B4: Better Biobased Building Blocks

30-09-2014

Biorizon well on the way to the development of biobased aromatics

Forty percent of all raw materials in the chemical industry are based on aromatics, which have so far been extracted from petroleum. Commercial production of biobased aromatics would be a major breakthrough. Biorizon has managed to produce biobased aromatics on ‘laboratory scale’, and this is now being scaled up.

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10-07-2014

EU and Industry Partners Launch €3.7 Billion Investments in the Renewable Bio-based Economy

EU and industry leaders have today launched a new European Joint Undertaking on Bio-based Industries (BBI). The aim is to trigger investments and create a competitive market for bio-based products and materials sourced locally and "Made in Europe", tackling some of Europe’s biggest societal challenges.

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28-05-2014

Lignin Poised to Become Renewable Alternative to Petrochemical Feedstocks

According to growth strategy firm Frost & Sullivan, the industry is just beginning to scratch the surface of lignin's potential: It could become the main renewable, aromatic resource for the chemical industry and could also allow petrochemists to secure an alternative, renewable source of raw material.

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22-05-2014

Bio-based Chemicals Getting Boost from Shale Gas Boom in North America

Long used as starting materials for shampoos and detergents, bio-based chemicals now attracting interest as drop-in replacements for petroleum-based commodity chemicals.

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20-05-2014

Successful Holland Biotech Pavilion at BIO World Congress

During last weeks BIO world congress on Industrial Biotechnology in Philadelphia Biorizon presented itself in the Holland Pavilion.

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19-05-2014

Bio Innovation Growth megaCluster BIG-C launched

This morning, 10 leading public-private organisations in biobased innovation of North Rhein Westphalia, The Netherlands and Flanders launched BIG-C as the integrating organisation for current and future biobased initiatives. The event was attended by over 150 industrialists, scientists and politicians from this region.

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