Biomanufacturing as Key Technology for a Sustainable Bioeconomy

Abstract

Scientific and technological advances have created new biomanufacturing opportunities by overcoming manufacturing challenges and problems in various industrial sectors step by step and thereby lead to sustainable value creation. Bottom-up biomanufacturing approaches can provide value to customers in a competitive environment and when located in a geographically well-connected ecosystem bring additional benefits, such as derisking of supply chains, reduction of complexity, or strategic autonomy. The strategic importance of biomanufacturing can also be seen by different top-down initiatives and platforms addressing common critical needs.