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Circular Biobased Delta lives on in 2024 and beyond
With the arrival of the new year, the Circular Biobased Delta Foundation in the Netherland will…
Relement demonstrates first biobased industrial coating on Giant wheelloader
Biorizon-spinoff Relement has achieved a major milestone: the successful demonstration of bio MPA in industrial coatings.…
Avantium focuses on FDCA and PEF, discontinues plantMEG and plantMPG
Dutch green chemicals company Avantium announced yesterday (13 December) that it is going to focus entirely…
Carbon credits trade for biobased building started in the Netherlands
Ballast Nedam Development in the Netherlands is the first construction and development company in the world…
Toyota Hydrogen Factory is scaling up European activities
Toyota Motor Europe (TME) will establish a local business operation, the Hydrogen Factory Europe. It will…
Biorizon-technology available for SME’s
Working with advanced bioaromatics from the Biorizon project is not only a privilege for large companies.…
‘€1 Billion venture fund needed for gamechangers in green chemistry’
The Dutch government should set up a €1 billion venture fund to support high-potential companies ('gamechangers')…
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…