bright coatings

creating green coatings from biomass residues


Vertoro is a spin-off from the public-private cooperation between DSM, TU Eindhoven, Maastricht University and Brightlands Chemelot and was established in 2017. Vertoro has set the goal of converting inedible biomass, such as, cellulose, C5-sugars and soluble/fusible Goldilocks lignin, to three platform products. These three platform molecules are set to replace fossil-based derivatives as the go-to feedstocks for the production of fuels, chemicals and materials.



Reason for and importance of participation 

While for cellulose and lignin various valorization projects are currently on their way, the hemicellulose stream is undervalued and underused. With the current stream of hemicellulose, which is around 25% of the total biomass, being underused, this racks up costs as Vertoro has to pay for the emission of the combustion of this residual biomass. Therefore Vertoro is eager to be a part of this project, as it will provide them an opportunity to valorize their last unused residual stream into resources. 



Expertise and additions 

Vertoro has developed its own biomass valorization technology based on acidic solyolyse to create the aforementioned products, which is currently applicable on TRL6 level. Further expertise in Vertoro is on the conversion of biomass and life cycle analyses. 


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