The European Ceramic Society
Laboratory sheet
Belgium
Flemish Institute for Technological Research – Coating And Shaping Technologies
Research and development on shaping and coating of advanced materials
Director : Dirk Fransaer
Phone : +32 14 32 55 11
Address : Boeretang 200, B-2400 Mol, Belgium
Website : www.vito.be
Research topics :
- Ceramic coatings and functionalisation: spray coating, dip coating, washcoating, …Contact information:
Contact name : dr. ir. Marijke Jacobs
Tel :+32 14 33 57 19
Email: marijke.jacobs@vito.be
- Porous ceramic and metal structures: 3D micro-extrusion, foams, gelcasting, …Contact information:
Contact name : dr. Steven Mullens
Tel : +32 14 33 56 68
Email: steven.mullens@vito.be
- Granulation and microsphere synthesis: spray drying, gravitational and vibrational droplet coagulation, intensive mixing, core shell particles, …Contact information:
Contact name : dr. Bart Michielsen
Tel : +32 14 33 56 67
Email: bart.michielsen@vito.be
- Battery materials: coatings, production of electrodes, coin cell assembly, battery testing,..
Contact information:
Contact name : dr. Annick Vanhulsel
Tel : +32 14 33 56 19
Email: annick.vanhulsel@vito.be
Exceptional facilities :
- 3D micro-extrusion (lab and pilot installation), vibrational and gravitational droplet coagulation, spray drying plant, cold isostatic press, Eirich mixer, spray and dip coater, high-temperature high-pressure graphite sintering furnace, atmospheric plasma coating equipment, battery assembly and testing facilities ….
Financial support programmes :
- European funding: H2020, Interreg
- Regional fundings: FWO
- National fundings
Latest news
2026 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 1st call!
In the frame of the 2026 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a call to allow grants to European Students to attend the 50th ICACC (International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites) that will be held from 25th to 30th January 2026 in Daytona Beach - Florida - United States!
Next Deadline to apply to the JECS Trust for Mobility projects is 30th November 2025!
Please note that the decisions of the JECS Trust board will not be known before mid-February 2026. Activities submitted for the deadline of 30th November 2025 for support from the JECS Trust should then not begin before Mid-March 2026.
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