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EXAMPLES OF BBIINITIATIVE FUNDED

PROJECTS PROMOTING BIOECONOMY IN THE

MEDITERRANEAN AREA

GIULIA GREGORI

RIMINI - ECOMONDO

09/11/2016

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NOVAMONT: WHO WE ARE

3THE PILLARS OF OUR STRATEGY AIMED AT RECONNECTING ECONOMY AND SOCIETY

OUR MODEL OF BIOECONOMY AS TERRITORIAL REGENERATION

REGENERATION OF DEINDUSTRIALISED SITES

NOVAMONT is an international leader in the bioplastics sector and in the development of biochemicals and bioproducts obtained from the integration of chemistry, agriculture and the evnironment.It promotes a model of bioeconomy as a factor of territorial regenerarion, based on:

INTEGRATED AGRICULTURAL VALUE CHAINS

Development of low-impact and dedicated agricultural value chains, through the valorisation of marginal land and not in competition with

food production, integrated in the local areas and connected

with the bioeconomyinfrastructures.

Deindustrialized sites, regenerated transforming

world-first technologies intoflagships (world-first plants).

Biorefineries intended asbioeconomy infrastructures, interconnected among them and connected with the local areas, starting points for new chains

and new partnerships.

PRODUCTS CONCEIVED AS SOLUTIONS

Products of the value chainsconceived and designed to

tackle real societalchallenges.

Elements of a system whichprovide concrete solutions to

problems going far beyond the product itself.

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3 R&D Centers (Novara, Caserta, Porto Torres)20% of people in R&D activities>6% of turnover in R&D activitiesAbout 1.000 patentcases filed

R&DWHO WE ARE

NOVAMONT: A KNOWLEDGE-BASED INDUSTRY

4 production sites3 technologies up and running, 1 at start-up level7 reactive extrusion lines(95.000 t/a)4 discontinuouspolymerization lines(10.000 t/a)1 continuouspolymerization line (50.000 t/a)

INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE

GROUP PROFILE

Pioneer and world leader in the development of bioplastics and bioproductsTurnover (2015): 170M€600 people

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EXPERIMENTAL FIELDS

PRODUCTION SITES

MATRÌCA50:50 JV

NOVAMONT-VERSALIS

FLAGHIP FOR AZELAIC AND PELARGONIC ACIDS, THEIR

ESTERS, PLASTICISERS, BIOHERBICIDES, BASIS FOR

BIOLUBRICANTS

INTEGRATED AGRICULTURAL VALUE CHAIN

Porto Torres (SS) - Sardegna

HEADQUARTER

THE BIOECONOMY INFRASTRUCTURES IN ITALY

MATER-BIOTECH(100% NOVAMONT)

FLAGSHIP FOR 1,4 BDO PRODUCTION THROUGH FERMENTATION PROCESSES

Adria (RO) - Veneto

R&D CENTRES

MATER-BI PRODUCTIONAND R&D ON ONINTERMEDIATES FROM RRM

Terni - Umbria

BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE

Piana di Monte Verna (CE) -Campania

MATER-BIOPOLYMER(78% NOVAMONT)

PRODUCTION OF POLYESTERS FROM

VEGETABLE OILS

Patrica (FR) - Lazio

HEADQUARTER AND RESEARCH CENTRE

Novara - Piemonte

NOVAMONT’S SITES

SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES

NOVAMONT’S NETWORK FOR THE BIOPLASTICS AD BIOCHEMICALS VALUE CHAIN

JV NOVAMONT/VERSALIS

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FIRST2RUN PROJECT

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Horizon 2020 / BBI-JU; Call: H2020-BBI-PPP-2014-1Topic: BBI.VC3.F1/ Type of action: BBI-IA-FLAGAction type: innovation action6 partners from 4 different countries

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 669029

FIRST2RUN

Starting date: 01/07/2015Duration: 48 monthsNumber of Work packages: 8Number of expected deliverables: 44Number of Milestones: 6

THE TOTAL EFFORT IN THE PROJECT IS RELEVANT, BEING 1.665 MMS WITH A TOTAL ELIGIBLE COST OF 25.022.688,75 €AND AROUND 30 MIL € OF ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES (GRANTED: 16.995.882,00 €)

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The FIRST2RUN flagship project aims at demonstrating the technical, economic, environmental and social sustainability at pre-industrial/large scale of a value chain in which low input and underutilized oil crops (i.e. cardoon) grown in arid and marginal lands and not in competition with food or feed, are exploited for the extraction of vegetable oils to be further converted into bio-monomers (mainly pelargonic and azelaic acids) as building blocks for high added value bioproducts (biolubricants, cosmetics, bioplastics, additives) through the integration of chemical and biotech processes.

