PAQUES BIOMATERIALS
Bioplastics specialist builds PHA pilot plant in the Netherlands / Construction of commercial extraction plant planned
By Plasteurope.com staff
In Emmen, Netherlands, Paques Biomaterials (Balk, Netherlands; www.paquesbiomaterials.nl) has started the construction of a polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) pilot plant. The spin-off of the water treatment specialist, Paques, intends to use the biodegradable biopolymer, which is marketed under the Caleyda brand name, using a process developed in-house. For the production process, waste and wastewater with a high proportion of organic substances are decomposed using microbes.
In Emmen, Netherlands, Paques Biomaterials (Balk, Netherlands; www.paquesbiomaterials.nl) has started the construction of a polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) pilot plant. The spin-off of the water treatment specialist, Paques, intends to use the biodegradable biopolymer, which is marketed under the Caleyda brand name, using a process developed in-house. For the production process, waste and wastewater with a high proportion of organic substances are decomposed using microbes.
 The PHA is marketed under the Caleyda brand (Photo: Paques Biomaterials) |
The company plans to start the pilot plant with the extraction of 50 kg of PHA per cycle. A commercial extraction plant with a capacity of 6,000 t/y of PHA has also been planned. The final investment decision for the plant, which is scheduled to go into operation in the course of 2026, is to be made this year, according to reports.
 Rene Rozendal (l.) and Joost Paques (Photo: Paques Biomaterials)
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At the beginning of 2024, Paques Biomaterials announced that the two founders, René Rozendal and Joost Paques, had raised around EUR 14 mn for the construction of the commercial plant. The investors include Energiefonds Drenthe (Assen, Netherlands; www.drentseenergieorganisatie.nl), Dutch investment group Invest-NL (Amsterdam; www.invest-nl.nl) and NOM (Groningen; www.nvnom.com), the investment and development agency for northern Netherlands.
17.07.2024 Plasteurope.com 1152 [255735-0]
Published on 17.07.2024
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