19/MAR/15
Neol Bio is going to develop two projects for the biorefinery of Puertollano
• The implementation of these projects will lead to a turnover of over €1 million in 2015.
Granada 19 March 2015. Two projects of Neol Bio, subsidiary of Neuron Bio, have been selected in the public innovative purchase tenders for the CLAMBER project (Castilla La Mancha Bioeconomy Region).
The projects presented by Neol propose innovative solutions focused on the development of new bioindustries in the Spanish region Castilla La Mancha to provide high-value products from various types of waste, such as Omega-3 DHA rich oils and other microbial oils from diverse agricultural and industrial waste.
The key of the processes developed by Neol is the utilization of microorganisms (yeast and microalgae) that convert waste of biomass into microbial oil making it suitable for both oleochemical sector and the food sector (Omega-3 DHA).
Activity of Neol Bio begins at the discovery stage of the biological process and reaches the
pre-industrial scale test. These types of processes have a much more quickly development cycle than the rest of biotechnological processes; consequently their placing in the marketing takes place in a relative short period of time (3 or 5 years).
CLAMBER is an initiative of the regional governs from Castilla La Mancha co-financed by the European Commission. The main goal of this initiative is to position the region Castilla La Mancha next to the European leaders in the so called bioeconomy or industrial biotechnology, in order to obtain alternative bioproducts to petroleum derivates (plastics, fuels, lubricants, dyes …) from renewable and sustainable sources (new crops and wastes of plant and animal origin).
This program of public purchase for innovative technology is organized by R&D contracts that cover 100 % of the expenditure of the final awarded companies.
For further information
Malena Valdivieso
[email protected]
Tef.: +34 958 750 598
www.neuronbio.com
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