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Innovation is essential to ensure #EU's chemical #industry stays competitive, meets the #GreenDeal goals, and strengthens its strategic independence. ⚡ To support this, Cefic outlined a 9-point action plan highlighting the steps policymakers and the EU need to take to help the #EnergyStorage sector lead in global innovation. 💡 With rising #energy costs and a tough investment landscape, it’s more important than ever to create conditions that encourage #research, boost sustainable #HightTech development, and simplify regulations.🔍 In BATMACHINE, we are focused on leveraging on #digital concepts to make battery manufacturing more #efficient and #sustainable. 🌱 📝 Explore the 9 actions that can drive innovation in the EU chemical industry 👇 https://lnkd.in/dh2FuweN #Innovation #Batteries #Sustainability #EV

20 March 2024, Brussels: the European Commission 🇪🇺 has adopted and presented today its strategy: "Building the future with nature: Boosting Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing in the EU", leveraging Europe's clear scientific edge in biotech, and turn this into commercial successes. ▶️Three priorities have been identified: awareness building , financing and regulation. 🌳A strong emphasis is placed on the crucial contribution of the forest-based and wood industries: 🪵 Recognising that the EU has a strong domestic supply of renewable raw materials, such as wood. 🪵 In the case of biomanufacturing, the forest sector offers sustainably produced, renewable and recyclable raw materials that can be used for high value innovative products, such as batteries or healthcare and pharmaceuticals applications (e.g. nanocellulose-based wound dressings). 🪵 Furthermore, wood can be used to replace fossil-based or non-renewable materials, for example, in the production of construction materials and textiles and to substitute chemicals. 🪵 Biorefineries can nowadays transform wood into innovative high value-added products in several sectors: biochemicals, insulation foams, bio composites, engineered foams, batteries, etc. 🪵 The European Commission in its “Annual Union Work Programme for European Standardisation“ for 2024 (https://lnkd.in/eKsFZbMe) has indicated its intention to request the European standardisation organisations (CEN, CENELEC) to develop and revise standardisation deliverables on biomaterials, bio-based and wood-derived products. 🪵 Bio-based value chains would benefit from a deeper integration of primary producers (e.g. farmers and foresters) as they are at the beginning of most bio-based value chains. 🌳 Biotech with its biomaterials have tremendous potential to transform health care, to feed the world, to address climate change, to boost jobs and prosperity with biomanufacturing. Link: https://lnkd.in/egSx_v_K

Innovate UK is opening this exciting call very soon. To find out more join the webinar on the 26th March. Your project must fit one or both of the following themes: 1. Resource-efficient materials and manufacturing 2. Sustainable bio-based materials and biomanufacturing

Many sectors need to contribute to faster decision-making on clean technologies. Engineering community needs to provide accurate information on life-cycle impact and likely cost. Ideally the engineering community would reach a consensus on which technologies are likely to be beneficial to society. Industry needs to invest/participate in the demonstration of new technologies at larger scale, to provide better cost estimates, and to reduce the technical risk. Industry can often identify additional non-technical barriers to deploying a technology. Governments needs to provide some financial support for both the research and the demonstrations, and then strong policy support for the most beneficial technologies. That policy support facilitates the huge investments needed.

The Call for Papers is out for SME's 53rd North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC) to be hosted by Clemson University in Greenville, South Carolina from June 23-27, 2025. In collaboration with Chair Karl Haapala and Co-Chair Sekhar Rakurty, the organizing team for Track 7: Sustainable Manufacturing, we'd like to invite you to submit your papers. Important Upcoming Deadlines: - Full Papers are due on November 1, 2024 - Review result notifications are anticipated by January 27, 2025 We welcome topics in Sustainable Manufacturing, especially concerning: * Improving energy and material efficiencies of manufacturing processes and systems * Reducing industrial resource utilization, wastes, and toxic emissions * Recovering recycling materials and end-of-life products * Reusing recovered/reprocessed materials and resources (circular economy) * Redesigning next generation sustainable products and processes * Remanufacturing * Life cycle assessment of manufactured products and services * Applying smart manufacturing technologies for sustainable manufacturing * Developing novel product, process, and systems analysis metrics methods and tools for sustainability assessment (6-R initiatives) * Policy/regulatory issues for sustainable manufacturing * Socio-economic and health and safety issues * Alternative materials and energy sources #SME #NAMRC #Sustainability #Manufacturing

