1.Biomass is of extremely diverse nature.Transforming biomass through chemical or biochemical catalysts leads to mixtures of impure products: fermentation broths, biomass hydrolysates, and chemical reaction mixtures.On the other hand, bio-based chemicals must be very pure to enter the value chain and be transformed into end products!!This is the challenge that every company developing a bio-based product is facing.2.Novaseps advanced purification technologies can fill this gap! Novasep is specialist in solving purification challenges, from process development to industrial installations, and from laboratory equipment to turnkey plants.We provide process development and engineering services, equipment and contract manufacturing services, for the biopharma and industrial biotech industries.3.Novasep unique know-how in separation and purification technologies includes membrane filtration, chromatography, ion exchange, adsorption, electrodialysis, evaporation and crystallisation.We use our proprietary computer modelling tools to speed up your process development and optimization.4.Success stories that we may develop in the presentation: Organic acids and other bio-based chemicals purification by Continuous Ion Exchange: succinic acid, gluconic acid Polyols desalting and purification by industrial SSMB chromatography Cellulosic sugars separation and purification by industrial SSMB chromatography: C6 and C5 sugars, separation of xylose and arabinose Fermentation broth clarification with ceramic membrane filtration These examples will show how Novasep integrates the purification operations with the upstream process, to maximize efficiency, minimize waste and improve the overall process economics.Key Words: White Biotech, Cellulosic sugars, Organic Acids, polyols, bio-based chemicals, purification, chromatography, Ion Exchange, Membrane Filtration.