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3 December 202528 November 2025

Governor Hochul Announces Round Seven Winners of the Grow-NY International Food and Agriculture Business Competition

$1 million Grand Prize for Brekland of Brooklyn, New York, for building a novel, biodegradable foam coating that brings new, in-field functionality to crop protection products


26 November 202520 November 2025

Alder BioInsights News Review: Biobased Products, November 2025

Alder Bioinsights provides clients with a strategic view of feedstock, technology, policy and marketing opportunity across the bioeconomy


20 November 202514 November 2025

Enzymit Achieves World’s First Scaled Cell-Free Production of Hyaluronic Acid

Enzymit and Cosun achieve a major milestone in sustainable biomanufacturing, producing high-purity hyaluronic acid with a novel cell-free process that offers unmatched control over molecular profile


6 November 20253 November 2025

Brenntag Specialties and Synonym Partner to Launch the “Better with Bio” program to accelerate bioproducts to market

Together, the companies will work closely to increase the adoption of biobased ingredients, focusing first on the Beauty & Personal Care and Household, Industrial and Institutional Cleaners markets


7 April 20251 April 2025

IFF and Kemira Form Joint Venture To Produce Sustainable Biobased Materials at Scale

Joint venture Alpha Bio will use IFF’s proprietary Designed Enzymatic Biomaterials™ technology to provide high-performance, sustainable alternatives to fossil-based ingredients


20 December 202418 December 2024

Wood-based carbon capture is a major opportunity for Finland – and the climate

Metsä Group is proceeding stage by stage in the carbon capture project and will pilot carbon capture next summer at the Rauma pulp mill with ANDRITZ


Development of sustainable and hypoallergenic biorubber, biolatex and other bioproducts from new crop Taraxacum kok-saghyz (TKS)

TKS contains up to 24% biolatex/biorubber, 40% inulin and 29% proteins, it takes 4 months to grow in moderate climates and its crop value is ~$31K/acre


18 December 202412 December 2024

Infinited Fiber and Norbite collaborate in EU-funded TEX-INSECT project

This project aims to further strengthen feedstock versatility by improving side stream utilization including the development of a novel insect-based biorefinery that employs the larvae of Galleria mellonella to digest and transform synthetic polymers into valuable products


26 November 202425 November 2024

CO2SMOS Project Releases Policy Recommendations for Accelerating CarbonCapture and Utilisation in Europe

The CO2SMOS Consortium Urges EU Policymakers to Address Key Gaps in Regulatory and Funding Frameworks to Enable Widespread Adoption of Sustainable CO₂-Based Chemicals


18 November 202412 November 2024

USDA Recognizes Leaders in Advancing the Use of Biobased Products Across the Nation

BioPreferred Program Awards Recognize Outstanding Efforts for Sustainable Procurement by Federal Employees and Contractors


11 November 202411 November 2024

Finally unlocking lignin

Finnish biobased materials pioneer, LignEasy, has developed a method to refine and separate lignin into various kinds of liquid and solid products


25 July 202424 July 2024

How can certification and labelling support green purchasing decisions?

Interview with Holger Gerdes & Zoritza Kiresiewa (Ecologic Institut gGmbH)


25 June 202419 June 2024

Integration of carbon capture in bioproduct mill: Metsä orders process concept study from ANDRITZ

First of its kind integration of carbon capture into a bioproduct mill would not only enable the removal of CO2 from the flue gas, but also create a basis for future utilization of this side stream


19 June 202413 June 2024

OLEAF4VALUE, sustainable tailor-made and market-ready solutions succeed at olive leaf biomass valorization

Crafting five processing routes for the smart biorefinery to yield over 40 bioproducts from olive leaves


17 April 202415 April 2024

USDA Celebrates Second National Biobased Products Day

New Report Shows Biobased Products Contribute $489 Billion to the U.S. Economy, Supporting Jobs in Every State


21 March 202415 March 2024

Irish bioeconomy foregrounds commercialisation, not just innovation

Even in these early stages, Ireland’s bioeconomy policy has already been distinguished by an emphasis on scaling and marketing biobased products


National Biobased Products Day reminds us of the importance of biotech

Switching to biobased products can help reduce waste and greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, compostable biobased items help boost soil health and water quality


USDA: Biobased products contributed $489 billion to the U.S. economy in 2021, up from $464 billion in 2020

As part of USDA’s activities to honor National Biobased Products Day, the Department has released two reports and announced a major investment in Oregon State University’s Global Hemp Innovation Center


USDA Outlines Vision to Strengthen the American Bioeconomy through a More Resilient Biomass Supply Chain

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today released a plan that will boost biomass supply chain resiliency for domestic biobased product manufacturing, while also advancing environmental sustainability and market opportunities for small and mid-sized producers


18 March 202413 March 2024

The biotechnology revolution in textile dyeing

Biotechnology holds the potential to revolutionize textile dyeing by utilizing biopigments, biodegradable dyes, and fermentative dyeing methods as alternatives to synthetic options


13 March 20248 March 2024

Breaking the Cost Barrier on Biomanufacturing

The Biden Administration has set a target of producing “at least 30% of the US chemical demand via sustainable and cost-effective biomanufacturing pathways” within 20 years


7 March 202410 June 2025

Breaking the Cost Barrier on Biomanufacturing

Demand is solidifying for products that use biological processes and genetically modified microorganisms in place of traditional production methods. But for change to happen, costs must come down


18 January 202415 January 2024

The lignocellulosic biorefinery concept is sound

A commentary on Zhao et al.


