ARD
EMEA
Pomacle
,
France
Established
FOUNDED
1989
HEADCOUNT
101-500
FUNDING
Subsidiary
Keywords:
CDMO, CRO, fermentation, downstream_processing, organic_acids, bioplastics
BUSINESS
Industrial biotechnology R&D and scale-up company based at the Pomacle-Bazancourt biorefinery complex in northeastern France. Subsidiary of agricultural cooperative VIVESCIA. Founded 1989. Offers end-to-end process development from strain screening through industrial demonstration, with fermenters from 2L lab scale through 2 m³ and 10 m³ pilot scale to 180 m³ and 350 m³ industrial demonstration (BioDémo unit).
BIOTECH INVOLVEMENT
Core; specializes in industrial microbiology, fermentation process development, and scale-up of bio-based molecule production. Expertise spans strain selection, fermentation optimization, purification, and green chemistry from plant feedstocks. Operates one of France's most complete fermentation scale-up platforms from lab to 350 m³ industrial demonstration. Can produce biopolymers, succinic acid, DHA, and other bio-based molecules at contract manufacturing scale
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM
biorefinery processes; fermentation; plant extraction and chemistry
PRIMARY PRODUCTS
process development; pilot plant services; CDMO