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SSUCHY

Sustainable structural and multifunctional biocomposites from hybrid natural fibres and bio-based polymers

Project details

Type of project
Research & Innovation Action
Project focus
Construction
Feedstock origin
Agri-food waste
Forestry waste
Feedstock type
Crop residues
Lignin & wood residues
Project period
1 September 2017 - 28 February 2022
Status
Completed
CBE JU Contribution
€ 4 457 194,75
Call identifier
H2020-BBI-JTI-2016

Summary

The SSUCHY project seeks to contribute to developing bio-based composite products with advanced functionalities and high structural properties for transportation sectors and in high value market niches.

It will create opportunities to expand market applications for bio-based composites to semi-structural and functional applications in ground transportation and aerospace along with new opportunities in high value niches such as acoustics and electronic sectors.

It aims to exploit the intrinsic and differentiating properties of plant fibres and bio-based polymers to develop and enhance the functionalities of bio-based composites.

The SSUCHY project has five core objectives:

  1. Leverage the intrinsic properties of plant fibres to realise new functionalities in plant fibre composites (PFCs) and to create new opportunities in high value market niches, for example in next-generation of smart materials.
  2. Take advantage of the availability and low cost of hemp fibres, along with their technical and environmental-friendly characteristics to market a high-performance plant fibre reinforcement for composite application at a competitive price.
  3. Use the wide diversity of plant and polymeric fibres to create and design hybrid composites with specific properties and functionalities.
  4. Take advantage of availability and versatility of ligno-cellulosic feedstock and the chemical building blocks it provides to develop biopolymers with improved physical properties while remaining essentially recyclable and/or biodegradable.
  5. Deploy novel new fractionation processes for lignocellulosic biomass to generate tailor lignin-derived monomers suitable for high-grade polymers synthesis.

The SSUCHY project expects to have the following impacts:

  1. Increase the sustainability and the competitiveness of Europe’s industry through engagement in the bio-based composite sector through the materials and process technologies it develops;
  2. Create new bio-based composite structures and products and demonstrate their advanced functionalities at demonstrator level.

Longitudinal harvest for hemp fibre production

SSUCHY project develops bio-based aircraft wings to address plastic pollution
22 July 2021
Trees, crops and even organic waste can be transformed into a bewildering array of plastics to use in products ranging from single-use bags to heavy-duty aeroplane wings. Read more

SSUCHY project promotes sustainable development with advanced bio-based composites
9 March 2021
The BBI JU-funded SSUCHY project demonstrates the potential of sustainable bio-based composite applications in the aerospace, acoustics and automotive sectors. Read more

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Project coordination

  • UNIVERSITE DE FRANCHE-COMTE Besancon, France

Consortium

  • CERA APS Reims, France
  • WILSON BENESCH LTD Sheffield, United Kingdom
  • UNIVERSITE DIJON BOURGOGNE Dijon Cedex, France
  • UNIVERSITE DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TARBES TARBES, France
  • UNIVERSITY OF DERBY Derby, United Kingdom
  • ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE ARTS INDUSTRIES TEXTILES Roubaix, France
  • MARZOTTO LANE GAETANO MARZOTTO & FIGLI SPA Valdagno, Italy
  • BIOECONOMY FOR CHANGE Barenton Bugny, France
  • NPSP BV DELFT, Netherlands
  • CERZOO S.R.L. Piacenza, Italy
  • UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL Bristol, United Kingdom
  • ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DE MECANIQUE ET DES MICROTECHNIQUES Besancon Cedex, France
  • EADCO GMBH Munchen, Germany
  • CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS Paris, France
  • KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN Leuven, Belgium
  • AKZO NOBEL FUNCTIONAL CHEMICALS BV Amersfoort, Netherlands
  • UNIVERSITA CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE Milano, Italy
  • LINIFICIO E CANAPIFICIO NAZIONALE SRL SOCIETA' BENEFIT Valdagno, Italy
  • STOCKHOLMS UNIVERSITET Stockholm, Sweden
  • ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DE CHIMIE DE PARIS Paris, France