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BASF Personal Care and Nutrition is a worldwide supplier of specialty chemicals and nutritional ingredients, with a particular focus on the areas of wellness and sustainability. The company employs about 5,500 people, and it operates production sites and service centers in 30 countries. BASF Personal Care and Nutrition has dedicated its activities to a high level of sustainability and provides value adding solutions and products based on renewable raw materials. The company serves the food, nutrition and healthcare markets, and the cosmetics, detergents and cleaners industries. Another main focus is on products for a number of other industries, such as coatings and inks, lubricants, as well as agriculture and mining.

Evonik Degussa GmbH, the Chemicals Business Area of Evonik Industries operates in high value specialty chemicals. With around 34,000 employees at more than 100 sites, Evonik has chemical production facilities in 28 countries.

AQura GmbH is a subsidiary of Evonik Degussa GmbH and serves as a centre of excellence in the fields of chemical and physical analytics. Its activities cover analytical services in the areas of research, process and product development, application technology and production. The company has sites in Hanau-Wolfgang and Marl, where key analytical competences, analytical niche techniques and analyses in the framework of special quality assurance systems are concentrated.

The Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant is a flexible and diversified pilot plant that operates at ton scale. It is there to close the critical gap between scientific feasibility and industrial application of new biotechnological processes.

The Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant is a one-stop-shop that performs the entire value chain in a single plant, from the biomass green resource up to the final bioproduct. It focuses on second generation technologies converting agricultural waste products and non-food crops into biofuels, bioplastics and other bioproducts.

biotechrabbit GmbH is a new company located in Berlin and focused on the production and sales of ultra-pure enzymes and proteins, the development and production of monoclonal antibodies and services for assay development.

BIRD Engineering B.V. has over 20 years of experience in contract research, serving biotechnology industries worldwide. Our expertise is in the field of microbiology, bioprocess technology, biochemistry, molecular biology and genetics. The research facilities are located at the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, using state-of-the-art fermentation equipment.

bitop AG is a biotechnology company and specialist in the industrial production and use of natural protective molecules originating from extremophilic microorganisms. These unique molecules have been named Extremolytes by bitop AG.

The company has an in-house highly specialised process chain for the development, production and purification of high quality Extremolytes. Based on many years of experience, these processes are subject to constant optimisation and secure sufficient manufacturing capacity whilst maintaining high quality.

The company offers a globally exclusive portfolio of ingredients and marketable product concepts with high innovative potential. Based on the distinct protective properties of Extremolytes like Ectoin® and Glycoin®, these are especially developed for use in the fields of Health e.g. Allergy, Dermatology, Respiratory, Cosmetics and Life Sciences.

BUTALCO assesses and develops new production processes for second generation biofuels and biochemicals based on lignocellulose. The core technology based on (genetically) optimised yeasts (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) enables increased yields in bioethanol production by using C5 sugars in the fermentation process.

Direvo is a biotechnology company with a focus on the biomass conversion industry. Direvo applies its profound expertise in bioengineering to provide custom solutions for partners in areas that include: Protein & Enzyme Engineering, Application Development and Process Engineering.

Dyadic Netherlands, located in Wageningen (NL) is the R&D organization of Dyadic International Inc. (USA),. Dyadic develops and produces enzymes for applications in the Biofuels, Biorefinery, Textile, Paper and Pulp, Feed, and other industries.

Emcid Biotech GmbH is connecting plant and industrial biotech by developing a platform for the identification, exploitation and industrial utilization of a broad variety of natural products and enzymes from lower plants in particular mosses. Wild type species are targeted as well as designed cell lines.

evocatal develops and produces biocatalysts and fine chemicals for the pharmaceutical and chemical industry. Performing contract research (CR) or producing our own enzymes, we continuously strive to make our customer’s business easier, yet even more successful. Our team consists of highly skilled scientists and engineers with extensive backgrounds in molecular biotechnology and industrial chemistry.

GE Healthcare’s Life Sciences business delivers breakthroughs in drug discovery, biopharmaceutical research and manufacturing and the latest in cellular technologies, so scientists and specialists around the world discover new ways to predict, diagnose and treat disease earlier. The Life Sciences business also makes systems and equipment for the purification of biopharmaceuticals.

