Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion
Bioeconomy meets high-tech
As one of the leading European economic and innovation regions, the TechnologieRegion Karlsruhe GmbH brings together important scientific institutions, numerous innovative companies and public stakeholders in the TechnologyRegion Karlsruhe across the borders in the Middle Upper Rhine, the Southern Palatinate and the French North Alsace. With more than 150 partners, an active and competent bioeconomy network has formed in which the testing and development of bio-based solutions is being driven forward.
In addition to numerous pilot plants and bioeconomy demonstrators, the TechnologyRegion Karlsruhe is also home to capacities and expertise for scaling up bio-based production in sensor technology, plant engineering and control as well as automation technology and ICT. The TechnologyRegion Karlsruhe is a model region for the joint research, development and scaling of processes and products for a circular, sustainable bioeconomy.
Products & topics
- Value creation potential in regionally significant value chains
- Co-production and cascade utilisation
- Innovation promotion & development cooperation
- Application of bio-based building materials
- Bio-based materials for manufacturing companies
Industries
- Food and animal feed industry
- Packaging and moulded parts
- Wood and paper industry
- Waste management industry
- Construction industry
- Process development for chemistry and biotechnology
- Biopharmaceuticals
- Sensors, analytics and data processing
- Mechanical and plant engineering
- Energy technology / renewable energies
Feedstock
- Side and residual streams from the paper & timber industry
- Residual biomass from vegetable and wine cultivation
- Residual streams from the food industry
- Urban residual biomass & wastewater
- CO2 from industry and commerce
Processes
- Technologies for mechanical and chemical material separation
- Catalysis and pyrolysis processes, fermentation
- Bioprocess engineering and electrobiotechnology
- Fibre-processing processes, shaping
- Thermal processes: Pyrolysis etc.
- Documentation, planning and serial prefabrication of NawaRo building materials
Processes
- bioliq pilot/demonstration plant at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT | LINK
- Pilot plant for the cultivation of algae and processing of algae biomass at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT | LINK
- Plant for the conversion of renewable raw materials into chemical products, Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology | LINK
- Energy Lab 2.0 Plant for testing biotechnological processes in operation with renewable energies | LINK
- Gernsbach Paper Centre | LINK
- Cyber Lab Spaces in the Smart Production Park | LINK
- Karlsruhe Future Factory for AI-integrated Production | LINK
Projects
- Fibres for Food and Fabrics | LINK
- Scaling the biobased construction industry | LINK
- Bioeconomy strategy of the Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion | LINK
- RE²combine - Regional network for value creation from biobased by- and residual material streams | LINK
Stakeholders
- Partner of TRK GmbH | LINK
- TRK Innovation Atlas of Intermediaries | LINK
- Network of the Regional Construction Industry | LINK
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Bioeconomy | LINK
- Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research | LINK
- Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT | LINK
- Agricultural Technology Centre Augustenberg | LINK
- Paper Centre Gernsbach | LINK
The sub-regions of the TRK have different feedstocks available in high spatial concentrations. This, combined with a distinctive research and development landscape and numerous market and technology leaders as well as a distinctive start-up landscape, ensures the successful demonstration and scaling of bio-based innovations. Thanks to the high degree of networking within the TechnologyRegion Karlsruhe with numerous players and intermediaries, potential from other regions can also be quickly linked and promoted with the target players on site.