Innovation mission
SusChem was created with a mission to revitalise and inspire European chemistry and industrial biotechnology research, development and innovation in a sustainable way to respond to pressing societal challenges.
Solutions
The chemical sector’s key enabling technologies provide the critical building blocks for the solutions needed to achieve a sustainable low carbon circular economy. They impact all value chains including energy, construction, mobility and electronics. They can be categorised into three interconnected areas: Advanced Materials; Digital; and Process.
Materials for Energy Production and Storage
Sustainable chemistry research and innovation actions will strengthen the position of Europe in low carbon energy production and storage…
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Sustainable chemistry provides components for safer and less polluting modes of transport, making mobility systems more sustainable. In order…
Read moreMaterials for Health and Well-being
Because good healthcare is essential to a sustainable society, the chemical industry continues to develop pharmaceutical and other innovative…
Read moreMaterials for Consumer goods
Increasing the sustainability of consumer goods requires developments in materials that support recycling and reuse but also the reduction…
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Sustainable chemistry is essential to improving energy efficiency in all types of buildings, from construction to renovation projects. Integrated…
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Feedstock
To be sustainable the European chemical industry must reduce its dependence on, largely imported, petroleum and gas feedstock and…
Read moreCatalysis
Catalysis is, perhaps, the single most important and pervasive interdisciplinary technology in the chemical industry, and certainly one of…
Read moreProcess Control
Process control and supervision of operations, from regulatory control to manufacturing planning and optimisation, can improve standards and optimise…
Read moreProcess Intensification
Process intensification applies innovative design principles to boost process and value chain efficiency, reduce waste and costs, while improving…
Read moreDownstream Processing
Sustainable processes must increasingly embrace renewable, often biobased, feedstock, which creates new challenges for downstream-processing. One such challenge is…
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Cognitive and Connected Plants
Advanced process control using intelligent self-learning systems to optimise process conditions is key to sustainable chemical production. The future…
Read moreBig Data
The chemical industry of the future will be awash with data, from process sensor inputs to product and raw…
Read moreDigital Platforms
Early adopters successfully mastered digital platforms. Today, all companies in the chemical sector can act as digital platforms and…
Read moreDigital Skills
New digital technologies require new flexible skills and an educated workforce able to quickly learn and respond to change….
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