Contract R & D, trials and manufacturing of Biomaterials seeking sustainable alternatives to existing products and procedures.
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Excited to see this project coming to fruition as Grown in Britain launches the UK’s first certification scheme for quantifying biogenic carbon storage in buildings 🌲
The new BSCQ will help verify long-term carbon storage in the built environment.
growninbritain.org/grown-in-…
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Fantastic to see Woolroom, a company we have collaborated with, awarded a King’s Award for Enterprise 👏
Dr @Scifencer from BC was involved in collaborative research highlighted in the article on the performance benefits of wool bedding.
More here: furniturenews.net/news/woolr…
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BC has been featured in this piece exploring new opportunities for Welsh mountain wool! 🐑
Prof Graham Ormondroyd worked with Gill Britten on wool grow mats, alongside research into using wool to absorb air pollutants.
Read the article here: nation.cymru/feature/how-one…
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Morwenna was in Trefforest yesterday with @WKWales, Forest Research and @EdinburghNapier to explore future productive tree species and resilience across the forestry and wood products sector.
A great day with insightful discussions and engaging activities 🌲
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Turning waste into colour ♻️🍄
Dr Paul Baker has been exploring how biomass waste streams can produce natural pigments. Progress to date has laid the foundations for a new industry to exploit this innovative idea.
Part of the Waste4Colour project funded by the Welsh Government
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Qiuyun represented the BioComposites Centre at the Materials Research Exchange 2026, attending key sessions and networking with researchers, industry leaders and innovators.
Great to see our team actively engaging with such an important event in the UK materials community 👏
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A great way to start 2026 with a published mini-review from Paul and colleagues at the BioComposites Centre!
It can be used for biofuels, enzymes & fertiliser, supporting circular bio-based systems 🍄🟫
Well done to Paul and the team on this output.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10…
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14 Nov 2025
Fantastic to see Jennifer Woods representing the BC at the FM3 conference in Birmingham. She shared key findings from her PhD and took part in technical sessions at M3P3, contributing to insightful discussions and networking across the materials community.
Well done, Jenny! 👏
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24 Oct 2025
Celebrating #NaturalFibreInsulationWeek 🌿
From recycled wood fibres with MDF Recovery to exploring wood fibre, sheep’s wool and miscanthus, our team at BC has tested a wide range of natural insulation materials.
Got a new insulation product that needs testing? Get in touch 🤝
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23 Jul 2025
Great to be at the Royal Welsh Show for the launch of the Timber Industrial Strategy by @WelshGovernment 🌲 A bold step for a resilient Wales. Six priorities outlined by Deputy FM Huw Irranca-Davies. Excited to support the Welsh timber sector!🔗 gov.wales/timber-industrial-…
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26 Jul 2024
Yesterday, the final quarterly meeting of the successful PlantSea Pack project was held. The research on natural biodegradable packaging materials soluble in water and made from seaweeds has moved to the next level!
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12 Jul 2024
It’s great to see both staff and students of BC graduating today, Sean Baxter, our pulp and paper researcher and Carlo Kupfernagel (now at IHD Dresden) both graduated with their PHD’s from @BangorUni
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24 Jun 2024
At our @Dysonfarming Research site at Nocton Lincolnshire our biodiversity experiments are underway
Pictured below is one of the hoverfly attractant capsule attached to top of cane, and yellow water trap for insect recording at the bottom.
The potato crop just emerging.
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13 Jun 2024
Today Morwenna Spear presented at #plasticslive2024 and talk around developing biopolymer and BioComposites.. it was great to bump into old friends and new @innovateuk
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12 Jun 2024
Always good to present to an enthusiastic and informed audience. @BCBangor @BangorUni
Excellent presentation and research results by @BangorUni @TransFIReHub team working on coatings to produce #paper water bottles #reuse #recycling - did you know paper can be recycled 7-25 times! 💚🙌🏽🥳 #Transfire #beeswax #seaweed
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12 Jun 2024
Today Simon Curling and PhD student Jenny Woods presented work on the use of pulp and paper at the #transFIRehub final conference #kess
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1 May 2024
Exciting discussions with PlasmaFresh today! Learning how the surface of paper can be modified using plasma to improve its performance as a packaging material
@BCBangor
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1 May 2024
Yesterday we said farewell to our Director, Rob Elias, we wish him well in his new adventures with MDF recovery!!
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23 Apr 2024
Great to hear the updates from @PulpexPackaging at #MRE2024 in London. Nice to hear how we are helping with our pulp and paper expertise! @UKCPNetwork @innovateuk
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23 Apr 2024
Today Rob Elias and Graham Ormondroyd are at MRE come and find us to say hello!
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