Overview

The Business and Industry Club (BIC) was created by EPNOE to build a solid bridge between the 16 EPNOE partners and companies working or planning to work in the polysaccharide field. It is tailored to gain fast transfer and exploitation of knowledge, ideas, new processes, great talent and to offer its members a multidisciplinary and collaborative R&D platform.

The Business and Industry Club is composed of 25 companies: Ahlstrom, Akzo Nobel, Ashland, Biobasic Environment, Biopolymer Solution, Biority, Cargill, Danone, Dow Wolff Cellulosics, Kiram, Innovia Films, Lenzing, Novamont, PepsiCo, PerkinElmer, Predilnica Litija, Sappi, SE Tylose, Sika Technology, Smartfiber AG, Spontex, Tembec, Total, UPM Kymmene, Zuckerforschung Tulln.

The Business and Industry Club is established to:

• Boost relations between industry and EPNOE partners
• Ensure the R&D and education needs of industry are understood by EPNOE partners
• Organise efficient collaborative projects
• Optimise the availability of funding provided by National and European agencies
• Attract and train brilliant students in polysaccharide-related materials science
• Organise a polysaccharide business network
• Contribute to R&D of BIC members (privileged access to recent results, direct contact with EPNOE researchers, early signalling of new trends in science and technology)

BIC members have access to a set of six main BIC services proposed by EPNOE.