Technology accelerator for sustainable chemistry and materials

BlueApp is the place where start-ups, entrepreneurs, industry and researchers come to develop, upscale and demonstrate technologies that have a potential to decrease greenhouse gases emission, diminish their impact and avert Earth’s rapid warming up. BlueApp supports this by closing the gap between lab-scaled research and pilot scale technology and preparing the promising technologies for the market exploitation.

At BlueApp we are strongly convinced that collaborations and joint efforts in the field of sustainable chemistry are driving forces towards reaching climate neutrality and targets set in the European Green Deal.

Strategic location for unique offering

BlueApp is situated at the BlueGate Antwerp site, a climate neutral business park whose location offers unique opportunities in terms of accessibility and logistics.

Antwerp is the economic driving force of Flanders. It hosts world port of Antwerp-Bruges and the second largest chemical cluster which are one of the engines of Flemish (and Belgian) economy that contribute much to its success and prosperity. Antwerp’s central position with easy access to industrial hot spots in neighboring countries and major local production of chemicals makes it a place to be for chemical companies worldwide.

Infrastructure

BlueApp is a building equipped with labs for disciplines involved in sustainable (bio)chemical processes for the production, treatment or analysis of (bio)materials, gases and liquids and a unique pilot hall.

At BlueApp we enable upscale of sustainable and innovative technologies by offering infrastructure to industry, small companies and start-ups. The focus here is bridging the gap between TRL 3 to TRL 6-7.

Next to these activities we also provide tailored end-to-end analyses of different materials in our multidisciplinary labs equipped with state-of-the-art instruments and designed by research groups of the University of Antwerp.