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Come together CLIB2021 aspires to become Europe's leading industrial biotechnology cluster. By Manfred Kircher Opinion by Manfred Kircher Industrial biotechnology is crucial to the future economy and to the health of the planet. It utilizes renewable resources and develops novel materials and active substances for almost all markets and areas of life. It provides opportunities to innovate both process and product in many fields. For exampl

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By Manfred Kircher

Industrial biotechnology is crucial to the future economy and to the health of the planet. It utilizes renewable resources and develops novel materials and active substances for almost all markets and areas of life. It provides opportunities to innovate both process and product in many fields. For example, it's an innovation driver in climate protection through production processes that reduce greenhouse gases while encouraging competitiveness. Industrial biotechnology already makes significant contributions to fine and specialty chemistry, pharmaceuticals, detergents and body care, and is now ready to compete in the field of monomers and polymers—a segment so far dominated by petrochemistry. The Cluster of Industrial Biotechnology (CLIB2021), a radical new organization to promote industrial biotech, has set its sights on all of these segments, targeting business fields that represent 75 percent of Germany's chemical industry.

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