Industry News Digest: Stay Updated with Key Developments in Chemical Manufacturing Are you ready to stay ahead in the ever-evolving world of chemical manufacturing? Our latest Industry News Digest is here to keep you informed and inspired. Dive into the crucial updates on regulatory changes and water conservation efforts, complete with Biodiffusion’s unique take on these developments. 1. Regulatory Changes on Bio-based Materials: 2024 CBE JU Funding Priorities Announced https://lnkd.in/dvURzZRE The Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) is shaking things up with its 2024 funding priorities, allocating a whopping €213 million to boost circular bio-based industries in Europe. This investment will propel projects focused on sustainable bio-based materials, including cutting-edge adhesives and binders. Biodiffusion's Perspective: At Biodiffusion, we're not just following the trends—we're setting them. Our bio-based binders and sealants are not only in line with these new regulations but also push the envelope for eco-friendly practices in the industry. We're leading the charge in reducing the environmental footprint of industrial manufacturing. 2. Water Conservation in Industrial Manufacturing: Efficient Techniques for a Sustainable Future https://lnkd.in/gDeUiNQn Water scarcity is a global issue, and industrial manufacturing is stepping up with innovative conservation techniques. This article highlights methods like recycling and reusing water within industrial processes, significantly slashing water consumption and costs. Biodiffusion's Perspective: Biodiffusion’s products are designed with water efficiency in mind. By integrating our innovative binders and sealants, industries can achieve impressive water savings, supporting sustainability and boosting operational efficiency. Our solutions are pivotal for effective water management, ensuring we contribute to a more sustainable planet. Join us on the journey towards sustainability and regulatory excellence. Explore more about our groundbreaking solutions at Biodiffusion and be a part of the green revolution. #Sustainability #ChemicalManufacturing #Innovation #WaterConservation #BioBasedMaterials

📢 My recent article, "Manufacturing Innovation Programs Across the Atlantic," is now available on ResearchGate with an assigned DOI. 📰 This publication offers an in-depth comparison of ManufacturingUS and Horizon Europe's Cluster 4, exploring their approaches to fostering manufacturing innovation. ⚙️ Key highlights include: - Structural differences between 🇺🇸 and 🇪🇺 funding models, 🔎 - Focus areas and priorities of each program, 🔦 - Funding landscapes and collaboration strategies, 💰 - Emerging trends shaping the future of manufacturing innovation. 📊 For researchers, policymakers, and industry professionals interested in advanced manufacturing and international innovation ecosystems, this article provides valuable insights and analysis. You can now access, cite, and reference this work for scientific and professional purposes. I welcome your feedback and look forward to engaging in discussions about the future of manufacturing innovation funding. 📌 #ManufacturingInnovation #ResearchPublication #AdvancedManufacturing #InternationalCollaboration https://lnkd.in/dkm5NqBM

📢 Our Innovation team joined the IndTech 2024 Conference on Industrial Technologies organised by the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2024 in Namur last week! Our colleagues contributed to important discussions about the future of advanced materials and circular economy. Our Innovation Project Manager, Francesca Cavezza, participated in a panel discussion titled "A New Generation of Advanced Materials Fit for the Circular Economy," bringing valuable insights into how to enhance the circularity of advanced materials, such as #aluminium, for industrial leadership. To boost further the circularity of the aluminium value chain, Francesca focused on the recently completed SALEMA EU project as an inspirational case study. 💡Our Director Innovation, Christian Leroy, joined another panel session co-organised by A.SPIRE and EU Science, Research and Innovation, addressing the crucial role of electrification and the integration of renewables and alternative sustainable energy in the #decarbonisation of the process industries. Christian emphasised the two on-going EU projects, H2GLASS and HyInHeat, focussing on the use of hydrogen as a fuel to decarbonise our heating and melting processes. Many thanks to the organisers and all the speakers for the fruitful discussions! 🤝 #innovation #materials #circulareconomy

🚀 Incentive alert! EIT Manufacturing in collaboration with the European Factories of the Future Research Association (EFFRA) has launched a new Innovate Together call for market-ready innovation and sustainability projects regarding the topic of manufacturing. Don't miss this chance to boost your manufacturing project! To find out more, please reach out to Bart Wyns (bart.wyns@pwc.com)! #EITManufacturing #Innovation #Grants #PwCBelgium

🚀 Incentive alert! EIT Manufacturing in collaboration with the European Factories of the Future Research Association (EFFRA) has launched a new Innovate Together call for market-ready innovation and sustainability projects regarding the topic of manufacturing. Don't miss this chance to boost your manufacturing project! To find out more, please reach out to Bart Wyns (bart.wyns@pwc.com)! #EITManufacturing #Innovation #Grants #PwCBelgium