New feedstocks, new companies
Meet entrepreneurs replacing fossil feedstocks with circular, biobased, and CO2-based alternatives. GCNE connects these companies with the partners needed for scale-up.
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From recycling technology to biobased building blocks: find companies working on pilots, demos, and first market applications, with the network around their scale-up.
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Latest News
8 Oct 2026
According to FoamBloxx, plastic foam will only be produced from plant-based or recycled materials in the future. The startup from Lelystad is in the process of building a new factory for its ECOfoam, a foam that is at least 50% biobased or recycled, with the goal of eventually being entirely so.
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Event Calendar
12 Nov 2026
How will AI and new technologies change the way we discover molecules, develop materials and run laboratories?On 12-13 November, ChemAI returns to Amsterdam, bringing together 300+ researchers, industry leaders, startups and investors exploring how AI, robotics, and quantum technologies are transforming chemistry, materials science and pharma. The event is sponsored by Siemens Digital Industries, CuspAI, Zeta Alpha, ChemistryNL, Techleap, University of Amsterdam, and more.
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Latest gamechanger story
7 Oct 2025
Paper waste is full of calcium carbonate, a type of lime, which can still be effectively used in paint, paper, glue, rubber, or plastic. The Dutch scale-up Alucha extracts this substance from paper sludge to help large companies like Essity, AkzoNobel, Dyka, and Bostik reduce their CO2 emissions and become more circular. The construction of a new demo plant can quickly commence once the company secures its funding completely.
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Explore companies developing new feedstocks, processes, and materials for chemistry without a fossil base.
Green Chemistry Accelerator
In the Green Chemistry Accelerator, scale-ups work deliberately on customer commitment, financing, chain partners, and market adoption.
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Tailored days
The alumni show the questions companies face in this phase: pilot and demo plants, customer commitment, financing, and industrial collaboration.
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Meet the gamechangers bringing green chemistry to market, alongside the chemistry clusters, provinces, regional development agencies, investors, knowledge institutes, and support organisations that make their scale-up possible.
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