Sustainable Polymer Technologies (SPOT) Team

Our Mission

We stand for design and development of Sustainable POlymer Technologies – Renewable and/or Recyclable.

Together with academia and industry, we fight for a greener future where performance of sustainable materials exceeds current standards and limitations.

The team 2025

News

Flemish Prime Minister visits VITO’s LignoValue Pilot

16/03/2022

Recently, Flemish Prime Minister Jan Jambon paid a working visit to Biorizon co-initiator VITO.

Kick off LIFE project VIABLE

12/01/2022

The kick off meeting of the Life project VIABLE took place on November 29th, 2021 in an online format with the 7 consortium partners.

8th Biorizon annual event 2021 reached 300 people!

23/12/2021

It was supposed to be a physical meeting place, but the 8th Biorizon Annual Event in Rotterdam turned out differently than expected.

Marlies Thys presenting at the Brightlands Polymer Days 2021

17/11/2021

Marlies Thys presented a poster covering her recent publication at the Brightlands Polymer Days 2021

PILLAR:TOWARDS UNIQUE PILOT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CATALYTIC PROCESSING OF WOOD AND LIGNIN

20/08/2021

Within the Flemish government’s Moonshot initiative, which supports industries in reducing their CO2 emissions, the Later Stage Innovation project

Team Gathering

19/08/2021

Organized in the framework of team building.

'GREEN' SYNTHETIC RESIN MOVES OUT OF THE LAB

11/08/2021

Synthetic resins are very important intermediate raw materials in industry, from the manufacture of coatings and composite materials to insulating foam and hard plastics. Today, resins are still produced mainly from petroleum derivatives.