Heurisko GmbH is a biotechnology company specialized in adapting micro-organisms such as bacteria, yeast and algae to meet industrial requirements. The metabolic capacity of micro-organisms is exploited by the industry to produce energy source like biodiesel or high-value chemicals from sugars; or to degrade harmful substances.

Heurisko GmbH starts with suitable natural or genetically modified strains of micro-organisms and optimizes them to perform efficient production processes. In addition, Heurisko provides a service of companies wanting to utilize the intermediates of their chemical syntheses, by screening for suitable, as yet unknown, organisms.

instrAction is a dynamic and growing company which develops and manufactures modern chromatographic phases based on an innovative and patent protected technology (instrAction® technology).

Originated in 2006 through a MBO from the Bayer natural product research unit IMD is a world class natural product company, driving innovation through the generation of novel product candidates for the life science, food and cosmetics industries. Using one of the most powerful validated natural product discovery engines, IMD generates proprietary product pipelines of functional ingredients and supports partners in research and lead generation.

Founded in 2005, LanzaTech has developed a fully integrated gas to liquid technology platform that produces fuels and chemieals from gas resources. The potential feedstock ranges from industrial waste gases (steel mills, refineries and coal plants) to biomass syngas (MSW, organic industrial waste. and agricultural waste); as weil as coal derived syngas, and steam reformed methane.

m2p-labs GmbH is a leading provider of high throughput experimentation systems and related services. The main focus of the company lies in development of high throughput fermentation and reaction systems with online monitoring of a broad range of reaction parameters under defined engineering parameters. m2p-labs operates a S1 facility with 4 BioLector units and a fully automated liquid handling robot.

The nova-Institute was founded as a private and independent institute in 1994. It is located in the Chemiepark Knapsack in Huerth near Cologne (Germany). For over 15 years now, the nova-Institute has been globally active in feedstock supply, techno-economic evaluation, market research, dissemination, project management and political consultancy for a sustainable bio-based economy.

Novasep Process SAS develops and supplies innovative purification processes, equipment and systems for the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and industrial biotechnology industries and provides contract manufacturing services for biopharmaceuticals. It develops and markets bio-molecules production technologies. The company also provides chromatography and membrane filtration equipments.

The company was formerly known as Novasep SA and changed its name to Novasep Process SAS in December 2008. The company was founded in 1970 and is based in Pompey, France. Novasep Process SAS operates as a subsidiary of Groupe Novasep SAS.

Pfeifer & Langen operates 5 sugar factories in Germany. Sugar beet grown by farmers are processed to white sugar and the by-products sugar beet pulp and molasses. These products and intermediate products such as thick juice can be used as carbohydrate sources for biotechnological processes.

Phytowelt GreenTechnologies GmbH is a young, innovative company offering contract research in plant industrial biotechnology worldwide. Our tissue culture and genetic engineering know-how assists our clients in R&D for the optimization of plants and the use of enzymes in chemical production processes.

Phytowelt routinely applies key technologies such as in vitro cultivation of plants, cell fusion, transformation technologies as well as plant analysis and molecular marker assisted breeding. Our approach to link plant and industrial biotechnology is maximizing the synergy from our platform technologies phytodiversity and phytomining to support the chemical and pharmaceutical industry and other users of enzymes.

Protagen AG, located in Dortmund, Germany, is an international leading specialist in the fields of diagnostics and GMP-compliant protein analysis. The Company has a decade of experience in applying the most advanced protein research tools and techniques to improve the efficiency of drug discovery and drug development processes. In addition, Protagen serves customers in all areas of Life Sciences.

Schaumann BioEnergy GmbH and her sister company Schaumann Biotic Consult GmbH offer knowhow and tailor-made additives for the increasing biogas market.

Schaumann BioEnergy is the leading company concerning conservation of organic substrates, and the optimisation of anaerobic digestion facilities. Schaumann BioEnergy offers tailor-made additives to increase efficiency of AD processes. The portfolio of Schaumann BioEnergy comprises trace elements mixtures, several specific additives to reduce inhibition effects, enzymes and bacterial products for conservation purposes.

Schaumann Biotic Consult is specialised in the development of renewable Energy projects. This includes several major steps of the project development like feasibility studies, conceptual design, start-up and optimisation of the running installation. With the high degree of experience Schaumann Biotic Consult also supports investors during the realisation of their projects through neutral/independent project evaluation, opinion letters, market studies and training courses.

