20 June 202414 June 2024 Floreon lands $319 M to upscale bioplastic tech Their proprietary bioplastics are designed to have a significantly lower carbon footprint than traditional plastic and can be recycled and composted
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
27 November 201526 November 2015 Developing microorganisms for the production of bioplastics from waste New UK project to design Geobacillus strains that digest waste to produce lactic acid
21 October 201520 October 2015 TerraVerdae Makes Major Strides in Commercializing its Line of PHA Biomaterial Products Major milestones in scale up at facilities in Edmonton, Alberta and Wilton, UK this summer demonstrateTerraVerdae's progress toward commercial deployment
11 September 201526 November 2015 Bioplastics as strong contenders in the market The pursuit of environmentally materials has been growing considerably
3 September 20152 September 2015 Trending: Biobased Microbeads, Flexible Foams Could Offer Renewable Materials for Hundreds of Products Developing technologies to produce commercial scale quantities of biomaterial products is a milestone for each company
28 August 201526 August 2015 TerraVerdae Achieves Commercial Pilot-Scale Production for PHA Biomaterials Develops commercially viable production process supported by Innovate UK grant
12 August 201512 August 2015 CPI launches project to produce bio-methane from seaweed through Anaerobic Digestion The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has announced that it is leading a £2.78 million UK based collaboration to help strengthen the UK’s position as a world leader in industrial biotechnology
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
23 February 201522 February 2015 Cable announces £20 million for UK industrial biotechnology Business Secretary unveiles the winners of a multi-million-pound competition to bring innovative UK biotechnology projects to market.
27 January 201526 January 2015 CPI work to transform food waste into Graphene and renewable hydrogen Collaborative project titled ‘PlasCarb’ to reinforce Europe’s leading position in environmental technologies and innovation in high value Carbon
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
24 February 201421 February 2014 Seaweed could be next new biofuel New research to turn seaweed into liquid biofuel aims to overcome two main barriers to the plant becoming a major source of renewable energy
17 January 20149 September 2021 INVISTA to collaborate with CPI to develop gas-based, bio-derived process technology Scale-up for the development of new gas-fermentation-based routes to industrial chemicals
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
27 February 2012 Could inedible biomass hold the key to our renewable future? Market for fuel and chemical production based on Woody
10 January 2012 UK and Norway announce £2.2 million research programme on biochemicals High-value chemicals through industrial biotechnology and bio-refining