Biochemical building blocks
In this dossier you can read all about biochemical building blocks. These building blocks can, for example, be used for the production of biobased plastics and biofuels.
AI as a game changer for the bio-based industries
The recent popularity of tools like ChatGPT has led to hype around the use of AI…
“We have started harvesting”
Shared Research Centre Biorizon will celebrate its 10th anniversary on 29 and 30 November with the…
Biorizon partner VITO opens LignoValue pilot plant in Flanders
In Mol (Flanders, Belgium), LignoValue was officially opened on 6 October. It is the first and…
“Everybody wants biobased feedstocks”
Bio-based raw materials already exist and they are emerging. Especially in construction, it is no longer…
Scaling up bio-aromatics research and application development with the industry
It was supposed to be a physical meeting place, but the 8th Biorizon Annual Event in…
SPRONG consortium on Sustainability of the chemical industry takes off
On 1 December, Hanze University Groningen, NHL Stenden, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences and the University…
The undiscovered potential of the ocean
Oceans cover more than 70% of the Earth's surface. They are a source of biodiversity with…
‘Central authority for the use of biofeedstock’
Sixteen organisations operating in the Dutch bioeconomy have signed a joint letter to the prime minister…
“This competition was our ticket to the business world”
Since the Bio-based Industries Consortium 'adopted' the international student competition BISC-E in 2019, the number of…
Pyrolysis is becoming mainstream
While the Southern Netherlands Pyrolysis Testing Ground project is coming to an end, pyrolysis is becoming…
Biorizon on track for commercialisation of bio-aromatics
Biorizon is well on track towards the commercialisation of the production of bio-aromatics starting in 2025.…
‘Consider plastics from a fundamentally different perspective’
‘We need to consider plastics from a fundamentally different perspective. Not as waste but as man-made…
‘Great opportunity to get started as a start-up’
The 2020 BioVoice Challenges event is over. On 2 October the companies with which the Challengers…
“Saccharide offers opportunities for chemistry and agriculture”
Saccharides (sugars) are wonderful building blocks for the chemical industry. They are versatile molecules that can…
Research identifies promising chemicals for the Northern Netherlands
The availability of numerous basic chemicals at Chemical Park Delfzijl, combined with the region’s agricultural residual…
Biorizon forging ahead with bio-aromatics upscaling
With over 150 visitors, Biorizon Shared Research Centre’s annual event in Antwerp at the end of…
Bio-aromatics are outgrowing the lab’s fume hood
In the six years of its existence, the Biorizon Shared Research Centre has made important steps…
‘Hydrogen key to the chemical industry in the Northern Netherlands’
The Northern Netherlands intends to produce billions of cubic metres of hydrogen. It intends to do…
Source B to the next phase?
A period of reflection started in Limburg after the black gold disappeared from this southern province…
Naphtha cracker links petrochemicals with the agricultural and waste sectors
It’s the link between sectors that worked separately until recently, which is seriously helping the bio-based…
‘We need more Biorizons’
“We need more initiatives like Biorizon, if we want to meet our goals of reducing CO2…
Coatings and cosmetics from French sunflowers
The oleochemical company Oleon from Ertvelde has built a new plant to produce biobased building blocks…
Space for innovations in green chemistry
The north of the Netherlands is the perfect place for working on green chemistry, thanks to…
BIC presents overview of financial instruments
The Bio-Based Industries Consortium recently published a comprehensive overview of financial instruments, a practical guide for…
New eco-friendly coating for boats based on shellfish waste
Researchers from the GREEN-CHEM network at Ghent University have developed a new coating for boats based…
The search for winning combinations
‘At the Pyrolysis testing ground in Moerdijk, we want to test value chains on the basis…
Chemelot InSciTe: successes and validation
Chemelot InSciTe was launched at the start of 2015. The public-private joint venture has been active…
Focus on biobased chemicals and materials
Ghent is the birthplace of bioenergy production in Belgium. No less than 90% of all biofuels…
‘Markets get a leading role’
‘The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) participates with a clear vision in a comprehensive programme with the…
Catalytic conversion of biomass CatchBio: focus on chemistry
