Brochure GreenWin

THE FORE SIG H T REFERENC E IN WA L L ONI A * (BEL G IUM), PA R T NER SHIP S C R E AT ION A ND SE T T ING UP INNOVATION PROJEC T S IN T HE FIEL D S OF C HEMIC A L ENG INEER ING A ND SUS TA IN A BL E M AT ER I A L S

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING & M AT E R I A L S I N WA L LO N I A

THE ENERGY OF A NETWORK TO REALIZE YOUR DREAMS OF SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION

CHEMISTRY – CONSTRUCTION – ENVIRONMENT

GreenWin is one of the six triple helix innovation clusters set forth by the Walloon Government in Belgium. Its mission is to promote innovation in environmental technologies and to

FRANCE

build ambitious collaborative in-

DENMARK

dustrial-driven R&D, investment

SWEDEN

UK

or training projects. The overall objectives are economic growth

NEDERLAND SPAIN

PORTUGAL

CENTRALLY LOCATED IN EUROPE, WALLONIA IS YOUR GATEWAY IN EUROPE, THE WORLD’S LARGEST MARKET FOR GREEN PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGIES, WITH THE WORLD’S HIGHEST ENVIRONMENTALLY

and jobs creation in Wallonia.

POLAND

CANADA

BRAZIL

3 KEY INDUSTRIAL SEC TORS IN WALLONIA THE GREATEST KNOCK-ON EFFECT ON WALLOON ECONOMY

> 85,000 direct jobs (26% industrial employment) 160,000 indirect jobs > € 1.6 billion of R&D expenditure (60% of private R&D expenditure) > € 15 billion in exports (36% of Walloon exports) These 3 strategic technological lines are the most promising for the development of your business.

Recent statistics show a remarkable 40% increase in turnover for cleantech companies in Belgium for 2006-2016 !

THE DISTRIBUTION OF GREENWIN MEMBERS

DEUTSCHLAND

9%

BELGIUM

Multi-axis

AWARE CUSTOMERS AND THE MOST ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS FOSTERING THE DEVELOPEMENT OF

S KOREA

GREEN BUSINESS. CHEM ICAL ENG INEERING & M AT ERIAL S IN WAL LONIA

26%

Chemistry

37%

Environment

28%

Construction

*French-speaking part of Belgium

PRIORIT Y A RE A S FOR INNOVATION

5 1

- Green Chemistry

GOOD REASONS TO WORK TOGETHER

S U S TA I N A B L E CHEMISTRY SECTOR

- Biobased Chemistry, CO2 Chemistry - Biotechnologies - Digital technologies - Circular economy

AMONG A DENSE NETWORK OF WALLOON TECHNOLOGIES AND INDUSTRIAL/ACADEMIC PARTNERS, GREENWIN HELPS YOU TO FIND THE MOST RELEVANT ONES FOR YOUR PROJECTS

2

NETWORK SHARING

3

PUT TOGETHER MEETING PROGRAMS AND ARRANGE VISITS AND TOURS IN WALLONIA

4

FACILITY FOR INDUSTRIES TO SETTLE IN WALLONIA

5

ACCESS TO INVESTMENT SUPPORTS IN WALLONIA

E N V I R O N M E N TA L TECHNOLOGIES I N N O V AT I O N CLUSTER

- Building systems

M AT E R I A L S & S U S TA I N A B L E CONSTRUCTION SECTOR

- Storage and energy efficiency - Innovative and sustainable materials - Digital technologies - Circular economy

- Treatment of WATER, AIR and SOIL

E N V I R O N M E N TA L SECTOR

- Recycling and Waste and By-products valorization - Digital technologies - Circular economy

BY WORKING TO BRING MORE EFFICIENT ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES TO MARKET, GREENWIN FOCUSES ON IMPROVING THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE BY SAVING MATERIALS AND ENERGY, ON RECYCLING AND THE USE OF RENEWABLE RESOURCES.

I N N OVATI O N

SUCCESS STORIES

R&D MARKET/NEW PRODUCTS/ SERVICES/PROCESSES

SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY

TECHNO LO GICAL PL AT FO R M SHARING OF EQUIPMENT, FEDERATION OF SKILLS ON A KEY THEMATIC

4

TYPES OF PROJECTS SUPPORTED

BY GREENWIN

INNOVATIV E TRAINING WHETHER OR NOT OF TECHNOLOGICAL ORIGIN TO FOSTER…

A NEW ASSOCIATION DEDICATED TO THE UTILIZATION OF CO2

DIGITAL – ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES

In March 2017, the “LOWEMI” project

In the continuation of the European project SCOT

The “EcoCityTools” project, coordinated by 1 Spatial Company,

finished. It has achieved the expected

(Smart CO2 Transformation), coordinated by Green-

aims to fundamentally change the environmental management

goals and even more!

win : Creation of “CO2 Value Europe”

of cities! Each year, 7 million premature deaths are linked to

Now, Wallonia has positioned itself as a

60 leading industrial and research stakeholders

air pollution. Densification of the population leads to challenges

leader in the European market for wall

from across Europe gathered in Brussels to launch

related to air quality, pollution, ...

paints with zero environmental impact.

CO2 Value Europe, the new European association

Concerning cities, during the peaks of heat, the absence of wind

Indeed, the Dothée Company has just

dedicated to CO2 utilisation. Its mission is to pro-

prevents the pollutants to disperse, making riskier the routes

developed ECOMAT, the most efficient

mote the development and market deployment of

taking the congested streets. So the final objective of the project

European wall painting “zero VOC” (Vo-

sustainable industrial solutions that convert CO2

is to develop decision-making tools and services to effectively

latile Organic Compound).

into valuable products, in order to contribute to the

establish environmental and energy diagnosis at the neighbor-

The unexpected result of the project :

net reduction of global CO2 emissions and to the di-

hood level and to assist in making choices for rehabilitation or

VOCBOX, a new instrument for mea-

versification of the feedstock base.

development by improving the localization of pollution peaks.

suring VOC emissions. An innovation at

http://www.co2value.eu/

global scale!

I N VE S TM E N T ACQUISITION OF PATENT & LICENSE / BUILDING, PRODUCTION LINE, INNOVATIVE EQUIPMENT

IN TERMS OF RESULTS, GREENWIN HAS ALREADY SUPPORTED 3 EUROPEAN PROJECTS, 37 R&D, INVESTMENT AND TRAINING PROJECTS CERTIFIED AND FUNDED BY THE WALLONIA REGION FOR A TOTAL BUDGET OF 100 MILLION EUROS.

ALL GREENWIN PARTNERS ARE DRIVEN

BY THE OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED

BY THE POOLING OF SKILLS AND RESOURCES

200 MEMBERS 150 COMPANIES (75% of SMEs) 45 RESEARCH CENTERS, UNIVERSITIES & HIGH SCHOOLS

Since 2012 :

12 NEW PRODUCTS 11 NEW PROCESSES 4 NEW SERVICES 10 EUROPEAN PROJECTS, INVOLVING GREENWIN

MORE INFORMATION WWW.GREENWIN.BE Contact the GreenWin Team to find the good partner to innovate in Wallonia (Belgium) www.greenwin.be/fr/pole/equipe

AND / OR ITS MEMBERS, FROM CLUSTER PROJECTS.

3 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH AXELERA,

CRIBIQ AND TRIMATEC.

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING & M AT E R I A L S I N WA L LO N I A

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