KOMposites aims to make an inventory of the market available biobased resins and natural fibers, as well as to bridge the gap between the industrial and academic molecular design and recycling developments by focusing on those which are most relevant from a technological, sustainability and economic point of view. In addition, the goal of KOMposites is to provide a unique networking platform with help of two branch organizations: Composites NL to represent the composites world, and Biobased NL to represent the biobased world. In addition to a thorough dissemination, the end result is to translate existing knowledge to an action perspective for the Dutch composite and panel & board value chains, in particular for SMEs, and to establish clear research gaps and collaboration opportunities to close those gaps in either new business-to-business commercial activities or R&D collaboration projects.

Goal of rhe project

The goal of this project is to support companies with the transition towards biobased and recyclable composites.

Many academic studies report potential solutions which require a reduced energy input by using degradable linkages or dynamic covalent bonds. 1 However, the majority of these studies have limited potential for industrial implementation. KOMposites project aims to make an inventory of the existing / market available biobased resins, natural fibers as well as to bridge the gap between the industrial and academic molecular design and recycling developments by focusing on those which are most relevant from a technological, sustainable and economic point of view.

Intended results

The intended outcome and results of KOMposites project can be summarized as follows:

Identification and selection of promising market and technology combinations.
Insight into the more generic and specific perspectives for SMEs (agrifood) in the Dutch/international market in terms of potential sales volume of biomass/biobased products and potential revenue.
Establishing broad relationships and strong networks between the agrifood sector and the composites industry.
Insight into suitable financing instruments for the further development of a biobased products industry.
Insight into the (potential) knowledge gaps for the (SME) agrifood sector; what opportunities and limitations do these present?
Generating concrete action perspectives for both SMEs and the composites sector.

KOMposites (KoM25026)

Projectstatus

Lopend

Looptijd

Regio

Nederland

Thema

Biobased economy, biobased materials

Projectregeling

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