Brightlands Materials Center for new sustainable materials

Brightlands Materials Center

At the Brightlands Materials Center, we conduct research into new, sustainable technologies in the field of plastics and their applications. We develop innovative material solutions for a sustainable future.

We do this together with industry, universities and entrepreneurs, to help a variety of companies and sectors with technical challenges to find sustainable solutions. These include smart coatings for solar control glass, thermoplastic materials for lightweight constructions, and 3D printing technologies for sustainable manufacturing.

A decade of curiosity turned into impact

In 2015, we started with a vision: to drive the transition towards a sustainable and circular society through innovative material solutions.
Over the past years, we have grown from a start-up into a recognized innovation center, collaborating with 349 partners worldwide. From businesses to research institutes and governments.

To mark this milestone, we share our 10-year journey with a mini-documentary. Here’s to the next decade of translating ideas into sustainable innovations.

Research programmes

In our research, we focus on major societal challenges. We work on aspects of sustainable mobility, sustainable buildings and circular packaging. We deal with buildings and mobility, as they are responsible for a large part of the carbon emissions that cause global warming.

Plastic is a very efficient way of safely packaging food products. But there are no circular solutions for it yet. This is why we develop innovative technologies for sustainable and circular materials. Find out more about our three research programmes:

• Sustainable mobility
• Sustainable buildings
• Circular packaging