Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant is an independent, open access state-of-the-art multi-purpose pilot/demo facility that operates from a laboratory level to a multi-ton scale (TRL 3 – TRL 9) for process development, scale-up and custom manufacturing of innovative biobased products and processes. BBEPP accelerates the translation from a biobased lab protocol into a viable industrial process, by enabling the conversion of renewable feedstocks into food and feed ingredients, biochemicals, biomaterials, biofuels and other bioproducts by using technologies such as biomass pretreatment, biocatalysis, (gas)fermentation, green chemistry and product recovery and purification with a wide and flexible spectrum of modular unit operations (technology infrastructure) combined with the experience of highly competent engineers and technicians. BBEPP can be contacted for a subcontractual collaboration for this call topic.

Since its establishment in 2008 in Ghent, Belgium as a non-for-profit SME, BBEPP has grown into a mature organisation employing 160+ dynamic and engaged staff members. As an open access multipurpose pilot/demo facility performing scale-up work for start-ups, SMEs and large enterprises for over 15 years in the bioeconomy and life science sector (>450 scale-up innovations up to TRL8 with over 280 different small, medium and large sized companies) we have a first hands-on experience and a good idea of the barriers and bottlenecks start-ups and young entrepreneurs encounter on their path to the market considering the benefit of society, the environment and the economy. Along with private, bilateral projects, BBEPP is currently involved in >35 consortium-based projects on regional, national and European level, and has successfully finished over 50 public projects