The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI)

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The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI)

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