FermHub Zealand

20/05/2026

Today, you can read an online article at SN Erhverv (and in the printed edition/newspaper), which tells a little about how we got started in 2018, and what our aim was up until now ☺️

Lulu Harms Larsen ledte egentlig selv efter nogen, der kunne hjælpe med at opskalere hende og hendes mands fermenteringsproduktion, men i dag lever hun af at tilbyde den hjælp til andre i branchen.

28/04/2026

For noget tid siden havde vi besøg af Alflow Scandinavia A/S, en af vores leverandører. Og det kom der en lille film ud af🙂

16/04/2026

Our local magazine, ‘Høng/Gørlev Magasinet’, is published quarterly and is distributed locally to all households 📬
The March issue features an article about us with a piece on how we work with one of our customers, Launch Bioindustries, who have been able to develop their products and processes in our facility and with our support👏
Read the article and Founder & CEO, Andrew Chiappetta’s comments below (Danish only) 👇

19/03/2026

Erhvervshus Sjælland har skrevet denne lille case om os som man kan læse her👇

Ambitionerne fejlede ikke noget, da idéen til Fermhub Zealand så dagens lys i 2018. Virksomheden ville skabe en internationalt orienteret industriel biofermenterings platform, der kunne stilles til rådighed for startups, vidensinstitutioner og virksomheder, der arbejder med biosolutions.

22/12/2025

2025 is coming to an end⏳ – and we can look back on another exciting and busy year at FermHub Zealand.

📍 At the end of last year, we were able to start running some test cycles at our facility. These were both internal tests and tests with a customer who wanted to help testing our equipment and, at the same time, their own processes and technology.
These tests continued at the beginning of this year and provided both them and us with a lot of valuable experience.
In the spring, we received our commissioning permit from the municipality, which allowed us to open commercially for customer projects.

📍 Almost at the same time, we were approved for GMO class 1, so soon after we could handle various GMO trials.

From there, things really took off, and we were able to run successful customer trials with only a few breaks in between, which we have used for minor adjustments and improvements to further optimize the facility.

✔️ In February we could welcome Thio as Operations Manager.
✔️ Over the summer, Subir joined us as Fermentation Specialist.
✔️ This month, we were able to hire Jack as Process Operations Engineer.

Unfortunately, this fall our lab technician Karen left us 😟 We wish Karen all the best in her new chapter 🤞

We are ending this year with a short Christmas vacation and, not least, preparations to return in week 2 with new and exciting tasks and customer trials.

And then we can look forward to an excellent 2026 with the prospect of more collaborations with existing and new customers, project collaborations through, among others, the Lighthouse Project (Erhvervsfyrtårnet for Biosolutions), and, not least, the startup of the project to expand our capacity with the grant we received from The Danish Board of Business Development (Danmarks Erhvervsfremmebestyrelse) and the Ministry of Business (Erhvervsministeriet) in the fall, as a collaborative project with Teknologisk Institut 💪

A big thank you to our users of the facility for choosing us 🙏

Thank you very much to our partners, our suppliers, our grantors and our fantastic network - and all the visitors we have had throughout the year 👏

And finally, we would like to thank our fantastic, talented, and hard-working team Thio, Subir and Jack. You are indispensable!

We are filled with gratitude and happiness 🙌

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the FermHub founding team, Christopher, Christian and Lulu🎄 🤶 🎅 💥 🌟

14/12/2025

Welcome to Jack 😊

Since December 1, Jack Westerbjerg Duncan has joined our operations team as Process Operations Engineer 👏

One of his main responsibilities is to ensure the operation and maintenance of the process equipment. He inspects, replaces, and ensures that everything is clean and sterile in all connections, hoses, valves, etc. He also works with our external stainless-steel smiths on improvements and extensions to the piping between components.

Jack has worked as an operator for many years, so even though the equipment is slightly different, it is not entirely unfamiliar to him, and he already follows our shift schedule when we have customer projects.

In addition, Jack has extensive experience in blacksmithing, especially piping, both in assembly and welding. He also has experience in plumbing, so his many different skills fit perfectly into our team.

We already feel that Jack has been here much longer than he has, as he is so well versed in the various tasks, that it seems as if he has been with us for more than just a little over 14 days.

So of course we are very excited to have Jack on board as he fits in really well. He is a fast learner and approaches all tasks with seriousness and great interest.
And it does not hurt that he is a very nice person with a good (and slightly dry) sense of humor 😃

02/12/2025

Last week, we had a visit from one of our project partners in Erhvervsfyrtårnet for Biosolutions, BZII.

We had arranged a workshop led by Christopher Kjølby Jensen to conclude the innovation project with NordicBlue ApS, a company that develops sustainable dye for denim, with whom we have been working with for the past year on development and preparation for the next phase, as well as engaging in productive discussions with the Nordic Blue team and exchanging experiences with the upscaling process.

Partners from Knowledge Hub Zealand, Teknologisk Institut and The Textile Revolution (Tekstilrevolutionen) also participated in the project.
The workshop began with a tour at our facility guided by our CTO Christian Kjølby, where our guests had the opportunity to see the equipment and learn more about us.

Thank you for a really good and informative afternoon, and thank you for choosing to collaborate with us.
We look forward to working together again.

(Foto: Kristine Bonde Friis)

19/11/2025

29/10/2025

Yesterday, we had a great visit from Dansk Industri - DI’s KV25 bus tour, and 40 participants had joined the trip 🚐
They were primarily candidates for the upcoming municipal election and local politicians, and many of the parties running for election were represented.

We started with a tour at the facility and then gathered at Den Gamle Sukkerfabrik for coffee and cake, where Lulu Harms Larsen, CEO, gave a presentation of FermHub and then highlighted some points that we think are important to maintain in the collaboration between municipality, business, and education.
We also highlighted some points about why we think it is important to focus on how Kalundborg Kommune can help facilitate the construction of more housing and also the development of the smaller towns in general – including Gørlev – and to prioritize keeping these small towns alive by investing in sports, leisure, and proper infrastructure ⚽ 🏸 🚗 🏠

Finally, the individual points were discussed and commented on by the guests, who were expertly guided by Jens Skærbæk, board member of DI Vestsjælland and Senior Director at Novonesis.

Thank you all for taking the time to visit us ☺️ It was great to see you.
Good luck on election day to those of you who are running 🤞

10/10/2025

We are pleased to introduce Subir Kumar Nandy, PhD in Chemical Engineering, as the newest member of our team 👏
However, he is not entirely new, as he joined us before the summer holidays as a consultant and then we hired him permanently on August 1, as Fermentation Specialist with expertise in R&D, focused on, among other things, biosolutions and precision fermentation🌱

With a background as scientist within chemical and biological processes and several years of experience in both traditional and industrial fermentation, he has worked with developing scalable technologies from lab-scale to pilot and production. He has also worked extensively with optimization and culture management of fungi, bacteria, yeast and microalgae growth in bioreactors, as well as documentation and quality in accordance with applicable standards and procedures.

Subir works daily with both quality control and operations to ensure that our facility meets the expected standards, and he has a deep scientific understanding and a strong technical foundation for the development and optimization of various fermentation processes, which is also very useful in our collaboration and consulting with our customers.

His skills are wide-ranging, and he brings a solid combination of theoretical knowledge and practical expertise to the table 📚
We are therefore so happy to have Subir on board, and we are confident that he can contribute a wealth of knowledge to FermHub. In addition, he is a genuinely pleasant person who is always in a good mood and has a great sense of humour 🥳