Green Chemistry Campus Introduction Jan de Boer

Green Chemistry Campus

Overview • Center of Open Chemical Innovation: since September 2011 .. a business driven cluster

• Shareholders .. Province Noord-Brabant, REWIN Development, Municipality Bergen op Zoom

• Landlord, enabler .. SABIC in Bergen op Zoom, NL

• BioBased building blocks, ‘green’ process chemistry .. Focus on agricultural rest streams

• Home of the “Biorizon” BioAromatics Shared Research Center, TNO/Vito leadership

• Current participants:

AGRO MEETS CHEMISTRY MEETS MARKETS

Focus VALORIZATION PYRAMID CAMPUS PROGRAMS

OPTIMALLY COMBINING ENVIRONMENTAL

& ECONOMICAL PRIORITIES

Pharma

Food & Feed

Chemical Materials

Transportation Fuels

Power & Heat

VOLUME

Performance Materials

• (Bio)polymers, copolymers

• Biodegradable, compostable

• Composites, natural fibers

Biomass Rest Streams

• Sugar beet leaves

• Tomato plant stems

• Tree leaves and bark

• Roadside grass, straw

Coatings

• Paints, lacquers, binders

• Adhesives, resins, x-linkers

• Multi-functional monomers

Specialty Chemicals

• Stabilizers, colorants

• Flame retardants

• Modifiers, aromatics

Campus Innovation Center

• Campus “heart”

• External identity

• Office garden

• Open innovation

• Networking

• Service providers

Process & Analytical labs

• Research center

• State of the art

• Technical focal point

• Laboratories

• Technology support

Demo Plant

• Scaling-up focus

• Semi-commercial

• Product & market develoment

• Customer validation

• (in design fase)

Co-siting

• Manufacturing

• Large scale

• Commercialization

• SABIC site synergy

• Must have win-win

• Case-by-case

Facilities

FACILITATING THE TOTAL BUSINESS CYCLE

VARIOUS OPTIONS AT SABIC IN BERGEN OP ZOOM

Vision 2025

• A leading European Green Chemistry science metropole

• Powering biobased business development

• Networked with globally leading biotechnology institutes

• From non-food biofeedstock to added value chemicals

• State of the art facilities .. location of choice

• Taking full advantage of regional strengths

• Driving force to realize Dutch 2050 Top Sector Chemistry Vision

• An inspirational ecosystem for biobased innovations

AFC Nieuw-Prinsenland Business Park

Green Chemistry Campus Open Innovation Center

SABIC Interest

• Accelerate sustainability projects

• Recognize new (EU) trends & developments timely

• Seek technology synergy with innovative SME’s

• Pursue total value chain involvement

• Evaluate viable business cases towards growth

• Green building blocks .. Performance chemicals

• Sustainable processes

• Recycling .. Mechanical, chemical

• Algae technology

• Programs underway, moving on:

• Continue .. Millvision (natural fibers), Retoplast (recycling)

• Establish .. Semi-commercial production facilities

• Explore .. Biorizon sugar fermentation routes

• Anticipate .. EU sugar feedstock arena 2017

• Capitalize .. Expected growth fermentation based industry

• Acquire .. Biobased Delta position paper (Deloitte)

Green Chemistry Campus Back up

Jan de Boer

Green Chemistry Campus

Members • BioTorTech Start-up Biomass torrefaction, energy

• Retoplast SME Plastics recycling, post-consumer & post-industrial

• Groene Vaert Start-up BioBased Delta; consultancy

• Millvision SME Paper technology background, natural fibers

• BioClear SME Soil/water decontamination, biomass valorization

• PlantyPot Start-up Biodegradable/compostable plastic blends

• Aiforo Start-up Water, renewable raw materials, energy; consultancy

• Progression Industry Start-up Biomass pyrolysis: fuel, chemical building blocks

• Alpha-Enzymes Start-up Enzyme technology and production

• Nettenergy Start-up Biomass pyrolysis: energy, chemical building blocks

• Nimaro Ageno Consult Start-up Chemical research, linked to Nettenergy

• NNRGY Crops Start-up Biobased materials, miscanthus

• TNO Research institute BioAromatics Shared Research Center

• Vito Research institute BioAromatics Shared Research Center

• Avans BSc education Centre of Expertise Biobased Economy

• DPI Value Center Knowledge institute Dutch Polymer Institute, SME focus

The Green Chemistry Campus is located at SABIC in Bergen op Zoom, NL where SABIC is constantly

evaluating and implementing new, innovative (business) program opportunities along the value chain to further

strengthen and accelerate developments in renewable raw materials, green chemistry, and recycling.

Characteristics

• An official Center of Open Chemical Innovation: since September 2011 .. a business driven cluster

• Under the banner of international Triple Helix collaboration .. Industry, authorities, knowledge institutes

• Shareholders .. Province Noord-Brabant, Rewin Regional Development, Municipality Bergen op Zoom

• Landlord, facilitator .. SABIC in Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands

• Providing office space, laboratory facilities, and (analytical) technology support

• Develop biobased building blocks for performance chemicals, coatings and materials

• Starting from biomass rest streams such as sugar beet leaves, tomato plant stems, road side grass

• Define green process technology and assess (post-consumer/post-industrial) recycling options

• Home of the “Biorizon” Bioaromatics Shared Research Center under TNO/Vito leadership

• Aim to accelerate and strengthen SABIC sustainability projects

• Promote collaboration up & down the value chain, create win/win

• A novel tool to boost innovation in sustainability .. A unique SABIC initiative

Thank you for your kind attention Any questions?

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