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PERFECOAT

High Performance Bio-based Functional Coatings for Wood and Decorative Applications

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Project details

Type of project
Research & Innovation Action
Project focus
Bio-based polymers & plastics
Feedstock origin
Agri-food waste
Forestry waste
Feedstock type
Food industry sidestreams
Lignin & wood residues
Project period
1 May 2021 - 30 September 2024
Status
Completed
CBE JU Contribution
€ 4 999 567,50
Call identifier
H2020-BBI-JTI-2020

Summary

The pursuit of a climate-neutral Europe and a truly circular economy requires attention to virtually all fields of production if fossil-based materials are to be eliminated. This relates not only to manufactured goods but also the paints and coatings used to protect them; of the almost 1 million tonnes of paints and coating produced in Europe each year, more than 80% are derived from fossil resources. Even those coatings than do rely on bio-based compounds often have CO2 footprints little different from the existing coatings. Reducing the impact of these coatings this would represent a major advance in Europe’s climate ambitions. Therefore, to address this challenge, the PERFECOAT project will develop and validate a new generation of industrial wood and decorative coatings with significantly more than 25% bio-based components. The project will address three important markets for coatings, high-volume, UV-curable clear coatings, waterborne trim paints for DIY and waterborne wall paints. These coatings will reach, and even surpass, the current quality and sustainability standards.

When successful, the PERFECOAT project will be able to offer bio-based coating ingredients from climate neutral sources and processes. This will help encourage the uptake of sustainable coatings, with a positive impact for the environment and helping prevent climate change.

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Project coordination

  • SINTEF AS Trondheim, Norway

Consortium

  • BIOENVISION TECHNOLOGY AS Porsgrunn, Norway
  • BORREGAARD AS Sarpsborg, Norway
  • IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE London, United Kingdom
  • REMMERS INDUSTRIELACKE GMBH HIDDENHAUSEN, Germany
  • SINTEF OCEAN AS TRONDHEIM, Norway
  • TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN Muenchen, Germany
  • CHROMOLOGICS APS Nrum, Denmark
  • ORGANIK KIMYA SANAYI VE TICARET AS ISTANBUL, Türkiye
  • NOVA-INSTITUT FUR POLITISCHE UND OKOLOGISCHE INNOVATION GMBH HURTH, Germany
  • EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH Essen, Germany
  • CELIGNIS LIMITED Limerick, Ireland
  • TALLINNA TEHNIKAÜLIKOOL Tallinn, Estonia