PlantResponse wins first Green Biotech Award from EuropaBio

PlantResponse Biotech has been named Most Innovative European Biotech SME at the EuropaBio Awards. The Madrid-based biotech company was awarded first place in the agricultural/green biotech category at the high-level industry event, which took place in Brussels last month.
 
EuropaBio is the European Association for Bioindustries, and its annual awards – now in their seventh year – help to foster innovation in the European biotechnology industry. Tom Saylor, chairman of the EuropaBio SME Platform, said European biotech companies were “at the leading edge of innovation worldwide as represented by the winners and runners-up of this competition.”
The awards aim to recognise and reward European SMEs who are using biotechnology in novel ways to meet challenges in healthcare, agriculture, industry, and the environment. Entries in 2016 came from a record-breaking 41 companies in 13 countries around Europe.
 
“For PlantResponse it is a real honour to win this award, and especially to be the first ever agricultural biotech to win since the awards began,” said Eduardo Quemada, CEO of PlantResponse. “It is a recognition of our first-class innovation, technology, and team, and it encourages us to keep working on the challenges we have to address and the goals we want to achieve in the years ahead.”
 
PlantResponse develops and commercializes novel natural products that enhance plants’ resistance to biotic and abiotic stress. The company aims to bridge the gap between cutting-edge research and the market, and to bring solutions to farmers quickly and efficiently. Its approach reduces the use of chemicals, helping to protect the environment and promote more sustainable crop production.
 
PlantResponse’s innovative products won top scores from the jury at the EuropaBio Awards, making it the first agricultural biotech company to receive an award.