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“Good time for investments in biobased”
“It is the right time to invest in biobased innovation,” says Michael Brandkamp, general partner of…
Prize winner Better Nature grows 4,500% in one year
"I wasn't aware it was a competition." Christopher Kong of the UK based start-up Better Nature…
Modern biotechnology should become faster cheaper and better
Modern biotechnology still has many hurdles to overcome in order to become truly sustainable and competitive.…
“Avoid political decision making on GMO regulations”
A European label for food products developed with genome editing (such as CRISPR) is undesirable and…
The Protein Cluster supports sustainable protein ambitions
Helping entrepreneurs to increase their national and international impact on the way to a future-proof protein…
€ 2.5 Million reward for fungal strain
The Dutch/Belgian company Those Vegan Cowboys (TVC) is awarding € 2.5 million for the perfect fungal…
Biopheromones are going to replace insecticides (except in Europe)
The European objective within the Farm to Fork strategy to use 50% less insecticides in farming…
BioVoice 2020: eight new innovation contracts
No one could have foreseen that the second round of BioVoice would be held in such…
New European Circular Bioeconomy Fund launched
ECBF Management GmbH today announces the first closing of the European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF). ECBF…
DSM sells resins & functional materials businesses
Royal DSM has reached an agreement to sell its Resins & Functional Materials and associated businesses…
How to measure the bio-based sector’s contribution to UN SDGs
The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) has commissioned guidance produced by the Institute of European Environmental Policy…
Webinar about the value of bio-based innovation for the industry
Recent industry figures reflect the enormous growth and economic potential of the European bioeconomy. In the…
António Guterres and the UN 10-Member group visit the G-STIC conference
Five years ago, 25 September 2015, world leaders adopted the 17 SDGs at the UN Sustainable…
Corbion and Total to build first world-scale PLA plant in Europe
Corbion and Total announced their intention to build a new PLA bioplastics plant in Europe. The…
The Northern Netherlands is aiming for a sweet future
In the middle of a sugar beet field in Groningen, the commissioners IJzebrand Rijzebol (Groningen, left)…
Trends and opportunities for international cooperation in chemical recycling
Collaborating on chemical recycling offers the chemical industry in the Netherlands and Germany good opportunities to…
EFIB offers international stage to start-ups
The European event for industrial biotechnology EFIB offers innovative start-ups an opportunity to pitch their idea…
Chemport Connect Webinar on 23 September
On September 23 at 3 p.m. CET, Chemport Connect will organize the first webinar in the…
European bioeconomy worth € 2.4 trillion
The bio-based industries continue their ascent marking a total contribution of € 750 billion to the…
€1.1 billion requested for BBI JU projects
The BBI JU Programme Office has received 229 project proposals by the 3 September deadline of…