Short Course I Bio-based Coatings

Description

The European Coatings Academy is a online learning platform for people in careers in all areas of the coatings industry.

Get a concise overview of Bio-based Coatings in 90 minutes:
In recent years, we have heard more and more about paint raw materials that are based on plant-based raw materials and are constantly opening up new fields of application. There is now a first car paint that contains bio-based raw materials. However, switching from fossil to bio-based raw materials presents a number of challenges that need to be overcome. First of all, the right raw materials have to be identified – be it corn starch, palm oil or, at best, even secondary plant waste – that do not compete with food production. The chemistry of bio-based alternatives is also sometimes different from that of classic fossil raw materials. Get answers to the questions: Which raw materials can be fully or partially replaced with bio-based alternatives without providing a concrete market overview? How were which plants discovered in the first place? How are the raw materials produced, and does bio-based also mean environmentally friendly?

In this course, you will learn:
– Which plants are currently being considered for the production of bio-based raw materials?
– How are bio-based raw materials produced? Which chemicals are used?
– Which raw materials are good and which are less good substitutes for bio-based raw materials?
– What are the special features of the use of bio-based raw materials?

Speaker: Dr.ir. Toine Biemans
He holds a PhD in Macro-organic Chemistry from the group of Prof. Bert Meijer from the Eindhoven University of Technology. He started his professional career as he joined DSM Coating Resins in Zwolle. In 2004, he joined Worlée Chemie in Lauenburg, Germany, where he was Head of R&D until 2023. His appointment in the newly created position of Manager Sustainability and Scientific Academic Partnerships, underlines the relevance for the further development of the company. Among other things, it establishes a central entry point for customers and suppliers regarding sustainability in the area of product development. At the same time, the latest scientific developments are to find their way into the R&D department through scientific and academic partnerships.

The price includes:

• Access to the Short Course: A personal access code to our e-learning platform EC Academy will be automatically emailed to you
• Stream the purchased videos for 6 months from date of purchase
• Certificate