Qmilch bags 'Innovation Award' at Bio-based material forum

23 Apr '14

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Dr. Reinhardt Büscher (European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry), Henk van Liempt (Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany) and Dr. h.c. Christian Patermann confirmed the need of a new political framework more in favour of bio-based chemicals and materials to develop the bio-based economy – although a quick establishment is hardly possible.

Rafael Cayuela from Styron Europe GmbH (CH) discussed global trends and the future of the worldwide chemical industry, especially impacts of the on-going climate protection policy. Prof. Dr. Stefaan de Wildeman, Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (NL), showed the future in new bio-based building blocks which allow decentralised biopolymer production. Mario Bonaccorso of Assobiotec, the Italian Association for the Development of Biotechnology (IT), saw great growth opportunities for the Italian economy in the bio-based economy.

Michael Carus of nova-Institut GmbH (DE) gave the first public presentation of the comprehensive nova paper on reforming the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) which aims to level the playing field for material and energetic use of biomass: To open the RED for bio-based chemicals and materials, to develop the RED to a REMD - "Renewable Energy and Material Directive".

Nova Institute

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