NEWS FROM THE PROJECT
Find here the latest updates about GRETE project: initiatives of the consortium, activities and events open to stakeholders. Furthermore, interesting news, links and events are selected from the web related to the project’s topics: biotechnologies, eco-textiles, textile value chain, innovative and sustainable textile products and solutions, and many more.
Let’s talk about pulp
The GRETE consortium is working towards opening up wood pulp as a raw material for man-made cellulose fibres.
Half-time!
The GRETE consortium met for the first time in May 2019, thus the 5th consortium meeting, held on May 26th and 27th 2021, marked half-time of the international collaboration, having another 24 months of project activities ahead.
Where we’re at
In recent times, awareness about the impacts of the textile industry has risen widely, also in the public domain, where initiatives such the Fashion Revolution
Is cellulose going to be the new petroleum?
Encouraged by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that is questioning a lot of our current models and habits, the civil society is manifesting environmental concerns and consumers show raised interest in products made of renewable raw materials in a sustainable manner.
Understanding the terms
Are you familiar with terms such as “paper grade kraft pulp” and “ionic liquids”? Do you have a clue what “cellulose pre-treatments and dissolution” is or how you can spin man-made cellulose fibres? We didn’t – until we met GRETE.
Ready for going into details
2020 has been a tough year, in many aspects. The physical isolation forced many of us to focus on the essentials and go more into details. So will we do, while going on in telling you the GRETE story.
NEWS FROM THE WEB
New sustainable technologies for wood-to-textile value chain enables increased production of man-made cellulose fibers in Europe
EurekAlert! – operated by AAAS, the world’s largest general science society – wrote about us: “GRETE, the Green chemicals and technologies for the wood-to-textile value
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A large exhibition set up at the Cellulose Fibres Conference 2023 offered space for the GRETE samples.
Didn’t make it to Cologne but curious about the project results? Join our open webinar on March 29th at 11 CEST and interact with the GRETE experts. Register here:
On March 9th the GRETE achievements were celebrated by sharing them publicly with 220+ stakeholders of the cellulose industry at the 4th edition of the Cellulose Fibres Conference 2023 in Cologne.
Intrigued? Read all the details on our latest news:
https://www.greteproject.eu/2023/03/15/grete-final-event-in-snowy-cologne-great-presentations-summarised-four-years-of-excellent-collaboration/
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Ionic liquids in detail: explaining the GRETE chemistry
We’ve already talked about ionic liquids and their application in the GRETE project in a previous article. This time, the work of our consortium member
New blood for the second half: BETA joins the consortium
Shortly before the end of the year the documents were signed and a new partner joined the GRETE consortium: BETA Technological Centre of the University
A lot going on before closing 2021
December started with great news: the European Commission and the Bio-based Industries Consortium combined efforts to launch Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking: CBE JU is
GRETE: the second act of the project has definitely started
On October 20 and 21 the GRETE consortium gathered for its 6th meeting, again in online mode. Now, after more than two years of steady collaboration, the information exchange is settled and both, the structure and the modalities, are well implemented.