3 January 202322 December 2022

To Make Valuable Bioproducts, Pick the Right Solvent Pretreatment

Three common solvents for pretreating switchgrass yield lignin extracts with the potential for making different valuable bioproducts


22 November 202217 November 2022

World BioEconomy Forum talks on bioeconomy – live from the UNFCCC COP27!

The World BioEconomy Forum was invited to the UNFCCC COP27 to take part in a bioeconomy panel organised by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)


2 November 202231 October 2022

Engineering Duckweed to Produce Oil for Biofuels, Bioproducts

Scientists drive oil accumulation in rapidly growing aquatic plants


Entengrütze zur Gewinnung von Öl für Biokraftstoffe und Bioprodukte

Wissenschaftler treiben die Ölanreicherung in schnell wachsenden Wasserpflanzen an


5 October 20224 October 2022

MetGen’s Acceleration: A hat-trick of deals put the lignin pioneer on a new trajectory

From MetGen in Finland comes not one story but three, a hat-trick, and Biofuels Digest discusses them


13 July 202211 July 2022

Vilsack Announces Bioproduct Pilot Program Funded by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the program intends to provide a roadmap for implementing more bioproduct programs and reducing agricultural operations' carbon footprint


3 April 20202 April 2020

Metsä Group’s investment projects in Finland progress

The world’s most modern sawmill will be built in Rauma


19 March 202017 March 2020

A new JRC report illustrates the work in building a database of EU facilities producing bioproducts

The EU bio-based industry is quickly evolving but clear data on the development of this emerging sector are still missing


19 August 201912 August 2019

Braskem develops its first solvent made from renewable resources

Investment of around R$1 million contributed to the development of the solution made from sugarcane


11 April 2019

Six candidates are nominated for the innovation award “Bio-based Material of the Year 2019” – you have the choice

The winners will be selected at the “12th International Conference on Bio-based Materials”, 15-16 May 2019, in Cologne, Germany


6 February 20194 February 2019

DuPont Breaks Ground on New European Headquarters for Industrial Biosciences in the Netherlands

DuPont Industrial Biosciences to Expand Research Capabilities in Leiden at New Facility Equipped with Cutting-Edge Biotechnology Laboratories


3 December 20182 December 2018

Perstorp announces sale of its BioProducts business

The sale includes the production site in Fredrikstad, Norway, while the production site in Stenungsund, Sweden, will remain under Perstorp’s ownership


30 October 201724 October 2017

UA to Head New Center Focusing on Biofuels and Bioproducts

The goals of the Sustainable Bioeconomy for Arid Regions Center will be to address the nation's needs for biofuels and bioproducts and more


4 August 20171 August 2017

Praj-Gevo Joint Development Agreement to Enter Commercialization Phase

The goal of these agreements was for Praj to adapt Gevo’s isobutanol technology to using non-corn based sugars and lignocellulose feedstocks


6 July 201729 June 2017

Start-up of Metsä Group’s bioproduct mill to begin in August 2017

The new wastewater treatment plant has already started up with wastewater from the Äänekoski integrated mill site


21 July 201611 July 2016

Novozymes and DONG Energy enter into agreement on biological waste sorting

Novozymes will deliver enzymes for DONG Energy's REnescience plant in the UK. The plant will be sorting household waste from 110,000 UK homes annually


25 May 2016

BiobasedWorld – the whole world of bioeconomy in Cologne

First trade show for the biobased industries, debuting 15-16 February 2017 in Cologne, Germany


24 February 201615 February 2016

Synthetic biopathway turns ag waste into ‘green’ products

Process could enable biomanufacturing of 1 billion pounds of spandex each year


22 February 201615 February 2016

Cool Terra earns the USDA Certified Biobased Product Label

Engineered biocarbon naturally benefits soil health


8 February 20167 February 2016

The safest and most sustainable electrical cable

Prysmian expands Afumex Green line of cables with biopolyethylene by Braskem


19 June 201518 June 2015

EIB supports a new Finnish next-generation bio-product mill

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Metsäliitto Cooperative signed last Friday a EUR 75 million loan agreement for the construction of a new large-scale bio-product mill in Finland (Äänekoski)


30 July 201429 July 2014

Governments Boost Competitiveness in the Bioproducts Sector

Governments of Canada invest over $1.9 million to the Composites Innovation Centre to support FibreCITY


3 June 20142 June 2014

Institute of Paper Science and Technology Renamed Renewable Bioproducts Institute

Georgia Tech division broadened beyond papermaking to include technologies that produce chemicals, biofuels and new material products from forest raw materials


11 December 201310 December 2013

World bioplastics demand to skyrocket 19% annually through 2017

Robust growth expected in all geographic markets, stimulated by consumer preferences for sustainable materials

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