In 2008, SeSaM-Biotech GmbH was founded around the innovative patented technology: SeSaM (Sequence Saturation Mutagenesis). The technology creates protein variants that cannot be obtained through classical methods.

Sibbiopharm Ltd is a modern biotechnological company that meets market requirements and has possibilities to solve production problems of any kind and questions of enterprise development by means of new product and technology introduction into its production process, using modern systems of product quality control. Nowadays Sibbiopharm Ltd cooperates with 20 leading research institutes and educational centers on the territory of Russian Federation and abroad.

• SI-labelled growth media for E.coli and yeast;
• SI-labelled nucleotides (d/rNTP, NMPs);
• custom synthesis of SI-labelled oligo ribo- and deoxynucleotides.

• SI-amino acids;
• kits for cell culture-labelling (SILAC);
• kits for in vivo-labelling of mice (13C-lys-SILA-mouse), fly and zebra fish.

SpecialChem is a marketing & innovation service company. We have built over the past 10 years the largest (more than 400,000 members)online network of chemicals & materials specifiers in chemicals, plastics, coatings, adhesives and cosmetics.

SYRAL is a leading producer of starch, starch derivatives (glucose, dextrose, polyols), wheat proteins and bioethanol in Europe. SYRAL processes corn and wheat to manufacture a wide range of value added products in compliance with the current and future requirements of the food, pharmaceutical, chemistry, animal nutrition, paper and corrugated board industries. SYRAL develops innovative applications of materials manufactured from cereals, and received the special award of R&D for MERIPLAST, a rubber type protein based bioplastic, at the Biowerkstoff-Kongress in Stuttgart in October 2009.

SYRAL offers a reliable and consistent supply, through the backing of its secure shareholding with the international sugar group TEREOS and its grain stockholder partners.

Taros Chemicals is an established provider of chemical research and outsourcing services located in Dortmund, Germany and is today well positioned on the European market in the fields of custom synthesis and drug research and has already entered the US-market with strong and growing research co-operations.

A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry founded in 1935 is the oldest Russian life science research institute that carries out fundamental and applied research in the fields of Biochemistry, Biomedicine and Biotechnology. Principal research areas of INBI RAS are investigations of biochemical organization of the living systems, structural and functional organization of proteins, development of enzymatic processes; development of biotechnological approaches for the novel rational application of renewable bio-resources.

The research of our laboratory focuses on the development of (bio)molecules and biomaterials by applying biocatalysis and fermentation, as well as on services in biotechnology and bioanalytics. Many microorganisms synthesize compounds selectively and with high efficiency by using specific enzymes, which are in the centre of our activities.

VITO and the chemical federation (including the harbours) set up the Flanders Initiative for Sustainable Chemistry (FISCH). VITOs strategy has a full focus on process intensification, biomass based resources, and process sustainability. Key is the integration of conversion with separation processes in order to improve the efficiency and sustainability. Examples are in situ product recovery, enzyme and catalyst immobilisation, chemical reactions with CO₂.

IBG-1: Biotechnology (formerly Institute of Biotechnology) is one of Germany’s leading institutes in the field of microbial biotechnology.
IBG-1 develops multipurpose microbial production platforms such as C. glutamicum for production of industrially or pharmaceutically relevant products from renewable carbon sources (e.g. amino acids, organic acids, proteins).

Methods of synthetic biology are used for establishing novel concepts in strain development and implementation of heterologous or articificial metabolic pathways. In parallel, biocatalysis with isolated enzymes or whole cells is developed using a rigorous systems biotechnology approach. IBG-1 runs an extensive “omics” platform including DNA microarrays, proteomics, metabolomics and fluxomics for strain characterization.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT) is one of the six institutes of the Alliance Life Science of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and concentrates mainly on the development of technology.

Genetika carries out fundamental and applied research in the fields of Microbiology, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology with the emphasis to development of processes based on microorganisms as well as mammalian cells.

