News and events
M24 Meeting
TORNADO Project Holds M24 General Assembly in Alcalá de Henares On February 18–19, 2025, the TORNADO consortium gathered in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) for its M24 General Assembly, hosted by our partner INNOTECH. Over the twoday meeting, partners shared and reviewed...
13th International Workshop on Silicone based Polymers 2025
ISPO is an event that gathers leading experts, researchers, and professionals from around the globe to discuss the latest advancements, innovations, and challenges in silicone polymer chemistry and technology. As one of the only conferences in this field, it provides...
Cosi (Coatings Science International Conference) 2025
This conference is intended for researchers and research managers, active in the field of Science and Technology of Coatings both from industry and academia. Polymer and paint chemists, as well as surface and interface scientists, formulators, designers and industry...
iTechstyle Summit 25
The iTechStyle Summit 2025, brings together industry innovators, technology suppliers, researchers, clusters and other stakeholders from the textile sector and others with which it intersects (automotive, health, defense, etc.) to reflect on the threads of innovation...
SETAC Europe 35th Annual Meeting
The main aim of conference was that players in the coatings industry learn about the latest alternatives to PFAS in their sector. The conference was organized by European Coatings from November 18 to 19, 2024, and Textile Processing. SETAC meetings offer a forum for...
SICT 2025
The SICT Conference bring provides an excellent opportunity for scientists from Europe and from all over the world to meet and discuss the latest advances in surfaces and coatings physics and chemistry, surface engineering/ modification, coatings deposition and...
World Biopolymers and Bioplastics Innovation Forum
The World Bioplastics and Biopolymers brought together over 100 industry experts from across the bioplastics value chain—including biopolymer manufacturers, chemical companies, major associations, raw material suppliers, technology innovators, and consultants. The...
Understanding PFAS and Reformulating PFAS-free coatings
The main aim of conference was that players in the coatings industry learn about the latest alternatives to PFAS in their sector. The conference was organized by European Coatings from November 18 to 19, 2024, and Textile Processing. Our partner TECNALIA present a...
SbD24
The SSbD24 Conference bring together experts from various relevant fields and sectors who have started to work on specific methods, tools and criteria to enable the actual use of SSbD. Experts from industry and value chains using chemicals and materials will present...
M18 General Meeting
TORNADO M18 General meeting took place in Stockholm on 24th and 25th of September 2024 organized by our partner IVL. During the meeting the new results of TORNADO project were shared among partners and analyzed. Moreover, the second day a Workshop was carried in which...
Poli(mer)2024
The IX. Polymer Science and Technology Congress with International Participation, organized by the Polymer Science and Technology Association was held in Ankara between 16 - 18 September 2024, hosted by the Middle East Technical University. During the congress,...
85th PMM/11th GCNPM Polymers for sustainable future 2024
The Polymers for Sustainable Future 2024 conference, which was held in Prague, Czech Republic, 24–28 June 2024, reflects current global problems and challenges in the field of polymers and plastics in relation to the environment. The goal of the conference was to...
AUTEX 2024 World Conference 2024
The AUTEX conference brings together academics, researchers and industry partners from various universities, research and technological centres and companies who are interested in the amazing areas of fibres, textiles, clothing and more. The conference serves as a...
14th International Fibre and Polymer Research Symposium (ULPAS)
The 14th International Fiber and Polymer Research Symposium took place last 24-25th May 2024 at Bursa, Turkey. Our colleagues from Sun Tekstil presented a poster entitle “New routes of safe and sustainable by design water and oil repellent biobased coatings” showing...
Smart&Technical Textiles 2024
On the occasion of the leading international trade fair for technical textiles and non-wovens TechTextil from 23rd till 26th April 2024 in Frankfurt, the Enterprise Europe Network was organising an international brokerage event for companies, research institutions and...
MeetingPack 2024
MeetingPack 2024 took place on 10 and 11 April 2024 at the Valencia Conference Centre. Attendees had the opportunity to discuss the environmental sustainability of food packaging and the need to combine it with the high-barrier functionality that the market demands of...
M12 General Meeting
TORNADO M12 General meeting took place in Florence on 14th and 15th of February 2024 organized by our partner NTT. During the meeting the new results of TORNADO project were shared among partners. Moreover, the second day a Workshop was carried in which future actions...
AMI2030 Workshop
Last 21st of November TORNADO project assist to AMI2030 Workshop entitle “Sustainable Materials” held in San Sebastian. The main aim of the workshop was to present specific case studies focusing on the circularity aspect of materials research and innovation. The event...
TORNADO Webinar
Next 30th of November a webinar entitle “New water- and oil-repellent coatings” will be presented. The future of PFAS (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or perfluorochemicals - EU restrictions). How the TORNADO project could contribute to the transition to a safer...
M6 General Meeting
TORNADO M6 General meeting took place in Denge Kimya facilities in Corlu (Turkey) on 21st and 22nd of September 2023. During the meeting the first results of TORNADO project were shared among partners. Moreover, the second day a Workshop was carried in which future...
8th International Asian Polymer Congress
8th International FAPS Polymer Congress was held at Bahçeşehir University (BAU), Beşiktaş South Campus, Istanbul, between the dates 12th and 14th September 2023. The main focus of this congress was on the amalgamation of green chemistry with polymer sciences for an...
GREENCHEMCO 2023
Last 29nd of June our colleague Daniele Spinelli from NTT during the “2nd CONFERENCE ON GREEN CHEMISTRY AND SUSTAINABLE COATINGS” organized by the University of Pisa present an overview of TORNADO´s solutions in textile sector. The talk was given on Sustainable and...
Pick&pack Exhibition 2023
Our colleague Marta Riesgo from CHOVI assisted to Pick Pack event, which is one of the largest knowledge forums where you can discover trends, the latest emerging technologies and the most notable success stories in the application of automation and robotics solutions...
TORNADO kick off meeting
TORNADO kick off meeting took place in Donostia-San Sebastián on 16th and 17th of January 2023. It was a great opportunity for all the partners to meet in person. The consortium started to work together in planing the work to be perfomerd during the next 6...