CatchBio was rounded off at the end of 2016. Biomass catalysis was the central focus of…
Patrick Schiffers, CEO Synvina Reality check for bioplastics
'Brand owners tend to set deadlines which are hardly feasible. As for bioplastics, some companies have…
GFBiochemicals: Deeper into the chain
GFBiochemicals made a forward integration step at the start of this year through its acquisition of…
Green polyamides a step closer
At Chemelot InSciTe, an international research and knowledge institute for biobased and biomedical materials, DSM is on…
Four pilot plants under one roof
The brand-new Multipurpose Pilot Plant (MPP) at Brightlands Chemelot Campus will open its doors at the…
Stefaan de Wildeman wants to move ahead with biobased building blocks
As New Biobased Building Blocks group leader at Maastricht University, Stefaan de Wildeman is involved in…
BBI opens third call
The Bio-based Industries (BBI) Joint Undertaking (JU) recently publicized its third call, with room for three…
Willem-Alexander and Maxima visit Biobased Delta
The visit of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima to West Brabant felt very much like King’s Day.…
Syngip: isobutene from syngas
It is roughly a matter of two to three years when bacteria will be able to convert…
InSciTe biobased building blocks
The middle stage in RT&D - the valley of death - often signals the end of…
Biobased Delta: international hotspot
The sugar fermentation study by Deloitte resulted in pleased reactions in ‘Biobased Netherlands’ at the end…
‘Europe not the lost continent’
Europeans sometimes tend to downplay their strengths when compared to other continents. It is no different…
‘Missing link between pilot and commercial’
‘Biobased Delta is not a study club or discussion group, but the missing link in concrete…
Biochemical building blocks
In this dossier you can read all about biochemical building blocks. These building blocks can, for…
AI as a game changer for the bio-based industries
The recent popularity of tools like ChatGPT has led to hype around the use of AI…
“We have started harvesting”
Shared Research Centre Biorizon will celebrate its 10th anniversary on 29 and 30 November with the…
Biorizon partner VITO opens LignoValue pilot plant in Flanders
In Mol (Flanders, Belgium), LignoValue was officially opened on 6 October. It is the first and…
“Everybody wants biobased feedstocks”
Bio-based raw materials already exist and they are emerging. Especially in construction, it is no longer…
Scaling up bio-aromatics research and application development with the industry
It was supposed to be a physical meeting place, but the 8th Biorizon Annual Event in…
SPRONG consortium on Sustainability of the chemical industry takes off
On 1 December, Hanze University Groningen, NHL Stenden, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences and the University…
The undiscovered potential of the ocean
Oceans cover more than 70% of the Earth's surface. They are a source of biodiversity with…
‘Central authority for the use of biofeedstock’
Sixteen organisations operating in the Dutch bioeconomy have signed a joint letter to the prime minister…
“This competition was our ticket to the business world”
Since the Bio-based Industries Consortium 'adopted' the international student competition BISC-E in 2019, the number of…
Pyrolysis is becoming mainstream
While the Southern Netherlands Pyrolysis Testing Ground project is coming to an end, pyrolysis is becoming…
Biorizon on track for commercialisation of bio-aromatics
Biorizon is well on track towards the commercialisation of the production of bio-aromatics starting in 2025.…
‘Consider plastics from a fundamentally different perspective’
‘We need to consider plastics from a fundamentally different perspective. Not as waste but as man-made…
‘Great opportunity to get started as a start-up’
The 2020 BioVoice Challenges event is over. On 2 October the companies with which the Challengers…
“Saccharide offers opportunities for chemistry and agriculture”
Saccharides (sugars) are wonderful building blocks for the chemical industry. They are versatile molecules that can…
Research identifies promising chemicals for the Northern Netherlands
The availability of numerous basic chemicals at Chemical Park Delfzijl, combined with the region’s agricultural residual…
Biorizon forging ahead with bio-aromatics upscaling
With over 150 visitors, Biorizon Shared Research Centre’s annual event in Antwerp at the end of…
Bio-aromatics are outgrowing the lab’s fume hood
In the six years of its existence, the Biorizon Shared Research Centre has made important steps…
‘Hydrogen key to the chemical industry in the Northern Netherlands’
The Northern Netherlands intends to produce billions of cubic metres of hydrogen. It intends to do…
Source B to the next phase?
