Summary:
A Danish company has developed a novel fermentation-based solution for producing insect pheromones, which can be used for pest control in agriculture. The company is looking for a cooperation partner in the EU with existing large-scale fermentation capacity to establish production, especially for the fermentation step under a manufacturing agreement.
Description:
The Danish company has developed a novel fermentation-based method for producing insect pheromones to be used for pest control in agriculture. The pheromones are non-toxic compounds produced in microbial strains that do not produce any toxins or other products of concern. The production process and microbial strains are IP protected.
The products are active ingredients which will be further formulated by the individual customers for final use by growers in row crop applications. The market is developing now and the supply volumes are expected to reach 100s or 1000s of tons per year on a 5-year horizon.
They have scaled up the production of their first product, but are now looking for a cooperation partner who has large scale fermentation capacity to build production, particularly for the fermentation phase. The company seeks a manufacturing agreement with a partner in order to gain access to existing capacity, rather than building it themselves.
Type (e.g. company, R&D institution…), field of industry and Role of Partner Sought:
The company seeks a production partner with an existing efficient large-scale fermentation footprint and free capacity, who can run the fermentation processes and deliver the product needs on a long-term basis. The company has a preference for an EU-based location but will consider other relevant locations as well.
The company seeks a long-term partnership where the partner can take care of the majority of the fermentation requirements. To begin with the free capacity for fermentation should be around 100-200 m3. The company has process development and pilot fermentation capabilities in-house so they imagine that tech transfers and strain upgrades will be done directly into large scale production - they do not require the availability of a process development organisation on the partner's side.
Technical Specification or Expertise Sought:
The Danish company is looking for a production partner who has a suitable fermentation setup available, and who will be able to fill the capacity needs in the longer term also.
Specifically:
* Aerated stirred tank fermenters of 100-200m3 size using non-filamentous organisms.
* ISO certified processes and equipment, or similar
* Seed train
* All relevant utilities and waste available
* Ability to coordinate procurement of consumables
* Competitive cost of tank capacity (EUR/m3/day)
* Information: Products are non-toxic and strains GRAS (Generally recognised as safe)
Stage of Development:
Field tested/evaluated
Comments Regarding Stage of Development:
The company has developed the solution, has tested it and obtained patent for the solution and is now ready to go to market.
IPR Status:
Patents granted
Comments Regarding IPR Status:
The Danish company's production process and microbial strains are IP protected.
External code:
BRDK20210211001
