bitop AG
EMEA
Witten
,
Germany
Scaleup
FOUNDED
1993
HEADCOUNT
21-100
FUNDING
Privately held
Keywords:
fermentation, bacteria, cosmetics, specialty_chemicals
BUSINESS
bitop AG is a German biotechnology company, founded in 1993 as a spin-off from the University of Witten/Herdecke, specializing in extremolytes - chiefly ectoine and hydroxyectoine, plus glycoin (glucosylglycerol). Its ingredients are used in cosmetics, medical devices, life science and animal health. Production takes place at its German plant.
BIOTECH INVOLVEMENT
Core; produces ectoine and hydroxyectoine via fermentation of the halophilic bacterium Halomonas elongata, using a non-GMO 'bacterial milking' osmotic-shock process. It pioneered large-scale industrial ectoine production in the 1990s.
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM
halophile (Halomonas elongata) fermentation; bacterial-milking extremolyte production
PRIMARY PRODUCTS
ectoine; hydroxyectoine; glycoin (glucosylglycerol)