Relement bv was founded in Bergen op Zoom in the quiet of summer this year: the first company to focus on the commercial production and marketing of bio-aromatics developed under the Biorizon programme. Relement was founded by and is a spin-off of TNO, the developer of this specific bio-aromatics technology within the Biorizon programme.

The Green Chemistry Innovation Lab (iLab) was opened in Bergen op Zoom, the Netherlands, this summer: a business accelerator for bio-circular ideas with market potential. Start-up innovative companies (TRL 1-4) with a focus on green chemistry are welcome here.

The global production of cement accounts for 8% of CO2 emissions on our planet. This is twice as much as the total emission of all aeroplanes in the world combined. Half of this is non-structural concrete. If this could be converted into biobased concrete, that would mean an enormous CO2 reduction. Bioclear earth in the city of Groningen has a solution: get bacteria to manufacture the cement.