Stahl aims to replace conventional polymers by bio-based

Stahl aims to replace conventional polymers by bio-based

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June 29, 2020




Stahl will be one of the partners in a Research and Innovation Action aiming to replace conventional polymers with novel bio-based polymers for their application in coatings, textiles, home care uses and structural adhesives, named CHAMPION (Circular High-performance Aza-Michael Polymers as Innovative materials Originating from Nature). Polymer-based products are essential to our modern lifestyle. CHAMPION, which will launch its activities for 3,5 years starting in June 2020, is geared towards making them better suited to modern expectations in terms of their sustainability credentials. The project has been awarded Horizon 2020 BBI JU funding and includes 14 partners from 6 European countries coordinated by the University of York.

Prof. James Clark, coordinator of the CHAMPION project: “The current approaches to polymer production are not compatible with the EU’s circular economy and green ambitions; the CHAMPION project will develop suitable, even superior replacements.”

The majority of conventional polymers are not fit for recycling and end up being incinerated or landfilled. Some of the chemicals used in their production may result in toxic emissions depending on the end of life process they go through. These characteristics stand in contrast to the EU’s green credentials and its ambitions to create a circular economy. Novel CHAMPION bio-based polymers result from the aza-Michael addition reaction and are expected to be suitable replacements for polymers used in resistant kitchen counter coatings, laundry detergents and other homecare products, car interior surfaces, and structural adhesives. Recovery, chemical recycling and organic recycling (with the option of controlled energy recovery) are the end-of-life options planned for the design of products using CHAMPION polymers.

The specific objectives of the CHAMPION project are:

The CHAMPION consortium is integrated by:

  1. University of York - United Kingdom
  2. Wageningen Food & Biobased Research (WFBR) – The Netherlands 
  3. BioDetection Systems BV – The Netherlands
  4. Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy - Finland
  5. Process Design Center BV – The Netherlands
  6. OWS NV - Belgium
  7. Circa Sustainable Chemicals Ltd – United Kingdom
  8. Unilever UK Central Resources Ltd - United Kingdom
  9. nova-Institut für Politische und Ökologische Innovation GmbH - Germany
  10. Ava Biochem BSL AG - Switzerland
  11. Stahl International BV – The Netherlands 
  12. Orineo BV - Belgium
  13. SQ Consult BV – The Netherlands
  14. Scott Bader Co Ltd - United Kingdom

The CHAMPION project receives funding from the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 887398.

For more information about CHAMPION, contact the project manager directly on champion-project-admin@york.ac.uk.


Stahl aims to replace conventional polymers by bio-based
Anne ter Braak
Head of Corporate Communications

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