PlasmaCola Project Kickoff Meeting: Innovative Sustainable Adhesives
PlasmaCola Project Kickoff Meeting: Innovative Sustainable Adhesives
This week, we joined the PlasmaCola Project Kickoff Meeting in San Sebastian, hosted by POLYMAT. The PlasmaCola Project is part of the EU-funded M-ERA.NET network and brings together a strong European consortium: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, POLYMAT, and two companies, Effitech and POLYKEY.
The aim of the PlasmaCola Project is to develop innovative sustainable adhesives tailored for the multi-material laminates industry. These innovative sustainable adhesives rely on novel plasma deposition technologies that allow the polymerisation of molecules obtained through the upcycling of plastic waste. POLYKEY contributes with its innovative cyclic carbonates and ureas, derived from the selective recycling of BPA-PC, enabling greener material solutions.
Adhesion primers are vital in laminates, providing flexibility in processes and product design. However, conventional primers often hinder recyclability at the end of a product’s life cycle. The innovative sustainable adhesives developed in PlasmaCola are sustainable-by-design, ensuring improved performance and easier material recovery. By applying plasma deposition techniques, adhesion promoters obtained from chemically upcycled plastic waste are designed to enable on-demand debonding, making multilayer packaging recyclable and supporting new applications such as artificial solid electrolyte interfaces in solid-state batteries.
Our CEO Andere Basterretxea Gorostiza and CSO Coralie Jehanno, proudly joined the project launch, together with Robert Quintana, Haritz Sardon Muguruza and Laurent Billon on-site, and the Effitech team online.
The PlasmaCola Project represents a major step for the future of innovative sustainable adhesives, circular economy solutions, and European innovation. By combining plasma technologies, chemical recycling, and strong partnerships, the project advances environmentally responsible materials and accelerates the transition to a more circular and resilient economy.
👉 Learn more about the project here.