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DTI Technology Programme
The latest competition under DTI’s Technology Programme makes available funding worth £17m over 3 years for ‘bio-based industry products and processes’ and 'waste management and minimisation'.
At the 29th November launch of the latest competition under DTI’s Technology Programme, funding worth £17m over 3 years was announced for ‘bio-based industry products and processes’ and 'waste management and minimisation'.
Recent evaluations of the DTI’s £14.5m BIO-WISE programme have confirmed that it has been a well-managed and highly successful programme that has had a positive impact on the UK.
A world-class Centre of Excellence in Biocatalysis, Biotransformations and Biocatalytic Manufacture (CoEBio3) is in the process of being set up. The Core Research Facility will be based in the new University of Manchester Interdisciplinary Bioscience building, with important satellite laboratories being established in York and Scotland.
This action profile describes how Baxenden Chemicals took a pro-active stance in self-funding the development of new technology to use enzymes in an entirely novel way to make polyesters.
The UK is internationally recognised as being at the forefront of innovation in bioscience and its pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries are major global players.
This 24 page publication from UK Trade and Investment includes a section on Industrial Biotechnology.
The UK is internationally recognised as being at the forefront of innovation in bioscience and its pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries are major global players. 
