PRESS RELEASE
GLOBAL BIOENERGIES receives the "most innovative European biotech
SME" EuropaBio award
Final selection among five nominees took place at a ceremony in the European
Parliament; award presented by Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani
Evry (France), September 20th 2012 - Global Bioenergies, the industrial biology company developing sustainable routes to light olefins, has been selected by EuropaBio, the organization representing more than 1800 European companies, to receive the "most innovative European biotech SME" award.
As announced previously, Global Bioenergies had been selected
as one of the five nominees contending for the "most
innovative European biotech SME" award bestowed by EuropaBio,
the principal organization which represents more than 1800
European biotechnology companies. On September
19th 2012, the final awardees chosen by an
expert panel were revealed at the award ceremony held in the
European Parliament by Commission Vice President Antonio
Tajani, Commissioner for Industry & Entrepreneurship.
Global Bioenergies is proud to announce that it has received
this prestigious award which was initially opened to all
European biotechnology companies active in fields as diverse
as pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, plant science, environment
and industrial biology. According to Nathalie Moll, EuropaBio
General Secretary, this choice was motivated by the
innovations developed by Global Bioenergies, but also by
their economic potential and their ability to answer some of
our society's most pressing needs. The corresponding
EuropaBio announcement can be found under: www.EuropaBio.org
About GLOBAL BIOENERGIES
Global Bioenergies is one of the few companies worldwide, and the only one in Europe, that is developing a process to convert renewable resources into hydrocarbons through fermentation. The Company initially focused its efforts on the production of isobutene, one of the most important petrochemical building blocks that can be converted into fuels, plastics, organic glass and elastomers. Global Bioenergies continues to improve the yield of its process and prepares the phase dedicated to pilot testing. The company is also looking to replicate this success with other members of the gaseous olefins family (propylene, ethylene, linear butylenes, butadiene…), key molecules at the heart of petrochemical industry. Global Bioenergies is listed on NYSE Alternext Paris (FR0011052257 - ALGBE).
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Contacts
GLOBAL BIOENERGIES
Marc DELCOURT - Chairman and CEO
Liliane BRONSTEIN - CFO
E-mail : invest@global-bioenergies.com
Tel : + 33 (0) 1 64 98 20 50
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