Project description
A green way to expand the scope of biocatalytic technologies
Growing consumer demand for products free of synthetic additives has resulted in the need for natural additives. There is also a major shift away from artificial and petrochemical additives. Traditional methods such as chemical synthesis or extraction from natural sources have a high social/environmental toll. These are giving way to biocatalytic alternatives for the synthesis of molecules. In fact, biocatalysis has become an established technology for the industrial manufacture of fine chemicals and active pharma. The EU-funded THE GREEN FACTORY project will address the need for eco-friendly products and processes in the pharmaceutical formulation industry. It will also expand the scope of biocatalytic technologies to other markets, starting with natural cosmetics and ecological lubricants.
Objective
Within the last years, the consumer’s trends have massively been turning away from artificial and petrochemical additives in favour of natural equivalents considered as healthier and eco-friendlier. In this context, facing traditional methods such as chemical synthesis (requiring toxic products and energy craving) or extraction from natural sources (usually at high cost, with high social/environmental toll), biocatalytic routes are intensively studied as alternative for the synthesis of molecules. Biocatalytic processes, that use natural catalysts such as enzymes or microorganisms, are considered as the most promising way to produce numerous chemicals. Nevertheless, due to several technical and financial intrinsic barriers, biocatalysis struggles to go out from laboratories and conquer the century-old chemical industry outside of the high added-value pharmaceuticals field.
Since its creation in 2003, the spirit of NATURAMOLE, technology-driven biotechnology company, has been to address the need for eco-friendly products and processes by the formulation industry. Coupling a R&D platform and a demonstration plant, our project, called the Green Factory, aims at leveraging 15 years of successful R&D on enzymatic esterification and its industrialisation to broaden the scope of application of our novel biotechnologies towards new target markets with higher volumes and lower prices. Through our unique enzymatic technology, we propose to accelerate the industrial transition from polluting chemistry to a more sustainable model conciliating cost-efficiency and environmental performance.
Today, NATURAMOLE presents a consolidated commercialisation roadmap to address the needs of the flavours and fragrances industries. With Green Factory, we expect to expand the scope of biocatalytic technologies to other markets, starting with natural cosmetics and ecological lubricants, and reach over a 6-year period a cumulated net income of € 31.7 million.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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- engineering and technology mechanical engineering tribology lubrication
- engineering and technology environmental biotechnology bioremediation bioreactors
- engineering and technology industrial biotechnology
- natural sciences chemical sciences catalysis biocatalysis
- natural sciences biological sciences biochemistry biomolecules proteins enzymes
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H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
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H2020-EU.3. - PRIORITY 'Societal challenges
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SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
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38350 SUSVILLE
France
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