The BIOPOLY Cluster is glad to welcome the FURIOUS project as its newest member, joining POLYMERS-5B, POLYMEER and BIOPYRANIA in a joint effort to accelerate innovation in sustainable, bio-based polymers. What is FURIOUS? FURIOUS is a four-year Horizon Europe project, funded by the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU), that started in June 2023. […]
Ralf and Mikelis Kirpluks, senior researcher at the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry (LSIWC), attended the BTechPro! 2026 – International Conference for Young Scientists on Biorefinery Technologies and Products, held on May 6–8, 2026 in Sigulda, Latvia. BTechPro! is a biannual conference organized by the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry (LSIWC), bringing together early-career researchers […]
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 […]
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 […]
Strengthening Bio-Based Innovation Networks Brussels was the epicenter of bio-based innovation last week, as the POLYMERS-5B team actively participated in the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) Info Day 2025. The event provided an invaluable platform for knowledge exchange, fostering discussions with hundreds of stakeholders from across Europe’s bioeconomy sector. Our team, represented for […]
