In the six years of its existence, the Biorizon Shared Research Centre has made important steps in its research into functional bio-aromatics. Promising research lines are coming from the laboratory and are in the meantime ready for, or already in the process of upscaling. This is why upscaling is the central theme of the sixth Biorizon Event. This year, it will take place in Antwerp on 27 and 28 November, with closed project meetings and a networking dinner on 27 November and the annual event on 28 November.

Not even a year after opening its Demo Facility, the Green Chemistry Campus in Bergen op Zoom is again struggling with a shortage of space. ‘If all of the options that are currently on the table are exercised, we will be full,’ says Managing Director Petra Koenders. ‘There especially is a need for laboratory space. We have plans for expansion and will be installing additional fume hoods in the near future, for example.’

In cooperation with the Green Chemistry Campus, Biobased Delta organised Dutch participation in the BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology (WCIB) this summer. During the congress, held from 8 to 11 July, in Des Moines, Iowa (USA), the key focus was on developments relating to renewable chemicals, synthetic biology, enzymes, food ingredients, biofuels, algae and more.