If there is anything we need to get the market acceptance of biobased products off the ground, it is clear and consistent communication. This became abundantly clear during the Biobased Business Development Day (BBDD) in Ghent, on 19 November 2019.

Biobased materials are different. They cannot be compared to stone or steel or traditional plastics. They have their own texture, structure and appearance. While at times this may seem like a drawback, it offers artists and designers an opportunity to make new discoveries and to use the material’s strength as a starting point.

With over 150 visitors, Biorizon Shared Research Centre’s annual event in Antwerp at the end of November was well-visited. The bio-aromatics event highlighted the upscaling efforts currently underway in the three research directions or ‘horizons’: the production of bio-aromatics from sugars, lignin and biomass residual flows (via pyrolysis and gasification).