B4: Better Biobased Building Blocks
17-11-2022
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.
17-11-2022
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.
16-11-2022
Students and researchers working with seaweed residues in ZCORE project
ZCORE project partner Centre of Expertise Biobased Economy from Avans Hogeschool interviewed researcher Moctar Coulibaly about the cooperation between students and researchers in the ZCORE project that aims to demonstrate that seaweed residues can be utilized for the production of biobased coatings with superior application properties.
07-11-2022
Biorizon’s ZCORE project featured in the Italian Pitture e Vernici European Coatings Formulation Magazine
Biorizon's ZCORE project, that aims to demonstrate that seaweed residues can be utilized for the production of biobased coatings with superior application properties, was featured in the Italian Pitture e Vernici European Coatings Formulation Magazine.
06-10-2022
LignoValue inaugurated: Europe’s first and only pilot line of bio-aromatics from lignin
Today the first and only pilot line of bio-aromatics from lignin in Europe was officially opened by Biorizon co-initiator VITO. Replacing fossil-based products with bio-based, high-performance and safe alternatives represents a major economic challenge for the European chemical industry. Several studies have identified biomass containing lignin (e.g. wood, grass, straw, corn straw) as the biomass of choice for the sustainable production of chemicals and especially so-called bio-aromatics. The next step was to design and develop a pilot plant to produce bio-aromatics on a scale relevant to industry.
03-10-2022
PRIMA-2 Project: Pyrolysis-based Recycling Initiative for MDF Waste
Biorizon co-initiator TNO embarked on a project focused on the valorisation of waste wood from the furniture industry, MDF in particular. In the project, led by the Dutch interbranche organisation for the furniture industry CBM, partners over the entire value chain for furniture plate material are involved to develop new (chemical) recycling options as an alternative to combustion in waste incinerators.
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