Genetika is the home of Russian National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (VKPM) – the biggest collection of this type in the country. It boasts ca. 17000 strains of different bacterial, yeast and fungal species. Principal research areas: microbial strains and cell cultures design; process development and optimization; regulation and evaluation of metabolic processes; biocatalytic processes development. Based on Genetika is the editorial board of the Russian Journal of Biotechnology.<(p>

Genetika is one of the key member of Russian Technology Platform “Bio-industry and Bio-resources – BioTech2030”, working in the area of implementation of a number of biotech projects, including the technologies of amino acids, organic acids, enzymes and other value-added products.

The Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology (IMET) is located on campus of the Research Centre Juelich, Europe's largest research facility, where it is part of the Centre for Microbial Biotechnology (CMB) which holds a leading position nationally and internationally in the field of basic research and biotechnological applications of microorganisms.

ISAS is an independent research institute, specialising in the fields of bioanalytical chemistry, interface spectroscopy and material analysis. The institute generates solutions for analytical problems, and to this end develops new or improved measuring principles and procedures, analytical techniques, methods and equipment. ISAS has earned a great international reputation through internal and external interdisciplinary co-operation between physicists, chemists, engineers, biologists and clinicians. Research and development projects handled by ISAS are geared to applications in the life and material sciences.

Giessen University is a modern institution which can take pride in some four centuries of past achievement. The current research activities in biotechnology build bridges from biological and biochemical phenomena to industrial applications. Key aspects comprise the development of novel tools for bio-analytics (e.g. mass spectrometry imaging), protein design (programmable nucleases, photoswitches), and the field of food biotechnology (basidiomycetous enzymes, natural flavors, fermentation.

Philipps-Universität in Marburg is the oldest university in the world that was founded as a Protestant institution. It has been a place of research and teaching for nearly five centuries. It`s broad range of arts and humanities, and its experimentally challenging scientific work, constitute an ideal platform for interdisciplinary cooperation.

We are experts in biocatalyst engineering with a focus on directed protein evolution. We are developing novel random mutagenesis methods (SeSaM: Sequence Saturation Method), high throughput screening systems and computational programs to manage the complexity of protein sequence space. Based on our core competencies in directed protein evolution we founded a company (SeSaM-Biotech) and collaborate with leading companies in the field of industrial biotechnology.

The Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec) at Bielefeld University is dedicated to interdisciplinary research in life sciences. Its mission is to encourage and to support the development of innovative projects crossing discipline boundaries. For this purpose it consolidates research activities in the fields of biotechnology, molecular biology, genome research, systems biology, biochemistry, nano- and biophysics, as well as bioinformatics and computer science.

The IMMB has a long tradition of research in applied microbiology and biotechnology, and it currently harbours three groups (Prof. Dr. S. Fetzner, Prof. Dr. F. Meinhardt, Prof. Dr. A. Steinbüchel). All laboratories are investigating basic and applied aspects of microbiology, and many research projects are related to biotechnological processes.

Active partner of companies with high growth potential, since 1997, Seventure Partners has been investing in innovative businesses in ICT and Life Sciences. Seventure is a subsidiary of Natixis Private Equity, the asset management company of Natixis Banque Populaire, which manages 4.2b€ in private equity investments.

Our team is composed of 12 professionals, operating in ICT and in Life Sciences, with a proven track record and deep knowledge in technology, entrepreneurship, operations, venture capital, and helping investee companies growth. Our investment managers are trained to work with entrepreneurs, and assist in fund raising, organization building, realistic forecast production, business development, and provide support during an IPO or a trade sale process.

Sirius Venture Partners hold a global network covering sales and financial markets and as a venture capital investor in technological growth markets concentrate on investments in young companies during the start-up and early expansion phase, which show above-average growth potential with innovative technologies, products and business models.

Research Company Abercade is specializing on the investigation of industrial markets and technologies. Abercade’s Offices are located in Moscow and Minsk. Every year Abercade issues over 100 reports with industrial market surveys. Such research projects as “Market of Biotechnologies,” “Tare and Package,” “Compound Animal Feed and Premixes,” “Market of Nano-Substances and Nano-Technologies,” “Market of Accounting Devices/Meters” are known quite well in the market place.

