On October 17, 2025, Dr. Branka Pilić had the honour of presenting a plenary lecture titled “Design and Processing of Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers for Advanced Applications: Integrating Experimental Strategies and the POLYMERS-5B Vision” at the XVI International Symposium “Novel Technologies and Sustainable Development”, held in Leskovac, Serbia. The Symposium, organized by the Faculty of […]
POLYMERS-5B proudly participated in K 2025, the world’s leading trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry, thanks to the valuable collaboration and support of BONLEX EUROPE S.R.L. and CENTIMFE – Technological Center for Mouldmaking, Special Tooling and Plastic Industries. Under the inspiring theme “The Power of Plastics”, K 2025 once again confirmed its role […]
At the 23rd Baltic Polymer Symposium (October 1–3, 2025), PhD , senior researcher at the Polymer Laboratory of the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry (LSIWC), delivered a keynote presentation on bio-based vitrimers: Design and characterisation of bio-based β-amino polyester resins with reprocessable thermoset behaviour. Miķelis Kirpļuks Program here: https://woodval.taltech.ee/bps2025-conference-program/ Vitrimers are thermosetting polymer materials […]
On 26 September 2025, POLYMERS-5B joined the European Researchers’ Night, an event dedicated to making science accessible and fun for everyone. Representing the project was PhD Mikelis Kirpluks from the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, who delighted visitors with hands-on foam experiments. Mikelis demonstrated how biobased materials are transformed into foams, offering a playful […]
Ph.D. Miķelis Kirpļuks Showcases Bio-Based Vitrimer Innovations at Dynamic Polymer Networks Meeting 2025 in Iceland From 11–14 August 2025, the Dynamic Polymer Networks Meeting (DPN 2025) brought together chemists, physicists, materials scientists, and engineers at the Natura Hotel in Reykjavik, Iceland, to exchange knowledge on vitrimers, covalent adaptable networks, and dynamic polymer systems. Ph.D. Miķelis […]
What an inspiring four days in Toulouse! The POLYMERS-5B project was represented at the 7th European Summer School on Industrial Biotechnology (ESSIB 2025), held from 7 to 10 July 2025 at the Toulouse Biotechnology Institute (TBI). The event focused on the timely and highly relevant theme “Enzymes and Polymers in the Context of the Biocircular […]
On 17 June, the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) hosted its first cluster workshop, bringing together over 30 Horizon Europe-funded projects to exchange knowledge and explore synergies in the field of bio-based materials for agriculture and packaging. The event gathered more than 60 participants, including representatives from the European Commission, the Bio-based Industries […]
POLYMERS-5B took centre stage in the session “Bio-a-dressing the future: Transforming bio waste into new textile possibilities” of the 15th ECOSYSTEX public dissemination webinar, held online on Friday, 13 June 2025. The event served as a key platform for EU-funded initiatives under the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE-JU) that are pushing the boundaries of […]
On June 9th, Jose Jorge Espí Gallart from EURECAT presented a poster on behalf of the POLYMERS-5B project, titled: Safe and Sustainable Biobased Eco-design and Circularity Methodology: The POLYMERS-5B Approach. The presentation introduced a cutting-edge methodology developed within the POLYMERS-5B project, aimed at driving innovation in the design and circular use of biobased polymers. This […]
The POLYMERS-5B project was presented at the SETAC Europe 35th Annual Meeting, held in Vienna (Austria) from 12 to 15 May 2025 and organized by the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC). The annual meeting brought together scientists, industry experts, and policy stakeholders to discuss the latest advances in environmental science, sustainability, and chemical […]