By-products resulting from these manufacturing processes will be further enhanced to obtain animal feed, other value-added chemicals and energy from scraps in order to increase the sustainability of the value chain.

Standardisation, certification and disseminationwill be integral aspects of the project, as well as a study into the social impact of products deriving from renewable resources.

FIRST2RUN: INTEGRATED BIOREFINERY FOR DRY CROPS SUSTAINABLE EXPLOITATION TOWARDS BIOBASED MATERIALS PRODUCTION

FOCUS AND OBJECTIVES

BIOPHIL (AMENDMENT)

UNIVERSITA’DI BOLOGNA

MATRICA

SOLIDQZ

SIPNOVAMONT

9BUILDING AN INTEGRATED AGRICULTURAL VALUE-CHAINTHROUGH THE COOPERATION WITH FARMERS AND THEIR ASSOCIATIONS

AGREEMENT BETWEEN NOVAMONT AND COLDIRETTI (THE LARGEST

AGRICULTURAL ORGANISATION IN EUROPE) FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE AGROINUSTRIAL VALUE

CHAINS FOR BIOPLASTICS AND BIOPRODUCTS

2015OUTPUT FOR THE BIOPLASTICS AND BIOCHEMICALS VALUE CHAIN

OIL

ACTIVE MOLECULES

PROTEINS FOR ANIMAL FEED

STEAM, DIATHERMIC OIL

OTHERCHEMICALS

OTHERCHEMICALS

OPPORTUNITIES FOR FARMERS, SHEPHERDS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

Valorisation of marginal ruralareas (i.e. cardoon trinaseed, ad hoc machinery, agronomic protocols and agronomic support)

Reduction of environmental impact for soil, water and air though the use of:

biodegradable mulch filmspelargonic acid for weed controlbiolubricants

Availability of local production of proteins for animal feed

Energy efficiency and independency

On-field innovation approaches

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BIOREFINERY PRODUCTION CYCLEFROM OILS TO APPLICATIONS

BIOMONOMERS

PLANT

POLYMERSAND RUBBER

ADDITIVESPLANT

ESTERSPLANT

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Valorization of currently unexploited marginal land (3500 ha) for production of vegetable oil (at least 0.375 ton/ha) to be processed to bio-based products and energy using the lignocellulosic fraction

Revitalization of the local economy through:

Reindustrialisation (reconverting of a no longer competitive site)

Creation of skilled jobs: estimated 60 new skilled jobs for each ton of produced bioplastics, in the whole value chain, from agriculture to the end life of the final products (incl. municipalities, composting plants)

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Integration with the community and the region

The presence of the biorefinery facilitates the development of entrepreneurial activities throughout the entire region, helping to strengthen the competitiveness and innovation of the local area and to maximise its growth potential on several fronts: from the primary sector (local crops that feed the biorefinery), to the secondary (agricultural vehicles and equipment, logistics, processing of bio-based products), up to the tertiary sector (partnerships with universities, schools, research institutes and local institutions)

Collaboration with civil society

Signed protocol with the municipality of Porto Torres (location of the biorefinery in Sardinia). Involvement of all stakeholders of the whole supply-chain: companies, local institutions, universities, schools, composting plants, etc. The protocol, dedicated to citizenry and students, was born with the objective to create and encourage an environmental awareness and a strong consciousness about the positive effects of the investments in bioeconomy for the territory through the visit to the places of green chemistry in Sardinia.

REGIONAL IMPACTS

13FIRST2RUNMAIN RESULTS ACHIEVED

Study on the availability on the territory of oil source with high potential of application in the bio-based sector

Optimized agronomic protocols for cardoon crop cultivation and fields management

Optimized protocols for harvesting, separation and storage

Optimized system for oil extraction from cardoon seeds and quali-quantitative assessment of oil and cake

Report on the catalysts preparation

Optimized protocols of oxidative cleavage of vegetable oil

Market analysis of biobased materials and products

GIULIA GREGORI

giulia.gregori@novamont.comwww.novamont.com

THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION

“The challenge of our millenium is in the balance between the technical means that humanitypossesses and the wisdom in how we will make use of them”UMBERTO COLOMBO