NEXT-GEN-BIOTECH
EUROPEAN DIGITAL INNOVATION HUB

Technological challenges

01 / Production of bio-resources and bioproducts more sustainable and efficient

02 / Generation Next-Gen-Bio-resources and products

03 / Circular economy in all value chains

The key technology of our time

Biotechnology is a key technology of the 21st century with enormous innovation potential. At the same time, there are huge challenges to master. These are very specific, depending on the area of application.

Our value proposition:

Optimized time-to-market for initial adopters
Increased utility for customers and functionality for end-user
Supporting new business models of our customers in new areas of biotech applications
New offerings to reach the right audience in the value chain inside the go-to-market strategy
Worldwide support of operational scalability for initial adoption, including skills, infrastructure, processes, and supply chains
Cost reduction via optimized supply chain
Perfect match for key electronic components for biotech applications
One-stop-shopping
Proof of concepts already designed by our engineers
Solution provider for all components like semiconductors, passive components, E-mech, embedded systems, displays, batteries, etc.

BUSINESS

GROWTH

Digital Transformation

Product

ABOUT US

OUR STORY

In 2020, Next-Gen-BIoTech was established as a regional Digital Innovation Hub (DIH) in South center Bulgaria. Next-Gen-BIoTech has since been selected by the Ministry of econnomy, as a Bulgarian candidate to also receive status as a candidat European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH).

European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIHs) will function as one-stop shops that help companies dynamically respond to the digital challenges and become more competitive. By providing access to technical expertise and experimentation as well as the possibility to “test before invest”, EDIHs help companies improve business/production processes, products, or services using digital technologies. They also provide innovation services, such as financing advice, training, and skills development that are needed for a successful digital transformation. Environmental issues are also taken into account, in particular with regard to energy consumption and low carbon emissions

We help organizations in South center Region in Bulgaria to keep up with the digital transition, and meet the expectations of customers, employees and citizens who are becoming increasingly digital.

Next-Gen-BIoTech are part of FUTURIUM PLATFORM and COMMUNITIES a European policy initiative to digitise the industry

OUR VISION

Digitalisation for Growth

Digitalisation in the bioeconomy: Convergence for the bio-based industries

The combination of digital and biological transformation may greatly change the design and handling of production processes and their products.

Combining digital and biological tools is the best available way to reduce discovery time given the complexity of biology

Sustainability

Sustainable materials manufacturing and management: There are roles for digital technologies in judging sustainability. Sustainability standards should be an intense focus in the bioeconomy generally, and specifically in engineering biology and biomanufacturing. Issues such as the provenance of feedstocks could be explored using blockchain technology. Automated, digitalised protocols for sustainability assessment would decrease the financial burden on small companies tasked with proving the sustainability of their products and processes. For example, it could compare greenhouse gas emissions savings associated with products and primary fossil energy savings of the manufacturing processes with costs of fossil counterparts.

The era of bio-based production has arrived

Due to foundations laid down in previous decades, biology, quite suddenly in this decade, finds itself in a data-rich era. This trend will undoubtedly continue and has implications for biotechnology and the emerging engineering biology. Literally hundreds of engineering (synthetic) biology start-ups are receiving investments. However, engineering biology needs a large increase in its quantitative precision to qualify as a manufacturing discipline. Some solutions can come from biology itself, but a greater alignment with automation, as in so much of modern manufacturing, is also needed. When married to the complexity of biology, there is an obvious need for a step-change in digitalisation.