05 November 2014
On 29 October 2014, BIC’s General Assembly has approved 25 new members, further reinforcing the pan-European pool of expertise from industries, research organisations, banks, and other stakeholders committed to deploying the bioeconomy in Europe through the BBI.
New (Full) industrial members (7)
- Alkol Biotech (SME, Spain)
- BioVale (SME Cluster, UK)
- BuggyPower (SME, Portugual)
- CBB Capbiotek (SME Cluster, France)
- DuPont (Large company, USA/Belgium)
- mi-plast (SME, Croatia)
- Monoghan Mushrooms Group (Large Company, Ireland)
New Associate members (18)
- AFBI – Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute (RTO, UK)
- Atlanpole (Public institution, France)
- Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark (University, Denmark)
- CEPF – Confederation of European Forest Owners (European Association, Belgium)
- Chalmers University of Technology (University, Sweden)
- CIRAD – Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (RTO, France)
- CNRS – National Centre for Scientific Research (RTO, France)
- DWI Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials (University, Germany)
- Institute of Technology FCBA (RTO, France)
- Laborelec (RTO, Belgium)
- Northern Research Institute Narvik (RTO, Norway)
- Rabobank (Cooperative Bank, Netherlands)
- Starch Europe (European Industry Association, Belgium)
- TCBB – Technology Center for Biorefining & Bioenergy (Association/Tech Platform, Ireland)
- Terra Humana Clean Technology Development, Engineering and Manufacturing (RTO/Tech Platform, Hungary)
- Thünen Institute (RTO, Germany)
- UPV-EHU – Universidad del País Vasco (University, Spain)
- Universidad de Cadiz (University, Spain)
BIC is now counting more than 200 members with interest and/or expertise in bio-based, and is still growing. If you are also interested in realising the bio-based industries vision, join us!