Microplastics in the environment
08:31

Microplastics in the environment

Plastics can create huge environmental problems for animals and humans. By now the plastic soup has…

Lucien Joppen

BBI opens third call
03:45

BIC and Vanguard join forces: more alignment between international and regional developments

The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) and the Vanguard Initiative have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)…

Kirsten Steinbusch (DAB): Start-up with impact
06:33

Kirsten Steinbusch (DAB): Start-up with impact

Even before she studied Environmental Sciences at Wageningen UR, Kirsten Steinbusch wanted to work in the…

Dick Teske, Lucien Joppen

Toy sector more sustainable
06:47

Toy sector more sustainable

Slowly but surely, more and more (partly) biobased toys are being launched on the market. For…

Lucien Joppen

Value creation in the primary sector
07:05

Value creation in the primary sector

How can agricultural entrepreneurs increase and safeguard their value in biobased supply chains? It is not easy, but…

Lucien Joppen

Green polyamides a step closer
05:53

Green polyamides a step closer

At Chemelot InSciTe, an international research and knowledge institute for biobased and biomedical materials, DSM is on…

Vincent Hentzepeter

Stefaan de Wildeman wants to move ahead with biobased building blocks
05:14

Switching from public to private (and vice versa)

Academics who move to the business sector and the other way round: a far-reaching decision that requires…

Lucien Joppen

Clever composite materials from PLA
07:24

Clever composite materials from PLA

The aim of the recently established Horizon 2020 BIO4SELF project is to develop and produce self-reinforced polymer composites…

Richard Bezemer

High-end applications for plant components
09:27

High-end applications for plant components

The value and huge biodiversity of plant components have been known from time immemorial. And yet…

Kelly van Bragt

Corbion opens brand new lab
02:16

Corbion opens brand new lab

Corbion, a leading food ingredients and biobased chemicals company, has recently opened its advanced R&D and applications laboratory…

Lucien Joppen

Adv.biobased inkopen
Biopolycarbonate with promising future
04:13

Biopolycarbonate with promising future

In Lestrem, Northern France, Roquette has its largest production site. In total, the French-based company processes roughly 8…

Lucien Joppen

Four pilot plants under one roof
04:54

Four pilot plants under one roof

The brand-new Multipurpose Pilot Plant (MPP) at Brightlands Chemelot Campus will open its doors at the…

Lucien Joppen

Material innovation powerful weapon
10:01

Material innovation powerful weapon

Puma’s evoSpeed shirt has a biobased water-repellent finish, in which the so-called dryCELL technology ensures that…

Lucien Joppen

Stefaan de Wildeman wants to move ahead with biobased building blocks
07:01

Stefaan de Wildeman wants to move ahead with biobased building blocks

As New Biobased Building Blocks group leader at Maastricht University, Stefaan de Wildeman is involved in…

Richard Bezemer

BBI opens third call
04:16

BBI opens third call

The Bio-based Industries (BBI) Joint Undertaking (JU) recently publicized its third call, with room for three…

Lucien Joppen

Biobased procurement tool and app for better business
03:41

Biobased procurement tool and app for better business

The Province of Zeeland, leader when it comes to biobased procurement, organised a meeting together with…

Mariska van Dalen

Willem-Alexander and Maxima visit Biobased Delta
06:57

Willem-Alexander and Maxima visit Biobased Delta

The visit of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima to West Brabant felt very much like King’s Day.…

Edwin van Gastel

Syngip: isobutene from syngas
03:39

Syngip: isobutene from syngas

It is roughly a matter of two to three years when bacteria will be able to convert…

Lucien Joppen

Stora Enso launches mulch paper
05:06

Stora Enso launches mulch paper

Mulch films have been around for decades. For the last ten to fifteen years, the primary sector…

Lucien Joppen

InSciTe biobased building blocks
06:19

InSciTe biobased building blocks

The middle stage in RT&D - the valley of death - often signals the end of…

Lucien Joppen