News - Fibrenamics

25 Feb 2025News

Fibrenamics showcases disruptive innovations in composites at JEC World 2025

Fibrenamics, the Institute of Innovation in Fibrous and Composite Materials, will participate in JEC World 2025, the largest international trade fair dedicated to composite materials. The event will take place at the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre, France, from March 4 to 6.

19 May 2022News

Rui Berkemeier: "The problem is the systematic non-compliance of countries with European directives, as is the case of Portugal"

Rui Berkemeier analyzed, together with Raul Fangueiro during the 2nd Episode of the Podcast From Science To People, the new package of actions from the European Commission, regarding waste management and the regulation of technical communication from companies about their products.

12 May 2022News

"Plastic waste is increasingly polluting the oceans and by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans"

Exclusively for Fibrenamics, Célia Vilas Boas, Executive Director of BioRumo, gives answers to several questions about sustainability in various sectors of activity. This article corresponds to the 1st part of this interview.

30 Mar 2022News

Inês Costa: "For years, the onus was placed on the citizen, but the issue lies with the agents operating in the system"

Reflecting on the development of the economy and society, there is an urgent need for real changes within both the economic and social systems. If in the past, natural resources were extracted with the objective of supplying the basic needs of human beings, today we can see that the extraction of these resources is essentially aimed at the growth of social wealth.

24 Feb 2022Clipping

Antena 1 highlights The Good Bottle, a Fibrenamics project

In an exclusive interview for Antena 1's 90 Seconds of Science program, João Bessa talked about Fibrenamics' The Good Bottle project.

23 Jun 2021Clipping

The Good Bottle project highlighted by Portuguese National Press

The pioneer project by the Mirpuri Foundation in collaboration with Fibrenamics - Universidade do Minho captured the attention of Portuguese national press.