Futerro, Belgian company specialised in the production of lactic acid, lactide (two platform molecules) and PLA (polylactic acid), has launched the engineering and the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) – called “Avant-Projet Détaillé” in French – for its future European biorefinery to be located at Saint-Jean-de-Folleville between Rouen and Le Havre (76).
The company has called upon the French technical expertise of the Ingerop Group to finalise the environmental and construction authorisations, which should be submitted to the French government within the next few months.
Through combining various technologies (fermentation, polymerisation and recycling), Futerro aims to develop a green chemistry and a renewable polymers sector, reducing the carbon footprint of French industry with an objective not just of decarbonisation, but also of defossilation.
