Bio-on y TAIF firman acuerdo para una planta de producción de PHAs en Rusia

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Tipo de entrada: NOTICIA BREVE.

Bio-on (empresa italiana dedicada al sector de los biopolímeros) y TAIF (grupo ruso que opera en el sector petroquímico tradicional) ha firmado un acuerdo relacionado con la construcción de la primera planta de producción de PHAs en Rusia. Dicho acuerdo fue rubricado en Moscú en presencia del Presidente de la Federación Rusa (Vladimir Putin) y el Primer Ministro de Italia (Giuseppe Conte).
Nota de prensa: “Bio-on grants bioplastic technology license to Russian group TAIF for production in Russia”, 24/10/2018.
Entrada relacionada: "Bio-on inaugura su primera planta de producción de biopolímeros en Italia", 25/6/2018.

El acuerdo asciende a un total de 17,6 M€ repartidos de la siguiente manera:
- 5,6 M€ para la licencia de la tecnología exclusiva de Bio-on para producir PHAs a partir de subproductos de la remolacha de azúcar.
- 12 M€ para el suministro de componentes de planta construidos según la tecnología patentada de Bio-on (fermentadores).

Datos de la instalación:
Ubicación
República de Tatarstan (Rusia).
Capacidad de producción
10 ktons of PHAs (expandable to 20 ktons).
Coste
90 M€.
Cronología
Comienzo de la etapa de diseño: próximo mes.
Puesta en marcha: 2020.

Figura 1. Bio-on y TAIF firman acuerdo para una planta de PHAs en Rusia

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