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Tine Schaerlaekens new Managing Director of Catalisti
Tine Schaerlaekens will become the new Managing Director of Catalisti, the Flemish spearhead cluster for innovation…
PANGAIA and Avantium to launch sustainable clothing collection from PEF
PANGAIA and Avantium partner to bring sustainable apparel collection based on Avantium’s 100% plant-based PEF to…
Paques Biomaterials and Looop to jointly produce PHA
The Dutch companies Paques Biomaterials and Looop will collaborate in the production of PHA (Polyhydroxyalkanoates) from…
More port capacity needed for European offshore wind targets 2030
The European Commission and 9 countries in the North Sea region (together the North Seas Energy…
ChemistryNL funds 11 new Biobased Economy projects
ChemistryNL provides financial support to 11 research projects at the intersection of biobased and chemistry. A…
Input requested for new Dutch Growth Fund proposal circular critical materials
In The Netherlands, ChemistryNL, Top Sector Energy, Top Sector HTSM, TNO, Ministry of Economic Affairs and…
Yara Sluiskil first company in the world to export COâ‚‚
Ammonia fertiliser producer Yara in Sluiskil (The Netherlands) plans to capture, liquefy and export 800kt of…
Successful Sustainable Innovation Week in the Northern Netherlands
The Sustainable Innovation Week, organised by Greenwise Circular Plastics and Chemport Europe, concluded successfully after four…
Biodegradable biobased mulch film more pollutant than expected
Biodegradable mulch film made from bioplastic degrades much slower in soil than expected, according to a…
CO2 from wastewater sludge becomes new feedstock for biobased polymers
Twelve partners from seven European countries will demonstrate the full value chain from biogenic CO2 from…
Broad political support for greening the chemical industry in The Netherlands
Parties in the Dutch Parliament want to help the chemical industry in the Netherlands go green…
Annick Meerschmann of Cefic to speak at Future of Chemical Recycling 2024
Annick Meerschman, Director of Innovation at Cefic is a confirmed speaker at ACI's Future of Chemical…
European biomanufacturing needs more room to grow
Europe has a critical shortage of growth capacity for biomanufacturing new biobased products. "There is a…
Roadmap helps plastics industry reach zero emissions and circularity targets
Plastics Europe released the Plastics Roadmap last week. This roadmap outlines a plan of action for…
Flemish economy already 34% biobased and growing
The greening of the Flemish economy is accelerating. In 2020, 34% of the physical Flemish economy…
Patents and trademarks boost success of European start-ups
Start-ups with patents and trademarks are more than 10 times more successful in obtaining funding, according…
Call for a strategic perspective for European Biomanufacturing
Biotechnology is being recognised in Europe as an important factor in achieving economic leadership, greening society…
Call for papers EUBCE 2024
As usual, EUBCE is planning to make a number of high quality publications based on the…
French artist creates temple out of mycelium
Artist Côme Di Meglio and his team from the French Studio La Succulente has designed the…
Investment decision made for €1.3 billion Porthos CCS project in The Netherlands
Porthos has made the final investment decision. Construction of the first major CO2 transport and storage…