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News and Trends 23 Feb 2022

EU Bioeconomy Fund Bags €300M to Scale up Sustainability Companies

The European Circular Bioeconomy Fund has smashed its funding target by raising €300M. The aim is to help sustainability-focused biotechs scale up and usher in a ‘bio-revolution’ in Europe. As…

February 23, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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In Depth 21 Jul 2021

What the EU’s Single-Use Plastics Ban Means for the Bioplastics Industry

A European directive banning a range of single-use plastics came into law this month. How are the new regulations impacting industrial biotech companies developing bioplastics? In an attempt to reduce…

July 21, 2021 - 10 minutesmins - By Helen Albert

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News and Trends 10 Jun 2021

The Top European Biotech Investment Rounds in May

Last month saw huge biotech investment rounds dedicated to Covid-19 vaccines in Europe, including IPOs by Valneva and Vaccitech. However, a €227M (£195M) private round by the DNA sequencing giant…

June 10, 2021 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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News and Trends 18 May 2021

Avantium and Carbios Capitalize on Growing Bioplastics Demand

As the EU phases out a wide range of single-use plastics this year, investor interest is steadily increasing for adopting easily recyclable or bio-based plastics. In recent weeks, European biotechs…

May 18, 2021 - 5 minutesmins - By Victor Kotsev

Best in Biotech 11 Jan 2021

The 21 European Biotech Companies To Watch in 2021

As we enter 2021, the biotech industry is already bustling with activity. Here’s a list of 21 European biotech companies likely to make a big splash in the biotechnology sector…

January 11, 2021 - 11 minutesmins - By Larissa Warneck-Silvestrin

News and Trends 17 Apr 2020

Is New Enzyme Technology Key to Solving Society’s Plastic Problem?

A new type of enzyme developed by the French company Carbios can break down more than 90% of the plastic PET, commonly used to make plastic bottles, and the byproducts…

April 17, 2020 - 4 minutesmins - By Helen Albert

More News! 26 Jun 2019

Carbios Raises €14.5M to Build Plant to Make 100% Recycled Plastic

The French bioplastics biotech Carbios has raised €14.5M through a placing of shares in order to fund the construction of a demonstration plant that will use enzymes to make 100%…

June 26, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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News and Trends 29 Apr 2019

Nestlé and Pepsi Invest in French Plastic Recycling Biotechnology

The food companies Nestlé Waters, Pepsi and Suntory Beverage & Food Europe have joined an industrial consortium to fund the development of Carbios’ enzyme technology for plastic recycling. A garbage…

April 29, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

More News! 27 Feb 2019

Carbios Creates First 100% Recycled Plastic Bottles With Enzymes

French biotech Carbios has managed to create plastic bottles from 100% recycled plastic using its specialized enzyme technology. The company’s recycling process focuses on plastic made from polyethylene terephthalate or…

February 27, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Helen Albert

More News! 31 Jan 2019

Novozymes Signs Deal to Develop Biodegradable Plastics

The Danish enzyme manufacturer Novozymes has launched a joint development collaboration with the French biotech Carbios to commercialize biodegradable plastics. Under the agreement, Novozymes is to use its manufacturing muscle…

January 31, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 18 Jan 2019

Biotech Partnership Raises €7.5M to Recycle Plastics With Enzymes

The French biotechs Carbios and Toulouse White Biotechnology have been awarded €7.5M to industrialize their plastic recycling programme, which uses enzymes to break down waste. The funding comes from the…

January 18, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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In Depth 14 Jan 2019

Life in Bioplastic, it’s More Fantastic

Plastic is the staple material of modern life, and a sustainable future will need bioplastics. What is biotech doing to make this happen? "What do you include in bioplastics? Because…

January 14, 2019 - 10 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

News and Trends 12 Mar 2018

We Can Now Make Plastics Out of Old Clothes Using Biology

Carbios, a French biotech, has developed an environmentally-friendly method to break down the PET plastic fibers in textile waste using enzymes. Carbios has developed a technology which can depolymerize textile…

March 12, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik

In Depth 17 Jan 2018

An Update on What’s New in the French Biotech Industry

Here's a closer look at the French biotech ecosystem in 2017, which remains one the leading industries in Europe along with Germany and the UK. France's biotech ecosystem is relatively dynamic…

January 17, 2018 - 4 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 11 Jan 2018

Carbios’ Bioplastics Can Now Be Infinitely Recycled at Scale

Scale-up is a major challenge in industrial biotech but Carbios has done it, going large-scale with its recyclable bioplastics technology. Carbios, a young and exciting green chemistry company, aims to find solutions…

January 11, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 24 Nov 2017

Let’s Clean Up Our Oceans! New Technique Can Find Even the Tiniest Pieces of Plastic

Current research suggests that we only remove 1% of the plastic waste in our oceans. Thankfully, researchers in the UK have developed a technique to find the rest! Researchers at…

November 24, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

News and Trends 27 Oct 2017

French Biotech Gets Together with L’Oréal to Clean up our Streets

Carbios and L'Oréal have had enough of the plastics bags and packaging littering our streets and will form a consortium for the bio-recycling of plastic on an industrial scale. Today,…

October 27, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale

More News! 27 Jun 2017

Green Biotech Enters Partnership to Advance the Infinite Recycling of Plastics

Carbios has teamed up with TechnipFMC in order to move Carbios' enzymatic recycling process for PET plastics from the laboratory to the pilot scale. French Carbios is looking to combat the…

June 27, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

Infographics 21 Jun 2017

Check Out these 42 European SynBio Startups Reimagining the Industry

Synthetic biology, or synbio for short, is rapidly infiltrating multiple fields. From bioplastics to food technology and healthcare, these are the startups in Europe that are expanding the frontiers of…

June 21, 2017 - 1 minutemin - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

Best in Biotech 3 Jan 2017

10 Hot European Biotechs to Observe in 2017 🚀

New year, new list: here are the 10 hottest Biotech companies I will watch closely in 2017 and why. This list is not meant to be comprehensive and is in…

January 3, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By Philip Hemme

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