Biorizon

Shared Research Center Biorizon, an initiative of TNO, VITO, ECN and the Green Chemistry Campus, develops technologies to produce aromatics derived from plant-based waste streams. We include global leaders in the fields of feedstock, conversion, equipment and end-products as participants, as well as SME companies. Biorizon aims to make commercial production of bio-aromatics feasible for industrial partners by 2025.

Market Demand to Green the Chemical Industry

Aromatics are among the most important resources for the chemical industry. Currently virtually all aromatic building blocks are made from fossil oil. Biorizon is anticipating the expected growing shortage of aromatics from the petrochemical industry and the widely shared ambition to green the chemical industry.

Biorizon utilizes plant-based waste streams such as lignin and sugars to develop functionalized biobased aromatics for performance materials, chemicals & coatings. This diminishes the dependence on fossil fuel, it lowers CO2-emissions and it provides the chemical industry a profitable and sustainable perspective.

Industry Driven Shared Research Center

Biorizon is operated as a Shared Research Center, based on the open innovation methodology, bringing together collective intelligence of various industries, companies and knowledge organizations. The multi-disciplined technological need, as well as our long-term roadmap make this effort suitable for shared research, sharing intelligence, investments, risks and workload.