A period of reflection started in Limburg after the black gold disappeared from this southern province…
Naphtha cracker links petrochemicals with the agricultural and waste sectors
It’s the link between sectors that worked separately until recently, which is seriously helping the bio-based…
‘We need more Biorizons’
“We need more initiatives like Biorizon, if we want to meet our goals of reducing CO2…
Coatings and cosmetics from French sunflowers
The oleochemical company Oleon from Ertvelde has built a new plant to produce biobased building blocks…
Space for innovations in green chemistry
The north of the Netherlands is the perfect place for working on green chemistry, thanks to…
BIC presents overview of financial instruments
The Bio-Based Industries Consortium recently published a comprehensive overview of financial instruments, a practical guide for…
New eco-friendly coating for boats based on shellfish waste
Researchers from the GREEN-CHEM network at Ghent University have developed a new coating for boats based…
The search for winning combinations
‘At the Pyrolysis testing ground in Moerdijk, we want to test value chains on the basis…
Chemelot InSciTe: successes and validation
Chemelot InSciTe was launched at the start of 2015. The public-private joint venture has been active…
Focus on biobased chemicals and materials
Ghent is the birthplace of bioenergy production in Belgium. No less than 90% of all biofuels…
‘Markets get a leading role’
‘The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) participates with a clear vision in a comprehensive programme with the…
Catalytic conversion of biomass CatchBio: focus on chemistry
CatchBio was rounded off at the end of 2016. Biomass catalysis was the central focus of…
Patrick Schiffers, CEO Synvina Reality check for bioplastics
'Brand owners tend to set deadlines which are hardly feasible. As for bioplastics, some companies have…
GFBiochemicals: Deeper into the chain
GFBiochemicals made a forward integration step at the start of this year through its acquisition of…
Green polyamides a step closer
At Chemelot InSciTe, an international research and knowledge institute for biobased and biomedical materials, DSM is on…
Four pilot plants under one roof
The brand-new Multipurpose Pilot Plant (MPP) at Brightlands Chemelot Campus will open its doors at the…
Stefaan de Wildeman wants to move ahead with biobased building blocks
As New Biobased Building Blocks group leader at Maastricht University, Stefaan de Wildeman is involved in…
BBI opens third call
The Bio-based Industries (BBI) Joint Undertaking (JU) recently publicized its third call, with room for three…
Willem-Alexander and Maxima visit Biobased Delta
The visit of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima to West Brabant felt very much like King’s Day.…
Syngip: isobutene from syngas
It is roughly a matter of two to three years when bacteria will be able to convert…
InSciTe biobased building blocks
The middle stage in RT&D - the valley of death - often signals the end of…
Biobased Delta: international hotspot
The sugar fermentation study by Deloitte resulted in pleased reactions in ‘Biobased Netherlands’ at the end…
‘Europe not the lost continent’
Europeans sometimes tend to downplay their strengths when compared to other continents. It is no different…
‘Missing link between pilot and commercial’
‘Biobased Delta is not a study club or discussion group, but the missing link in concrete…
Biochemical building blocks
In this dossier you can read all about biochemical building blocks. These building blocks can, for…
AI as a game changer for the bio-based industries
The recent popularity of tools like ChatGPT has led to hype around the use of AI…
“We have started harvesting”
Shared Research Centre Biorizon will celebrate its 10th anniversary on 29 and 30 November with the…
Biorizon partner VITO opens LignoValue pilot plant in Flanders
In Mol (Flanders, Belgium), LignoValue was officially opened on 6 October. It is the first and…
“Everybody wants biobased feedstocks”
Bio-based raw materials already exist and they are emerging. Especially in construction, it is no longer…
Scaling up bio-aromatics research and application development with the industry
It was supposed to be a physical meeting place, but the 8th Biorizon Annual Event in…
SPRONG consortium on Sustainability of the chemical industry takes off
On 1 December, Hanze University Groningen, NHL Stenden, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences and the University…
The undiscovered potential of the ocean
Oceans cover more than 70% of the Earth's surface. They are a source of biodiversity with…
‘Central authority for the use of biofeedstock’
Sixteen organisations operating in the Dutch bioeconomy have signed a joint letter to the prime minister…
“This competition was our ticket to the business world”
Since the Bio-based Industries Consortium 'adopted' the international student competition BISC-E in 2019, the number of…
Pyrolysis is becoming mainstream
While the Southern Netherlands Pyrolysis Testing Ground project is coming to an end, pyrolysis is becoming…
Biorizon on track for commercialisation of bio-aromatics
Biorizon is well on track towards the commercialisation of the production of bio-aromatics starting in 2025.…
‘Consider plastics from a fundamentally different perspective’
‘We need to consider plastics from a fundamentally different perspective. Not as waste but as man-made…
‘Great opportunity to get started as a start-up’
The 2020 BioVoice Challenges event is over. On 2 October the companies with which the Challengers…
“Saccharide offers opportunities for chemistry and agriculture”
Saccharides (sugars) are wonderful building blocks for the chemical industry. They are versatile molecules that can…
Research identifies promising chemicals for the Northern Netherlands
The availability of numerous basic chemicals at Chemical Park Delfzijl, combined with the region’s agricultural residual…
Biorizon forging ahead with bio-aromatics upscaling
With over 150 visitors, Biorizon Shared Research Centre’s annual event in Antwerp at the end of…
Bio-aromatics are outgrowing the lab’s fume hood
In the six years of its existence, the Biorizon Shared Research Centre has made important steps…
‘Hydrogen key to the chemical industry in the Northern Netherlands’
The Northern Netherlands intends to produce billions of cubic metres of hydrogen. It intends to do…
Source B to the next phase?
