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.
ReBiocycle: multiple recycling routes for PLA, PHA and Mater-bi

ReBiocycle: multiple recycling routes for PLA, PHA and Mater-bi The ReBioCycle project wants to show the multiple recycling routes for PLA, PHA and Mater-bi. The different routes are mechanical recycling, chemical recycling, enzymatic recycling, microbial recycling and thermal degradation. ReBioCycle aims to demonstrate that bio-based biodegradable plastics can be kept in the cycle for as […]
Promofer: state-of-the-art in biobased waste treatments

Promofer: state-of-the-art in biobased waste treatments PROMOFER will address the improvement of fermentation processes and downstream purification for the production of biobased bioplastics as PHB(V) and biobased polyurethane by valorising two kinds of feedstock (lignocellulosic biomass and food industry residual streams). Increasing the yield and productivity of these processes are essential for an introduction of […]
PRO-PHBV: an outlook in our future biobased society.

PRO-PHBV: an outlook in our future biobased society. Within the PRO-PHBV project, we are developing two applications that show the unique characteristics of biobased materials and offer an outlook in our future biobased society. The first application is a waste-based and biobased leather composite, and the second is a biodegradable nature restoration structure. 1. Waste-based […]