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Empa researcher develops catalysts for renewable gasoline
St.Gallen - Alessia Cesarini has been awarded the Empa Entrepreneur Fellowship. The researcher at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) received the award for her development of catalysts for producing gasoline from renewable molecules such as ethylene and propylene.
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Zurich-based venture capital firm VitaminºC closes its first climate fund
Zurich/San Francisco - VitaminºC has launched its first climate-focused fund raising 18 million euros. The women-led venture capital firm sees itself as a bridge between Europe and Silicon Valley. It invests in early-stage startups that aim to grow globally by offering solutions to tackle climate change.
Read more →Catalyst Intelligence joins Power-to-X ecosystem
Zurich/Lipperscheid - The Swiss Power-to-X Collaborative Innovation Network is continuing to grow. Catalyst Intelligence, a Luxembourg-based catalyst consultancy, is set to contribute its extensive experience in oil refining to strengthen the ecosystem that supports the conversion of renewable electricity into other forms of energy.
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BioApply and Ibi Plast form alliance for compostable films
Ecublens/Solbiate Olona - BioApply and the northern Italian company Ibi Plast are set to form an alliance. The aim of this link-up is to expand the presence of the BioApply brand for compostable plastic bags in international markets and to leverage the industrial production capacities at the disposal of Ibi Plast for this purpose.
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Perlen Industrieholding to manufacture Pulpex's fiber-based bottles
Root/Sawston - Perlen Industrieholding AG is joining forces with the UK firm Pulpex. Perlen will receive exclusive production and distribution rights to the fiber-based paper bottles developed by Pulpex across the extended DACH region. The start of production at the Perlen site is expected in 2027.
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Remei and Lotta Ludwigson jointly design new T-shirt collection
Rotkreuz/Berlin - Remei AG and the German fashion label Lotta Ludwigson have presented their new LUMA T-shirt collection. The women's tops, which are made from organic cotton, have been designed with the circular economy in mind.
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Fabric Loop plans Circular Economy Goals for 2035
Zurich - The Fabric Loop association has laid out its goals for 2035. They create the groundwork for systemic change, supported by the textile collection solution initiated by Swiss Textiles in partnership with other companies in the Swiss textile industry.
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Empa conducts research on 3D-printed concrete
Dübendorf/Zurich/Seewen – Researchers from Switzerland are collaborating with European partners to develop concrete components made using 3D printing. The material requires almost no cement to be added and can bind carbon dioxide as it hardens.
Read more →Docteur Gab’s and WasteOlas recovering CO2 from the beer brewing process
Puidoux/Lancy - Brasserie Docteur Gab’s has teamed up with WasteOlas to launch a system for the recovery and recycling of CO2. With this system, CO2 produced during fermentation can be collected, purified and stored, before being re-used for beer production.
Read more →Seprify has fresh funds to industrialize bio-based active ingredients
Marly - Seprify in the canton of Fribourg has secured funding of 13.4 million euros to develop cellulose-based ingredients for industrial applications. Investors included Inter IKEA Group based in the Netherlands and Zürcher Kantonalbank. The active ingredients can be used in numerous sectors.
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Researchers use AI and satellite data to identify plastic debris
Ecublens/Wageningen - Under the project AI for Detecting Ocean Plastic Pollution with Tracking (ADOPT), researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) and Wageningen University in the Netherlands are identifying plastic waste in the ocean. They are working with artificial intelligence (AI) and data from the ESA's Sentinel-2 and PlanetScope satellites.
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