“ The world population will continue to grow in the 21st century to become
nine billion by 2050. The need for new sustainable products and materials
will grow with it as well. ”
“ New transportation concepts are needed to meet the mobility ambitions
of a growing population. Lightweight materials will be crucial to come to
sustainable solutions. ”
“ Energy neutral or even energy generating housing solutions will depend
on smart materials, controlling the in-house climate and supporting living
comfort based on sustainable energy only. ”
“ Local manufacturing will help to generate personalized solutions in consumer
and medical products, without the need for global transportation. ”
The heart of Brightlands Materials Center is an evolving ecosystem where scientific excellence, innovative applications and societal challenges come together.
Brightlands Materials Center offers a meeting place at Brightlands Chemelot Campus and close collaboration with a global network of leading companies along the value chain and renowned universities and institutes.
In our shared research programs, where scientists, R&D researchers and students come and work together, we secure application-driven research along the whole chain of knowledge.
During our Partner Event, we met up with Roel Huis in ‘t Veld from Kriya Materials. Roel is an important partner of Brightlands Materials Center, and is since 2012 the director of Kriya Materials B.V. Please, let us introduce Kriya Materials to you!
Wouter is General Manager of Yparex B.V. Yparex B.V. is a leading European producer of extrudable adhesive resins which are used in several multilayer applications such as Food Packaging. Besides that, Yparex is one of the partners of Brightlands Materials Center.
Part of Additive Manufacturing Program
Part of Additive Manufacturing Program
Part of Additive Manufacturing Program
Within the Lightweight Automotive program at Brightlands Materials Center, Jos Lobee is project leader of the OP Zuid project “Thermoplastic......
13 december, 2018
We’d love to meet you during the Brightlands Chemelot Talent Day. You are studying for a degree in a field......
16 november, 2018
Tessa ten Cate, Richard Janssen and the Additive Manufacturing Team of Brightlands Materials Center kindly invite you to the Formnext......
30 oktober, 2018
Brightlands Materials Center will address the needs of the most innovative sector in the Netherlands: providing the right expertise and facilities to support their material innovations and businesses. In short, Brightlands Materials Center will be building projects, building new businesses and building competences and networks. It is a triple win situation: for the chemical and plastics industry in the whole Euregion, for the region of Limburg and Brightlands in terms of new employment and last but not least for all entrepreneurs with the ambition to innovate and create new businesses.
I’m proud that another excellent research institute wants to become a part of the Brightlands Chemelot Campus community. This institute is an important step in further strengthening the Brightlands concept and proof that the Brightlands Chemelot Campus is really the place-to-be. The knowledge economy in the Province of Limburg is growing fast!
We’re proud to present Brightlands Materials Center, a Brightlands Chemelot Campus – TNO partnership, supported by the province of Limburg. We aim to boost performance and sustainability in the fields of automotive, energy and electronics by developing new materials and applications. Substantial research programs in partnerships like these are at the core of TNO’s strategy. I’m very excited about this initiative and I’m confident it will attract new partners and researchers to create a real boost in the field of polymeric materials.
The start of Brightlands Materials Center is a milestone in realizing the ambition of the Brightlands Chemelot Campus: to be a world-leading innovation location and home to a vibrant and fast-growing open community of groundbreaking companies and knowledge institutes. Brightlands Materials Center, with its focus on application knowledge of plastic products, will connect
top universities with industry leaders, SMEs and start-ups in the region and around the world. This will fuel our community with
knowledge, talent and entrepreneurship, which will further accelerate the growth of Brightlands.
