8 January 20218 January 2021 2nd International Conference on Cellulose Fibres, 2–3 February 2021, Online event Cellulose fibres are the fastest growing fibre group in textiles, the largest investment sector in the bio-based economy, and a solution to avoid microplastics
Recorded Webinar: TWatch™ Greener Plastics: the high value Multi-Partner Technology Intelligence Program you must consider Watch the video about the webinar on Greener Plastics, held at 12 November 2020
6 January 202118 December 2020 Opportunities in fiber-based food packaging Production capacity of paper food packaging in Europe has been trending higher annually since 2013
5 January 202124 February 2021 nova experts introduced: Nicolas Hark (M.Sc.Agricultural Economics) Agriculture, economics, policy & regulations, markets
16 December 202011 December 2020 Zelcor Summer School 2021 – 2nd edition – Postponed to 8-11 February online Zero waste biorefineries: value chain approach, methods, and processes for lignin upgrading
8 December 20208 December 2020 Market update 2020: Bioplastics continue to become mainstream as the global bioplastics market is set to grow by 36 percent over the next 5 years Bioplastics will play an important role in achieving a circular economy
4 December 20201 December 2020 Value of the EU bioeconomy – the latest figures New report analyses the latest data on employment, value added and the turnover generated by different bio-based sectors of the EU bioeconomy
3 December 20203 December 2020 Final programme available: 2nd International Conference on Cellulose Fibres, 2–3 February 2021, hybrid event With 210 participants and 15 exhibitors from 26 different countries, the “1st International Conference on Cellulose Fibres” in 2020 was a great success and exceeded all expectations. Building on this success, the 2nd International Conference on Cellulose Fibres will again cover the entire value chain
Preliminary programme: 9th Conference on CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals” and “2nd European Summit on Co2-based Aviation Fuels” 23–24 March 2021, hybrid event
1 December 20209 September 2021 Closing the plastic loop German nova-Institute recently published a comprehensive overview of the present status of chemical plastic recycling technologies
26 November 202017 December 2024 UPM joins the Renewable Carbon Initiative to change the foundation of chemical industry Just as the energy industry is converting to renewable sources, renewable carbon will become the new foundation of chemical and material industries in the future
25 November 202025 November 2020 nova-Institute’s Winter Special – 20 % discount on all market and trend reports till 8 January 2021 From technologies over building blocks and polymers to fine chemicals: Get the latest and upcoming reports on bio- and CO2-based and recycling markets for a special price
6 November 20209 September 2021 New market and technology report: Chemical Recycling – Status, Trends, and Challenges – Technologies, Sustainability, Policy and Key Players nova’s new market and technology report „Chemical Recycling - Status, Trends, and Challenges” is addressed to the chemical and plastic industry, brands, technology scouts, investors, and policy makers. On 190 pages the report provides information around chemical recycling including 21 figures and 10 tables.
5 November 20204 November 2020 Are new food and biomass technologies more sustainable? A Review The new nova paper #14 gives an overview on the status and sustainability assessments of new food and biomass technologies such as organic farming, insect protein, artificial meat, precision agriculture, vertical urban farming and improved plant varieties
29 October 20209 September 2021 A new era begins: The Renewable Materials Conference, Cologne and online, 18–20 May 2021 Featuring a unique concept to present all sustainable and renewable material solutions at one event: bio-based, CO2-based and recycled www.renewable-materials.eu
22 October 202017 December 2024 Free webinar: All About RC(I) Discussing the Renewable Carbon Strategy and Initiative
21 October 202021 October 2020 nova-Experts introduced: Pauline Ruiz (M. Sc.) Polymer science, Life Cycle Assessment and sustainable chemistry
19 October 202019 October 2020 For the first time the innovation award “Cellulose Fibre Innovation of the Year” will be granted at the “2<sup>nd</sup> International Conference on Cellulose Fibres”, 2–3 February 2021, Cologne (Germany) The conference will be held as hybrid event – as physical meeting in which an online audience also participates
15 October 20209 September 2021 nova sucht: Projektmanager B2B-Kommunikation mit naturwissenschaftlichem Hintergrund (m/w/d) Beschäftigung: 40 h/Woche, Festanstellung. Sie erwarten vielseitige Aufgaben in einem dynamischen und zukunftsorientierten Markt an der Schnittstelle zwischen Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft und Politik
12 October 202017 December 2024 Lenzing is founding partner of the Renewable Carbon Initiative The newly launched Renewable Carbon Initiative strives to herald the end of the fossil age for all organic chemicals and materials by 2050. Within the RCI Lenzing will especially focus on further greening up the textile and nonwoven businesses
Lenzing ist Gründungspartner der Renewable Carbon Initiative Die neu gegründete Renewable Carbon Initiative strebt das Ende des fossilen Zeitalters für alle organischen Chemikalien und Materialien bis 2050 an. Im Rahmen dieser Initiative wird sich Lenzing insbesondere auf die weitere Ökologisierung der Textil- und Vliesstoffbranchen konzentrieren
5 October 20209 September 2021 Call for abstracts: 2nd International Conference on Cellulose Fibres, 2–3 February 2021, Cologne (Germany) Lenzing, Levaco Chemicals and Kelheim Fibres will support the conference as gold sponsors. Further sponsors are welcome.
