As scientific manager in the Barbara project, the principal investigator in the partnership at KTH, Prof. Vilaplana, along with Dr. Balazs Imre (KTH, Sweden) were this week at the 6th Conference on Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers (BIOPOL 2017) in Mons, Belgium. Dr. Imre succesfully presented a poster summarizing the tasks that the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology will accomplish within the time frame of the project, along with their starting results.
This week, the 6th International Conference on Biobased and Biodegradable polymers (BIOPOL 2017) took place in Mons, Belgium. he team at the University of Alicante presented several works on PLA and gelatin based multifunctional nanobiocomposites, along with their progress in other European projects (e.g. the valorization of mushroom waste streams into functional additives and polymers, FUNGUSCHAIN project).
SPIRIT Slovenia and the Ministry of economic development and technology organize the Innovation day 2017, presenting opportunities and possibilities within a circular economy offers – from waste over different materials and technologies to various applications (advanced materials, alternative sources, advanced production technologies, nanotechnology and biotechnology) and more.
The BARBARA project was presented within a special session on "Promoting Green Investments: Matchmaking opportunities for SMEs from EU Projects in the Circular Economy". Tecno was invited to give a talk about the strategies of the company in circular economy and the project was presented together with the rest of European projects that the company has or has had in this line. The forum held 150 attendees including an investors panel, SME's, large companies and RTD centres.
Celabor scrl has presented the BARBARA project within the 3rd edition of international conferences "Green chemistry and White biotechnology: Industry of the future", held in Mons, Belgium.
The conferences were organized by GreenWin, an innovation cluster set forth by the Walloon Government in Belgium, in collaboration with the University of Mons and Enterprise Europe Network.
Entreprise Europe Network, the European Comission and several research and innovation Norwegian institutions organize the Conference "Unlimited opportunities in the circular economy: Reducing, Reusing and Recycling" which will be held in Oslo, Norway on September 19th
DOGA, the Norwegian centre for Design and Architecture
The regional newspaper "La opinion de Murcia" featured this May 24th an article about the recently started European project BARBARA. The article describes the goals and partnership involved in the project with special focus on FECOAM, the regional supplier of an important part of the agro-waste residues which will be used throughout the project. It also presents pictures and further information about the kick-off meeting held in Zaragoza.
The Spanish city of Zaragoza has hosted the opening meeting for the European Project BARBARA (Biopolymers with advanced functionalities for building and automotive parts processed through additive manufacturing).
News about the kick-off meeting of the recently started BARBARA project have appeared on the regional newspaper "El Heraldo de Aragón" this June 15th.
The main facilities of both AITIIP, coordinator of the project, and TECNO, are located in Zaragoza, capital of the region of Aragon, Spain. Tke kick-off meeting was held in the same city.
The article describes the main goals of the project and points out the excellence of the companies involved in the project and the positive impact that this has on the development of the region.
