IBIS - “Innovative BIo-based and Sustainable products and processes” an innovation example for the sustainable chemistry affaires from the region Novara (Italy).

Founded in April 2009, the Sustainable Chemistry Innovation Pole situated in Novara (Italy) consists of about 20 partners belonging to the private sector (start-ups, small, medium and large companies) and the public sector (Universities, one local authority). The innovation pole offers a great opportunity for the actors involved to gain access to high-level infrastructures and services, as well as to public funds for research activities aimed at the promotion of a sustainable chemistry.

The managing authority of the Sustainable Chemistry Innovation Pole is a consortium named “Innovative BIo-based and Sustainable products and processes – IBIS”, a “light” and open body which coincide with the pole itself.

The Sustainable Chemistry Innovation Pole has a double vocation: on one hand, it aims to develop biobased products (and to disseminated a sort of “biobased philosophy”), while on the other hand it focuses on the ideas of sustainability and environmental impact reduction.

Novara area has a strong concentration of chemical and petro-chemical sites. This has encouraged the provincial administration to facilitate synergies and interconnections between chemical companies and the European Chemical Regions.

In this framework, IBIS represents the most appropriate local organisation to be involved in the ChemClust project (“Improving Innovation Capacity in European CHEMical CLUSTers”), a recently approved INTERREG IVC project in which Novara (the Provincial Administration) is partner in charge of the implementation of innovation capacity in chemical clusters and in transfer of experiences.

For more information, please contact:

Dr. Franco Pellacini – President – phone: 0039 0321 693617
Dr.ssa Alessandra Frattini - Vice President – phone: 0039 0131 882839
Dr.ssa Federica Mastroianni – Vice President – phone: 0039 0321 699737

Consorzio IBIS Innovative BIo-based and Sustainable products and processes
C.so Cavallotti n. 25

28100 NOVARA (NO) – Italy

email: economico@ain.novara.it
fax : 0321 674667