The Renewable Materials Conference was an hybrid event organised by Nova-Institut GmbH on 10 – 12 May 2022 in Cologne, Germany. The three-day event presented renewable material solutions such bio-based, CO2-based and recycle solutions as alternatives to fossil based chemical and materials.
The programme highlighted industry trends and strategies for the future, emphazasing on solutions to potentially replace fossil-based products with renewable alternatives. VITO attended the event and made a LIGNICOAT summary presentation on bio-based solutions.

New Publication on Green Antimicrobials from Hop Extracts
The LIGNICOAT project team is pleased to announce the publication of a new open-access article titled “Green Antimicrobials: Innovative Applications of Hops Extracts as Biocontrol Agents” in the journal Pathogens (Impact Factor: 3.3). Led by researchers from the Instituto Tecnológico Agrario