Industrial Biotechnology Cluster Finland

IBC Finland builds novel biotechnology solutions, services and products through project cooperation between companies and research institutes. We look forward to cooperating with national and international partners in the area of industrial biotechnology.

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Cell Factories Boost Finland's Food Exports – VTT Report Lists Eight Measures to Renew the Food System and Realize Growth…

Kemira and IFF Form Joint Venture To Produce Biobased Materials at Scale

VTT's Biomaterials Research Investments Create Impactful Growth Opportunities for Industry

Solar Foods Initiates Factory 02 Pre-engineering with Targeted Operational start in 2028

At the Frontier of Biotech Research: Highlights from IBC Finland’s Aalto Campus Day

HAMK Opens New Education and Research Environment, Smart Solutions in Biotechnology (Smart&Bio)

EU Commission launches new Biotech and Biomanufacturing Hub to support innovative companies

BIONTO receives R&D funding of €1.1M from Business Finland

The Research Council of Finland includes industrial biotechnology research infrastructures in the national roadmap in 2025–2028

Kemira plans to build a re-activation plant for activated carbon

BIONTO Joins IBC Finland as a New Member

IBC Finland Welcomes Solar Foods CTO Juha-Pekka Pitkänen as New Chairperson

VTT food technology spinout Happy Plant Protein has raised €1.8M in pre-seed funding

Mirka invests €25M in a new production line in Jakobstad, Finland to support green transition

Business Finland funds €10M to Finnish bioeconomy research and development projects coordinated by VTT

New co-research project isoSUS focuses on industrial symbiosis of CO2 and waste and side streams to produce renewable chemicals

Kemira & IFF announce successful completion of a renewable polymer plant in Finland

Onego Bio Awarded €1.8M in Funding from the United States Department of Defense

Solar Foods listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market Finland

Roal Oy announces change in company name and structure

Onego Bio Secures €14M New Funding to Advance Animal-Free Egg Protein Production

Orion is developing the Finnish life science industry in a unique collaboration project

Brightplus unveils sustainable textile coating made of renewable side-stream biomaterials

Valio’s leading project, Food 2.0, is progressing – presenting the key personnel and research themes

VTT: New AI method accelerates the development of sustainable biomaterials from years to minutes

Enifer secures €36M for world's first mycoprotein factory to upcycle food industry side streams

University of Turku: Business Finland grants €11.7M to project advancing pharmaceutical and life science manufacturing in Finland

Synbio Powerlabs and Ivy Farm sign agreement to scale and produce cultivated meat in Finland

Sitra: Finnish Biotech Companies Listed in Europe’s top 30 Circular Solutions for Nature

Nordic Bioproducts Group opens its first major production facility for advanced cellulosic materials

Solar Foods launches world’s first factory growing food out of thin air

Circular Materials Bioeconomy Network offers 67 new doctoral researcher positions

Onego Bio Raises €36.5M to Scale Up Animal-Free Egg Production

Finland joins non-paper: The bioeconomy must be at the core of the EU’s industrial policy

Kemira: Nordic Investment Bank funds R&D investments with €50 million

Valio launches an extensive RDI project Food 2.0 to develop a food system of the future

VTT’s trend report 2024 features global megatrends, including emerging biotechnologies

Nordic Bioproducts Group and Marubeni Corporation start new collaboration on the sustainable utilization of biomass

Volare: Fish feed supplier Skretting acquires significant share of Volare's upcoming factory volume

Enifer secures €12 million grant to build a first-of-its-kind mycoprotein ingredient factory

Aircohol: Meet the start-up repurposing CO2 into alcohol made from air

VTT: Scientists in Finland release the recipe for lab-grown coffee to accelerate the creation of a new coffee ecosystem

Fazer’s latest innovation is a plant-based oat protein for the food industry

Onego Bio: Egg protein by fermentation – no animals needed

Aalto-Helsinki team wins gold medal at the 2023 iGEM Competition

Solar Foods Wraps Up a Successful Funding Round with €8 Million

Kääpä Biotech in €3.5M scale-up to keep up with demand

Origin by Ocean successfully launches industrial pilot

Montinutra: 2 Million € funding closed - Name changes to Boreal Bioproducts

Factory 01: Loading the food revolution — Almost complete

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IBC Finland builds novel biotechnology solutions and products through project cooperation between companies and research institutes. We offer industry the opportunity to achieve sustainable processing and production of biobased products, chemicals, materials and fuels, from renewable raw materials using biotechnology.

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