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34 2 An Original Business Model: The Integrated Biorefinery

1.3.1 Key Stages in the Development of the Bazancourt-Pomacle Site

Box 2.4 Key Stages in the Development of the Bazancourt-Pomacle Site
1948 Distillery
1953 Bazancourt Cooperative sugar factory 10
1989 ARD, joint research centre (cereals, sugar, alfalfa)
1992 Creation of CHAMTOR, initially producing inulin (chicory) and
glucose (wheat), then starch and glucose, bought by Pfeifer and
Langen in 1994
1994 SOLIANCE, creator and manufacturer of active cosmetics
ingredients
2005 National launch of competitiveness clusters in Reims and presidential
visit of the site to illustrate this new dynamic. Creation of the IAR
cluster (Picardy and Champagne-Ardenne regions)
2007 CRISTANOL, ethanol and alcohol producer 11
2009 Acquisition of CHAMTOR, starch and glucose producer, from
Pfeifer and Langen by CHAMPAGNE CEREALES
2010 BIODEMO, ARD’s industrial demonstration unit
2011 PROJET FUTUROL, second-generation bioethanol pilot factory
BRI, joint open biorefinery platform
2012 AIR LIQUIDE,CO 2 liquefaction
Launch of CEBB by Ecole Centrale Paris,
AgroParisTech and NEOMA Business School 12
2013 FONDATION JACQUES DE BOHAN, foundation dedicated to
promoting the biorefinery
Launch of a joint staff restaurant for the different firms on the site
2014 Acquisition of SOLIANCE by GIVAUDAN. The site becomes the
REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE EUROPEAN
BIOREFINERY INSTITUTE 13 (IEB)

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Conversion of the distillery into a sugar factory.
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From wheat and sugar beet by-products.
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Installation of these research chairs in a dedicated building on the biorefinery site planned
for 2015.
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