Wood K plus Participates in ATRIUM Project Kick-Off Meeting

On July 4th, 2024, Wood K plus participated in the kick-off meeting of the ATRIUM project organised in Zaragoza Spain at the facilities of Aitiip Centro Technologico a project coordinator.

This pivotal event brought together project partners from across Europe for the first time in person, setting the stage for the exciting work ahead. The kick-off meeting took one full day to discuss the future content of ATRIUM project work packages and shared insights into our upcoming milestones. After detailed discussions on different project tasks Wood K plus was leading a work package-workshop: Material flows and work package connections focusing on the objectives and tasks identification and highlighting of essential and critical aspects of collaboration between different partners and work packages. During this Workshop Wood K plus and the rest of the consortium had productive discussions on the alignment of different tasks from work packages with the needs of end-users ATRIUM use cases for construction industry with the goal of creating and maximizing the benefit for society and environment by delivering safe and sustainable material solutions. The meeting concluded with a detailed discussion on the plans of the project, followed by a tour through Aitiip`s cutting-edge facilities, where much of the innovative work on bio-based materials will take place.

Within the ATRIUM project, Wood K plus is leading work package 1 and Team Biobased Composites, Applications & Processes is responsible for Wood Plastic Composites (WPC) formulation development using bio-based and recycled thermoplastics matrices reinforced by recycled organic materials which will be adopted and scaled up for co-extrusion foaming process to manufacture light weight terrace decking profiles following SSbD framework in close cooperation with an end-user Hartika from Poland. In another value chain, the Wood K plus team “Advanced Bonding” works closely with MOGU on the application of bio-based adhesives and their scale-up for Mycelium based materials.