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Biopig­ments

Durable biopigments and binders

Pro­ject info

Pro­jectDur­able biopig­ments and bind­ers (Biopig­ments)
Dur­a­tion1.3.2025 – 30.6.2027
Part­nersHäme Uni­ver­sity of Ap­plied Sci­ences
Fund­ingBusi­ness Fin­land
Budget443 799 €

In Biopigment project, we are promoting the transition of the dye and binder industry from fossil raw materials to renewable raw materials.

Con­sumer products and the built en­vir­on­ment con­sume large amounts of dyes, pig­ments and bind­ers. These sub­stances are cur­rently mainly pro­duced from non-​renewable sources such as oil and mines. In Dur­able biopig­ments and bind­ers (Biopig­ment) pro­ject, we are pro­mot­ing the trans­ition of the dyes and bind­ers in­dustry from fossil raw ma­ter­i­als to re­new­able raw ma­ter­i­als.

We study bio-​dyes and -​binders ex­trac­ted from side-​stream bio­masses, and their pro­cessing into coat­ings and tex­tiles. We in­vest­ig­ate the ef­fi­ciency and prof­it­ab­il­ity of bio-​dye and -​binder pro­duc­tion pro­cesses and how they could be ap­plied to ex­ist­ing pro­cesses. We also gather in­form­a­tion on the ac­cept­ance and de­mand for nat­ural dyes in dif­fer­ent products.

We will im­ple­ment the pro­ject in part­ner­ship with the com­pan­ies in­volved.

Tar­get group

The main target groups of the project are companies in the textile and coatings manufacturing chain, textile and wood construction professionals, architects and designers, and the scientific public.

Area of activ­ity

The results of the project will benefit companies and professionals in the target group nationwide.

Con­tact

In co­oper­a­tion with

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