HeiQ/AeoniQ, RenewcellPortuguese fibre producer Altri SGPS S.A.has signed an agreement to acquire a majority interest in Swiss clean technology company AeoniQ to support the commercial-scale development of the first fully biodegradable cellulose-based filament designed to replace polyester and nylon.
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www.gov.ukThe UK government has unveiled a new industrial strategy that includes a commitment to invest £380m in engineering biology. The package comprises an initial £196m for research and development, and a further £184m for the expansion and modernisation of pilot and scale-up infrastructure.
AFYREN SAAFYREN’s first biorefinery, AFYREN NEOXY, has reached continuous production, marking a key step toward large-scale commercialisation of its bio-based acids. The plant will now ramp up output and fulfill long-term contracts across key sectors like nutrition, cosmetics, and life sciences. European Biotech News talked to CEO Nicolas Sordet about the long and winding road to sucess.
Frederick BernasBelgian micriobial fermentation specialist AmphiStar NV has partnered with US plant-based ingredient heavyweight Kensing to market its biosurfactants in the US, using locally-produced feedstocks. Amphistar’s biosurfactants are an alternative to palm oil made surfactants that are 25% of the current US$20bn surfactant market.
BRAIN Biotech AGBiotechnology provides the necessary toolbox, ranging from energy-saving biocatalysts for the chemical industry to climate-friendly production of animal feed and food proteins for more resilience, microbial recovery of rare critical materials, to the production of pharmaceutically active ingredients.
Audiovisual Library of the European CommissionThe European Commission has presented its long-awaited Clean Industrial Deal, which aims at replacing its Green Deal in times of geopolitical tensions, slow economic growth and technological competition with “a transformational business plan” that makes the world’s 2nd largest economic bloc future-proof, sustainable while improving global competitiveness.
adobe stock - pkproject Now that US President Donald Trump has loudly announced his intention to withdraw from the Paris climate targets and refocus the US economy on fossil fuel production, Europe, which is still a leader in the bioeconomy, is sensing an opportunity. A new cluster alliance of 14 production sites wants to advance the high-tech bioeconomy.
Bild von freepikDutch venture capital firm Forbion revealed that its BioEconomy Fund I has amassed €164.5m. This surpasses the fund’s initial target of €150m, highlighting the increasing interest from investors in the commercial viability of biotech solutions that tackle worldwide sustainability issues.
Forbion BioEconomy represents a strategic expansion of Forbion’s investment scope in biotech and in the life sciences sector to address challenges relating to the environment, the growing need for a sustainable supply of food and the rapid depletion of natural resources.
Belgian AgTech specialist Biotalys BV an Agricultural Technology (AgTech) company has initiated field trials for BioFun-6, the company’s second llama-antibody-mimicking biofungicide program.