Every year, millions of tons of wood-based biomass go underutilized across Europe. The POLYMERS-5B project is working to change that — transforming an overlooked wood-processing byproduct into high-performance, recyclable materials. In a new video, Miķelis Kirpļuks, Senior Researcher at the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, walks through the project’s approach and its most promising results […]
On 17 September 2026, POLYMERS-5B will take part in person in the hybrid workshop “Designing the Next Generation of Sustainable Polymers,” organized by the POLYMEER project in Enschede, the Netherlands. Representing POLYMERS-5B among the invited experts will be Dr. Hessel van Dijk from ChiralVision, whose talk, “Enzyme Immobilization: Development of Sustainable Carrier Materials,” will present […]
Donostia – San Sebastián, Spain | June 16, 2026 Mikelis Kirpluks, senior researcher at the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry (LSIWC), presented an Oral Communication at the 12th Conference on Green Chemistry & Nanotechnologies in Polymeric Materials (GCNPM 2026), held on June 15–17, 2026 in Donostia – San Sebastián, Spain. His talk, entitled “Bio-based […]
Advancing sustainable Polymers in Lisbon From today and throughout the event, the BIOPOLY Cluster is participating in the Polymers 2026 Conference in Lisbon, one of the leading international forums dedicated to the latest advances in polymer science and engineering. Organized by SETCOR, Polymers 2026 brings together researchers, industry leaders, and innovators from around the world […]
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 […]
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 […]
On 5 February 2025, the POLYMERS-5B project was presented at the CARE4BIO Info Day, an event organized by CARE4BIO. CARE4BIO, the National Contact Point (NCP) network for Cluster 6 – Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment – supports researchers and stakeholders in all aspects of proposal preparation. During the session, NSBproject, Dissemination and Exploitation […]
We are proud to share that largest Latvian language national daily newspaper Diena on 07/02/2025 published an article about one of our project partners – PhD Mikelis Kirpluks from Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry. In the article Mikelis shares how he well in love with chemistry field, his current research topics from rigid polyurethane […]
