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Cooperation for the development of a new manufacturing process

Cooperation for the development of a new manufacturing process

New Active Substance against Hair Loss – Hair loss is a real burden for many people. Up to 50 per cent of all men are affected. So far, there are few effective remedies to combat it. An active ingredient could solve the problem of hereditary baldness…

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TransBIB-Symposium at the TUM Campus Straubing

TransBIB-Symposium at the TUM Campus Straubing

Exchange of ideas and networking under the banner of the bioeconomy – The first TransBIB Symposium on September 11 and 12, 2024 brought together over 100 participants from various areas of the bioeconomy. CASCAT GmbH was represented by André and Barb…

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eCO2DIS – Climate-neutral products through biotechnology – CO2BioTech

eCO2DIS – Climate-neutral products through biotechnology – CO2BioTech

The 2nd project meeting of eCO2DIS took place on June 21 in Marburg. Prof. Dr. Thomas Erb had invited to the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology. Together with the other project partners from the Technical University of Munich (Chair of…

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INTERfaces enters the home straight

INTERfaces enters the home straight

The INTERfaces project offered CASCAT a variety of cooperation and networking opportunities with many players from academia and industry within Europe. Several videos were created within the project, summarizing the objectives and results. Now the 3r…

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Kick-off meeting for the BMBF funding announcement “Climate-neutral products through biotechnology – CO2BioTech”

Kick-off meeting for the BMBF funding announcement “Climate-neutral products through biotechnology – CO2BioTech”

The project management organization Jülich (PtJ) hosted the event in Berlin. A kick-off event was held as part of the start of the projects from the funding announcement “Climate-neutral products through biotechnology – CO2 and C1 compoun…

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Kick-off Meeting of the EU-Project CIRCULH2

Kick-off Meeting of the EU-Project CIRCULH2

The kick-off event for the CIRCULH2 project took place on February 1st. Representatives from almost all consortium members were there in person to get to know each other better and talk in detail about their own work and possible collaborations in th…

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Groundbreaking ceremony BioCampus MultiPilot (BMP)

Groundbreaking ceremony BioCampus MultiPilot (BMP)

On November 29, the ground-breaking ceremony for the BioCampus MultiPilot (BMP) plant took place in the presence of Minister President Dr. Markus Söder and the Deputy Minister President and Bavarian State Minister for Economic Affairs, Regional Devel…

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Trade and Investment Queensland Networking Reception

Trade and Investment Queensland Networking Reception

Volker and André attended the reception hosted by Queensland Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment Cameron Dick at the Munich Chamber of Industry and Commerce. In numerous discussions with representatives from Australia and Germany from dif…

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EU-Projekt DECADES

EU-Projekt DECADES

On 01.04.2023 the EU project DECADES has been started. Now the first video is finished explaining what the goal is within the project.

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“Small WITH Big – together for more sustainability!?”

“Small WITH Big – together for more sustainability!?”

On 25.04.2023 the cooperation & pitching event “Small WITH Big – together for more sustainability!?” took place in the industrial monument “Kraftzentrale” in Straubing. André was also there and took the chance to tal…

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Final event of INTERfaces

Final event of INTERfaces

Between April 19 – 21 the final event of INTERfaces took place at the TU Graz organized by Prof. Dr. Robert Kourist. Unbelievable how fast 3 years have passed and what all has happened within this time.

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Start of DECADES

Start of DECADES

The launch event for the DECADES research project took place at Leibniz Universität Hannover between March 8 – 10. The choice of solvents – as reaction media and for downstream processing – defines the overall sustainability of chemical transfo…

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C.A.R.M.E.N.-Expert talks 2022

C.A.R.M.E.N.-Expert talks 2022

Resource turnaround in the region of renewable resources – biorefinery in focus André participated in the C.A.R.M.E.N. expert talk with focus on biorefinery and presented CASCAT and its contribution to the resource turnaround in a short lecture…

