In the Advanced Research Center Chemical Building Blocks Consortium (ARC CBBC), founded in 2016, the companies AkzoNobel, BASF, Nouryon and Shell and the universities of Eindhoven, Groningen and Utrecht are working with the support of the Dutch government and scientists from other academic institutions on far-reaching research to find solutions to counteract greenhouse gas emissions and create a sustainable society.
Sharing a common vision of sustainability, our new generation of scientific talent aims to build the chemistry for the future.
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Our many research projects focus on three themes:
Functional materials & specialties
Coatings
Energy carriers
13 July 2021
Meet Ramon Oord our technician the ARC CBBC lab at Utrecht University Ramon Oord joined ARC CBBC in February 2018 as research technician for the Utrecht University hub. He has […]
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23 June 2021
Greenifying chemistry! Energy efficient production processes and re-using waste streams. ARC CBBC has launched a new multilateral research project focusing on using waste, such as plastic and CO2, as feedstock […]
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30 May 2021
The Electrochemical Society (ECS) honored Marc Koper, Professor of Surface Chemistry and Catalysis at Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands, with the 2021 ECS Allen J. Bard Award in Electrochemical Science. Bard Award […]
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Programme directors
Professor of Organic chemistry and molecular sciences
University of Groningen
Professor of Inorganic chemistry and catalysis
Utrecht University
Professor of Multi-scale modelling of multiphase flows
Eindhoven University of Technology
