Kristin Misund

Alginor ASA seeks towards a sustainable and resource efficient future based on seaweed treasures from beyond the Arctic Circle. We focus on total utilization of seaweeds for production of unique, pure and formulated products in a multifunctional biorefinery. Through safe, eco-friendly and efficient operations, Alginor sets the standard for tomorrow’s innovative solutions and technologies. Alginor ASA was established 24th March 2014 to commercialize knowhow and technology through the construction of an integrated Biorefinery for seaweeds. Seaweeds are among the world’s largest untapped resource. Norway’s seaweed forest constitutes 80 % of the coastal biomass with a standing stock estimated to 50 million tons. However, in order to utilize seaweeds effectively it is necessary to use a technology which exploits the entire biomass – a biorefinery. Alginor plans to start up the first biorefinery in Norway focusing on total (i.e. 100 %) utilization and resource efficient processing of seaweeds to pure and formula-specific products for use in food, feed, pharma, agri, chemicals and materials. The biorefinery will be in the form of a Demonstration unit with a tentative production capacity of 5,000 tons of seaweed per year. Further, Alginor plans a new expansion to a full-scale industrial Biorefinery with an annual production capacity of 50,000 tons of seaweed per year.

Forskningsrådet skal gi næring til nye ideer, gjøre grensesprengende forskning og radikal innovasjon mulig. Vi jobber for et samfunn der forskning blir skapt, brukt og delt, og der vi bidrar til omstilling og et mer bærekraftig samfunn. På vegne av regjeringen investerer vi 11,4 milliarder kroner i året i forsknings- og innovasjonsprosjekter. Oppgaven vår er å sikre at de beste forsknings- og innovasjonsprosjektene får finansering.

RISE PFI is and internationally acknowledged research institute within processes and products based on lignocellulose. RISE PFI´s focus areas are Fiber technology and fibre-based products, Biorefining and Bioenergy and Biopolymers and Biocomposites. RISE PFI AS is part of the Swedish research institute RISE (Research Institutes of Sweden AB). Altogether, RISE counts about 2800 employees in 5 divisions, where RISE PFI is part of the RISE Bioeconomy and Health division. Business concept: Through research, development and innovation, we strengthen our customers’ long-term competitiveness, and contribute to a sustainable societal development in the circular bioeconomy.

The Paper and Fibre Research Institute (PFI) is a centre of expertise for wood fibres, pulp and paper, new biobased materials and sustainable biorefining. PFI was established in Oslo in 1923 as the Norwegian Pulp and Paper Research Institute. PFI moved to Trondheim in 1997/98, and established a close cooperation with the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. In 2004 PFI changed name to the Paper and Fibre Research Institute and became a subsidiary of Innventia in Stockholm, Sweden.

The vision of NORSUS Norwegian Institute for Sustainability Research (formerly Ostfold Research) is to provide knowledge for sustainable societal development. We apply and develop knowledge and methods to understand and implement sustainable solutions in society. Together with a wide range of public and private clients, we undertake projects locally, nationally and internationally to enhance environmental performance, often also generating economic benefits. For more than 30 years (and long before the term was widely known) we have worked with the circular economy. We are passionate about better use of resources, from the product to the societal level. We therefore work with environmental and resource efficiency through a life cycle approach (LCA). We are among Europe’s leading research communities in LCA. Alongside our focus on environmental research, we also address the social and economic pillars of sustainability. We work with many of Norway’s most innovative and future-oriented enterprises in a number of areas. We develop new methods that match the needs of our project partners. The work has given us substantial knowledge and understanding of industrial sectors and service areas. We welcome contact from interested enterprises, researchers and others for collaborative development of research projects. NORSUS is a private not-for-profit research institute, receiving basic funding from the Research Council of Norway. We started as Stiftelsen Østfoldforskning (Ostfold Research Foundation) in 1988 and restructured in 2006 as a limited company. We are located on the premises of Ostfold University College in Fredrikstad, in the south-east of Norway, and have a project office in Oslo.

Alginor ASA seeks towards a sustainable and resource efficient future based on seaweed treasures from beyond the Arctic Circle. We focus on total utilization of seaweeds for production of unique, pure and formulated products in a multifunctional biorefinery. Through safe, eco-friendly and efficient operations, Alginor sets the standard for tomorrow’s innovative solutions and technologies. Alginor ASA was established 24th March 2014 to commercialize knowhow and technology through the construction of an integrated Biorefinery for seaweeds. Seaweeds are among the world’s largest untapped resource. Norway’s seaweed forest constitutes 80 % of the coastal biomass with a standing stock estimated to 50 million tons. However, in order to utilize seaweeds effectively it is necessary to use a technology which exploits the entire biomass – a biorefinery. Alginor plans to start up the first biorefinery in Norway focusing on total (i.e. 100 %) utilization and resource efficient processing of seaweeds to pure and formula-specific products for use in food, feed, pharma, agri, chemicals and materials. The biorefinery will be in the form of a Demonstration unit with a tentative production capacity of 5,000 tons of seaweed per year. Further, Alginor plans a new expansion to a full-scale industrial Biorefinery with an annual production capacity of 50,000 tons of seaweed per year.

SINTEF is one of Europe's largest research organisations, with multidisciplinary expertise in the fields of technology, the natural sciences and the social sciences. SINTEF is an independent foundation and has conducted contract research and development projects for the private and public sectors since 1950. SINTEF has 2000 employees from 75 countries and annual revenues of three billion Norwegian kroner. Vision: Technology for a better society

Forskningsrådet skal gi næring til nye ideer, gjøre grensesprengende forskning og radikal innovasjon mulig. Vi jobber for et samfunn der forskning blir skapt, brukt og delt, og der vi bidrar til omstilling og et mer bærekraftig samfunn. På vegne av regjeringen investerer vi 11,4 milliarder kroner i året i forsknings- og innovasjonsprosjekter. Oppgaven vår er å sikre at de beste forsknings- og innovasjonsprosjektene får finansering.

RISE PFI is and internationally acknowledged research institute within processes and products based on lignocellulose. RISE PFI´s focus areas are Fiber technology and fibre-based products, Biorefining and Bioenergy and Biopolymers and Biocomposites. RISE PFI AS is part of the Swedish research institute RISE (Research Institutes of Sweden AB). Altogether, RISE counts about 2800 employees in 5 divisions, where RISE PFI is part of the RISE Bioeconomy and Health division. Business concept: Through research, development and innovation, we strengthen our customers’ long-term competitiveness, and contribute to a sustainable societal development in the circular bioeconomy.