Kalundborg Industrial Symbiosis demonstration plant - a cradle for test and demonstration site

Lisbeth Randers Director of Development Department,

Kalundborg Municipality

The Green Industrial Municipality

Population: 48.500 in the Municipality;

app. 17.000 in Kalundborg City

Kalundborg is the largest industrial

concentration outside the capital

region on the island of Zealand.

Novozymes, Novo Nordisk, National

Oilwell Varco, DONG Energy, Statoil,

Pronova BioPharma/BASF, Gyproc Saint

Gobain, Avista Oil, etc.

Kalundborg Symbiosis is based on commerciel

agreements between companies

Kalundborg Symbiosis has 40 years of experience in

Industrial Symbiosis, cooperation between companies

and today the Symbiosis is an international brand.

Kalundborg Symbiosis has evolved gradually and

organically. Each individual symbiosis project has

reduced production costs and/or the intake of virgin

resources, which together has improved the competitive

edge of both or all companies.

Minimizing costs on waste handling and

creating revenue from new by-products

And at the same time reducing the ecological

footprint by minimizing the intake of virgine

resources and increasing reuse and recycling

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A targeted process of commuicating and

establising links between diverse companies

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In the process fostering a productive

environment for innovation and development

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Which all can be summed up as the

Symbiosis Model

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Project Research, test &

demonstration facilities

Business development

Private investments

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