A period of reflection started in Limburg after the black gold disappeared from this southern province…
Naphtha cracker links petrochemicals with the agricultural and waste sectors
It’s the link between sectors that worked separately until recently, which is seriously helping the bio-based…
‘We need more Biorizons’
“We need more initiatives like Biorizon, if we want to meet our goals of reducing CO2…
Coatings and cosmetics from French sunflowers
The oleochemical company Oleon from Ertvelde has built a new plant to produce biobased building blocks…
Space for innovations in green chemistry
The north of the Netherlands is the perfect place for working on green chemistry, thanks to…
BIC presents overview of financial instruments
The Bio-Based Industries Consortium recently published a comprehensive overview of financial instruments, a practical guide for…
New eco-friendly coating for boats based on shellfish waste
Researchers from the GREEN-CHEM network at Ghent University have developed a new coating for boats based…
The search for winning combinations
‘At the Pyrolysis testing ground in Moerdijk, we want to test value chains on the basis…
Chemelot InSciTe: successes and validation
Chemelot InSciTe was launched at the start of 2015. The public-private joint venture has been active…
Focus on biobased chemicals and materials
Ghent is the birthplace of bioenergy production in Belgium. No less than 90% of all biofuels…
‘Markets get a leading role’
‘The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) participates with a clear vision in a comprehensive programme with the…
Catalytic conversion of biomass CatchBio: focus on chemistry
CatchBio was rounded off at the end of 2016. Biomass catalysis was the central focus of…
Patrick Schiffers, CEO Synvina Reality check for bioplastics
'Brand owners tend to set deadlines which are hardly feasible. As for bioplastics, some companies have…
GFBiochemicals: Deeper into the chain
GFBiochemicals made a forward integration step at the start of this year through its acquisition of…
Green polyamides a step closer
At Chemelot InSciTe, an international research and knowledge institute for biobased and biomedical materials, DSM is on…
Four pilot plants under one roof
The brand-new Multipurpose Pilot Plant (MPP) at Brightlands Chemelot Campus will open its doors at the…
Stefaan de Wildeman wants to move ahead with biobased building blocks
As New Biobased Building Blocks group leader at Maastricht University, Stefaan de Wildeman is involved in…
BBI opens third call
The Bio-based Industries (BBI) Joint Undertaking (JU) recently publicized its third call, with room for three…
Willem-Alexander and Maxima visit Biobased Delta
The visit of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima to West Brabant felt very much like King’s Day.…
Syngip: isobutene from syngas
It is roughly a matter of two to three years when bacteria will be able to convert…
InSciTe biobased building blocks
The middle stage in RT&D - the valley of death - often signals the end of…
Biobased Delta: international hotspot
The sugar fermentation study by Deloitte resulted in pleased reactions in ‘Biobased Netherlands’ at the end…
‘Europe not the lost continent’
Europeans sometimes tend to downplay their strengths when compared to other continents. It is no different…
‘Missing link between pilot and commercial’
‘Biobased Delta is not a study club or discussion group, but the missing link in concrete…