Bio-based Industries Consortium

🍊 Meet Citronova 🇧🇪, a #BISCE2026 finalist! Orange peel into Gelymonene, a high-performance dermal hydrogel, and other citrus products. Winner picked 17 Nov at our Industry Networking event. A BIC initiative bringing new talent to #biobased 👉 tinyurl.com/yhxdf7sb #BISCE2026 #BioBased #Bioeconomy #CircularEconomy #Innovation

Future of BioInvestments 2027 🌱 📆 10–11 Feb 2027 | Online Ceresana connects bioeconomy startups with investors and industry through pitches, an Investor Dealflow Book, the Investor Choice Award and 1:1 matchmaking. 🤝🏭 🌱 Want to know more? Take a look here ➡️ tinyurl.com/37e2vk7s #Bioeconomy #BioBasedIndustries #IndustrialBiotechnology #SustainableInvestment #Startups #VentureCapital

Welcome to the BIC community, Asociación de la Industria Navarra (AIN)! 🤝 With 60+ years of experience and 175+ associated companies, AIN supports industrial competitiveness through R&D&I, advanced materials, circularity, green energy, digitalisation and talent development. 🔬⚙️♻️💡 Find out more about AIN's main focuses and activities ➡️ ain.es/en/ #Bioeconomy #Biobased #innovation

🧱 Meet BioBrick, a #BISCE2026 finalist! Circular, recyclable building blocks from wood by-products and other biogenic residues. Winner picked 17 Nov at our Industry Networking event. A BIC initiative bringing new talent to #biobased 👉 tinyurl.com/mwk6x77m @BOKUvienna #BISCE2026 #BioBased #Bioeconomy #CircularEconomy #Innovation

We are delighted to welcome @poleaquimer as new Industry Member! 👏 🌊Aquimer, France’s only competitiveness cluster dedicated to aquatic products. With more than 20 years of experience in the sector, the company focuses on turning ideas into fundable projects for fishing, aquaculture, processing & distribution companies. Discover more about Aquimer's ambition👉 tinyurl.com/3uhvrc2w #Bioeconomy #Biobased #Acquaculture

We want to welcome @ITERG, the French technical centre for the vegetable oil and protein industries, to the BIC community! 👏 Its 95 employees support companies on analysis, production, formulation, nutrition and environmental studies. ITERG works to speed up the digital, ecological and food transitions in the sector. Take a look at ITERG's website for more information ➡️ 🔗 iterg.com/en/ #Bioeconomy #Biobased #Innovation

Will Europe lead the bioeconomy, or import it? 🌱 🌍 ♻️ 📢💬Our Executive Director Philippe Mengal shares his views on investment, scale and competitiveness ahead of Tech Tour Bio-based Industries 2026, co-hosted by BIC on 12-13 November in Wuppertal. Read the full interview ➡️ 🔗 tinyurl.com/y5svrxsv BIC is proud to co-host Tech Tour Bio-based Industries 2026 for the fifth year in a row. The event takes place on 12-13 November in Wuppertal, Germany, as part of the Circular Valley Forum. It will bring together 40 selected companies, more than 45 investors and over 100 One2One meetings. #Bioeconomy #Biobased #CircularEconomy

💪 🌱Bio-based industries are committed to create jobs in the regions that need them most, while protecting the planet. 🌍 CBE JU is needed to continue to make that happen at scale and invest in European workers and communities. #Bioeconomy #CBEJU

A warm welcome to the BIC community, National Research Council (Cnr)! 👏 Founded in 1923, it is Italy's largest public research institution, with over 9,000 staff and some 4,000 young researchers in training. Learn more about Cnr in their website ➡️ 🔗 cnr.it/en/about-us #Bioeconomy #Research #Innovation

🌱👩‍🎓🧑‍🎓5 teams and 1 European title: this is BISC-E! Meet the #BISCE2026 finalists: 🇦🇹 BioBrick 🇧🇪 Citronova 🇮🇪 CarbonCircle 🇮🇹 H2Ope 🇳🇱 CircuTech The finalists will pitch their innovations to our jury members during our Industry Networking Event on 17 November and winners will be revealed during the plenary session ceremony. A BIC initiative bringing new talent to the #bioeconomy sector! Check out these videos to know more about this year's finalists👉tinyurl.com/pdakkvxj #BISCE2026 #Bioeconomy #BioBased #CircularEconomy #Innovation

The BIC team is in Ireland for the #GlobalBioeconomyForum, so it's the perfect time to revisit this interview from the @CBE_JU Stakeholder Forum. Patrick Barrett (Irish Dept. of Agriculture, Food & the Marine) and Prof. Kevin O'Connor (@ucddublin) on how public-private partnerships scale up bio-based solutions and drive a competitive, circular, climate-neutral Europe 🌍 ▶️ Watch the full interview to learn more about the role of bio-based industries in building a competitive, circular and climate-neutral Europe: tinyurl.com/ytkrcy85 #Bioeconomy #CBEJU #BioBased #CircularEconomy

Food and bio-based materials share the same feedstock base. Resilience in one strengthens the other. 🌱🍎🥬🥕🥔 This #WorldFoodDay, 47 food and feed projects funded by @CBE_JU, the #BIC-@EU_Commission partnership, are innovating to nourish tomorrow. Our members are part of them! 🌾 #Bioeconomy #Biobased

Welcome to @Hogeschool_Gent, our new associate member! 🎓 Flanders’ largest university of applied sciences and arts combines future-proof education with applied research and co-creation with industry. 🔬🧬🦠🧪⚗️🥼 We look forward to collaborating with HOGENT and its researchers, lecturers and students! Find out more at 👉️ hogent.be/en/ #Bioeconomy #AppliedResearch #Innovation

A new policy brief looks at what upscaling bio-based chemicals and plastics in the EU could mean by 2040: 🏭🌍💼📈Upscaling bio-based chemicals and plastics in the EU could mean €148bn turnover by 2040 (vs €68bn baseline) and +230,000 jobs. The evidence is there, from this brief and our lead markets reports. Now we need the policy framework to unlock it. Read the brief 👉️ tinyurl.com/4na66btu Explore our lead markets reports 👉️ tinyurl.com/batrzzaz #Bioeconomy #BioBased #CircularEconomy #Competitiveness