Launch of the JTF Project C-Recycle: Innovation and Education in Chemical Recycling
08/11/2024
Lancering van het JTF Project C-Recycle: Innovatie en Educatie in Chemische Recycling
Biobased building blocks in North Brabant
29/05/2024
From grass to glue, from sugar beet pulp to paint or from wood chips to insulation foam!
Dr. Elias Feghali spends 2 months at NREL
18/03/2024
Dr. Elias Feghali has spent 2 months at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden Colorado in the team of Dr.
LigninPlus project granted
21/12/2023
With the LigninPlus project VITO is able to expand its pilot infrastructure for processing lignin to aromatics. This allows us to speed up the process from lab to pilot!
10th anniversary of Biorizon – 30/11/2023
08/12/2023
Time to look back on a successful 10th anniversary of Biorizon, the shared research center we started together with TNO at the time, which focuses on scaling up the production of bio-aromatics.
Marlies Thys successfully defended her VITO/VUB PhD and started working as a researcher on material science in VITO.
Two scientific cover publications in one month by VITO researchers
07/09/2023
Plastics recycling – the riddle! Session with Prof. Dr. Rudy Koopmans
19/02/2023
On the 15th of February 2023, SPOT team was excited to have a full morning session with Prof Dr Rudy Koopmans, who gave us inspiration and useful insights on the global challenge of plastics recycling from an industrial perspective!
SPOT a key member in Biorizon’s annual event
07/12/2022
On the 1st of December Biorizon’s annual event took place in the online version.
VITO and Kaneka join forces to create a sustainable premium polymer
21/11/2022
Dr. Karolien Vanbroekhoven and Dr. Elias Feghali participated in the CA17128 LignoCOST Working Groups meeting in Tallinn, Estonia.
25/08/2022
In the 24th and the 25th of August 2022, Dr. Karolien Vanbroekhoven and Dr.
SPOT team research featured on the cover of Biomacromolecules
16/08/2022
The SPOT team research in collaboration with Kaneka Belgium was highlighted in a cover of the journal Biomacromolecules of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
