Foreword
We begin, as we often do, on the continent, with some
concerning news from Horizon2020-funded ProBIO project. An analysis conducted
by this project has looked into the success rate of EU bioeconomy projects
funded by the EU’s 7th Framework Programme. The analysis has
uncovered that less than 5% of such projects have successfully produced something
able to be immediately brought to market, even if they resulted in future commercially
valuable developments. This result shows that whilst the EU’s projects have
been successful at furthering knowledge in the bioeconomy, the commercial value
of these endeavours has been limited, which the authors put down to lack of
attention paid to market conditions during research, and failure to involve
commercially-minded parties in projects. This has created a culture where
technological breakthroughs are prioritised without considering......
Other News this Month Includes:
Policy
- EU's FP7 bioeconomy projects have less than 5% success rate
- Tax credits for bio-based chemicals tabled in US
- EU Parliament moves to support biodegradable mulch films
- Amyris announces next step of Queensland relationship
Markets
- Market Research Store analyses bio-based Butanol industry
Research & Development
- New project Enzymicals pursues bio-based Polyacrylonitrile
- Bacteria to produce lactic acid from lignin
- Waste resource recovery in the future of bio-based processes
- Avantium acquires pilot plant, begins scale-up of Zambezi process
Polymers
- Novamont introduces 40% bio-based minimum for all its plastics
- EUBP's recommendations for EU Plastics Strategy
- Sateri's viscose capacity set to go up to 1 million tonnes
- Arkema pursues 300m Rilsan plant
- The Fibre Year review of 2016
Chemicals
- REACH certification for Green Biologics' n-butanol
- Genomatica with strong results for 1,4-butanediol process
- METEX to construct chemicals plant in France
- Alliance Bio-Products receives approval to purchase ethanol plant
Consumer Products
- Dupont Tate & Lyle to showcase durable bio-based plastic equipment
- Biosuccinium used in hiking shoes
Events
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