In Europe, a consortium of researchers looking for animal-free leather alternatives produced using cellulose or cyanophycin as feedstock has been awarded a €3.5 million (US$4.087 million). Dubbed FABULOSE, the group is comprised of 11 European partners, including German Institutes for Textile and Fibre Research, Melina Bucher, Novis Biobased technology Gmbh, and Steinbeis Europa Zentrum. The […]
In Europe, Tiderock Companies has signed a Master Exclusive Distribution Agreement with NextGen Bioplastics that grants Tiderock exclusive rights to distribute NextGen’s bioplastic products across European Union, Great Britain, and Ireland. The deal leverages Tiderock’s established market relationships across quick service restaurants, food producers and transportation companies, to capitalize on the Europe’s accelerating shift to […]
In France, the European rapeseed oil market is one of the largest vegetable oil markets in the world, playing a crucial role in food, feed and bioenergy. Vegetable oil-based derivatives volumes have been rising, in part due to the growing importance of bioenergy markets such as biomass-based diesel and ethanol used in transportation, as well […]
In the UK, Ardagh Glass Packaging-Europe (AGP-Europe) has successfully completed an industrial fuel switching trial to produce glass packaging using biofuel in the furnace at its Knottingley, UK facility. The £6 million industrial fuel switching trial, funded by the UK Government’s Net Zero Innovation Portfolio program and led by Glass Futures, the UK-based Global Centre […]
In Europe, chemicals distribution giant Brenntag has agreed to distribute Cambrium’s vegan collagen NovaColl to the beauty and personal care markets in the United Kingdom, Iberia, France, and Italy. NovaColl is a micro-molecular and 100% skin-identical vegan collagen. The ingredient is produced through precision fermentation and offers brands a “scientifically advanced solution that supports the […]
