BioTimes

Awards, opportunities, partnerships and a big change at Novozymes, News & Innovation updates you on all the latest happenings.

Dinner is over, and it’s time to face the enemy: the dreaded lasagne dish. Sure, it delighted your taste buds moments ago. But now the bits of baked-on noodles and cheese are mocking you and your dishwashing brush, daring you to do battle. Your strategy?

For over a decade, an alliance between Novozymes and DSM Nutritional Products has been providing vital innovations for the feed industry.

Animal Nutrition is a relatively young industry and Novozymes’ Science Manager Dan Pettersson has been an integral part of it. His expertise in dietary fibers plays a major role in enzyme application and animal feed product development.

The introduction of feed enzyme technology in Europe during the 1980s revolutionized poultry production, but it was phytases during the 90s that saw enzymes broadly benefitting the entire animal nutrition industry.

More than just a process tool, enzymes are a key strategic tool for many of our partners.

Novozymes has just launched Met52® EC in the US, its new biological product for the control of insect pests. New Met52 EC does not leave harmful residues or adversely affect beneficial insects.

The Topic: Protein engineering The Teachers: Lars Beier and Jens Erik Nielsen

At Novozymes, we strive to integrate sustainability into our business strategies. As textile and leather production is based on traditionally polluting processes, we’re even more determined to drive these industries to a more sustainable tomorrow.

Offering Novozymes BioAg solutions to a million farmers in Asia; that would have sounded crazy five years ago when the Asian agricultural community hadn’t even heard the Novozymes name. But today it’s a reality.