If we can manage to establish a circular economy, this will create innovations from which both people and the environment can benefit equally. A circular economy refers to carbon-neutral production while using as few resources as possible. The idea behind this is that living matter will be cultivated in energy-efficient processes, so that they can be used as the biological basis for extracting raw materials that can then be turned into products. They should ultimately be returned to the natural cycle.
In the learning company that is Festo we have for years considered biology as a source of inspiration and a teacher. Over the years, our bionic engineers have created and developed a wide range of technological innovations. The experience that we have built up, our automation technology and our expertise in control technology make us the ideal partner for the cultivation of biomass on an industrial scale.
Essential parts of the biological transformation are digitalisation, artificial intelligence and quantum sensor technology. These methods can be used to optimise the data from bioreactors in a very short time. Only when the automated cultivation of biomass is reliable, economical and high-quality will bioproduction be marketable on a large scale and be able to achieve the desired environmental results. We are working on this in cooperation with other companies and institutes.