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Industry driven Shared Research Center Biorizon focuses on technology development for the production of functionalized biobased aromatics for performance materials, chemicals & coatings. Supported by a roadmap & inspired by our community.
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19-01-2023
Biorizon teams up with Kaneka to create hard bio-based coatings based on lignin and MS Polymer
Researchers from Biorizon co-initiator VITO and chemical company Kaneka Belgium joined forces to conduct research to create hard bio-based coatings based on lignin and MS Polymer™ with excellent adhesive properties. This research was published in the Polymers Paint Colour Journal (PPCJ).
Read more06-12-2022
Decathlon: “Bio-aromatics can make sportswear more sustainable”
Customers of outdoor sports brand Decathlon spend a lot of their time in nature. Sustainability is therefore one of the company's obvious values. “We have a big impact on the environment and take on the responsibility to reduce this. This includes switching to bio-based raw materials produced in a nature-friendly way,” said Mansuy Rocquin, Decathlon's Product & Application Engineer, at the 9th Biorizon event on 1 December.
Read more17-11-2022
Biorizon teams up with Kaneka to create a sustainable premium polymer
Researchers from Biorizon co-initiator VITO and chemical company Kaneka Belgium joined forces to conduct research to create a lignin-based polymer that outperformed its fossil-based counterpart in terms of thermal stability and UV-blocking properties.
Read more17-11-2022
Biorizon scientists publish in ChemSusChem on Hydrazine-mediated Diels-Alder Aromatization of Biobased Furfurals
We are proud that Biorizon’s senior scientists Marc Crockatt and Jan Kees van der Waal recently published their work in the leading journal ChemSusChem. The article by Biorizon co-initiator TNO and Dr. Razvan Cioc and Prof. Dr. Pieter Bruijnincx of Utrecht University is entitled “Targeting Valuable Chemical Commodities: Hydrazine-mediated Diels-Alder Aromatization of Biobased Furfurals”. It addresses an alternative, redox-neutral method in which bio-derived furfural is activated as hydrazones prior to DA cycloaddition.
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01-02-2023 - 02-02-2023 /
Reims, France
Lignocost workshop
Karolien Vanbroekhoven en Viviana Polizzi will be joining the Lignocost workshop in Reims.
Read more08-02-2023 - 09-02-2023 /
Helsinki, Finland
Lignofuels 2023
Karolien Vanbroekhoven will be joining the Lignofuels conference in Helsinki.
Read more09-02-2023 /
Canada / virtual
BIOFOR Conference
Jaime Gracia Vitoria will be delivering a keynote speech at the BIOFOR Conference.
Read more14-02-2023 - 15-02-2023 /
Dusseldorf, Germany
CLIB International Conference 2023 (CIC)
Kelly Servaes will be joining the CLIB International Conference 2023 (CIC) in Dusseldorf.
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