Niber Technologies partners with BRAIND on brand strategy
Niber Technologies has announced a strategic collaboration with BRAIND, a consultancy specializing in ingredient brand strategy. The company is Southeast Asia's first industrial-scale manufacturer of PFAS-free electrospun nanofiber membranes. As…
Michelin and Axens in talks to scale bio-based molecule 5-HMF globally
Michelin ResiCare and Axens have entered exclusive negotiations toward a strategic partnership to industrialise and commercialise 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF). It's a bio-based platform molecule with broad applications in green chemistry. 5-HMF…
Algenesis wins ACS chemistry award for biodegradable polyurethane platform
San Diego materials science company Algenesis Labs has won the 2026 ACS Green Chemistry Challenge Award in the Small Business category for its Soleic platform, a family of plant-based polyurethane…
How Carbios became the world’s first bio-recycling scaler
Carbios’ bio-based recycling process could change the plastics industry forever
CircuTech wins BISC-E NL 2026
A team of students from Wageningen University & Research has won the Dutch national final of the Bio-based Industries Student Challenge Europe (BISC-E). The winner was announced live at the…
Celanese and Siegwerk to develop sustainable printing inks using bio-based ethyl acetate
Celanese and Siegwerk announced a strategic collaboration aimed at advancing sustainability within the packaging industry. The focus of this partnership is to incorporate bio-based ethyl acetate, produced by Celanese, into…
NOROO selected to lead 3-HP bio-platform project in South Korea
South Korea's NOROO Holdings has been appointed lead organisation for a government-backed initiative to commercialise 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP), a bio-based platform chemical with applications across coatings, cosmetics, and sustainable plastics.…
Swiss startup hephaistos.bio raises €161K to reinvent chemical manufacturing
Swiss biotech startup hephaistos.bio has raised €161,000 from Venture Kick to develop custom enzyme solutions for pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing. Chemical manufacturing still relies heavily on energy-intensive processes that drive…
Cancer fears drive R&D into biobased food preservatives
Can bio-preservatives compete with synthetics? As commercial R&D in the area steps up, it’s looking increasingly likely that they can.