Grolman Circular Table Talks

Listen to the "Furniture as a Service" model, based on cradle-to-cradle design principles and scoped for healthy working environments. Dionne Ewen, Sustainability Manager at Ahrend, will give us an insight.

A comprehensive overview on diverse circular technologies and applicable good practices with Prof. Dr. Manfred Renner, from the Fraunhofer UMSICHT research institute.

Julia Glöckler, Channel Marketeer at Fairphone, explains how the redesign from the start of high quality E&E products and processes - along with the adoption of new accountability standards - can contribute to social, environmental and economic sustainability.

Sustainable Solutions for Fine Quality Finishings, with Jacques Clechet - Laboratory Manager for building products at Blanchon.

Circular high quality carpets designed for endless life. With Heiko Kühnen, Head of Production at Object Carpet.

Research and Innovation projects to achieve circularity in the coatings industry, with Ine De Vilder (research scientist) and Guy Buyle (manager EU research) from Centexbel VKC.

Can biobased paints be an effective and affordable pathway towards a sustainable coatings industy? Let's discover it with Erik Waanders from GreenPaints.

High Quality Design Furniture: listen how renowned Brand Owners like Thonet reinvent their approach to meet Circular Criteria and ensure Top Quality end-consumer products.

We are excited to present the second season of our podcast series: Grolman Circular Table Talks

Again, we present pioneering ideas and projects around circularity with our guests. We want to discuss what it means to transform linear industries into circular ones and explore the field of innovative solutions with promising potential. This series will focus on: Designing circularity in coatings

You want to know more? Please listen to our trailer and follow us on your favourite streaming platform - we are looking forward to your feedback!

The Personal Care Industry is at the forefront of Sustainability and can drive the Plastics Industry  towards Circular Solutions. Their awareness and expertise can guide the sustainable shift of its complementary and auxiliary industrial segments. Let's have a talk with Alberto Baj from the Italian company HBJ Consultancy.

"Come to the plastics industry to make the change" is the advice Stephen Hunt from British Plastics Federation gives young talents who want to create a sustainable world. Learn how the plastics industry changed in the last few years and how we can achieve circularity in the plastics community.

You can't close the loop if you don't effectively trace all supply chains end-to-end. Let's discuss it today with Mesbah Sabur, founder of Circularise - a digital product passports and mass balance bookkeeping software provider. Circularise's software system provides end-to-end traceability and secure data exchange for industrial supply chains.

We already learned about the new standards to improve and control the quality of recyclate streams. In our next episode we meet Dr. Johannes Rudloff, Head of Materials Development, Compounding and Extrusion at SKZ, to learn more about the data quality levels of DIN SPEC 91446 and how they can be increased.

How can we increase the usage of recyclates? Meet Malte Schön, Head of Department Extrusion and Rubber at the Technology Institute for Plastics Processing of Aachen. He will share his insights on new standards to improve and control the quality of recyclate streams.

How can we free up oceans from plastics, produce safe and clean drinking water while making some earnings? Get to know Georg Dieter Fehner, captain and founder of the NGO Ocean Waste Recycling Ship, and learn about his mission to clean the oceans.

Circular design entails matching a variety of different needs and views of across the whole value chain, as well as a diversity of solutions which - as a final result - can improve people's lives. Listen to Isabel De Schrijver, R&D Manager Plastic Characterization at Centexbel.

Curious? Follow us on your favourite streaming platform - we are looking forward to your feedback and ideas on our first Grolman Podcast.

UBQ™ Material is a climate-positive, circular thermoplastic made from 100% unsorted waste.  Meet Sophie Tuviahu, Vice President Business Development at UBQ, and learn more about this pioneering solution in the circular design of Plastics.

We are excited to present you a project our team is very passionate about: Grolman Circular Table Talks - a podcast series starting on January 31 in which we explore pioneering ideas and projects around circularity with our guests. We want to discuss what it means to transform linear industries into circular ones and explore the field of innovative solutions with promising potential. Each series will focus on a different topic: Starting with plastics, followed by various industries and ways to approach circularity.

Curious? Listen to our trailer and follow us on your favourite streaming platform - we are looking forward to your feedback and idea on our first Grolman Podcast.