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€ 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…
Bio-based innovation within the sustainability debate in the finance sector
Sustainable investments have seen a rise in recent years with a growing number of funds to…
Chemical industry is switching to renewable carbon
The chemical industry is using more and more renewable carbon; 20 to 25% of the carbon…
Toyochem launches new biodegradable polyurethane adhesive
Toyochem Co., Ltd., a member of the Toyo Ink Group of Japan, has developed a new…
Bloom Biorenewables secures 2.9M€ for biomass valorization pilot
Lead investment from Yokogawa Electric Corporation brings Bloom Biorenewables seed funding round to a total of…
U.S. Plastics Pact Launched
This week, the U.S. Plastics Pact was launched. It is a collaborative led by The Recycling…