Consortium

VTT, owned by the Finnish state, is one of Europe’s leading research institutions with over 80 years of experience in developing processes and technologies to transform natural resources into materials and products for a sustainable future.  We advance the utilisation and commercialisation of research and technology in commerce and society by bringing together people, business, and science to solve the biggest challenges of our time. This is how we create sustainable growth, jobs and wellbeing and bring exponential hope.

The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) is a mission-driven Research and Technology Organisation (RTO) that develops advanced technologies and delivers innovative products and services to industry and society. LIST and its Environmental Sustainability Assessment and Circularity (SUSTAIN) research unit provide industry and policymakers with science-based assessments of the impacts and risks associated with the manufacturing of products and technologies, consumption patterns, energy systems, and the urban built environment. The final purpose is to support the sustainable transition of our society towards the 2050 decarbonisation targets.

NIBIO is a governmental RTO owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Food that contributes to sustainable resource management, and value creation through research and knowledge. The Department of Wood Technology in NIBIO has over 20 years of experience in wood protection and modification and has produced several inventions in this field. The researchers at NIBIO are also committed to the reuse and recycling of wood-based materials.

CID is a private Spanish organisation for applied research that seeks to contribute value to companies by harnessing, generating, and transferring technological knowledge in the fields of Energy Storage, Nanomedicine, and Surface Engineering. The Polymers & Composites Unit specialises in polymer synthesis and functionalisation, compounding of thermoplastics and rubber, and preparation of thermoset composites.

CNR is Italy’s largest public research organization including 7 Departments and 88 Research Institutes across the country. The mission of the CNR Institute of Sciences and Technologies for Sustainable Energy and Mobility (STEMS), partner of BioPhenom, is to address the challenges of climate change mitigation, sustainable mobility development, and energy transition. To this aim, the CNR-STEMS acts along multidisciplinary research programmes and post-degree educational programmes through national and international collaborations with industries, academia, and research organizations.

SP is a French SME acting as an R&D provider and scale-up producer of functional monomers, polymers, and materials with high specificity. The main goal of SP’s innovative product development is to validate proofs-of-concept in close collaboration with customers. In more than 20 years, SP has developed the synthesis of more than 10,000 functional building blocks, monomers, and polymers and is now working with more than 500 customers and partners in more than 50 countries. SP’s products are used in a wide range of applications such as functional surface coatings, the construction industry, aeronautic, automotive, pharma, cosmetics, optics, water treatment, or energy.

TALOS is an SME specialising in business consultancy as well as in performing dissemination, communication, networking, and exploitation activities for large-scale research projects. TALOS have wide experience in setting up feasible and achievable exploitation plans as well as in-depth knowledge of managing intellectual property rights and has implemented more than 80 European research and innovation projects, being responsible for planning, coordinating, managing, and evaluating dissemination and communication activities.

INVENT, an independent SME with more than 100 employees, is a proven lightweight specialist for innovative fibre composite technologies in the aerospace, automotive, mechanical engineering, rail vehicle and shipbuilding industries, and has been developing and producing high-precision structural components from the initial idea to series production. INVENT offers customers a complete package from a single source in terms of design, production planning, manufacturing processes, mechanical processing, joining and assembly, as well as painting and quality control. INVENT has participated in numerous R&D projects (national and international) to develop and validate novel materials like composites made of natural and recycled fibres, recycling concepts for composites, etc.

Treet develops high-performance, certified fire protection solutions for modern wood construction. Developed in Finland, Treet’s bio-based technologies help architects, builders, and manufacturers meet stringent fire safety requirements while preserving the natural beauty of wood through translucent, design-friendly finishes. The company combines deep expertise in fire-retardant chemistry, industrial wood treatment, and sustainable material innovation to support the growing adoption of timber construction worldwide.

Silvachimica S.r.l. is an Italian SME in charge of quality control and research and development for Silvateam Spa, a large, privately owned company with over 160 years of history in the extraction and application of tannins and other polyphenols from natural materials. Silvachimica S.r.l. works exclusively for Silvateam, although it is formally independent. The R&D department in Silvachimica S.r.l. is well equipped with extraction equipment of various scales and advanced analytical instruments. Silvachimica S.r.l. has extensive knowledge in the extraction, characterisation, and use of (poly)biophenols and has participated in numerous publicly funded projects.

Edelweiss Connect (EwC) is a Swiss SME specialised in developing and implementing R&D projects and collaborations to transfer solutions for industrial use and advance regulatory acceptance. EwC has experience in integrating research data, in silico and in vitro methods and related infrastructure, and has been involved in organising scientific, communication, and knowledge management and solution development projects since 2008. EdelweissData™ by EwC is a unique platform for managing, harmonising, and integrating data. EwC has launched SaferSkin™, a cloud-based application for the integrated safety testing of the skin sensitisation potential of ingredients and formulations. EwC is coordinating the development of the SaferWorldbyDesign platform for the delivery of new approach methods in safer by design and risk assessment to the market, including commercialisation activities.

As England’s first civic university, the University of Birmingham has been pursuing and sharing knowledge through outstanding teaching and research since 1900. Today, it is a welcoming home to more than 40,000 students from across the world. The 10 Nobel Laureates counted among staff and alumni have contributed to some of science’s greatest discoveries and research at Birmingham continues to fuel solutions to the major issues of today. Research from the School of Metallurgy and Materials ranked in the top 10% for internationally competitive engineering research in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework assessment (the system used for assessing the quality of research in UK higher education institutions). The Sensors and Composites Group participating in BioPhenom has secured four patents related to the processing of composites and electro-spinning.