AIMPLAS appears to be strengthening its capability in high‑performance polymer and composite materials for transport and aerospace applications, with a focus on lightweighting and advanced manufacturing.
Public signs include a seminar on advanced plastics, hiring of an R&D specialist for its Automotive Laboratory, an EU‑funded project delivering lightweight biocomposites, and the development of thermoplastic composites that will fly on a SpaceX mission.
The HI!-PLASTICS seminar brought together experts on composites, surface functionalisation, hydrogen economy, fire safety and dual‑use technologies for demanding industrial sectors.
AIMPLAS is hiring an R&D specialist for its Automotive Laboratory, covering research projects, testing and advisory services for automotive and transport clients, audits, equipment selection, client visits, dissemination and training.
AIMPLAS is convening the HI!-Plastics seminar around advanced plastics for aerospace, defence, automotive, transport, naval, electronics, construction and energy, with an agenda focused on advanced composites, structural materials, functional materials and advanced manufacturing.
Thermoplastic composite materials developed by AIMPLAS's spin‑off LOFITH Composites will fly on SpaceX's Transporter‑18 mission, having been developed and manufactured at AIMPLAS's pilot plant, passing key space‑application tests and including in‑orbit monitoring sensors.
The AIMPLAS‑coordinated FOREST project has completed testing of sustainable biocomposites for automotive, aviation and public transport, with three demonstrators and an electric‑vehicle battery‑cover prototype achieving 30% to 35% weight reduction without compromising mechanical performance, safety or durability.
The EU FOREST project, coordinated by AIMPLAS, has developed and validated lightweight composite materials for automotive, aerospace and public‑transport applications, reporting weight reductions of up to 35% without compromising performance, safety or durability.
AIMPLAS appears to be expanding its laboratory, regulatory and digital‑traceability services around food‑contact and packaging plastics. The effort includes strengthening capabilities for the European Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), Digital Product Passport integration, reusable‑packaging validation, and safer coating development.
Public signals include recent project updates on Digital Product Passport implementation, a rise in PPWR‑related client inquiries, PFAS testing services, the development of safer coatings, and the hiring of a food‑contact materials legislation specialist.
AIMPLAS published an update on VERSO describing practical Digital Product Passport implementation and reusable‑packaging validation with ITC Packaging and RECICLAMÁS, aimed at improving traceability, transparency and ecodesign.
AIMPLAS announced work on the VERSO project with ITC Packaging and Reciclamás to promote reusable packaging and integrate the Digital Product Passport, aiming to improve traceability, transparency and circularity while helping companies adapt to new European regulations.
AIMPLAS’s PPWR service page states that from 12 August 2026 food‑contact packaging must ensure PFAS are not present above legal limits, and positions AIMPLAS to run advanced laboratory tests to verify permitted concentrations and packaging conformity.
AIMPLAS reported more than 200 PPWR‑related company queries so far in 2026, nearly double the comparable period last year, and said PPWR now accounts for roughly 50% to 60% of queries received by its Food Contact & Packaging department.
AIMPLAS and FAKOLITH are developing safer coatings for direct and indirect contact with food, beverages and drinking water following EU restrictions on BPA, with a reported target of reducing endocrine‑disruptor migration below 1 ppb or eliminating it.
AIMPLAS is hiring a food‑contact materials legislation specialist for its Laboratories area, covering regulatory advice, conformity assessment, EU and FDA compliance, migration, permeability, sensory, compatibility and shelf‑life studies, ISO 17025 requirements and new test methods.
AIMPLAS appears to be strengthening its polymer‑materials capability for a range of energy applications, including hydrogen storage, sodium‑ion batteries and structural batteries.
Public signals include a series of project participations and a technical seminar that together illustrate concrete progress in advanced polymer and composite development for energy‑related uses.
AIMPLAS's advanced plastics and composites seminar positions energy storage, hydrogen, batteries and sustainable fuels as focus areas for advanced polymer and composite materials, supporting the broader energy-materials capability direction.
AIMPLAS is described as leading POWDER-H2TANK, a project to improve hydrogen storage in transport by developing high-barrier polyamides and processing them through rotational molding.
