NEWS 8 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE January 2023 Layn Natural Ingredients, one of the world’s largest vertically integrated innovators and direct manufacturers of natural botanical extract ingredients and solutions, announced its new European office within the Savona Sustainability Campus of the University of Genova in Italy. This move reflects the company’s commitment to research, innovation and sustainability. The University has a stringent qualification and approval process requiring tenant companies to meet strict social and environmental responsibility criteria and demonstrate a true commitment to sustainability. Layn fully met 100% of these requirements. The new strategic location is also home to a number of other large corporations, governmental energy providers, and startups dedicated to renewable energy and other environmental solutions. The campus provides opportunities and collaboration for research, connection and exchange of ideas through shared lab spaces, internship programs and R&D opportunities. “It is a great honor for Layn to be a part of this collaborative campus community whose values align so well with ours regarding sustainability, ecology, renewable energy, biomass upcycling and social responsibility issues,” said Luca Pennestri, General Manager, EMEA at Layn Natural Ingredients. “This environment drives and inspires discovery and innovation through open collaboration among companies, government agencies, students and PhDs.” Read more>> Layn Natural Ingredients opens its new European office AB Agri begins to grow algae in Pond Algae Lab Pond Technologies Holdings announced that AB Agri has begun to grow algae following the delivery of a Pond Algae Lab. The initial algae grown in this lab will be used in the bioreactor scale up process. Pond Technologies Holdings Inc., an ESG company addressing global sustainability challenges of wellness and climate change, has provided an update on its agreement with Livalta, an AB Agri company which is a subsidiary of Associated British Foods. Pond explained that the installation of an algae lab, along with a number of Pond designed algae bioreactors, has been successfully installed on site at AB Agri’s British Sugar plant in Wissington, UK. Pond built a system of smaller 60 L bioreactors and controls at its Canadian headquarters in Markham, Ontario, and has delivered, installed, and commissioned the system at the AB Agri Wissington location. Pond worked with AB Agri to specify the equipment needed to set up the lab which is an important step to support the 1,500 L and 10,000 L pilot bioreactors in Wissington in 2023. The initial algae grown in this lab will be used in the bioreactor scale up process. “This is our first step towards piloting Pond’s technology to grow algae using CO2 emissions as feedstock – or, as we would put it, take a problem (CO2 emissions) out of the air and convert it into high value protein. There is still some way to go, but we have made a start with a great team effort between Livalta, AB Agri, British Sugar and Pond Technologies,” said Valerie Schuster, Managing Director of Livalta (a division of AB Agri). Read more>>
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