bright coatings

creating green coatings from biomass residues

Cosun is a Dutch farmers cooperative that uses plant-based resources, such as sugar, beets and potatoes, in bio-refineries to produce food, feed and chemicals/materials which can be used in biobased applications. Established in 1899, Cosun has a unique market position. They are experts in sustainable processing of agricultural crops and are providers of high-quality ingredients and feedstock for their customers. As part of their mission to become completely circular by 2030, they are fully aware of the enormous potential of plants in providing solutions for replacing fossil-based products. 



Cosun has a clear ambition for 2030: intend to be 100% plant based, 100% circular and 100% transparent. In Bright Coatings, like the other providers of feedstocks for the production of furfural from hemicellulose, Cosun will provide a residual biomass stream for valorization. Sugar beet pulp is a co-product from sugar production from sugar beets. Cosun would like to contribute in the integration and scaling-up of the production of bio-MPA from the hemicellulose present in sugar beet pulp. In doing so, they seek to find additional value for this residual stream which is currently used for low-value applications like feed and biogas. 

As of yet, Cosun processes about 10 Mton of biomass per year, in which they use as many sustainable initiatives as possible. As experts in processing of biomass and sustainable farming, they have much knowledge on the applicability of plant-based resources for the production of high-value chemicals and other ingredients used for complex production processes.