Picture of BioDemo : ARD's open scale-up Platform ARD is a Research and Development Company, having developed strong knowledg ... e in biorefinery since 1989 when it has been created by cereal and sugar beet cooperatives to find new outputs for the crops. ARD yearly turnover is 11 M€. ARD offers products & process development services from biomass and food industry by-products within the frame of : - food prototypes, plant fractionation including lignocellulosic biomass, - extraction and purification of fine chemicals out of plants and fermentation broth, - white biotechnology fermentation, aerobic/anaerobic batch, fed batch, continuous - DSP (Down Stream Processing) : extraction and purification, esterification, polycondensation... - Development and adjustment of analytical methods, - Environmental analysis, carbon footprint of developed processes, - Cost and robustness analysis of developed process ARD has comprehensive laboratory and pilot scale equipments & 2 industrial demonstration plants in chemistry & white biotechnology (1 to 9 m3 glass line reactors for the green chemistry and sterile fermentors up to 180m3 for white biotechnology) allowing scaling up and custom manufacturing capacity. ARD has launched 3 companies : - Soliance : green cosmetic ingredient supplier (now part of Givaudan Group), - Wheatoleo : APP (AlkylPolyPentosides) surfactants for home & personal care & industrial applications, - BioAmber in partnership with DNP GT for the production of succinic acid. It is at the origin of industrialization of new processes or products, nowadays operational or on the way to be, ethanol (Cristanol plant 280.000T ethanol) and other chemical intermediates under NDA. Among the ongoing contracts, it works for the account of GBE (Global Bioenergies) for the design of a fermentation process to produce isobutene. read more