The European Ceramic Society
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Belgium
Flemish Institute for Technological Research – Coating And Shaping Technologies
Research and development on shaping and coating of advanced materials
Director : Dirk Fransaer
Phone : +32 14 32 55 11
Address : Boeretang 200, B-2400 Mol, Belgium
Website : www.vito.be
Research topics :
- Ceramic coatings and functionalisation: spray coating, dip coating, washcoating, …Contact information:
Contact name : dr. ir. Marijke Jacobs
Tel :+32 14 33 57 19
Email: marijke.jacobs@vito.be
- Porous ceramic and metal structures: 3D micro-extrusion, foams, gelcasting, …Contact information:
Contact name : dr. Steven Mullens
Tel : +32 14 33 56 68
Email: steven.mullens@vito.be
- Granulation and microsphere synthesis: spray drying, gravitational and vibrational droplet coagulation, intensive mixing, core shell particles, …Contact information:
Contact name : dr. Bart Michielsen
Tel : +32 14 33 56 67
Email: bart.michielsen@vito.be
- Battery materials: coatings, production of electrodes, coin cell assembly, battery testing,..
Contact information:
Contact name : dr. Annick Vanhulsel
Tel : +32 14 33 56 19
Email: annick.vanhulsel@vito.be
Exceptional facilities :
- 3D micro-extrusion (lab and pilot installation), vibrational and gravitational droplet coagulation, spray drying plant, cold isostatic press, Eirich mixer, spray and dip coater, high-temperature high-pressure graphite sintering furnace, atmospheric plasma coating equipment, battery assembly and testing facilities ….
Financial support programmes :
- European funding: H2020, Interreg
- Regional fundings: FWO
- National fundings
Latest news
2026 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 5th call!
In the frame of the 2026 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a call to allow grants to European Students to attend the International Conference on Advances in Refractory & Ceramic Materials 2026 organized by the Indian Ceramic Society on the occasion of their 90th Annual Session that will be held from 14th to 16th December 2026 at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, India.
2026 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 4th call!
In the frame of the 2026 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a call to allow grants to European Students to attend the 11th International Congress on Ceramics – ICC 11 – that will take place from 6th to 11th September 2026 at the Sapporo Convention Center in Sapporo, Japan.
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