The Sustainext project, funded by the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU), gathered on March 5 representatives of European, national and local authorities to show them the first progress in the construction of the FLAGSHIP plant that Natac owns in Hervás (Extremadura, Spain). This plant, which once completed is expected to industrially deploy 20,000 metric tons of a versatile and multi-product NetZero Carbon digital biorefinery, is set to become the most innovative in the world within the botanical extracts sector and an example to follow for the rest of the European bio-based industries.
The event, which offered the authorities a tour of Natac’s current plant facilities and the progress of the new plant’s construction works, also served to unveil a commemorative plaque. It was attended, in addition to representatives of the 20 European entities that make up the consortium, and local public figures; by the executive director of the CBE-JU, Nicoló Giacomuzzi-Moore; the commissioner for the Circular Economy at the Ministry for Ecological Transition, and the Demographic Challenge, Alejandro Dorado Nájera; and the President of the Regional Government of Extremadura, María Guardiola Martín, among other authorities.
Every one of them agreed in highlighting the importance of a project as SustaiNext, having chosen an agro livestock farming region such as Extremadura, with the benefit that this implies both in terms of job creation and opportunities, unlocking new value chains and developing the industrial and innovation network in the region.
