Green Chemistry Campus

Green Chemistry CampusWhy?

– Accelerating biobased business in the Southwest Delta

– Valorization of agro residual streams

– Focus on green building blocks

– Open innovation platform

– Technology and market development

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– Technology and market development

Green Chemistry CampusHow and where?

– SABIC has opened up part of its facilities in Bergen op Zoom

– Close collaboration in 'Triple Helix' : entrepreneurs – educational institutions – authorities

– SABIC and REWIN West-Brabant drive the initiative with theProvince of Noord-Brabant and the municipality of Bergen op Zoomop Zoom

– Endorsed by and in support of Biobased Delta; the umbrellabrand for all biobased activities in the Dutch SouthwestDelta

– In cooperation with Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant in Ghent,Belgium

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Green Chemistry Campus

Green Chemistry CampusAgro meets chemistry meets markets

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- Strong regional presence of both chemical and agriculturalenterprise

- Agricultural waste/residual streams

- Biomass on land and aquatic (algae)

- Green building blocks for performance materials,

Southwest NetherlandsAgro meets Chemistry

- Green building blocks for performance materials, performance chemicals, and coatings

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Added value V

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Green Chemistry CampusFocus

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Added value V

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Campus Innovation Center

• Campus “heart”

• Start-up location

• Office garden

• Open innovation

• External identity

Process &

analytical labs

• Research andtechnical focal point

• “Post-starters”

• Possibility for open and closed innovation

Demo Plant

• Scaling-up focus

• Product & marketdeveloment

• Open and closedinnovation

Co-siting

• Manufacturing

• Large scale

• Commercialization

Green Chemistry CampusFacilities

• External identity

• Networking

• Service providers

and closed innovation

• Laboratories, offices

innovation

• Offices

• Market validation

“Life cycle” from start-up to product- & market development

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DemoPlant 2

Co-siting

Co-siting

SABIC IP, Bergen op ZoomLocating options

Green Chemistry Campus&DemoPlant 1

New Activities

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Green Chemistry CampusState of the art process technology facilities

Chemical reactions, synthesis

• Laboratory tables

• Fume hoods

• "Walk in" fume hoods

• Glassware

• Reactors, columns• Reactors, columns

• Storage of chemicals

• Disposal of waste

• Office space

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Green Chemistry Campus

Spectroscopy

• Infra-red

• Ultra-violet

• NMR

• X-ray

Chromatography

• HPLC

• Size exclusion chromatograhy

• Ion chromatography

• Gas chromatography

Analytical technology center of excellence

Micro-Analysis

• Light microscopy

• Electron microscopy

• Surface analysis

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1. Facilities: Minimal investment by sharing of exisiting resources .. Co-siting

2. Cooperation: Presence of business partners, knowledge up and down value chain

3. Financing: Biobased Venture Fund, advice & guidance, financial matching

4. Knowledge/Know-how:

Green Chemistry CampusWhy participate?

4. Knowledge/Know-how: Presence of diverse, relevant knowledge/know-how

5. Feedstocks: BioBased Delta area represents a strong & varied agricultural industry

6. Markets, clients: Presence of parties close to the end-user such as SABIC, Nuplex, others

7. Services: Access to business coaching, IP advise, subsidy counseling

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Opening in September 2011

Since then:

- Office and lab facilities open for business

- 7 companies established on Campus: BioTorTech, Rasenberg, Retoplast, Millvision, Alpha Enzymes,

Bioclear, AIFORO

- 4 knowledge institutions: TNO, VITO, Avans Hogeschool, DPI Value Center

Green Chemistry CampusDevelopment

- Campus Innovation Center opened 2nd July 2012, Demoplant (I+II)

under construction

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Dutch-Flemish DeltaBiobased Supercluster

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Agro meets Chemistryin the Southwest Netherlands

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