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Comverting mixed plastic waste and biomass into different aromatic compounds
April 1, 2025

Start of Circular Aromatics pilot project: 23 million euros for circular chemistry

A €23 million pilot project led by industry and academia aims to scale up BioBTX’s ICCP technology, converting plastic waste and biomass into circular chemical building blocks.

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Pieter de Lange and his colleague Richard Visser working in the Teijin Aramid lab.
March 31, 2025

Fundamental research drives breakthrough in aramid fibre innovation

Together with DPI, Teijin Aramid achieved a major breakthrough in aramid fibre performance. Fundamental research provided deep molecular insights that led to stronger, more durable materials.

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Visualisation of C1-symmetric catalyst
January 23, 2025

C1_QSPR: Predicting catalyst performance before synthesis

Developing predictive models for C1-symmetric catalysts to improve catalyst selection in ethylene copolymerisation.

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Dr Maximilian Werny is being granted the DPI Golden Thesis Award 2024 by Prof. Bernhard Rieger and Prof. Costantino Creton
November 24, 2024

DPI Golden Thesis Award 2024 granted to Dr. Maximilian Werny

Dr. Maximilian Werny receives the DPI Golden Thesis Award 2024 for his outstanding research on olefin polymerization catalysts, bridging fundamental science and industrial application.

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