{"id":28970,"date":"2015-10-01T07:24:41","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T05:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=28970"},"modified":"2015-09-30T13:48:22","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T11:48:22","slug":"research-council-awards-bioeconomy-company-borregaard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/research-council-awards-bioeconomy-company-borregaard\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Council awards bioeconomy company Borregaard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The bioeconomy company Borregaard has received the Research Council of Norway\u2019s Innovation Award for 2015.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In giving the Innovation Award\u00a0to Borregaard, the Research Council recognises a company that has succeeded in adapting to new market demands through systematic, long-term research, development and innovation&#8221;, the Council states on its website. \u201cBorregaard demonstrates competitive strength in a sustainable manner\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Norwegian industrial conglomerate has a rich history. Originally known for its pulp and paper products, Borregaard now has nearly 1\u00a0100 employees in 16 countries and produces advanced, environment-friendly biochemicals and biomaterials from natural, renewable raw materials.<\/p>\n<p>Borregaard\u2019s research and development activities are highly market-driven. The company invests roughly five per cent of its revenues in R&amp;D and innovation. Currently some 12 per cent of turnover is from new products the company did not have just five years ago. In its statement, the jury highlights Borregaard\u2019s ability to integrate innovation into its corporate culture, with marketing and production units also deeply involved in its innovation processes.<\/p>\n<p>The jury stated that Borregaard serves as a strong role model and an inspiration in an era calling for adaptability. It is a key player with further potential in the bioeconomy segment. The company collaborates with a number of research institutions in Norway and abroad, and has leaders and researchers with visible, active roles in Norway\u2019s research and innovation landscape.<\/p>\n<p>The Research Council\u2019s Innovation Award\u00a0carries a cash prize of NOK\u00a0500,000, which will go towards the company\u2019s innovation activities.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, cancer researcher Harald Stenmark received the Award for Outstanding Research for 2015, while researcher-lawyer Anine Kierulf received the Award for Excellence in Communication of Science.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read more on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forskningsradet.no\/en\/Newsarticle\/Research_Council_awards_to_cancer_researcher_lawyer_and_bioeconomy_company\/1254012698167\/p1177315753918\" target=\"_blank\">Research Council of Norway\u2019s website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bioeconomy company Borregaard has received the Research Council of Norway\u2019s Innovation Award for 2015. &#8220;In giving the Innovation Award\u00a0to Borregaard, the Research Council recognises a company that has succeeded in adapting to new market demands through systematic, long-term research, development and innovation&#8221;, the Council states on its website. \u201cBorregaard demonstrates competitive strength in a [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[5838],"supplier":[504,10953],"class_list":["post-28970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-bioeconomy","supplier-borregaard","supplier-the-research-council-of-norway"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28970"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=28970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}