Anita Buekenhoudt

SolTex aimed to develop a circular resource optimisation in the frame of a Danish, mixed textiles fibre-to-fibre recycling project. The SolTex project focused particularly on solvent recovery and re-use.

Innovative membrane technology tailored to industrial customers. That is what the European INNOMEM project aims to help ensure. About 30 companies, universities and research centres work together on improving and scaling up existing membrane technologies, tailored to the specific needs of industry. For one of these ‘showcases’, i.e. optimised membranes for waste water treatment, VITO is responsible together with the Danish company Liqtech.

Chiral amines are key building blocks for many new pharmaceuticals (APIs). The bulk of medicines currently produced are made of chiral compounds.

The growing acceptance of membrane technology in industry and the availability of more and better membranes in recent years have increased interest in using membranes also in organic solvent streams.