Industry initiative to promote
white biotechnology

At the end of 2006, eminent German industrial concerns from the chemical, pharmacological and nutrition sector and leading technology companies joined to form the Industrial Association Microbial Genome Research (Industrieverbund Mikrobielle Genomforschung (IMG)). The association was renamed Industrial Association White Biotechnology (IWBio) in 2009. All member companies share the same vision - to promote industrial use of biotechnology beyond company boundaries in co-operations. The synergies between partner companies are harnessed to use the collected experiences from science and business in pre-competition research projects. This is the chosen route before a background of rising global competition, a volatile raw materials market with rising prices as well as the dramatic increase in scientific knowledge in biotechnology.