Access to market
Connect your innovation to industry and new markets
Developing a strong technology in ChemTech is only the beginning. To build a successful company in this context, you also need to understand where your innovation creates value, who your customers are and how you can become part of existing or new industrial value chains.
BlueChem helps start-ups and scale-ups connect with chemical companies, industrial partners, potential customers and international markets. This way, most plausible valorisation pathways are validated early on, increasing its strategic flexibility in development pathways that easily exceed 8-10 years. Located in Antwerp, home to Europe’s largest integrated chemical cluster, we bring your innovation closer to the companies, expertise and market opportunities that can accelerate its commercial growth.
FIT
Flanders Investment & Trade supports companies based in Flanders as they enter new international markets. Through market insights, export advice, international contacts and a worldwide network of offices, FIT helps start-ups and scale-ups identify opportunities and establish valuable connections abroad.
FIT also supports international companies looking to invest or establish activities in Flanders. Together with BlueChem’s soft-landing support and virtual office services, this makes Antwerp an attractive entry point for international sustainable chemistry companies seeking access to the European market and chemical industry.
Catalisti
As Flanders’ innovation cluster for the chemicals and plastics industry, Catalisti connects start-ups and scale-ups with industrial companies, knowledge institutions and public stakeholders.
Through partner matchmaking, networking and project brokerage in Flemish and European multi-partner innovation projects, Catalisti helps innovative companies validate their technology, build strategic collaborations and connect with established industrial players that can accelerate market uptake.
