONversion of CO2 from iron&steel industry into commodities for chemicals and plastics

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ChitoBioEngineering
  • 1G sugar, Agriculture, Bacterial, Biopolymers, Chitin, Chito-oligosaccharides, Chitosans, Coordinator, E. coli, ERA-IB, Fermentation, Finished projects, Food related sidestreams, Glucose, Process development (TRL 4-5), Sucrose, Sugar, WP leader

The ChitoBioEngineering project aims at establishing biotechnological ways of producing fully defined, partially acetylated chitosan oligomers. This will be achieved through genetic, metabolic, and enzyme engineering.

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