BRITEST LBG

Their core work

Britest is a UK-based not-for-profit membership organization that helps process industries improve manufacturing efficiency and sustainability through structured innovation methodologies. They specialize in providing tools and frameworks for lifecycle evaluation, process monitoring, and circular economy transitions across sectors like chemicals, packaging, and textiles. In H2020 projects, they contributed process analytical technology (PAT) expertise and supported the development of sustainability assessment toolkits for industrial applications.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Britest began with coordination-focused work on sustainability frameworks — STYLE developed lifecycle evaluation toolkits and SPRING built impact frameworks for the SPIRE community. Their most recent project, MultiCycle, marks a shift toward hands-on technical participation in advanced plastics recycling, bringing PAT and process monitoring capabilities to a larger Innovation Action. This progression suggests a move from meta-level framework building toward direct technical contribution in circular economy applications.

Britest is moving from coordinating support actions toward contributing technical process expertise in circular economy and advanced recycling projects.

How they like to work

Britest prefers to lead — they coordinated 2 of their 3 H2020 projects, both Coordination and Support Actions (CSAs), suggesting they excel at convening partners and building frameworks rather than solely executing technical work. With 36 unique partners across 15 countries from just 3 projects, they operate as a network hub that connects diverse organizations. Their membership-based model likely gives them a ready-made network of process industry partners to draw into consortia.

Despite only 3 projects, Britest has built a broad network of 36 partners across 15 countries, reflecting their role as a convener in the SPIRE and process industry community. Their reach spans much of the EU, with particularly strong connections in the sustainable manufacturing ecosystem.

What sets them apart

Britest occupies a rare niche as a not-for-profit process innovation organization that bridges industry and research. Unlike universities or commercial consultancies, their membership model means they represent collective process industry interests while remaining neutral. This makes them an ideal consortium coordinator for projects that need to align multiple industrial sectors around common sustainability or process improvement goals.

Highlights from their portfolio

• MultiCycle
  Largest project (EUR 327k to Britest) and their only Innovation Action — a substantive technical role in advanced multi-material plastics recycling running through 2022.
• SPRING
  Coordinated the framework project for enhancing SPIRE project impact, positioning Britest at the center of Europe's sustainable process industry network.