DSM White Biotechnology: 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy candidate profile
Royal DSM White Biotechnology
Based in: The Netherlands
2008-09 ranking: Unranked
Business: White (industrial) biotechnology: Advanced micro-organisms, including microbial biocatalysts and an ethanologen capable of co-fermenting C5 and C6 sugars; Enzymatic hydrolysis, e.g. using cellulases and hemicellulases; Fermentation to biogas, biofuels and biobased chemicals, e.g. for the production of cellulosic ethanol, succinic acid, citric acid, vitamins, and antibiotic intermediates. DSM is a publicly listed company at the NYSE Euronext Stock Exchange in Amsterdam, The Netherlands (ticker symbol DSM KON). DSM has set up multiple joint technology development partnerships in the field of cellulosic ethanol, similar to its current partnership with Roquette (France) on succinic acid. These partnerships may grow out into commercial demonstration plant partnerships and/or licensing-out partnerships. DSM produces enzymes and yeast for applications outside biofuels on a commercial basis. DSM runs pilot production of cost effective enzymes and advanced ethanol yeast for biofuel applications.
Model: Co-owner and operator of plants for the commercial demonstration of on-site production of lignocellulosic enzymes and advanced ethanol yeast, and licensing out of the hence developed technologies.
Past milestones:
2008: DSM has received a 7.4 M USD grant from the US Department of Energy for a drastic reduction of the cost price of enzymes for the hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass. DSM conducts this project in collaboration with its partners Abengoa Bioenergy, the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the Sandia National Laboratory.
2009: DSM has acquired Biopract, which has developed the Methaplus™ enzyme series for the improvement of agricultural and industrial biogas production. Biopract is integrated into DSM’s biogas service concept for optimizing the biotechnology of biogas plants. Based on a thorough analysis of the production process, DSM offers biogas plants tailor-made advice and a product mix to improve the performance of the plant.
2009: as a partner in the KACELLE consortium led by DONG Energy, DSM received a 1.1 M EUR grant from the European Commission (Framework Program 7) for the development of advanced ethanol yeast. This yeast has the potential to improve the economic viability of a wheat straw based biorefinery.
Future milestones:
1. Finalize development of a cost effective cellulases cocktail for the industrial scale hydrolysis of pretreated lignocellulosic biomass.
2. Finalize development and start commercialization of advanced ethanol yeast for the industrial scale production of cellulosic.
3. Integrating and optimizing these technologies into an advanced biorefinery using agricultural residue streams such as wheat straw and corn stover for the production of cellulosic ethanol.
Metrics: 2007: 8,757 million EUR (approx. 12,000 million USD). 2008: 9,297 million EUR (approx. 13,600 million USD). 2009 Jan-Jun: 3,791 million EUR (approx. 5,000 million USD). Due to the current macro-economic situation, DSM does not give a revenue outlook for 2009.
DSM White Biotechnology quotable quotes:
“DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company: has over 100 years of experience in enzymes and yeast development and production; is currently one of the top industrial biotechnology companies with over 2 billion USD of sales coming from industrial biotechnology based products; has all disciplines which are required to cost effectively produce cellulosic ethanol via the biochemical pathway in house;
“DSM has an advanced research & development infrastructure for improvement of microorganisms for the production of enzymes, cellulosic ethanol and biobased chemicals; has developed an alternative cellulases enzymes system capable of further lowering the contribution of enzymes to biofuels’ total cost, going beyond the current state of the art; has an extensive manufacturing infrastructure for pilot and commercial production of enzymes and yeast; targets on-site production of enzymes and advanced ethanol yeast following the principle that only through integration and joint optimization with a biorefinery partner cost effective production of cellulosic ethanol can be achieved; is an important supplier of ingredients to the food and feed markets and is an innovative player in the field of performance materials, and is hence well positioned to provide innovative solutions for the valorization of biorefinery side streams, including proteins and lignin; is altogether a truly differentiated provider of a full package of biobased solutions for the cellulosic ethanol market.”
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