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11 December 20258 December 2025

CBE JU welcomes the EU’s Bioeconomy Strategy

The European Commission’s Strategic Framework for a Competitive and Sustainable EU Bioeconomy also reinforces the role of biotechnology and biomanufacturing in Europe’s industrial resilience


10 December 20259 December 2025

Pegasus Materials Debuts Bio-based Specialty Materials for Electronics, Aerospace, and 3D Printing

Pegasus’s two new materials enable slimmer USB-C connectors, high-speed memory modules for data center servers, and field-ready 3D-printed components, supported by expanded Seed funding


5 December 20253 December 2025

Emirates Biotech launches its Embio product range – a new generation of PLA biopolymers made in the Emirates

With the Embio product launch, Emirates Biotech begins pre-marketing across the Middle East, offering customers the opportunity to source locally stocked PLA for faster delivery times and smaller minimum order volumes


AFYREN raises €23 million through share capital increase to finance optimization and expansion of unique biorefinery AFYREN NEOXY

Plant optimization program has now started to gradually increase capacity


1 December 202526 November 2025

What Is Environmental Biotechnology? Although Widely Applied, a Clear Definition of the Term Is Still Needed

This lack of definitional consensus has several practical implications for funding, policy formulation, disciplinary identity and interdisciplinary collaboration


18 November 202517 November 2025

EPA Issues Proposed Registration Decision for Biotalys’ EVOCA™ Biofungicide

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Initiates Public Participation Procedure


11 November 20255 November 2025

Hyundai Motor Group and Rhode Island School of Design Continue Partnership Exploring Advanced Biodesign and the Future of Mobility 

The Regeneration Studio, led from RISD’s Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab, is bringing to life entirely new concepts in bio-innovation, examining natural environments, systems, processes, and organisms with the intent to design a more circular and less harmful human-planet relationship


10 November 20257 November 2025

ANDRITZ collaborates with Tandem Repeat on solutions to produce novel sustainable fiber

The two companies aim to support the textile industry’s transition toward more sustainable production and alternatives to conventional synthetic fibers


7 November 20256 November 2025

TUHH start-up EveryCarbon receives €2.5 million in funding from SPRIND

Startup revolutionises the use of organic waste


5 November 202530 October 2025

VTT identifies new plant-based anti-inflammatory and anti-ageing ingredients for sustainable cosmetics 

VTT's EU-funded InnCoCells project developed sustainable methods for discovering and producing plant-based cosmetic ingredientsto identify 25 with significant anti-inflammatory and anti-ageing effects


31 October 202527 October 2025

BASF and IFF announce strategic collaboration to drive next-generation enzyme and polymer innovation

The aim of the partners is, to accelerate the development of IFF’s Designed Enzymatic Biomaterials™ technology platform and create next-generation enzyme technologies


Scientists Must Leverage, Not Compete with, AI Systems

From lab robots to models for results-based protocols, automation can transform discovery only if tools become more intuitive and accessible to scientists


24 October 202525 October 2025

Dutch living coffin makes it into TIME’s best inventions list

Loop's biodegradable, moss-lined coffin made from mushrooms and hemp fibers has been recognized as one of TIME's Best Inventions of 2025


23 October 202522 October 2025

Enzymatic Recycling: Sustainable Valorisation of Plastic Waste

Enzymatic recycling is offering a more sustainable and effective route to reclaim and utilise plastic monomers for the production of new polymers


22 October 202516 October 2025

Sustainable Plastics from Plants

TU Graz is coordinating the European B3PO Doctoral Network, which is developing innovative materials from plant by-products. The EU has supplied funding of EUR 4.3 million for the project


EU Commission prepares the new Bioeconomy Strategy and therefor encourages stakeholders to participate in the discussion 

The public consultation is open until 23 June 2026 and marks a significant step forward in harnessing the opportunities of the bioeconomy


20 October 202514 October 2025

IFIB 2025, International Forum on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioeconomy

