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An Open Innovation Test Bed for Nano-Enabled Bio-Based PUR Foams and Composites

Project description

Supporting nano-enabled bio-based foams

With climate change becoming an ever-increasing concern worldwide, a growing number of business sectors are searching for ways to reduce their carbon footprint. Polyurethane products, often used by companies for building automotive furniture and bedding or for construction, are petroleum based and most of the time lack essential properties while also having a high carbon footprint. This has resulted in a need for more sustainable processes and products with a lower impact on the environment. The EU-funded BIOMAT project aims to help satisfy that need by establishing an Open Innovation Test Bed that would allow for cross-border partnerships and speed up innovations in nano-enabled bio-based foams.

Objective

Polyurethane (PUR) products, which include foams for building, construction, automotive and furniture and bedding, are petroleum-based and usually lack important properties. The need for sustainability in these industries leads to the development of cost-efficient processes and sustainable added-value products from low carbon footprint materials. The main objective of BIOMAT is to establish an Open Innovation Test Bed (TB) for the benefit of industries and SMEs, aiming to facilitate the cross-border partnership and accelerate innovation in nano-enabled bio-based insulation materials for these industries. Through the creation of a Single-Entry Point (SEP), SMEs and other industrial parties will have open access at a competitive price to physical facilities (pilot production lines) and services (characterisation, nanosafety, standardisation/regulation, business/marketing plans as well as technological and business-oriented mentoring) which will be focused on manufacturing and testing of nanoparticle-enabled functional PUR-based foams for the above mentioned industrial sectors. The SEP will follow all EC guidelines related to the establishment of new entities providing services through different testbeds across Europe. BIOMAT ecosystem will cover the entire Value Chain (VC) from fundamental biomaterials and functional nanoparticles to the final products and their proof of concept in an industrial environment, thus accelerating the market uptake of the new nano-enabled sustainable bio-based products. BIOMAT will, therefore, fill the existing gaps in the VC of these industrial sectors, by providing new services and support at different levels the use of such materials in these key industries.

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IA - Innovation action

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(opens in new window) H2020-NMBP-TO-IND-2018-2020

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CENTITVC - CENTRO DE NANOTECNOLOGIAE MATERIAIS TECNICOS FUNCIONAIS EINTELIGENTES
Net EU contribution

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€ 604 492,42
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4760 034 Uniao das Freguesias de Antas e Abade de Vermoim
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€ 634 101,96

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