URBANREC

CENTEXBEL – the Textile and plastic competence centre – is a Belgian non-profit organisation supporting textile manufactures and plastic converters in the development and introduction of novel materials, innovative products and technological processes. 

CENTEXBEL is a non-profit organisation supporting textile manufactures and plastic converters in the development and introduction of novel materials, innovative products and technological processes. 

Our key activities include:

- Research and development in fields with high added value, in particular in the melt processing of polymers, in coating and surface modification, composites, recycling, smart textiles, textile applications and material characterisation. Polymers, their additives and their processing are the common theme throughout our research activities.

- Product certification and finding adequate solutions in an independent manner, within the regulatory boundaries, but in full understanding of the challenges with which companies are faced.

- Assisting companies in analysing, characterising and testing of products by means of the most advanced instruments and based on our excellent knowledge of products and processes.

- Dissemination of knowledge, in particular by allowing companies to make use of research results in their specific business context.

As part of the URBANREC project, CENTEXBEL is investigating efficient approaches to the reuse of recycled textile fibres from bulky waste. These include the use of the longer fibre fraction in nonwovens for seat applications, insulation purposes, etc. and the short fibre fraction in fibre reinforced composites for various injection moulding applications.

For more information about CENTEXBEL, please visit www.centexbel.be  

» Author: URBANREC NEWSLETTER

» Publication Date: 09/07/2018

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