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VentureCon Bioeconomy

VentureCon Bioeconomy

On 27.06.2022 André participated in the VentureCon Bioeconomy at the Botanikum Munich. As one of 17 handpicked startups from the field of bioeconomy, he presented CASCAT GmbH to interested investors. The VentureCon Bioeconomy was organized by the sta…

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INTERfaces – Second Project starts at CASCAT

INTERfaces – Second Project starts at CASCAT

Karishma starts her 18 month stay at CASCAT. Together with Jakub we had the opportunity to present INTERfaces in the local press. For this purpose we gave an interview to Jessica Seidel from the “Straubinger Rundschau”, which was publishe…

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Start of INTERfaces

Start of INTERfaces

On August 1, Jakub Franciszek Kornecki started his position at CASCAT in the ITN -INTERfaces project. We wish him good luck and look forward to spending time together exploring new approaches and developing processes. ITN-INTERfaces Heterogeneous bio…

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INTERfaces – heterogeneous biocatalytic reaction cascades

INTERfaces – heterogeneous biocatalytic reaction cascades

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Future. Bioeconomy. Bavaria.

Future. Bioeconomy. Bavaria.

At the 5th of March 2020 the Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs Hubert Aiwanger gave the go-ahead at the Herzogsschloss in Straubing for the development of a Bavarian bioeconomy strategy. This opening congress as organized by Bayern Innovativ&nbsp…

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Canada meets Straubing

Canada meets Straubing

Based on the “Canadian bioeconomy cooperative research and development partnering mission to Germany” we welcomed today several guest from one of the largest countries in Straubing. A delegation, consisting of business representatives and…

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CSU: Straubing Forum – Business location today and tomorrow.

CSU: Straubing Forum – Business location today and tomorrow.

At the 4th of March the CSU-business forum took place at the start-up center in Straubing. Speaker of the panel discussion were: Andreas Löffert, managing director Hafen Straubing-Sand Dipl. Biol. André Pick, CASCAT GmbH Markus Pannermayr, mayor of t…

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CASCAT was invited to present at the 4th DECHEMA-PRAXISforum “Enzymes for Industrial Applications”

CASCAT was invited to present at the 4th DECHEMA-PRAXISforum “Enzymes for Industrial Applications”

The 4th DECHEMA-PRAXISforum “Enzymes for Industrial Applications” offers industry professionals a platform to discuss the latest developments in enzyme technology and biocatalysis. It is the chance to meet solution providers, key customers and u…

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CASCAT is part of the Horizon 2020 Innovative Training Networks (ITN) – project INTERfaces – Heterogeneous Biocatalytic Reaction Cascades

CASCAT is part of the Horizon 2020 Innovative Training Networks (ITN) – project INTERfaces – Heterogeneous Biocatalytic Reaction Cascades

With EUR 3.7M for academia and industry INTERfaces intends to pave the way for enzymatic based sustainable production of chemicals. Under the lead of Prof. Selin Kara from Aarhus University Denmark, 21 European industries and universities are teamed …

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Lecture at the German Biotechnology Days 2019

Lecture at the German Biotechnology Days 2019

Under the theme: Enzymes – Nothing works without them, represented André, CASCAT in a lecture series at the German Biotechnology Days 2019 at the 10th of April in Würzburg. Together with the companies C-Lecta (Marc Struhalla) and Novozyems (Kla…

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Economy Minister Aiwanger visits Straubing-Sand harbor

Economy Minister Aiwanger visits Straubing-Sand harbor

During a conclave in Straubing, Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister Hubert Aiwanger visited the port of Straubing-Sand and our laboratories to see for himself the solutions to the challenges of climate change and a changin…

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1. Strategic Meeting Chemie(-wende) Start-up Scene

1. Strategic Meeting Chemie(-wende) Start-up Scene

On Thursday, 6/22/2017, the 1st Strategic Meeting of the German Chemie(-wende) Start-up Scene was hold in Berlin as part of the German Start-up Association with friendly support from Covestro and Henkel CASCAT participated to create the future of the…

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First own products available!

First own products available!

