CLIB member Evonik inaugurates industrial-scale biosurfactant production facility

Congratulations to Evonik on this industrial implementation of a new industrial biotech process! This is first facility worldwide to manufacture industrial-scale quantities of rhamnolipid biosurfactants. Based at the Evonik Fermas site in Slovenská Ľupča, Slovakia, this plant will provide biodegradable biosurfactants for a range of applications, starting with a dishwashing detergent (by Unilever), and including nutrition, agrochemicals, and coatings. Read more in the press release.