Paques Biomaterials on national television
Today, the Dutch news station NOS visited our pilot plant in Emmen to interview Joost Pâques about the National Circular Plastic Norm. Groene Chemie, Nieuwe Economie, and the game-changers in the circular and biobased plastics industry handed over a petition to the Dutch government today to express our support for this norm and the importance […]
Major off-take agreement with Maan Group
🌱 A Game-Changer for Sustainable Horticulture! 🌱 We are thrilled to announce a major off-take agreement with Maan Group – The Plus in Progress for 2027! Maan has chosen to work with our superior biodegradable Caleyda® to be used within their portfolio of materials—a major step towards a more sustainable future! This partnership is a testament […]
Kick off conceptual process design Promofer Project
PDC visited Paques Biomaterials on 18 February 2025 in Balk, Friesland, NL, to kick off the conceptual process design tasks for producing PHA/PHBV in the context of the EU-funded Promofer project. Biodegradable bioplastics, also known as biodegradable or renewable materials, are among the most in-demand biobased products. However, to meet market demands, the material’s properties […]
We have started!
Engineering world’s first full-scale PHA from process water plant has started. Paques Biomaterials and ESKA have signed a cooperation agreement with Envirochemie, Paques (both part of the Skion Water Group), and Jorritsma Bouw on how to conduct the engineering of the world’s first Full-Scale Plant for PHA production from Process Water. This agreement contains far-reaching […]
After a year of bold passion it was time for some bold fashion
After a year of bold passion, it was time for some bold fashion One of our colleagues designed some bold fashion for the Paques Biomaterials team. We are proud to be surrounded by so many passionate and committed colleagues. When you develop a new technology, and we are even developing two, we need their bold […]
PHA from sewage sludge is a good business case
PHA from sewage sludge is a good business case Last Friday, we celebrated the closing of the PHA2USE project with the consortium partners at the Greenwise Campus Innovation Center. This project has contributed significantly to scaling up our technology and has shown that making PHA from sewage sludge is a good business case. Thank you […]
Development agreement signed for first full-scale PHA biomass plant from paper process water
Development agreement signed for first full-scale PHA biomass plant from paper process water ESKA and Paques Biomaterials signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the construction of the first full-scale plant for the production of PHA from paper process water. In the coming year, both parties will carry out all the preparations to make an investment […]
Our extraction pilot plant reached its highest point
Yesterday, the construction of our PHA extraction pilot plant in Emmen reached its highest point. We had a small celebration with our construction partners.
New ReBioCycle project on novel recycling and upcycling solutions for bioplastics
New ReBioCycle project on novel recycling and upcycling solutions for bioplastics Berlin, 2 October 2024 – The new EU-funded ReBioCycle project provides a portfolio of bioplastic sorting and recycling technologies within three complementary waste-processor-centric hubs. These hubs will be established for different technologies and technology readiness levels (TRL) in the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and partly […]
Kick-off PROMOFER project CBE JU call
Last week, the PROMOFER project kicked off in Valencia. We are very excited to be part of this new project funded by Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) call.
