Microbes transform plastic waste into paracetamol

How traditional chemistry can work with engineering biology to create sustainable chemical-producing living microbial factories

25-Jun-2025 - Paracetamol production could be revolutionised by the discovery that a common bacterium can turn everyday plastic waste into the painkiller, a study reveals. The new method leaves virtually no carbon emissions and is more sustainable than the current production of the medicine, researchers ...

Biohydrogen from Wood Waste

Biotechnological process with a high hydrogen yield

03-Dec-2024 - Up to now, wood waste has had to be disposed of at great expense and, at best, has been used to generate energy in incineration plants. Fraunhofer researchers are now using this valuable resource to produce biohydrogen in the Black Forest region of Germany. In the joint project H2Wood — ...

Ceva Animal Health invests in new 7,000 m² vaccine manufacturing facility to expand global production capacity

26-Nov-2024 - Ceva Animal Health (Ceva) unveils its latest investment in European vaccine manufacturing, with the construction of a new facility in Hungary, expanding the capacity of Ceva Phylaxia. This development will establish a 7,000 m2 plant in Monor, Hungary withthe most advanced technologies,where Ceva ...

Turning waste into microbial gold for a sustainable future

Zymofix secures €2 million to scale microbial solutions for sustainable agriculture and beyond

13-Nov-2024 - Zymofix, a pioneer in industrial biotechnology, has secured €2 million in funding led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), with participation from The Nest Family Office and VP Capital. This strategic investment will fuel Zymofix’s efforts to scale its proprietary fermentation technology, turning ...

BASF partners with Acies Bio to drive sustainable production of Personal and Home Care ingredients

Partnership on biotechnology supports the further development of fermentation technology

07-Nov-2024 - BASF and Acies Bio, one of Europe’s leading biotechnology companies, have entered into a transformative partnership to further develop a platform for fermentation technology from methanol for the production of fatty alcohols. Fatty alcohols are essential building blocks for several ingredients in ...

Are trees the future for the production of industrial chemicals?

Finding could help turn trees into affordable, greener industrial chemicals

22-Oct-2024 - Trees are the most abundant natural resource living on Earth’s land masses, and North Carolina State University scientists and engineers are making headway in finding ways to use them as sustainable, environmentally benign alternatives to producing industrial chemicals from petroleum. Lignin, a ...

Danone, start-up DMC, Michelin and Crédit Agricole Centre France join forces to create a cutting-edge biotechnology platform

Using precision fermentation to produce sustainable, bio-based materials and ingredients

14-Jun-2024 - Two major French industrial leaders Danone and Michelin, the American start-up DMC Biotechnologies and Crédit Agricole Centre France, a key investor in the region, have agreed to create the Biotech Open Platform to bolster the development of advanced fermentation processes, particularly precision ...

BASF researching CO2-neutral production of bio-based fumarate using bacteria found in cow stomachs

BASF coordinating joint research project between universities in Saarland, Marburg and Kaiserslautern

07-Jun-2024 - With the bacterium Basfia succiniciproducens, BASF would like to transform sugar and carbon dioxide into fumaric acid, an important intermediate for chemical production. To this end, the company is collaborating with Saarland University, University of Marburg and the University of ...

Evonik drives sustainable biosurfactant revolution with inauguration of new facility in Slovakia

First facility worldwide to manufacture industrial-scale rhamnolipid biosurfactants

31-May-2024 - Evonik has officially inaugurated its new sustainable biosurfactant plant together with key customers in Slovakia. The triple-digit million-euro facility is the first worldwide to manufacture industrial-scale quantities of rhamnolipid biosurfactants. These exceptionally high-quality, sustainable ...

WACKER Expands Production Capacity for Biopharmaceuticals in San Diego

Wacker Biotech US is expanding its mRNA and protein production

07-May-2024 - As part of its growth strategy for the BIOSOLUTIONS life-science division, WACKER is increasing capacities in the field of biopharmaceuticals for advanced therapies. Wacker Biotech US, a subsidiary specializing in the fermentative production of plasmid DNA (pDNA), is expanding its mRNA and ...