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17.08.2016
After the successful completion of another crowdfunding round, German start-up GloW efficiency off-grid GmbH is now offering its microwood gasification stove to the local barbequing market.
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12.07.2016
Evonik increases innovation pipeline by €500 millionOn the basis of innovation, speciality chemicals company Evonik has increased the value of its research and development projects to around €500 million. It plans to concentrate on several areas from biotechnology and bioeconomy and has already become a world leader in the biotechnological production of amino acids for the animal feed industry.
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05.07.2016
The sea is ecologically increasingly under pressure. With a multi-billion dollar research programme, the federal government wants to get new strategies against pollution, overfishing and ocean acidification off the ground.
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28.06.2016
Bayer has signed an agreement with US aerospace technology company Planetary Resources to develop applications and products based on satellite images. Bayer intends to purchase data from Planetary Resources to create new agricultural products.
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20.06.2016
Recycled textiles and new products made of wood waste – what will the circular economy of the future look like, was discussed at the Open Source Circular Economy Days in 70 cities across the world in mid-June. In Berlin alone, 900 participants were present.
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06.04.2016
In the past, it was not easy to quantify the European bioeconomy. The first macro-economic study by the Bio-based Industries Consortium now shows: the bioeconomy turns over more than 2 trillion euros and provides 18 million jobs.
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23.03.2016
Spurned by Swiss Syngenta earlier this year, Monsanto is still looking to expand. According to press reports, the US agribusiness giant is in talks with Bayer concerning the German company’s seed and crop protection business.
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08.03.2016
Not one but two major players are kicking off collaborations within the bioeconomy. BASF is set to form a new JV with Avantium to produce novel bio-based polymers, while Deinove is teaming up with Arbiom to use forest residue as a feedstock.
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05.02.2016
The first biotech IPO on the German stock market in Frankfurt is almost accomplished. Bioeconomy specialist Brain AG has placed its stocks at 31,5 million euros. The first listing is planned for next week.
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07.01.2016
Industrial biotechology corporation Brain AG plans to venture onto the trading floor in 2016, and could therefore be the first biotech IPO since 2007 on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
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