The presentations covered a wide range of bioeconomy subjects, as did the discussions - rom keynotes to innovations, from long-term strategies to concrete business cases


17 October 202513 October 2025

Scientists grow mini human brains to power computers

Biocomputing is something the most of us are linking with some science fiction, but indeed, researchers from the swiss FinalSpark lab took to start stem cells derived from human skin cells, which they had to buy from a clinic in Japan


9 October 20259 October 2025

New startup Biophelion: Using fungi to produce sustainable platform chemicals

The latest spin-off from Leibniz-HKI, biotech startup Biophelion, is working on extracting new valuable materials from industrial waste


Evonik and AMSilk extend partnership for sustainable biotech silk materials

The companies have commissioned a manufacturing line at Evonik’s Slovakian site for AMSilk’s high-performance silk


Michroma and CJ CheilJedang Partner to Scale Commercial Production of Natural Colorants

This collaboration will harness CJCJ's world-class manufacturing capabilities in key global locations to scale Michroma's groundbreaking colorant technology


8 October 20252 October 2025

Beer goes green

The surprising links between beer and sustainability, from Oktoberfest to circular leathers


7 October 20257 October 2025

Breaking the Bubbles of the Different Renewable Carbon Sectors to Enhance the Transformation of the European Chemical Industry

The Renewable Materials Conference opened up new avenues for the chemical industry in Europe. The three winners of the Innovation Award demonstrate the industry's potential for innovation: These include plasma technology for utilising waste and CO₂, white lignin for cosmetics and a bio-based solution for replacing PFAS and plastic in paper packaging


6 October 202530 September 2025

Biological upcycling of polystyrene into ready-to-use plastic monomers and plastics using metabolically engineered Pseudomonas putida

This study presents a strategy to upcycle PS waste into valuable chemical products, using metabolically engineered Pseudomonas putida KT2440


2 October 202526 September 2025

CBE JU call closes with 248 project proposals submitted

Evaluation of the project proposals will take place in October-November 2025, and applicants will receive the call results in the second half of January 2026


29 September 202523 September 2025

Repurposing wood waste for a clean, green alternative to fossil-based chemicals

The EU and Europe’s bio-based industries are tapping into the hidden potential of wood to replace fossil resources in the production of high-performance resins with a low carbon footprint.


26 September 202522 September 2025

Biotechnology company ÄIO successfully produces first tonne of its yeast-based alternative to traditional oils for cosmetics and food applications

The 1 tonne production milestone marks a significant step in ÄIO’s journey toward commercial-scale manufacturing of its next-generation, ecologically conscious fermentation-derived ingredients for the cosmetics, food, and oleochemical sectors


Surviving the Valley of Death: a guide for bio-startups

What can biobased entrepreneurs do to give their startups the best start in life?


24 September 202518 September 2025

Cascade Bio Secures $6M to Scale Breakthrough Biocatalysts

With this investment, Cascade will expand delivery of its breakthrough biocatalysts, giving industrial partners higher performing enzymes that cut costs and unlock biobased production


23 September 202516 September 2025

Biotech company Mevaldi successfully closes funding round with HTGF and ICIG Ventures to scale up breakthrough technology for green chemistry

Mevaldi will also focus on the commercialization of its flagship product Pentonext®: an innovative building block for sustainable polyesters and polyurethanes in textiles and elastomers, among other things


22 September 202515 September 2025

Bioeconomy in India is growing: the sector expanding to $165.7 billion in 2024 from just $10 billion in 2014

With an ambitious target of $300 billion by 2030, the bioeconomy is steadily becoming a cornerstone of India’s sustainable growth and innovation


19 September 202515 September 2025

iMicrobes produces 100% bio-based acrylic acid through its scaled-up bioprocess

With backing from BioMADE, the achievement represents a significant step toward decarbonizing one of the chemical industry's most ubiquitous materials


15 September 20259 September 2025

IFF’s Designed Enzymatic Biomaterials™ Platform Sees First Large-Scale Use in Home Care Applications

