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Societal challenges require joint innovation

The world is changing rapidly. Major challenges in the fields of energy, mobility, health and circularity are ahead of us. Brightlands Materials Center is an applied R&D center where scientific excellence and innovative applications come together to meet these global challenges.

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Additive Manufacturing

Enabling functional 3D printed parts and products by development of innovative polymer additive manufacturing materials.

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Lightweight automotive

Predictive modeling of thermoplastic composites during its life’s use, either in injection over-molded parts or in metal plastic hybrid parts.

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Sustainable
Buildings

Decrease the energy consumption of buildings by development of innovative optical materials and coatings

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Circular
Packaging

Accelerate the transition to circular plastic packaging by innovations in material redesign, recycling and impact assessment.

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Innovative materials solutions for a sustainable future

Materials play an important role in our societies. Careful use of valuable raw materials sources and a circular economy are of great importance for a sustainable future.

Brightlands Materials Center offers a meeting place to accelerate these transitions.

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From glass in the lab to glass in a construction building in Maastricht

Brightlands Materials Center is developing two innovative coatings for the energy saving window coating SunSmart and a dirt-repellent colored coating…
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The Sustainable Thermoplastic Composites Field lab – A second life for thermoplastic composites

As we all know a significant and increasing proportion of cars are made of plastic, including thermoplastic composites. After the…
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On demand Additive Manufacturing: 4 Industry trends to watch in 2021

In our future we should be very clever about how we use our limited resources. Our manufacturing industry should be…
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