THE FORE SIG H T REFERENC E IN WA L L ONI A * (BEL G IUM), PA R T NER SHIP S C R E AT ION A ND SE T T ING UP INNOVATION PROJEC T S IN T HE FIEL D S OF C HEMIC A L ENG INEER ING A ND SUS TA IN A BL E M AT ER I A L S
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING & M AT E R I A L S I N WA L LO N I A
THE ENERGY OF A NETWORK TO REALIZE YOUR DREAMS OF SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION
CHEMISTRY – CONSTRUCTION – ENVIRONMENT
GreenWin is one of the six triple helix innovation clusters set forth by the Walloon Government in Belgium. Its mission is to promote innovation in environmental technologies and to
FRANCE
build ambitious collaborative in-
DENMARK
dustrial-driven R&D, investment
SWEDEN
UK
or training projects. The overall objectives are economic growth
NEDERLAND SPAIN
PORTUGAL
CENTRALLY LOCATED IN EUROPE, WALLONIA IS YOUR GATEWAY IN EUROPE, THE WORLD’S LARGEST MARKET FOR GREEN PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGIES, WITH THE WORLD’S HIGHEST ENVIRONMENTALLY
and jobs creation in Wallonia.
POLAND
CANADA
BRAZIL
3 KEY INDUSTRIAL SEC TORS IN WALLONIA THE GREATEST KNOCK-ON EFFECT ON WALLOON ECONOMY
> 85,000 direct jobs (26% industrial employment) 160,000 indirect jobs > € 1.6 billion of R&D expenditure (60% of private R&D expenditure) > € 15 billion in exports (36% of Walloon exports) These 3 strategic technological lines are the most promising for the development of your business. Recent statistics show a remarkable 40% increase in turnover for cleantech companies in Belgium for 2006-2016 !
THE DISTRIBUTION OF GREENWIN MEMBERS
DEUTSCHLAND
9%
BELGIUM
Multi-axis
AWARE CUSTOMERS AND THE MOST ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS FOSTERING THE DEVELOPEMENT OF
S KOREA
GREEN BUSINESS. CHEM ICAL ENG INEERING & M AT ERIAL S IN WAL LONIA
26%
Chemistry
37%
Environment
28%
Construction
*French-speaking part of Belgium
PRIORIT Y A RE A S FOR INNOVATION
5 1
- Green Chemistry
GOOD REASONS TO WORK TOGETHER
S U S TA I N A B L E CHEMISTRY SECTOR
- Biobased Chemistry, CO2 Chemistry - Biotechnologies - Digital technologies - Circular economy
AMONG A DENSE NETWORK OF WALLOON TECHNOLOGIES AND INDUSTRIAL/ACADEMIC PARTNERS, GREENWIN HELPS YOU TO FIND THE MOST RELEVANT ONES FOR YOUR PROJECTS
2
NETWORK SHARING
3
PUT TOGETHER MEETING PROGRAMS AND ARRANGE VISITS AND TOURS IN WALLONIA
4
FACILITY FOR INDUSTRIES TO SETTLE IN WALLONIA
5
ACCESS TO INVESTMENT SUPPORTS IN WALLONIA
E N V I R O N M E N TA L TECHNOLOGIES I N N O V AT I O N CLUSTER
- Building systems
M AT E R I A L S & S U S TA I N A B L E CONSTRUCTION SECTOR
- Storage and energy efficiency - Innovative and sustainable materials - Digital technologies - Circular economy
- Treatment of WATER, AIR and SOIL
E N V I R O N M E N TA L SECTOR
- Recycling and Waste and By-products valorization - Digital technologies - Circular economy
BY WORKING TO BRING MORE EFFICIENT ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES TO MARKET, GREENWIN FOCUSES ON IMPROVING THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE BY SAVING MATERIALS AND ENERGY, ON RECYCLING AND THE USE OF RENEWABLE RESOURCES.
I N N OVATI O N
SUCCESS STORIES
R&D MARKET/NEW PRODUCTS/ SERVICES/PROCESSES
SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY
TECHNO LO GICAL PL AT FO R M SHARING OF EQUIPMENT, FEDERATION OF SKILLS ON A KEY THEMATIC
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TYPES OF PROJECTS SUPPORTED BY GREENWIN
INNOVATIV E TRAINING WHETHER OR NOT OF TECHNOLOGICAL ORIGIN TO FOSTER…
A NEW ASSOCIATION DEDICATED TO THE UTILIZATION OF CO2
DIGITAL – ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES
In March 2017, the “LOWEMI” project
In the continuation of the European project SCOT
The “EcoCityTools” project, coordinated by 1 Spatial Company,
finished. It has achieved the expected
(Smart CO2 Transformation), coordinated by Green-
aims to fundamentally change the environmental management
goals and even more!
win : Creation of “CO2 Value Europe”
of cities! Each year, 7 million premature deaths are linked to
Now, Wallonia has positioned itself as a
60 leading industrial and research stakeholders
air pollution. Densification of the population leads to challenges
leader in the European market for wall
from across Europe gathered in Brussels to launch
related to air quality, pollution, ...
paints with zero environmental impact.
CO2 Value Europe, the new European association
Concerning cities, during the peaks of heat, the absence of wind
Indeed, the Dothée Company has just
dedicated to CO2 utilisation. Its mission is to pro-
prevents the pollutants to disperse, making riskier the routes
developed ECOMAT, the most efficient
mote the development and market deployment of
taking the congested streets. So the final objective of the project
European wall painting “zero VOC” (Vo-
sustainable industrial solutions that convert CO2
is to develop decision-making tools and services to effectively
latile Organic Compound).
into valuable products, in order to contribute to the
establish environmental and energy diagnosis at the neighbor-
The unexpected result of the project :
net reduction of global CO2 emissions and to the di-
hood level and to assist in making choices for rehabilitation or
VOCBOX, a new instrument for mea-
versification of the feedstock base.
development by improving the localization of pollution peaks.
suring VOC emissions. An innovation at
http://www.co2value.eu/
global scale!
I N VE S TM E N T ACQUISITION OF PATENT & LICENSE / BUILDING, PRODUCTION LINE, INNOVATIVE EQUIPMENT
IN TERMS OF RESULTS, GREENWIN HAS ALREADY SUPPORTED 3 EUROPEAN PROJECTS, 37 R&D, INVESTMENT AND TRAINING PROJECTS CERTIFIED AND FUNDED BY THE WALLONIA REGION FOR A TOTAL BUDGET OF 100 MILLION EUROS.
ALL GREENWIN PARTNERS ARE DRIVEN BY THE OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED BY THE POOLING OF SKILLS AND RESOURCES
200 MEMBERS 150 COMPANIES (75% of SMEs) 45 RESEARCH CENTERS, UNIVERSITIES & HIGH SCHOOLS
Since 2012 :
12 NEW PRODUCTS 11 NEW PROCESSES 4 NEW SERVICES 10 EUROPEAN PROJECTS, INVOLVING GREENWIN
MORE INFORMATION WWW.GREENWIN.BE Contact the GreenWin Team to find the good partner to innovate in Wallonia (Belgium) www.greenwin.be/fr/pole/equipe
AND / OR ITS MEMBERS, FROM CLUSTER PROJECTS.
3 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH AXELERA,
CRIBIQ AND TRIMATEC.
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