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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
Next Deadline to apply to the JECS Trust is 31st May 2025
Please note that the decisions of the JECS Trust board will not be known before end of July 2025. Activities submitted for the deadline of 31st May 2025 for support from the JECS Trust should then not begin before August 2025.
12th March - International Day of Ceramics!
Dear Ceramic Community,
We are pleased to announce that March 12, 2025, marks the first-ever International Day of Ceramics!
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