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PHYTOARK, A VALUE-CHAIN PROJECT TO ENHANCE THE VALORISATION OF THE ALPINE PLANTS IN VALAIS
Article number
955_52
Pages
347 – 350
Language
English
Abstract
Around 80% of aromatic and medicinal plants grown in Valais are used in relatively low added-value food products.
This is the main reason why Valais aims at implementing a centre of excellence and building a specific network of academic and industrial expertise to enhance the valorisation of the alpine plants in high tech products.
The goal is to better exploit the potential of the natural products in markets such as cosmetics, phytopharmaceutics or health-nutrition.
Technological added-value will result in new business opportunities in order to reinforce SME (Small and Medium sized Enterprises) competitiveness.
PhytoArk is a project of the global value chain of the aromatic and medicinal plants in Switzerland: it builds up a bridge between producers, research centres and SMEsby setting up a technological platform entirely dedicated to the extraction and characterisation of new alpine plants and their valorisation in new high added-value products.
It offers services to develop new extracts and active compounds, optimize new processes of extraction and purification, and provide specific competences in terms of economic intelligence.
Therefore, PhytoArk would allow each SME to develop projects, from the idea to the pre-industrial product, by proposing a full set of competences in the field of natural product valorisation.
By creating wealth, business opportunities and economical development in Valais, PhytoArk ambitions to become a leader in the field of the medicinal and aromatic plants at the international level.
This is the main reason why Valais aims at implementing a centre of excellence and building a specific network of academic and industrial expertise to enhance the valorisation of the alpine plants in high tech products.
The goal is to better exploit the potential of the natural products in markets such as cosmetics, phytopharmaceutics or health-nutrition.
Technological added-value will result in new business opportunities in order to reinforce SME (Small and Medium sized Enterprises) competitiveness.
PhytoArk is a project of the global value chain of the aromatic and medicinal plants in Switzerland: it builds up a bridge between producers, research centres and SMEsby setting up a technological platform entirely dedicated to the extraction and characterisation of new alpine plants and their valorisation in new high added-value products.
It offers services to develop new extracts and active compounds, optimize new processes of extraction and purification, and provide specific competences in terms of economic intelligence.
Therefore, PhytoArk would allow each SME to develop projects, from the idea to the pre-industrial product, by proposing a full set of competences in the field of natural product valorisation.
By creating wealth, business opportunities and economical development in Valais, PhytoArk ambitions to become a leader in the field of the medicinal and aromatic plants at the international level.
Authors
K. Bourgeois , M. Nobile
Keywords
plant extraction, pilot-scale platform, value-chain, economic development, innovation
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