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Four Weeks to Submit Innovations to "Renewable Material of the
Year 2024"

Key Highlights: tire value chain of the new renewable ference in a shared exhibition space
carbon economy. provided by the nova Institute. Each
• The Renewable Materials Con-
ference (RMC) in Siegburg/Co- “Renewable Material of the Year 2024 "Top 6" candidate will receive one
logne, Germany, stands as one Innovation Award free ticket to the conference and dis-
counted additional tickets. Nova-In-
of the world's largest event dedi- Ready-to-use fossil-free sustainable stitute will use its extensive network
cated to chemicals and materi- material solutions with a low carbon of 100,000 companies and hundreds
als based on biomass, CCU, or footprint are in fast-growing demand. of press contacts to generate market
chemical recycling. Innovative brand owners are keep- demand for the winners.

• The conference introduces the ing an eye out for such solutions, in
"Renewable Material of the Year particular those that will soon reach Winners from the last few years: Car-
2024" Innovation Award, spon- the mainstream. To further motivate bios (FR), Colipi (DE), Eastman (US),
sored by Covestro. this trend, the innovation award “Re- KUORI (CH), Lactips (FR), LanzaTech
(US/CH), Plantics (NL) & Vepa (NL),
• The conference encourages pro- newable Material of the Year 2024”, traceless (DE) and Twelve (US). They
ducers and inventors of biomass, organised by nova-Institute and spon- report a huge feedback from the mar-
CO , or advanced recycling- sored by Covestro, will be granted at ket after receiving the award.
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based technologies to submit in- the Renewable Materials Conference
novations and providing a plat- 2024. Key points of the conference
form for the top six finalists to Producers and inventors of innovative After just three years, the Renewable
present their solutions in June technologies and applications based Materials Conference (RMC) has es-
2024. on biomass, CO or advanced recy- tablished itself as one of the world’s
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cling are invited to submit their inno- leading events. The conference cov-
The Renewable Materials Conference
(RMC) in Siegburg/Cologne (Germa- vation. ers a wide range of concepts and
ny) is one of the world's largest con- Three stage process: technologies: sustainable carbon cy-
ference on chemicals and materials • 28 February: Deadline for sub- cles, renewable refineries, and chemi-
based on biomass, CCU or chemical mission. cal recycling as well as new process
recycling – the only alternatives to technologies. Technologies for the
fossil-based chemicals and materials. • Mid-march: A jury consisting of production of renewable chemicals,
The unique concept of presenting all representatives of nova-Institute, building blocks, polymers, plastics and
renewable material solutions at one the advisory board and the con- fine chemicals based on renewable
event hits the mark. ference sponsors will nominate carbon: biomass, CO and recycling.
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the outstanding ‘Top 6’ appli- In June 2024, more than 500 dele-
It covers the entire value chain from cants.
alternative carbon feedstocks, the gates and 30 premium exhibitors are
chemical industry, the materials sec- • 12 June at the conference: Each expected in Siegburg, near Cologne
tor, product manufacturers to brand of the six selected companies (Germany). Centrally located in west-
owners and investors. Nearly 500 will present their innovation in a ern Germany and only a few hours
participants from 32 countries at- 10-minute on-site presentation from France, Belgium and the Neth-
tended the last conference in May on the 2nd day of the conference. erlands, Siegburg is easy to reach for
2023, 90% from industry. This year, Following the presentations, the international participants.
80 presentations, 14 panel discussions final winners will be selected by
and 12 workshops will give you the the conference participants and
latest updates on technologies, poli- announced shortly afterwards.
cies and markets. The perfect place In addition, the "Top 6" will present
to network and partner along the en- their innovations throughout the con-

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