Projets européens

Sioen participe activement à plusieurs projets européens. Notre équipe R&D collabore activement dans ces projets et recherche et développe de nouvelles solutions en textiles techniques. Ces projets nous offrent de nouvelles perspectives et des fonds de croissance.

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At sea

The project aims at the development of advanced technical textiles in order to demonstrate the technical and economical feasibility of open sea cultivation of macroalgae (seaweed).

The project targets the development of novel textile materials for 3 different elements of the aquatic biomass cultivation farms:

  • Advanced 3D multilayer textile substrates for seaweed cultivation 
  • Advanced textile based cables and connections for positioning and anchoring of the 3D multilayer textile substrate 
  • Advanced coated textiles for flexible and lightweight floatation tubes, as well as for storage and transportation tanks

By reaching these goals, AT~SEA targets at the development of innovative offshore textile products. Further, it wants to stimulate bio-energy production from seaweed by enabling open sea large scale cultivation and harvesting.

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I-tex

i-Tex targets the research, development and production feasibility of large area intelligent lighting systems based on smart coated textile technologies.

The i-Tex project will demonstrate smart coated textiles for large area lighting applications that are based on cost-competitive roll-to-roll manufacturing processes. We anticipate that the technology will revolutionize lighting industries because of the low cost manufacturing process, also allowing for large area lighting systems in sizes that were never possible before.

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Aquavalues

Aquavalues is a project created by 11 partners who investigated the potential of and obstacles to integrated aquaculture in Flanders.

The Aquavalues consortium consists of 4 pilot projects:
- Integrated multi-species hatchery
- Conditioned sea ranching of sea bass in wind farms...
- Extractive aquaculture in wind farms
- Targeted eco system for coastal defense and aquaculture by bio-engineers

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