AIMPLAS said the POWDER-H2TANK project is researching new high-barrier plastic materials processable by rotational molding for more advanced hydrogen storage tanks, with UBE Corporation Europe and PRODESCOM ROTOMOLDEO as collaborators and IVACE+i/FEDER funding.
AIMPLAS is participating in RE-CELL, which is developing structural batteries and supercapacitors made from recycled carbon fibre integrated into polymer matrices that can provide both structural and electrochemical performance.
AIMPLAS said it is working with ITE on the SODIGREEN project, which aims to develop sustainable sodium‑ion batteries with smart functions for light mobility, funded by IVACE+i and FEDER.
AIMPLAS is promoting a technical session to present results from SODIGREEN, focused on sustainable sodium batteries for urban electric mobility, suggesting the battery-materials work is producing concrete project outputs.
AIMPLAS appears to be expanding its digital research and development capacity around artificial intelligence, generative design, digital twins and predictive analytics. The effort looks set to support material innovation, product design and industrial process optimisation.
Public announcements cite a series of collaborative projects – PRO DIA for AI‑generated product concepts, EMPATÍA for virtual workplaces, DIGICAP‑CO2 for AI‑enabled CO₂ capture optimisation, and POLY‑ML for machine‑learning‑based polymer property modelling – as well as a new doctoral‑level hire in AI and data science.
AIMPLAS said the PRO DIA project, coordinated by ITI with Inescop and AIMPLAS, is developing generative AI tools to analyze the potential of new product ideas and generate designs adapted to real manufacturing requirements, with applications including packaging and footwear.
AIMPLAS announced the EMPATÍA project with ITI, IBV, Inescop and ITC to develop human‑centered virtual workplaces using virtual worlds, digital twins, artificial intelligence and immersive technologies.
ITC‑UJI says AIMPLAS is coordinating DIGICAP‑CO2, a project to validate a digital architecture for real‑time monitoring, prediction and optimization of industrial CO2 capture systems using sensors, automated data capture, advanced analytics and AI.
AIMPLAS said the DIGICAP‑CO2 project with ITC combines AI, advanced data analysis, sensors, automation and machine learning to optimize industrial CO2 capture processes, anticipate deviations, improve capture performance and reduce energy consumption.
AIMPLAS announced POLY‑ML, an R&D initiative with Tyris AI and FAPERIN SL that applies machine learning to model and predict the properties of plastic materials, aiming to reduce development time and improve industrial process efficiency.
AIMPLAS appears to be broadening its advanced recycling expertise for challenging plastic and composite waste streams, emphasizing chemical recycling while integrating enzymatic, solvent‑based and thermal routes.
Public indications include hiring specialists for chemical recycling, leading technical work on composite‑waste recycling projects, and presenting multiple recycling technologies at industry events, all supported by ongoing research projects on enzymatic and catalytic recycling pathways.
AIMPLAS says the 2026‑2028 OCEANZYME project will investigate enzymatic recycling routes for degraded marine plastic litter that is difficult to recycle mechanically.
A REWIND project update says AIMPLAS is coordinating recycling work for wind‑turbine blade composites, including catalytic pyrolysis and solvolysis, and validating models for recovered material performance.
AIMPLAS describes IMPLICIT as developing multimodal recycling strategies that combine mechanical, physical and chemical technologies for auxiliary waste from composite manufacturing, with AIMPLAS serving as technical leader in the consortium.
AIMPLAS communicated the IMPLICIT project, where it is technical leader for advanced recycling strategies that convert composite manufacturing waste into raw materials for higher‑value applications such as automotive components, technical textiles, and urban furniture.
AIMPLAS is hiring two specialists for its Chemical Recycling section, covering R&D proposal writing, chemical recycling at lab and pilot scale, reactor work, waste management, process simulation, training, and scientific dissemination.
Mundoplast's PRSE 2026 coverage described AIMPLAS presenting recycling routes such as solvolysis and pyrolysis/gasification at its stand, with process simulation and techno‑economic analysis used to assess industrial viability before scaling.
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