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Niber unveils PFAS-free nanofiber laminates
Niber Technologies has launched NUSPUN, a new ingredient brand of performance laminates for the apparel industry. The Singapore-incorporated company says the materials combine high breathability with tunable weather protection. The launch comes as PFAS rules tighten. These chemicals have long…
COFIDES backs Elian’s push into higher-value soy for aquafeed
Spanish agribusiness company Elian is expanding its Barcelona soy processing plant. The move would take it beyond conventional soybean meal into higher-value protein ingredients for the European aquafeed market. The Spanish Development Financing Company COFIDES is investing EUR 40 million…
Singapore launches S$50 M centre for AI-guided biomanufacturing
Singapore has opened a national hub for engineering biology. The National Centre for Engineering Biology (NCEB) is hosted at the National University of Singapore (NUS). It launched with a new research facility. Education Minister Desmond Lee was guest of honour.…
Cellugy scales its EPS fermentation platform tenfold
Danish biotech startup Cellugy has run its fermentation process at 15,000 liters. That is a tenfold scale-up. The company reports consistent product quality and performance at the larger volume. The run took place at Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant (BBEPP)…
Sargassum biochar cleans coastal water
Researchers at the University of Florida (UF) are testing whether seaweed that clogs coastlines can become a water-cleaning material. The project focuses on sargassum, a brown macroalga, and its conversion into enhanced biochar. Myno Carbon, a Sarasota-based biochar company, has…
Bizkaia opens biomethane plant
A new plant in Spain's Basque Country will turn household and commercial food waste into biomethane. Metabarri, a biomethanization facility, has been inaugurated at the Artigas Ecopark in Bizkaia. It can treat up to 50,000 tonnes of organic matter a…