Designed Enzymatic Biomaterials™ (DEB) platform debuts in laundry formulations with major consumer packaged goods launch


9 September 20253 September 2025

CO2 recycling powers a new palm oil alternative for the cosmetics industry 

Researchers collaboration of the Mibelle Group, LanzaTech and the Fraunhofer-Institute IGB have developed with the help of modern biotechnology a CO2-based ingredient that can replace palm oil in cosmetics and other everyday products


8 September 20252 September 2025

Cutting-edge biotechnology introduces FerTiG enzyme to combat water pollution

An innovative design allows scientists to customize an enzyme’s structure to target different pollutants or medicines in wastewater if needed


5 September 20251 September 2025

Wheat That Makes Its Own Fertilizer

Bacterial Work-Around Aims to Reduce Pollution, Lower Costs for Farmers


3 September 20253 September 2025

Renewable Materials Conference 2025: Calling Brands, Start-ups and Chemical Companies to Shape the Future of Chemicals and Materials

There are less than three weeks left to register for the world's largest event on innovative and renewable chemicals and materials, fossil-free plastics, and related policies, which will take place from 22–24 September 2025 in Siegburg/Cologne, Germany


2 September 202528 August 2025

Corbion and BRAIN Biotech team to shape the future of innovation in nature-based ingredient technologies

Together, the partners will develop preservation capabilities to food manufacturers that also resonate with consumers looking for food products based on natural ingredients


21 August 202520 August 2025

Biotechnology brings mycelium-based materials to market

With the potential to transform multiple sectors, innovative biofabrication processes produce raw fully bio-based materials made from fungi


DMC Debuts Industry-First Fermented D-Chiro-Inositol

A next-generation nutraceutical ingredient - cleaner, more sustainable, and ready for modern formulation needs


20 August 202517 August 2025

NantBioRenewables Named Finalist for Product Innovation at 2025 Reuters Global Sustainability Awards

New, innovative sustainable straws are made with Ocean Calcium Sand


1 August 202529 July 2025

ÄIO secures €1M public funding to develop fats and oils for the cosmetics industries!

Biotechnology company ÄIO secures €1M to develop greener alternatives to unethical and polluting oils in cosmetics products


29 July 202525 July 2025

Ready and running – WACKER Biotechnology Center in Munich

Wacker Chemie AG has officially opened its WACKER Biotechnology Center in Munich


22 July 202521 July 2025

Producing Desired Epoxides from Pollutants

Doctoral students at Ruhr University Bochum have described a new selective biocatalyst in an interdisciplinary and inter-university collaboration with Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf


18 July 202515 July 2025

$9.8 Million Secured to Develop California Bioeconomy Innovation Campus in North San Joaquin Valley

State and regional funding propels development of key project to secure California leadership in growing bioeconomy sector


17 July 202515 July 2025

AFYREN begins new phase of industrial strategy as first plant AFYREN NEOXY achieves continuous production

AFYREN has successfully manufactured hundreds of tons of products in recent weeks, resulting from continuous production at the plant


16 July 202510 July 2025

Toyobo signs joint development agreement with DMC Biotechnologies Inc. to develop and commercialize sustainable, key compounds for plastic raw materials

Sustainable key chemical compounds to be used as raw materials for general-purpose plastics by applying synthetic biology technologies to microorganisms


14 July 20257 July 2025

MEPs’ blueprint to strengthen EU biotech and biomanufacturing sectors

New report highlights the critical role biotechnology and biomanufacturing play in driving innovation and economic growth, calling for the possibilities of commercialisation and attractive investments


11 July 20257 July 2025

Microbes transform plastic waste into paracetamol

Paracetamol production could be revolutionised by the discovery that a common bacterium can turn everyday plastic waste into the painkiller, a study reveals


8 July 20252 July 2025

Inside Braskem’s push to scale biopolymer production for packaging and more

The Brazilian chemical company’s recently opened $20 million research facility in Massachusetts is part of the company’s network of R&D sites and interest in alternatives to fossil-based plastics

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