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US company Inari opens new R&D site in Ghent
Inari, a U.S. company revolutionizing agricultural R&D, has opened up its first overseas office in Ghent,…
Ioniqa collects € 12 million for PET recycling plant
Ioniqa, a clean-tech spinoff from the Eindhoven University of Technology (the Netherlands), has completed a €…
Avantium takes full ownership of Synvina
Avantium has retaken full ownership of its YXY plants-to-plastics technology through the purchase of BASF’s shares…
Making a circular product from thermoset PU
The new European PUReSmart project will explore new methods, technologies and approaches to transform thermoset PU…
Fossil fuels heavily funded in Europe
Fossil fuels received a total of € 55 billion in public funding across the EU in…
BioBase4SME project prolonged for 6 months
The BioBase4SME project, an INTERREG NWE project, has been extended for 6 months to give even…
First consumer products launched with Betafib
Royal COSUN Biobased Products introduced 100% bio-based rheology modifier, developed during PULP2VALUE demonstration project, for various…
Creating a fully circular polyester chain
This week CuRe has been launched by Cumapol, DSM-Niaga and Morssinkhof. The partnership kicks-off with a…
First and second generation sugars for chemical industry equally sustainable
First generation fermentable sugars have an unjustifiably bad reputation as a feedstock for the chemical industry,…
BBI JU to show its added value in the lives of EU citizens
The Bio-Based Industries Joint Untertaking (BBI JU) has published its 2019 Annual Work Plan and Budget…
New MOOC Biobased Products starts soon
On January 16, 2019, the new MOOC ‘Biobased Products for a Sustainable (Bio)economy' will start. In…
MERLN lab tour during 3D Medical Conference & Expo
The 3D Medical Conference and Expo in Maastricht gives a select group of visitors the unique…
Emotional binding determines acceptance of biomaterials
Only when consumers experience an emotional bond will they accept biomaterials. It is necessary that they…
Stora Enso partners with TreeToTextile, builds demoplant
Stora Enso announced that it will partner with TreeToTextile and set up a demonstration plant at…
Medical implants from the 3D printer
PLA is a very useful material for printing medical scaffolds: temporary implants on which stem cells…
Shell wants to double green energy investments
Shell has expressed the ambition to double the amount it spends on green energy to $…
Chemport Europe launches new website
Chemport Europe has launched a new website this week. The site introduces a new style with…
BASF notifies Avantium of its exit from Synvina
BASF has notified Avantium of its exit from their Synvina joint venture, effective 15 January 2019.…
Accelerating the greening of Northern chemistry
The brothers and chemists André and Erik Heeres (Hanze University of Applied Sciences and the University…
Large companies challenge SMEs in the Green Chemistry challenge
Green Chemistry Campus, NV, REWIN West-Brabant and the local Rabobanks in West-Brabant and Zeeland are launching…