1 October 202017 December 2024 The future of the chemical and plastics industry: Renewable Carbon nova-Institute publishes a comprehensive background paper on renewable carbon: definition, strategy, measures and potential
29 September 202024 September 2020 Nominations for the 2020 DNFI Award Received The DNFI award recognizes innovation in the development of products and processes using natural fibres and research involving natural fibres
24 September 202017 December 2024 World market leaders take climate protection seriously: New initiative to replace fossil with renewable carbon wants to change the foundation of the chemical industry Companies looking for sustainable chemical and material solutions are welcome to join and profit from the support of the initiative
8 September 2020 Results of seven years of market research published Three online surveys on green premium for bio-based products and one in-depth consumer study, published now for the first time
7 September 2020 Bioeconomy worth 2.4 trillion EUR to the European economy as bio-based industries mark sizeable jump in turnover and bio-based share of chemicals reaches record high of 15% Latest version of nova-Institute's market report for BIC "European Bioeconomy in Figures" covers the whole period from 2008 to 2017
Green Chemicals Blog’s Comment: Unilever to eliminate fossil fuels in cleaning products by 2030 This new ambition is a core component of Unilever’s ‘Clean Future’, a ground-breaking innovation programme designed by the company’s Home Care division
2 September 20209 September 2021 Chemical industry on the pathway to renewable carbon This summer the first survey on renewable carbon in the chemical industry was conducted. 20 to 25% of the carbon supply is already renewable
Call for innovations – Apply now for the first award “Cellulose Fibre Innovation of the Year” Deadline for submission: 30 November 2020
26 August 20209 September 2021 9th Conference on CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals – Call for Papers and Posters Hybrid event on 23–24 March 2021
25 August 202027 August 2020 BioSinn – products for which biodegradation makes sense 3rd expert workshop (online event), 22 October 2020, 1 pm–4 pm
13 August 20209 September 2021 “New markets are actually old markets” Dr. Partanen describes how she assesses the market development for biocomposites and how the competition between glass fibres and natural fibres is shaping up
„Neue Märkte sind eigentlich alte Märkte“ Dr. Asta Partanen beschreibt die Marktentwicklung für Biokomposite und wie sich der Wettbewerb zwischen Glasfasern und Naturfasern gestaltet
12 August 202010 August 2020 “Today there are biocomposites for practically every application” In the first part of the interview Dr. Asta Partanen describes how she assesses the future market development for biocomposites and where the growth drivers lie
“Es gibt heute Biokomposite für praktisch jede Anwendung” Wie sie die künftige Marktentwicklung für Biokomposite beurteilt und wo die Wachstumstreiber liegen, beschreibt Dr. Asta Partanen im ersten Teil des Interviews
4 August 20204 August 2020 Survey collecting evidence about the use of and knowledge about renewable carbon in products/materials Survey runs until mid of September
31 July 20203 August 2020 Due to high demand, the summer promotion is extended for the last time until the end of August: Summer promotion: 30% discount on all market and trend studies on the bio-based economy The latest market report “Commercialisation updates on bio-based building blocks” has been updated to include the immediate effects of the corona crisis.
28 July 202024 July 2020 Developing new circular materials from safe bio-based building blocks New library of biobased materials will bring the circular ambitions of the European Union a step closer
22 July 2020 nova-Experts introduced: Lars Krause (Dr. rer. nat.) Market, technologies and innovations in the field of chemical recycling
1 July 2020 nova-Institute supports your smart transition to renewable carbon What are future challenges, environmental benefits and successful strategies to substitute fossil carbon with biomass, direct CO2 utilisation and recycling? What are the most promising concepts and applications?
Renewable carbon is the key to a CO2 neutral circular economy The Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) that will be launched in September will address this core problem. And the support for the initiative is already strong! Renowned companies have already signed up for the core advisory board, and 82 experts from industry, science and politics are convinced of the strategy and support the initiative with their names.
Circular High-performance Aza-Michael Polymers as Innovative materials Originating from Nature Recovery, chemical recycling and organic recycling (with the option of controlled energy recovery) are the end-of-life options planned for the design of products using CHAMPION polymers
29 June 202026 June 2020 BioSinn – products for which biodegradation makes sense 25 applications finalised
26 June 202025 August 2020 Save the date: 2nd International Conference on Cellulose Fibres, 2–3 February 2021, Cologne (Germany) – Submission for abstracts and innovations as well as requests for sponsorship are now possible. The first conference already hit the mark, the second will go one step further! The focus will be on strategies, markets, technologies and sustainability – particularly on alternative cellulose feedstocks in order to reduce the demand for virgin cellulose, even as demand for cellulose fibre will in total further increase. 300 participants and 30 exhibitors are expected.
25 June 202022 June 2020 ZELCOR webinar series Sustainable technical solution for the conversion of the recalcitrant by-products present in the side streams of ligno-cellulosic biorefineries
24 June 202024 June 2020 The winner of the innovation award “Hemp Product of the Year 2020” is Henry’s Hempharvester with a front-loaded attachment for harvesting industrial hemp flowers and stems – especially suitable for small farms Second winner is an architectural research consortium with its modular, off-grid hemp house (SUNIMPLANT) in Morocco and third winner is the world first Lyocell type fibre made from hemp fibres or fibre waste (Lyohemp™ knitwear)
19 June 202019 November 2020 nova experts introduced: Verena Bauchmüller (B.Sc. Social Sciences) Dissemination, Communication, Project Management
18 June 20209 September 2021 PHAs on the rise: for the first time, demand outstrips supply PHAs can be recycled in any possible way, including natural degradation and serve as nutrients or as an energy source to organisms