CASCAT provides a permanently increasing portfolio of basic and fine-chemicals. Our ultra-pure products can be used for chemical synthesis in the chemical, pharmaceutical sector as well as in consumer goods or as analytical standards. The production …

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Dr. Gunter Festel - EFIB 2015

Gunter Festel joins CASCAT GmbH as shareholder and non-executive director

Gunter Festel joins CASCAT as shareholder and non-executive director to bring in his network within the biotechnology industry and financing community. The engagement of Gunter Festel as shareholder and non-executive director strengthens the business…

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Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Start of the joint project BIAMIN

With a short delay the joint project BIAMIN startet officially at the 1th of April. Within the call “Novel products for the bioeconomy” CASCAT works together with the Technical University of Munich and the Fraunhofergesellschaft on a new …

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17. Handelsblatt Jahrestagung Chemie - Andre Pick, CASCAT GmbH

17. Handelsblatt Jahrestagung Chemie

Themed for the first time, Entrepreneurs of the future – innovative companies – successful strategies – the Handelsblatt Jahrestagung comprised an own start-up session. Together with our buddy start-ups Hydrogenious, DexLeChem, Chromesis, CreativeQua…

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BIO-BASED START-UP DAY – Nova Institute

BIO-BASED START-UP DAY – Nova Institute

High-potential start-ups from the field of bio-based chemistry, polymers and biotechnology are invited to present themselves to industry and investors! The BIO-BASED START-UP DAY will bring start-ups, investors and industry together by giving the flo…

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17. Handelsblatt Jahrestagung Chemie

17th Handelsblatt Jahrestagung Chemie

Themed as: Entrepreneurs of the future – innovative companies – successful strategies, CASCAT present itself at the renowned and top-class casted Handelsblatt Jahrestagung Chemie 2016. Within a short pitch we have the possibility to present our semin…

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More laboratory space in the Biocubator Straubing

More laboratory space in the Biocubator Straubing

The Bavarian State Secretary for economic affairs Franz Josef Pschierer announced financial support for the expansion of furnished laboratory space in the entrepreneurship center for renewable resources (Biocubator). This enlargement guarantees a fas…

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CASCAT amongst the finalists for the innovation prize 2015 of the Chemie-Cluster Bayern

CASCAT amongst the finalists for the innovation prize 2015 of the Chemie-Cluster Bayern

The award of the most innovative member-company was presented during the networking day of the Chemie-Cluster Bayern at the 9th of November 2015. CASCAT was nominated with its “synthetic bio-catalytic process route towards 1,4-butane diol” and theref…

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Sustainable Chemistry Conference Berlin 2015 – Wir waren dabei!

Sustainable Chemistry Conference Berlin 2015 – We were there!

For the first time the combined chemical industry met on a bunch of selected Start-ups dealing with sustainable chemistry and biotechnology. In a side event of the international conference „Sustainable Chemistry 2015: the way forward“ in Berlin selec…

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Sofinnova Startup Award

Sofinnova Startup Award

CASCAT applied for the Renewable Chemistry Start-up Award. We already have taken the first hurdle, now it is up to you! If you belief in our vision, vote for us! There is the possibility to support us with your voting until the 10th of July! Here is …

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Netzwerkmitglied IBB Netzwerk

CASCAT now is a member of Förderverein Industrielle Biotechnologie Bayern e.V.

By becoming the 38th founding member of the “Förderverein Industrielle Biotechnologie Bayern e.V.” we now have access to the IBB Netzwerk GmbH which is a network- and service organization in the field of industrial biotechnology with the aim to boost…

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Bericht über CASCAT im CHEManager – Biomasse-Prozessinnovation mit Zukunft

Report on CASCAT in the CHEManager magazine – “Biomass-Process innovation with future perspectives”

In der aktuellen Ausgabe des CHEManagers hatten wir die Möglichkeit die Grundidee von CASCAT einer breiten Leserschaft vorzustellen und auf CASCAT aufmerksam zu machen. Wir sind gespannt auf die Reaktionen und freuen uns auf weitere, daraus entstehen…

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