From fundamental building ingredients to sophisticated polymers, from the vibrant marketplaces of Asia to the inventive landscapes of North America, and from sustainable carbon solutions to mass balance and attribution, the nova-Institute is pleased to introduce its exceptional team of biopolymer specialists. With its market and trend studies and unequalled worldwide experience and in-depth knowledge, this special team is propelling the chemicals and materials industry’s transition to a fossil fuel-free future. Celebrate the start of a brand-new sustainable age led by innovative trailblazers in the front of green technology.
8 October 2024, Hürth: Among the most trustworthy and regarded sources available, the nova-Institute’s well-known market and trend studies are created by nova scientists in partnership with top global specialists.
The nova studies go into great detail about chemical industry feedstocks, including chemical recycling and biomass over CO2. They offer thorough analyses of the Chinese bio-based and biodegradability landscape, guidelines, standards, and labels for bio-based products, a thorough overview of bio- and CO2-based building blocks and polymers, the advanced recycling landscape, and particular renewable building blocks like naphtha. You may access all of Nova Institute’s commercial reports at https://renewable carbon.eu/commercial-reports.
The nova Biopolymer Expert Group has been active for many years, concentrating its expertise mainly in the annual report “Bio-based Building Blocks and Polymers – Global Capacities, Production and Trends”, but has also previously and more recently demonstrated in-depth knowledge of specific topics such as alternative naphtha, PHAs, China’s biobased and biodegradable plastics industry, and bio-based building blocks. The firm is prepared to create tailored reports for its clients in addition to the studies that have already been released.
Expanded and updated knowledge and experience are necessary to keep up with the constantly changing chemical and materials industries. The Nova-Institute has enlarged the existing Biopolymer Expert Group to accommodate this demand, and it is glad to present its twelve members, both new and old, in alphabetical order for initially.
Tanver Ali is an independent consultant in the UK with a degree in business management and chemistry. He has international expertise and specialises in bio-based performance chemicals and tailored polymers for downstream market sectors. 25 years of experience in strategic business development for multinational organisations in North America, the EU, and China. focused on developing sustainable, renewable, and circular products and applications using bio-based monomers and polymers since 2017.
Lars Börger, Re+Spire Beratung (DE), has a PhD in Material Science from the Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interface Science. He studied general management and chemistry in Bielefeld, Marburg, and St. Gallen. He spent 17 years working in the polymer industry with BASF in China and Germany.
research, specialty chemicals and biopolymers in leading positions, including initiating the first lead for mass balancing and global responsibility for the biopolymers business, before joining Neste to build up the renewable and circular feedstock business for the chemical industry. He founded Neste Germany, is a book author and has been a board member of European Bioplastics and the Renewable Carbon Initiative.
A physicist and one of Europe’s foremost authorities, market researchers, and policy consultants on the renewable carbon economy—which encompasses bio-, CO2-, and recycling-based systems—is Michael Carus, of the nova-Institute and Renewable Carbon Initiative (DE). At the end of 1994, he and five other scientists
established the nova-Institute for Ecology and Innovation, which is autonomous and private. Carus has owned the business and served as one of its two managing directors since the start. Today, the nova-Institute employs nearly 50 scientists from a wide range of disciplines, covering markets, technologies, sustainability, communication and policy. In 2020, Carus founded the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), which today has almost 70 members from the chemical and materials industries.
Green D Market Analytics LLC is an independent worldwide consulting organisation devoted to the global market for renewable chemicals, and its only proprietor is Doris de Guzman, Green D Market Analytics (US). Since starting off as a market editor, Doris has established herself as a pivotal role in As an industry consultant, she works to advance the renewable chemicals sector internationally. Her knowledge spans a broad spectrum of sustainable materials, such as plastics and renewable chemicals. In addition, she is the creator and principal of the Green Chemicals Blog, a well-known informational website established in 2007 and known for its perceptive news and analysis on the market for bio-based chemicals.
