Overview
Materia Nova is a research and development center for sustainable materials serving businesses and industries. The center accompanies industries in their innovation projects while addressing societal and environmental challenges related to energy transition and circular economy deployment.
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- When electricity meets insulation, safety can't be left to chance. Our Fire Testing Laboratory just got sharper: we've added a CTI (Comparative Tracking Index — IEC 60112) tester to our equipment fleet. What does it do? It measures how well insulating materials resist electrical tracking — the slow, invisible degradation that can turn a small electrical fault into a fire hazard. A critical parameter for electronics, household appliances, and electrical/e-mobility applications, where insulation failure isn't an option. This
- When electricity meets insulation, safety can't be left to chance. Our Fire Testing Laboratory just got sharper: we've added a CTI (Comparative Tracking Index — IEC 60112) tester to our equipment fleet. What does it do? It measures how well insulating materials resist electrical tracking — the slow, invisible degradation that can turn a small electrical fault into a fire hazard. A critical parameter for electronics, household appliances, and electrical/e-mobility applications, where insulation failure isn't an option. This
- Our colleague Mireille Poelman recently joined Jesús Palenzuelaa from ITENE on the European Coatings Podcast to discuss the transition towards safer, more sustainable functional coatings 🌿. ✅ The conversation highlights the work carried out within the EU-funded BIO-SUSHY Project, but it also reflects a broader area of expertise at Materia Nova: developing innovative alternatives to conventional coating technologies — combining performance, safety and environmental responsibility. From PFAS-free solutions to bio-based and hybrid
- Less than one month to go until our workshop “How coatings support circularity of materials”! On 13 October 2026, experts from research and industry will gather at Hotel Van der Valk Mons to explore how coatings can help extend product lifetime, enable reuse and improve the recyclability of materials. After introducing our speakers over the past weeks, it is now time to secure your place and join the discussion around practical innovations and future-oriented solutions for a more circular economy. 📍 Hotel Van der Valk, Mons,
- Speaker spotlight: Jesse de Pagter (Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI) We're delighted to welcome Jesse de Pagter from ZSI to our workshop "How Coatings Support Circularity of Materials", on 13 October 2026 in Mons, Belgium. Jesse will wear two hats on the day: 🔹 He will moderate our Interactive Round Table, bringing together industry and research voices on the performance, sustainability and uptake of circular coatings. 🔹 As a partner of the EU BIO-SUSHY Project, he will also share the project's perspective on how
- Dans le cadre du projet #PROTEBoost, coordonné par l’UMONS, notre équipe ACV a comparé l'empreinte environnementale d'un burger à base de bactéries pourpres (cultivées sur mélasse) à celle d'un burger de bœuf et d'un burger végétal déjà sur le marché. ⚖️ Dans le cas des produits alimentaires, la comparaison par kilo de produit n’est pas toujours très pertinente, nous avons donc abordé cette étude avec une méthodologie d’#ACV #nutritionnelle, intégrant des indices de qualité nutritionnelle pour une comparaison plus juste. Ces
- Meet our speaker : Lionel Fourdrinier Can coating innovation help us stay within planetary boundaries? Lionel Fourdrinier, Head of the Strategic Innovation Initiative WIN4C - Walloon Initiative for Circular Materials, will explore how coatings can retain the value of products and materials, while addressing the challenge of reducing pressure on critical natural resources. ✅ An opening to a day dedicated to concrete examples of how coatings can support reuse, recycling and more circular materials. 📅 13 October 2026 📍 Van der
- BIO-SUSHY Project moves from research towards standardisation! 📅 On 7 September 2026, the CEN Workshop kick-off meeting will launch the development of three CEN Workshop Agreements (CWAs) to support #safe and #sustainable alternatives for #packaging in the #cosmetics, #food and #textile industries — building on the knowledge and results generated through the BIO-SUSHY project (coordinated by Materia Nova). 🤝 This Workshop is open to any industrial, stakeholder or anyone working on sustainable, PFAS-free coatings or packaging
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