Barentzymes was established December 2013 in Tromsø, Norway. Founded by Jan B. Andersen, former CEO of ArcticZymes AS, together with Sigurd Aase, a private Norwegian investor Barentzymes intends to bring to the market new enzymes for industrial biotechnology application, initially with a focus on bio-degradation of biological resources for food and non-food applications. Barentzymes is actively pu
rsuing collaboration projects as a rational way to increase and optimize throughput for new commercial introductions of enzymes, as the company in a start-phase will rely heavily on established processes and routines at established R&D resources. Barentzymes’ strategy is to take advantage of Norway’s unique marine resources and of strong scientific expertise in enzyme research to develop new enzymes with favorable features for industrial processes. The investment behind Barentzymes is substantial, and the company will from the start (April 1st, 2014) employ 6 people at the headquarters at the Barents BioCentre Lab in Tromsø, Norway and 5 people at a business development and bioinformatics office in Copenhagen, Denmark. Please read more about the Barentzymes wetlab and headquarter in Tromsø and our in silico bioinformatics office in Copenhagen on our website www.barentzymes.com