BIO-ARCC Drayton Valley Ltd. is the not-for-profit company that will administer the Bio-Mile bio-industrial park located in Drayton Valley, Alberta, Canada. The region has abundant forestry and agricultural resources and the goal is to manufacture a vast array of industrial and consumer products which are presently based on fossil fuels. Currently, there is a fibre mat plant under construction for the manufacture of biocomposites. In addition, there is a co-gen plant using forestry waste for the production of electricity. The goal is to expand into the production of green chemicals.

BioIndustry e.V. is a registered association whose main purpose is to activate, concentrate and develop biotechnological competences in the Ruhr region. The key aspects of BioIndustry‘s activity are industrial biotechnology and bioprocessing technologies, microstructure technology, X-omics and bio-informatics.

Bio-Tech-Region OstWestfalenLippe e.V. has set itself the objective of grouping together and linking regional activities in the field of biotechnology. The regional biotechnology network, in particular, promotes the exchange of information with other sectors, with the aim of making the innovative potential of the biotechnology sector more accessible for a wider range of applications.

bioQED Strategic Consultants Ltd. is an integrated consulting partnership with an established reputation as a business development leader in the bio-industrial and biorefinery sectors and focuses on bringing value to bio-industrial product companies and public institutions through a strong focus on strategic growth, business analysis and market development.

BioRiver, the business-driven biotechnology network points it’s activities to the BioRegion of the Rhineland area. BioRiver promotes life sciences research and business activities within its major cities Aachen, Bonn, Cologne and Düsseldorf.

EDITORIAL ECOSIRIS, founded in 2009, is a small sized independent editorial and consultancy company that has built a reputation for sustainable development,renewable resources, green chemistry, and inter- & trans-culturation research.

The outstanding performance of EXCELLENCE Gesellschaft für Wertschöpfung mbH® to the overall success depends on the integrated management of various skills to tangible results and the guaranteed sustainability of the implemented improvement measures.

The Chemical Industrial Park Knapsack is located in Europe’s largest buying and selling market. Direct highway access, 3 international airports available within 20 to 60 minutes, our own container terminal and connections to all of North See’s overseas ports enable the fast transfer of goods to customers in all of Europe. InfraServ Knapsack as the owner and site operator offers a plug & play concept for investors.

Kaye Scholer is an international law firm with approximately 500 lawyers in nine offices around the world.

The Frankfurt Biotech / Pharma team has substantial experience in negotiation and formation of partnership alliances, licensing and know-how transfers, distribution agreements, strategic partnerships and investments, protection of intellectual property, financing matters (equity, debt and mezzanine capital), corporate and tax optimized structuring.

The firm’s clients range from small/medium sized companies to large international corporations, financial institutions, government and public offices as well as private individuals. About 20 highly experienced attorneys in the Frankfurt office provide special expertise in law areas including Corporate, M&A, Antitrust Law, Private Equity / Venture Capital, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology, Corporate Finance / Capital Markets, Real Estate, Compliance, Labor / Restructuring & Business Reorganization, Tax and Litigation / Dispute Resolution.

Kiemkracht is a joint initiative of the agriculture sector (Product Board Arable Products) and InnovationNetwork of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries. Kiemkracht represents 18,000 arable farmers in the Netherlands. Kiemkracht operates independently and has its own funds and means to initiate transition. Kiemkracht develops in cooperation with stakeholder’s radical new concepts in agriculture, agribusiness, agrochemistry and rural areas and ensures that these are put into practice by interested parties.

BiotechCorp is the lead development agency for the biotech industry in Malaysia and acts as a central contact point providing support, facilitation and advisory services for biotech and life sciences companies in Malaysia.

Since its establishment in 2005, BiotechCorp has played a key role in building the biotech industry in Malaysia. To date, BiotechCorp has facilitated the development of 204 BioNexus-status companies in Malaysia with total approved investment of RM 2.102 billion.

SRC’s Agriculture, Biotechnology and Food Division’s advanced facilities ensure that testing and R&D for the biotechnology sector are carried out in highly controlled conditions to meet rigorous guidelines. We stress confidential, rapid service and flexible scheduling.

• Deliver project commercialization, by managing, a self-sustaining fund and forging Alliances to invest strategically and support activities that will create bio-hybrid clusters in Canada.
• Seek out and commercializing local and imported technology to provide the platform chemicals and processes that follow the principles of Green Chemistry and Engineering & Encourage the development of needed human resources.