On 2 December 2025, Branka Pilic from the Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, represented the POLYMERS-5B project at the Horizons of Innovation Forum 2025, held at the Novi Sad Science & Technology Park. The forum gathered 324 participants from 22 countries, including researchers, innovators, institutional representatives, companies, investment funds, and international […]
Accelerating Innovation in Bio-based Polymers for a Circular Future The POLYMERS-5B project is thrilled to announce the successful official launch of the BIOPOLY Cluster, a new collaboration aimed at accelerating innovation in sustainable, bio-based polymers. The online event, titled Introducing the BIOPOLY Cluster: Accelerating Innovation in Bio-based Polymers, took place on November 6, 2025, from […]
Accelerating Innovation in Bio-based Polymers We announce the launch of the BIOPOLY Cluster, the new collaboration between three pioneering CBE-JU-funded projects — POLYMEER, BIOPYRANIA, and POLYMERS-5B — all dedicated to advancing innovation in sustainable, bio-based polymers. To mark this milestone, the BIOPOLY Cluster will host its official launch webinar,“Introducing the BIOPOLY Cluster: Accelerating Innovation in […]
POLYMERS-5B participated in SentiaTech 2025, the first edition of the congress held in Valencia, Spain, on 21–22 October 2025. The event brought together key stakeholders, researchers, and policy actors working on innovative methodologies for sustainability and safety in advanced materials and technologies. During the congress, the POLYMERS-5B project actively engaged with parallel initiatives applying the […]
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 […]
A new force is taking shape in the European research landscape: the BIOPOLY Cluster. This initiative unites three pioneering EU-funded projects, POLYMEER, BIOPYRANIA, and POLYMERS-5B, under one shared mission: accelerating innovation in sustainable, bio-based polymers. A Collaborative Vision for Europe’s Bioeconomy Born in alignment with the European Commission’s ambitions for collaboration through the Horizon Europe […]
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 […]