With more than ten years of experience working as an independent consultant in the energy and chemical industries, Matthew Hartley of EH Consultants (TH) supports and oversees projects spanning a variety of value chains, from building blocks like olefins and specialities to algae, renewable diesel and biogas. initiatives. Matthew is an expert in evaluating technology as well as other facets of strategic planning and decision making. He graduated from Imperial College London with a PhD in Chemical Engineering.
As a chemist, Harald Käb, of Narocon Innovation Consulting (DE), has devoted his thirty-year professional life to “sustainable chemistry and plastics,” with a particular emphasis on bio-based and circular solutions. He established the European Bioplastics Association in 1999 and served as its leader until 2009. in this sector. He has supported company growth and communications at all levels and across a wide range of activities since 1998 as a strategic adviser and sparring partner to important actors. He works in close proximity to decision-making processes and markets. His experience is valued by well-known plastic producers and users.
GO!PHA (NL/US) founder Rick Passenier has experience designing industrial products and is an innovation in the bio- and circular economy. In 2019, he co-founded the non-profit foundation Global Organization for PHA (GO!PHA), which aims to accelerate the adoption of PHAs globally. Additionally, he joined the Dutch in 2024. The National Growth Fund Biobased Circular seeks to advance the Netherlands’ biobased and biodegradable polyester sector. Rick holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Industrial Product Design from Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.
Nova-Institute (DE) employee Narendar Poranki graduated from Tasmania University with a Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering and the Management Development Institute with a Master of Business Management.
New Delhi: Institute. He has worked in a variety of industries, including chemicals and materials, oil and gas, and bio-based goods and technologies, throughout his more than ten years in market research, business intelligence, and strategic assistance. Narendar joined the Technology and Markets division of the Nova Institute. department in the beginning of 2024.
With a Master’s degree in Polymer Engineering from the European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials Science (France), Pauline Ruiz, nova-Institute (DE), has a background as a chemist. She accumulated years of expertise in research and development as well as project management in a variety of domains such as the rubber and paint industries. She joined the nova team in 2020 in the Sustainability department. She is an expert in bio- and CO2-based chemicals and polymers and supports the nova team in several projects related to sustainability, life cycle assessment, technology and markets.
Pia Skoczinski, of Nova-Institute (DE), is a biologist by training with years of scientific expertise in enzyme engineering, enzyme-catalyzed polymerisation, and optimising microbial cell factories. In 2018, she joined the nova-Institute’s Technology and Markets section following a year of postdoctoral research in macromolecular and polymer chemistry. She concentrates on bio-based construction here. bricks and polymers, carbon capture and utilisation (CCU), and industrial biotechnology.
With more than 30 years of experience in the chemical sector, Gillian Tweddle of Stripe Consulting (BE) has knowledge of both technical and commercial sides of the field. Gillian has been a senior consultant on scientific, commercial, and strategic evaluations and projects for chemicals and value chains since 2002. covering a wide range of chemical intermediates and specialty chemicals including market histories and forecasts for bio-based and biodegradable polymers. Gillian has been supporting nova’s Technology &
Markets department as an external expert since mid 2021.
The bio-based and sustainable carbon economy are the areas of expertise for Ann Zhang, a senior industry specialist at nova-Institute (CN). In China, she is the representative of Nova-Institute. Ann has more than 20 years of significant expertise in company growth in China. For ten years, she worked in the life sciences and petrochemicals sectors, concentrating on new business endeavours and product development. In 2009, She transitioned into strategic investment advising, helping high-tech businesses make calculated foreign investments in the European and Chinese sectors. She has been involved in sustainable practices since 2016. development projects, collaborating with start-ups and global conservation NGOs. With an emphasis on the bio-based and circular economy, Ann is presently enrolled at Wageningen University & Research’s MSc program (2022–2024) for Biobased Science. For the Nova Institute, she has produced a market research report on China’s bio-based plastics sector.