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Chemicals Biz Opens Bio Science-to-Business Center

The global leader in specialty chemicals opens biotechnological sciences center to develop new products and processes based on natural biological resources.

RAG subsidiary Degussa is placing increasing emphasis on the innovation potential of "white biotechnology." The global leader in specialty chemicals has formally opened its Bio Science-to-Business Center in Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). In this innovative center for white biotechnology, 60 highly qualified employees will collaborate with academia and industry to develop new biotechnological products and processes based on renewable raw materials.

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Says Dr. Alfred Oberholz, deputy chairman of Degussa's Management Board with responsibility for research and development: “White biotechnology is one of the most important key technologies for the chemical industry. We can use its toolbox not only to replace the classical petrochemical methods but also to develop products with entirely new properties. This opens the door for Degussa to develop innovative products with high added value and new businesses in attractive markets.”

Prof. Andreas Pinkwart, minister for Research, Technology, and Innovation in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia adds: “The new center for biotechnology opens up future opportunities for all of NRW. North Rhine-Westphalia will be a place for biological sciences—Germany's number-one address and Europe's top location.”

Degussa will invest about €50 million in the Science-to-Business Center over a period of five years. The state of NRW will support the future-oriented technologies to be developed there with a grant of €11.3 million, cofinanced by the European Union. The German government will also support the Center to the tune of €7 million.

Highly efficient processes based on renewable raw materials
Over the last few years, Degussa has developed substantial competencies in the area of bioprocesses, notably through its Biotechnology and ProFerm Project Houses. Building on this expertise, the new Science-to-Business Center will now develop highly efficient processes based on renewable, as opposed to fossil, raw materials. The energy sources and raw materials of the future will be derived from oilseed rape, soya, potatoes, sugar cane, maize, or turnips, to mention only a few examples.

The Science-to-Business Center will focus on, among other things, research for surface coatings and drug delivery systems that, in addition to other advantageous properties, are very well tolerated by the body. Research is also being carried out on pharmaceutical active ingredients and protective ingredients for creams and lotions. Degussa is already well advanced in using bioprocesses to manufacture pharmaceutical amino acids for infusion solutions, amino acids for animal nutrition, and specialty building blocks for drugs.

"White biotechnology" is the term applied to industrial manufacturing processes that are based primarily on natural biological resources. These biotechnologically based production processes, in addition to consuming smaller amounts of raw materials and energy, also produce less waste and fewer by-products; they therefore offer alternatives, which are highly promising from both the ecological and economic viewpoints, to conventional chemical and physical processes.

Science-to-Business: a Degussa Success Story
Science-to-Business is Degussa’s success story par excellence, which the company uses to translate scientific findings rapidly into innovative products: all research and development activities, from basic research across product development to pilot production, are combined under a single roof. About two years ago, Degussa started up its first Science-to-Business Center to develop innovative system solutions for electronics applications. The first products from this Nanotronics Science-to-Business Center are now being successfully launched on the market.

Says Dr. Alfred Oberholz, deputy chairman of Degussa's Management Board with responsibility for research and development: “White biotechnology is one of the most important key technologies for the chemical industry. We can use its toolbox not only to replace the classical petrochemical methods but also to develop products with entirely new properties. This opens the door for Degussa to develop innovative products with high added value and new businesses in attractive markets.”

Prof. Andreas Pinkwart, minister for Research, Technology, and Innovation in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia adds: “The new center for biotechnology opens up future opportunities for all of NRW. North Rhine-Westphalia will be a place for biological sciences—Germany's number-one address and Europe's top location.”

Degussa will invest about €50 million in the Science-to-Business Center over a period of five years. The state of NRW will support the future-oriented technologies to be developed there with a grant of €11.3 million, cofinanced by the European Union. The German government will also support the Center to the tune of €7 million.

Highly efficient processes based on renewable raw materials
Over the last few years, Degussa has developed substantial competencies in the area of bioprocesses, notably through its Biotechnology and ProFerm Project Houses. Building on this expertise, the new Science-to-Business Center will now develop highly efficient processes based on renewable, as opposed to fossil, raw materials. The energy sources and raw materials of the future will be derived from oilseed rape, soya, potatoes, sugar cane, maize, or turnips, to mention only a few examples.

The Science-to-Business Center will focus on, among other things, research for surface coatings and drug delivery systems that, in addition to other advantageous properties, are very well tolerated by the body. Research is also being carried out on pharmaceutical active ingredients and protective ingredients for creams and lotions. Degussa is already well advanced in using bioprocesses to manufacture pharmaceutical amino acids for infusion solutions, amino acids for animal nutrition, and specialty building blocks for drugs.

"White biotechnology" is the term applied to industrial manufacturing processes that are based primarily on natural biological resources. These biotechnologically based production processes, in addition to consuming smaller amounts of raw materials and energy, also produce less waste and fewer by-products; they therefore offer alternatives, which are highly promising from both the ecological and economic viewpoints, to conventional chemical and physical processes.

Science-to-Business: a Degussa Success Story
Science-to-Business is Degussa’s success story par excellence, which the company uses to translate scientific findings rapidly into innovative products: all research and development activities, from basic research across product development to pilot production, are combined under a single roof. About two years ago, Degussa started up its first Science-to-Business Center to develop innovative system solutions for electronics applications. The first products from this Nanotronics Science-to-Business Center are now being successfully launched on the market.

Four of Degussa´s twelve business units are managed from NRW. Close to 13,000 employees, which is around 35 percent of the Group’s labor force, work in NRW. Marl is Degussa’s largest site worldwide.

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