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CENTEXBELVKCAT THE SERVICE OF
THE TEXTILE & PLASTIC CONVERTING INDUSTRY
COLLECTIVE RESEARCH CENTRE
CENTEXBEL
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MEMBERSHIP ORGANISATION
UNITING
Belgian textile companiesAssociated (international) member companies and organisations
GOVERNED BY THE INDUSTRY
• 180 enthusiastic and highly educated men and women
• committed to an innovating and sustainable industry
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CENTEXBEL - VKC
WHY WE DO THE THINGS WE DO
CREATE – INSPIRE – SOLVE - CONNECT
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CREATE
• Research in coating, extrusion, composites, material characterization, etc.
• Semi-industrial research infrastructure available to companies.
• Dedicated research teams working with and for companies.
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INSPIRE
• Knowledge dissemination
• Demonstrations & Workshops
• Info-sessions
• Conferences
• Newsletters, publications and demonstrations
• Patlib centre for patent analysis and knowledge disclosure
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SOLVE
• ONE-STOP-SHOP• Research centre• Consultancy services• Pilot platforms for prototyping and
experiments• Testing labs• Notified body # 0493
• PPE, CPR, IMO
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CONNECT
• Knowledge & Research networks
• Exploring high added value technologies for industrial implementation
• Cross-sectorial approach
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LABS & OFFICES
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PRODUCTS & ACTIVITIES
RESEARCHFOCUS ON INDUSTRIAL & SOCIETAL NEEDS
RESEARCH STRATEGY
CLOSE TO THE INDUSTRYInnovations in• processes• products• materials• business models
FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY• resource efficiency
• recycling of (complex) materials
• bio-based polymers (industrial implementation)
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RESEARCH PROGRAMS
COLLECTIVE RESEARCH
Project-based financing • by regional, federal and European
authorities
Consortium• composed of industrial and research
partners
Research results• property of Centexbel but disseminated to
the consortium partners/industry
Small, medium-sized and large private projects• financed by regional, federal and
European authorities or without funding
• on demand of the company
Research results • property of the company
PRIVATE RESEARCH
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EXPERTISETECHNOLOGY FIELDS
FUNCTIONALTHERMOPLASTIC TEXTILES• renewable, bio-based, sustainable alternatives
for oil-based thermoplastics
• improvement of their properties to match and even surpass the ones of conventional materials
• functionalisation of thermoplastic fibres(chemical, physical, nano-technology)
• creation of bio-based prepregs and high-end fibre-reinforced or self-reinforced composites to meet to the most severe mechanical requirements
• implementation of new technologies (e.g. Additive Manufacturing) in conventional processes
• recycling and closed-loop approach
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TEXTILEFUNCTIONALISATION & SURFACE MODIFICATION
• High-performance textiles.
• Sustainability • renewable materials and of non-hazardous
chemicals and additives (in conformity with REACH, CLP), energy and water saving production methods, equitable working conditions, and last but not least the product’s longevity.
• Centexbel is focused on harmonizing sustainability, high-performance and cost-efficiency in textile finishing, coating and laminating.
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PLASTIC CHARACTERISATION, PROCESSING & RECYCLING
• Optimisation of (bio)polymers
• Eco-functionalisation
• End-of-Life and Recycling
• Process development
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MEDICAL & SUSTAINABLEMATERIALS
• medical devicesprivileged player in tissue engineering, from simple cell culture to the implementation of three-dimensional carriers and biocompatible materials
• circular economyinnovative solutions for material sorting, the use of new biobased materials and the implementation of greener and more nature-friendly processes.
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TECHNICAL TEXTILES & COMPOSITES• Development of technical
textiles and composite materialssupporting the manufacturing industry in search of innovative materials through the acquisition of new knowledge, theory and techniques in order to develop a know-how for our industry for the production of new performing and durable materials and the maintenance of their competitiveness.
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TESTINGBELAC NBN EN ISO/IEC 17025 ACCREDITED LABORATORIES
PHYSICAL & MECHANICAL TESTING
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CHEMICAL TESTING
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• of textiles, composites and plastics
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BURNING BEHAVIOUR
• biocompatibility, health & safety
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MICROBIOLOGICALASSESSMENTS
OPEN INNOVATIONPLATFORMS FOR
PROTOTYPING & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
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TEXTILE FINISHINGLAB SCALE EXPERIMENTS
COATING, LAMINATING & CURING
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EXTRUSIONCOST AND TIME EFFICIENT YARN PROTOTYPING
EXTRUSION
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3D PRINTING LAB
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TECHNICALTEXTILESPLATFORM FOR INNOVATIVE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
KNITTING, WEAVING, BRAIDING, EMBROIDERY
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COMPOSITE PRESS
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PLASTIC PROCESSINGCREATING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR PLASTICS
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PLASTIC CONVERTING PLATFORM
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SERVICESTO THE INDUSTRY
CONSULTANCY
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test results
process, material andproduct optimisation
implementation of new technolgies
TECHNICAL
REACH
Biocides
BREF
alternative chemicals
ECOLOGY
Follow-up of EU & international standards for
the Belgian industry
sector operator for NBN
STANDARDS ANTENNAS
IPR related issues
information on recent patents
Patent Alerts
PATENT-CELL
KNOWLEDGE TRANSFERINFO SESSIONS, TRAINING SESSIONS, CONFERENCES, PUBLICATIONS
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PRODUCT CERTIFICATIONPRODUCT & CONSUMER SAFETY
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CE-marking Notified Body # 0493
• EC type-examination and monitoring of the
quality control system for the final product
according to the EUROPEAN REGULATION
2016/425 ON PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT/EU
• Product certification in the framework of
the EUROPEAN REGULATION ON
CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS 305/2011/EU
• Conformity assessments in the framework
of the MARINE EQUIPMENT DIRECTIVE
(MED) 2014/90/EU
SAFE COMMUNITY MASKS
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Ecologically sound textile products, processes & value-chains
