Success story – Working with VERTEX Bioenergy to support a more sustainable future

For over ten years, we have been partnering with VERTEX Bioenergy on fermentation performance improvement to reach a shared goal of sustainably producing biofuels. Brought together by common values, we have established a close partnership with VERTEX Bioenergy plants to work on high-performance high gravity fermentations and yeast nutrition optimization pathways. For a decade, we […]
Success story – Working with KBK Biotech to increase distillery’s efficiency

In 2019, KBK Biotech pvt.ltd started a grain-based distillery with a 69 KLPD operation capacity. It was commissioned with Ethanol Red®. KBK Biotech has for main objective to increase Fermentation Efficiency. From the beginning of this collaboration, our technical service team committed to create further value in order to maximize KBK Biotech’s profitability through continuous […]
Success story – 10 years of collaboration with the Catalysts Group in India

India is the third largest petroleum consumer in the world. Growing population and rapid socio-economic development has spurred an increase in car transportation and gasoline consumption. Given limited domestic energy resources, most energy requirements are met through imports. That’s why since 2003, the Government of India mandated the use of 5% ethanol blend in petrol […]
High school students in rural area discover the beet ethanol industry

As part of a partnership project with a high school in the north of France, Leaf participated in introducing teenagers to industrial beet processing into various products. The students in the school’s science classes were involved in a “Science Festival” project, the theme of which this year was “Man and Nature”. With a focus on […]
The BioImpulse project gives new impetus to biotechnology in materials

The BioImpulse project, first presented in Brussels on 2 October 2019 at the EFIB (European Forum For Industrial Biotechnology and the Bioeconomy), aims to create a new adhesive resin without any of the so-called Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC).
Leaf and Dutch DNA enter in R&D collaboration for itaconic acid production

Leaf and Dutch DNA Biotech enter in R&D collaboration for the development of a value added fermentation solution to produce itaconic acid Leaf (LESAFFRE ADVANCED FERMENTATIONS) and Dutch DNA, a spin-out of TNO, are glad to announce they have entered into a R&D collaboration for the development of a new fungal host for the production […]