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title: US-China bio relations, trainers from carbon emissions and tasty biodegradable plastics
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This week's news, insights and inspiration for the global bioeconomy community

| View in browser Some homes are made from brick, other with drywall, but would you live in a house made from #wood flour?   Join us as we dive into #biotechs newest luxury #investors, seasoning #biodegradable plastics, #carbon waste upcycling and this weeks powerful feature story on the #US-China tech war and its potential impact on the bioeconomy.   The World Bio Markets 2023 conference programme is looking amazing (even if we do say so ourselves) and so, with only 3 months to go, we will start dropping speaker announcements each week! First up... take a bow Nils,who is the Head of Technology Innovation at On Running.   Have a brilliant bio week everyone. FEATURE STORY The US-China tech war: Will biotech be next? If anyone had doubts that Cold War dynamics had re-emerged in the international arena, Biden put them to rest in October 2022 with draconian restrictions on computer chip exports to China. Dubbed a “watershed” moment in US-China relations, it promises to inhibit Chinese advances in computing for many years. Will biotech be next up in the tech wars? We look at how souring relations between China and the West could affect the bioeconomy, a sector threaded through with international trade and research relationships.     >> Read the article BOOM... dropping our first keynote! Turning carbon emissions into running shoes   Nils Altrogge - On Running   Find out more NEWSROOM Yangi welcomes Voith & CHANEL as newest investors Voith and CHANEL have become the newest investors in Yangi, a material science biotech company working with wet and dry cellulose-based processes. >> Read more NEWSROOM Amtico releases bio-based luxury vinyl tiles British flooring company Amtico has presented its new Amtico Bio, a bio-attributed luxe vinyl tile made from renewable materials derived from paper pulp.  >> Read more NEWSROOM Chefs inspire researchers to season biodegradable plastics How to make stronger biodegradable materials has become its research area. Some researchers have added petroleum-based additives, but these can slow down degradation. >> Read more NEWSROOM Biorefinery upcycles carbon waste, including lignin By processing waste through a microbe-driven biorefinery, researchers turned lignin into carbon sources that could be used in high-value, plant-derived pharmaceuticals and antioxidant nutraceuticals as well as carbon-based nanoparticles for drug or chemical delivery. >> Read more NEWSROOM Intraplás and TotalEnergies’ collaborate to commercialise bio-based polymer The companies are collaborating to bring sustainable solutions to the packaging market without compromising performance and food safety. Intraplás is launching commercial products using TotalEnergies RE:newable polymer >> Read more NEWSROOM Fairbrics lands €22M to market CO2-based polyester fiber The sustainable chemical company developing tech that converts CO2 emissions into high value polyester through a circular manufacturing approach raised €17M from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research & Innovation Program >> Read more NEWSROOM World’s first 3D bio-based home becomes a reality The University of Maine has wowed everyone with the world’s first 100% bio-based house, made entirely with bio-based materials such as wood flour, or fine sawdust, mixed with a binder made from corn. >> Read more Returning home to The Netherlands in 2023 Click here to explore how you can be part of the most exciting event serving the global bioeconomy community READS OF THE WEEK Sugarcane bagasse as aggregate in composites for building blocks OGCI study finds biofuels can help decarbonize shipping as part of a range of low-carbon solutions Solvay supports promising innovation in biotech and new materials   Get in touch with the team to explore collaborative opportunities Get in Touch Follow us on social media You are receiving this email because you are subscribed, are a customer or have shown an interest in World Bio Market Insights services. World Bio Market Insights is owned by TNP Media Ltd. If somebody forward you this then please sign up here Owned and operated by TNP Media Ltd, 2/f, FWD Financial Centre, Central, Hong Kong Unsubscribe Manage preferences |
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