All Projects

LAPLACE
  • 2G sugar, 2G sugar - forestry, Biomass pretreatment, Biorefinery, Bulk chemicals, Ethanol, Fermentation, Forestry sidestreams, Fractionation, Fwo, Hard wood, Lactic acid, Lignin extraction, Lignocellulose, Low TRL, Ongoing projects, Partner, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery and purification, Regional-flanders, WP leader, Wood

Conversion of 2nd generation wood side streams into the industrial platform chemicals lactic acid and lactate esters as building blocks for biobased materials.

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NEXT-STEP
  • 2G sugar, 2G sugar - forestry, Biomass pretreatment, Biomaterials, Bioplastics, Bulk chemicals, Chemical building blocks, Consumer goods, Demonstration (TRL 5-7), Fermentation, Forestry sidestreams, Green chemistry, HEurope - CBE JU, HEurope-CBEJU-IA, Hard wood, Ongoing projects, PLA, Partner, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Product recovery and purification, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), WP leader

NEXT-GEN of sustainable biobased chemical platforms and polymers: Enhancing sustainability in European industry.

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SURFs UP
  • 2G sugar, 2G sugar - food, 2G sugar - forestry, 2G sugar - industrial, Agriculture, Biosurfactants, Coordinator, Cosmetic ingredients, Demonstration (TRL 5-7), Detergent ingredients, Detergents, Food related sidestreams, Food waste, Forestry sidestreams, Glycerol, HEurope - CBE JU, HEurope-CBEJU-IA, Hard wood, Industrial sidestreams, MELs, Oils and derivatives, Ongoing projects, Personal and home care, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Sophorolipids, Starch, Used cooking oil

Safe and sustainable by design microbial and lignin-based biosurfactants sourced from sustainable feedstock for home, personal care and agrochemical application.

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SMARTBOX
  • Aromatics, Beech wood, Biocatalysis, Biodegradable, Biomaterials, Coordinator, Demonstration (TRL 5-7), Enzyme engineering, Enzyme production, Enzymes, Exploitation, FDCA, Fermentation, Finished projects, Food, Forestry biomass, H2020 BBI-RIA, HMF, Hard wood, Lignin, Lignin biomass, Lignocellulose, Other feedstock, Oxidative catalysis, Polycarbonate building blocks, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Product recovery and purification, Reductive catalytic fractionation, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Soft wood, Specialty chemicals, Vanillin, WP leader

SMARTBOX will develop an advanced computational engineering platform specifically for oxidative enzymes. Relying on this platform, SMARTBOX will develop the one-enzyme conversion of HMF into FDCA and intermediates, and the one-enzyme conversion of lignin monomers into a potential biobased building block for polycarbonates and vanillin.

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