News and events

Foreco joins Bio4Products

Dutch timber company Foreco has joined the Horizon 2020 project Bio4Products to develop a breakthrough wood modification product, using waste wood in a 100% circular process.

Bio4Products presents to industry leaders

Bio4Products partners exhibited their bio-based products and technologies at the EU Industry Days high-level conference, the European flagship event on industrial policy, on 5-6 February in Brussels.

JRC report: only 3% of chemicals bio-based

The Joint Research Centre has published a report assessing the European market for bio-based chemicals, focusing on ten key product categories. The report was authored by BTG Consultancy.

See you at #EUIndustryDay 2019

The Bio4Products project is excited to announce that it has been selected as one of 30 innovative EU-funded projects which will be exhibited at the EU Industry Days high-level conference 2019. Read More

Bio4Products presented at Biorizon

Bert van de Beld (BTG Biomass Technology Group) gave a presentation on Bio4Products at the 5th Biorizon Annual Event on Bio-aromatics, held in the city of ‘s Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, on 14-15 November. Read More

Promising initial LCA results

Bio4Products aims to develop a new generation of products that are more sustainable than their fossil based predecessors. To check the sustainability risks and environmental performance of the bio-based products under development, BTG Biomass Technology Group is conducting a number of studies within the project.

Bio4Products biomass study published

An extensive study into the availability and quality of biomass resources in Europe has shown the potential for new lignocellulosic biorefineries to be opened in France, Finland, Romania and the Netherlands. The study was conducted within the Bio4Products Horizon 2020 project, which is testing the feasibility of a fast pyrolysis based biorefinery concept.

New EU Bioeconomy Strategy launched

The European Commission has published a new Bioeconomy Strategy including a set of 14 concrete actions to be launched by 2019.

Get acquainted with Bio4Products at NWBC

The Bio4Products concept and early results will be presented during the Nordic Wood Biorefeinery Conference at the Scandic Marina Congress Center in Helsinki, Finland on 23-25 October 2018.

Meet the team #2: Capax

Capax Biobased Development (also known as Capax Environmental services) is an SME that specialises in turning biobased projects into success. Capax uses novel business development strategies combined with biobased design thinking to challenge assumptions and identify the underlying potential of projects. Based in the vicinity of Brussels, a versatile team uses disruptive approaches to facilitate investors, technology providers and project developers, in order to take the right decisions, answer to real market demands, find new market opportunities and boost their sales.