BIC Bio-based Industries Consortium

21/05/2026

Read about Europe's bio-based industries in action! These projects are proof that our partnership with the European Commission is growing 🇪🇺's bioeconomy. Bio-based is a sustainable path to a competitive European economy!

20/05/2026

BIC's Samuele Ambrosetti presented this year's open call at the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking - CBE JU Info Day in Portugal today.

Hosted by Biocant and ANI | Agência Nacional de Inovação, the event took place at the Biocant Park, the technology park in Cantanhede dedicated to biotechnologies.

While in Portugal, Samuele also visited companies located in an around the technology park, including BIC member Biotrend SA, whose CEO Bruno Ferreira is on the BIC Board.

04/05/2026

At BIC, we see the upcoming EU procurement rules as a strategic opportunity for Europe to increase its resilence in a sustainable way - by turning to the bio-based industries for innovations and materials. We explain more in our latest publication

Our vision is to make Europe’s innovative, sustainable and competitive bio-based industry the leader of a circular bio society in Europe by 2050.

22/04/2026

BIC Executive Director Philippe Mengal talks about what changed in his time away from the European bioeconomy, his thoughts on the current state of things - and what needs to happen for Europe to capitalise on the opportunities for sustainable and competitive green growth.

Read his interview in Il Bioeconomista

“The real question is where Europe can lead. To answer that, we need a sharper understanding of end markets and stronger market-pull policies to drive uptake of bio-based products. Scaling innovati…

21/04/2026

🤝 We are taking part in today’s Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking - CBE JU Networking Event in Brussels aimed at gathering those interested collaborating in the 2026 call for proposals.

💶 More than 170 million euros will go to projects innovating and scaling up in the bio-based industries across 13 topics.

BIC represents the private sector in this partnership with the European Commission.

👉 For more info on the call https://www.cbe.europa.eu/open-calls-proposals

20/04/2026

In today’s turbulent geopolitical landscape, Europe’s strategic autonomy has never been more critical. But staying resilient isn’t enough - we must also remain competitive.

That means fully unlocking the potential of Europe’s bioeconomy.

Bio-based industries are more than an alternative. They are a strategic advantage. By reducing dependence on fossil imports and critical raw materials, they strengthen Europe’s independence while driving innovation, growth, and long-term competitiveness.

At the same time, they are essential to building a truly sustainable future, one where economic performance and environmental responsibility go hand in hand.

Europe’s next industrial revolution should be bio-based! The future isn’t just bio-based - it’s sustainable, competitive, and already within reach.

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01/04/2026

🎺 👑BIC Executive Director Philippe Mengal had a royal audience this week, meeting Britain's King Charles III at Windsor Castle for the Circular Bioeconomy Alliance (CBA) "Roundtables & Reception" event.

The CBA brought together bio-innovators, investment organisations and businesses at Windsor Castle on Monday to discuss what it will take to scale the circular bioeconomy. Discussions focused on new bio-solutions, innovative financing mechanisms and cross-stakeholder collaboration. During the discussion, participants emphasised the need for strong cross-sector alignment and the role of convenings like this one to support collaboration.

The roundtable discussions were followed later in the day by a reception, which was joined by The King🫅. Philippe had the opportunity to explain to The King what BIC is and our mission.

18/03/2026

“The bioeconomy is not a panacea that solves everything, but it is an essential part of the solution.” These are some of the words from Dirk Carrez in this Agro & Chemistry article, in which he reflects on his long career in the bioeconomy and the end of 14 years leading BIC

After almost 14 years, Dirk Carrez is stepping down as Executive Director of the Bio-based Industries Consortium

03/03/2026

🔦 Time to shine a spotlight on another successful Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking - CBE JU flagship biorefinery project! 🏭

📽️ Virginie Roux from BIC member MICHELIN Engineered Polymers explains the Cerisea Project - producing 5-HMF, a key bio-based chemical platform, on an industrial scale for the first time. 🍒 🍈 🍋 Derived from fructose and advanced fructose from non-food sidestreams, 5-HMF has the potential to replace various conventional petrochemical building blocks.

💶 This once again demonstrates how public and private financing are coming together in Europe's mission to become more competitive in a sustainable way, as we try to reduce our use of polluting fossil-based products and processes. 🤝 That's what public-private partnerships are all about and why they are so essential to Europe's bioeconomy.

Virginie Roux from Michelin Polymers tells us a little bit about the CBE JU flagship project CERISEA. The project is producing 5-HMF, a key bio-based chemica...

02/03/2026

Philippe Mengal has become the new Executive Director of BIC. Welcome Philippe!

Having previously headed up the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking - CBE JU, Philippe is very familiar with BIC and we are excited to have him at the helm.

Former BIC Executive Director Dirk Carrez is on hand for a smooth transition.

Our vision is to make Europe’s innovative, sustainable and competitive bio-based industry the leader of a circular bio society in Europe by 2050.