German Platform on White Biotechnology: White Biotechnology - the Success Story Continues

Germany is a worldwide heavyweight in the field of white biotechnology. Expertise, the quality of scientific and technical establishments, and the capacity and performance of manufacturing plants mean that Germany is No. 1 in Europe. Worldwide, Germany shares the top position with the USA. The position paper describes some representative contributions made by industrial biotechnology to climate protection and sustainability and uses many different examples to illustrate the variety of the fields of application of this technology.