{"id":197,"date":"2019-12-21T16:41:59","date_gmt":"2019-12-21T15:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lcatraining.nl\/?page_id=197"},"modified":"2025-03-27T10:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T09:17:08","slug":"aboutus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lcatraining.nl\/index.php\/aboutus\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lcatraining.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-27-at-13.20.38-1-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lcatraining.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-27-at-13.20.38-1-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lcatraining.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-27-at-13.20.38-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.lcatraining.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-27-at-13.20.38-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.lcatraining.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-27-at-13.20.38-1-1536x1023.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lcatraining.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-27-at-13.20.38-1-850x566.jpeg 850w, https:\/\/www.lcatraining.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-27-at-13.20.38-1.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:300\"><strong>Sustainability and materials group, AMIBM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">The &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maastrichtuniversity.nl\/research\/amibm\/research\/sustainability-materials\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.maastrichtuniversity.nl\/research\/amibm\/research\/sustainability-materials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sustainability and materials group<\/a>&#8221; is part of the <a aria-label=\"Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maastrichtuniversity.nl\/research\/aachen-maastricht-institute-biobased-materials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM)<\/a>. AMIBM is a European, cross-border, research institute focusing on the development of advanced biobased materials. AMIBM designs, creates and translates biobased molecules, processes and materials into applications that outperform in functionality and sustainability for better living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:300\"><strong>Our Vision: <\/strong>The AMIBM vision is to provide the missing links between fundamental, applied and translational research in the field of biobased materials, by changing the relationship between the production of biobased materials and the value chain. This will be achieved by developing an integrated, interdisciplinary research program focusing on novel strategies to produce advanced biobased materials and chemical building blocks in a sustainable and economical manner, and to develop these novel materials into innovative products for technical and medical applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:300\"><strong>Our Mission<\/strong>: AMIBM has a clear mission statement: &#8216;to design, create and translate biobased molecules, processes and materials into applications that outperform in functionality and sustainability for better living&#8217;.<br><br><strong>Our Expertise:<\/strong> Performing, evaluating and interpreting  Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) by investigating the environmental, as well as economic and social, impacts of materials, processes, and systems to support decision-makers in universities, companies, and governments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:300\"><strong>Our team: <\/strong>A multidisciplinary team consisting of sustainability researchers with various backgrounds over the value chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Supported by: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"315\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lcatraining.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/UM2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-325\" style=\"width:154px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lcatraining.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/UM2.jpeg 315w, https:\/\/www.lcatraining.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/UM2-300x152.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"103\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lcatraining.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/AMIBM1-e1580828275494.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-298\" style=\"width:88px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:10px\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sustainability and materials group, AMIBM The &#8220;Sustainability and materials group&#8221; is part of the Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM). 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