12 Feb 2024
Large grant for sustainable inks
NWO, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, has awarded a major grant to the SUSINKCOAT (Sustainable inks & coatings) project.
- Develop switchable and adaptive functional polymers and additives with lower environmental impact.
- Develop new materials, processes, and applications to improve the sustainability, functionality, and recyclability of coatings, thin films, and inks.
- Train a new generation of chemical developers for whom sustainability and circularity are core values.
The companies in this consortium are:
AkzoNobel, Evonik en Canon samen met GFBiochemicals, Polymer Technology Netherlands, Polymer Technology Group Eindhoven BV, RUG Ventures en Ecoras.
The knowledge institutions are:
NHL Stenden Lectoraat Circular Plastics, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, het Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, TU Eindhoven, Universiteit van Twente en Universiteit Maastricht.
