We’re happy to announce a new license agreement with Futurity Bio-Ventures. New Zealand-based company shares our mission in maximizing the value of biomass and replacing petrochemicals in our everyday lives with renewable alternatives. Through this agreement, Futurity can build and operate lignin-centric biorefineries using METNIN® Technologies. The best part of the collaboration is that we aim […]
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MetGen is proud to be nominated in ‘Top 5’ in the 50 Hottest Projects in the Advanced Bioeconomy 2022 at ABLC, Washington, DC March 16-18, 2022. The nomination was based on the METNIN™ lignin refining technology using advanced biotechnology for value added applications. Follow link for more information: https://www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2022/03/17/50-hottest-projects-in-the-advanced-bioeconomy-2022/48/
Interesting publication to check out (link below) where MetGen´s lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase (LPMO) was applied in the production of nanocrystals from bacterial cellulose. We thank the authors at University of Barcelona for the nice and fruitful collaboration. Follow link for more information: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S001430572100673X?via%3Dihub
MetGen is happy to share the first issue of @enxylascope newsletter! Read about how we, as members of the #EnXylaScope consortium, are unleashing the potential of #xylan with #enzymes for a scope of consumer products: #cosmetics #nutraceuticals #personalcare More info at: https://www.enxylascope.eu/
MetGen is proud to be a partner in the consortium for wood transforming enzymes – WOODZYMES project – funded by Horizon 2020/BBI JU between 2018-2021. WOODZYMES is based on a strong European consortium from Portugal, France, Finland and Spain, formed by world-leading companies of the sectors of pulp & paper (The Navigator Company Fibre Excellence), fibreboard manufacture […]
This year for the seventh time, the European Commission has awarded prizes to Europe’s most promising innovations emerging from EU-funded research and innovation projects. MetGen is selected as the ‘Grand Prix’ winner of 2021 Innovation Radar Prize among 200 applicants, for our innovative sustainable bio-based additive METNIN SHIELD solution to create a better alternative to cardboard. […]
Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking Congratulates METGEN for INNOVATION RADAR PRIZE 2021 What is the #bioeconomy in practice? For example, replacing petrochemicals with #renewable #biobased solutions to make cardboard easier to #recycle. MetGen a beneficiary in six BBI JU-funded projects, has been awarded the Innovation Radar Prize 2021 supported by the European Commission for this […]
Our ‘Pilot Fermentor’ has won the #BBIimpact #photo competition for the BBIJU-funded #WOODZYMES project under the category ‘#Biobased production process’. MetGen scored the highest out of 50+ amazing photos in a tough competition
Our new book chapter reflects MetGen’s vision on the future development of biorefineries
Our COO Matti Heikkilä takes you inside our technology in this illuminating slide guide. Find out what’s our inspiration, bioprocessing tech behind next generation biorefineries, how to de-bottleneck a biorefinery, the possibilities with enzymatic lignin refining, their commercial road map, and more. https://www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2021/05/02/enzymatic-lignin-fractioning-refining-the-digests-2021-multi-slide-guide-to-metgen/