14 February 20244 February 2024 Sonichem is leading a £600K Innovate UK-funded consortium to revolutionise the automotive industry with sustainable, bio-based materials One emerging solution to this problem is biorefining, which offers a method of processing low-carbon feedstocks into intermediate chemicals that can be made into renewable plastics for vehicles
10 February 20238 February 2023 Flue2Chem: SCI, Unilever and 13 partners launch £5.4m net zero collaboration project The £5.4m Flue2Chem Project is a two-year programme spearheaded by Unilever and SCI, with 13 other organisations involved
7 November 201615 February 2018 Landmark alliance launched to support the growth of the UK bioeconomy The alliance seeks to significantly speed up the commercialisation of new green processes and products from biomass
28 August 201526 August 2015 TerraVerdae Achieves Commercial Pilot-Scale Production for PHA Biomaterials Develops commercially viable production process supported by Innovate UK grant
24 April 201523 April 2015 Biome Bioplastics leads £3m sustainable chemicals development programme Researchers consortium to harness industrial biotechnology techniques to produce bio-based chemicals from lignin at a scale suitable for industrial testing
21 March 201419 March 2014 Dyson and CPI explore use of bioplastics in consumer products New research project to help pave the way for future developments in this area
2 July 20139 September 2021 UK targets growth in industrial biotechnology Government funded report shows IB market could be worth up to £12bn to UK businesses by 2025
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10 January 2012 UK and Norway announce £2.2 million research programme on biochemicals High-value chemicals through industrial biotechnology and bio-refining