A new CEN Workshop is being planned as part of the activities of the EU project 'BIOUPTAKE'. The aim of this project is to ensure a sustainable uptake of bioplastic composites in the European manufacturing industry.
The movement is strong to make sustainable processes and products a norm in the EU. The BIOUPTAKE project plays an important role in the journey towards sustainable manufacturing by utilising biobased materials to generate innovative solutions. More specifically, the development of self-reinforced polymer composites (SRPC) can be used to enhance material properties by reducing weight, increasing impact resistance, and facilitating recycling.
This Workshop will complement this research into flexible manufacturing processes to produce biobased end-products made of fibres reinforced with biopolymers. Biobased materials, due to their intrinsic nature, have demonstrated that they can be adequate candidates with a performance good enough to replace petroleum derivates in various application areas. However, due to differences in physical and thermochemical properties, a direct replacement of the current material with newly developed biobased is often a mistake. To reach the full potential of biobased materials, product eco-design is essential (part drawing, materials to be used, processability, end-of-life etc.).
The proposed CEN Workshop Agreement will define the process for filament extrusion optimized to achieve the necessary properties for each filament based on their intended applications. The initiative aims to strengthen the efforts of standardization and ensure that the knowledge gained from BIOUPTAKE project can be widely adopted.
The kick-off meeting for the Workshop will be an online meeting on 1st July 2025 from 10.30 am to 12.30 pm (CEST): Join the meeting now
All interested parties are invited to submit comments on the draft Project Plan using the commenting form below, to the Workshop Secretary, Elena Gayo Monco (egayo@une.org), by June 20th, 2025.
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