INGRAIN
Agricultural-textile-food innovation alliance
The WIR! alliance aims to initiate an innovation-based structural change and develop it further in a forward-looking way by synergistically utilising the innovation potential of a bio-based "circular economy", which has hardly been addressed to date. The basis for this is the networking of the strong agricultural, textile and food industries in the Heinsberg region and around Germany's westernmost district, which is unique in this combination in Germany.
Products & topics
Innovation strands:
- Lignocellulose x textile
- Fungi
- Insects
- Circ. strategies
Industries
- Food
- Textile
- Agriculture
Feedstock
- Residual materials from the agricultural & food sector
Processes
- Biotech: fermentation, enzymatic, bacteria, fungi
- Process engineering: biomass digestion
- Textile technology: wet spinning process
Projects
- CoMpoNent
- BasiCALT
- AltCell
- TechEnt
- CircuLAr Success Path
- INGRAIN-Strategieentwicklung
- INGRAIN-Innovations-Management
Stakeholders
- Innovation Alliance Agri-Textile-Food | Ingrain](https://ingrain.nrw/)
The concrete approach to the circular economy is based on the utilisation of existing residual, valuable and nutrient flows and how these can be utilised across sectors in order to implement innovative technologies and exploit new value creation potential. Examples include the utilisation of agricultural residues for the production of textiles or biological conversion by insects and fungi. By means of a transdisciplinary and participatory approach, a competence and service network is being established, whereby INGRAIN is making an important contribution to future-oriented structural change in the region addressed. The district of Heinsberg and its neighbouring areas from Aachen via Mönchengladbach to the northern Rhenish mining area will thus become a visible innovation region for a bio-based "circular economy";