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Waterschap Rijn en IJssel onderzoekt samen met Bureau Waardenburg en het kennisprogramma Lumbricus of Kaumera de dijken kan versterken.

The work was made by Nesie Junyi Wang, a 4th year photography student at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. She was inspired by the flame retardant properties of Kaumera.

Kaumera takes a big step forward. Four Dutch water authorities are working together in a new cooperative responsible for production. A new startup BV takes charge of market operations. This BV, Kaumera Sales and Services BV, is owned 50/50 by Royal HaskoningDHV and the Kaumera cooperative, taking the production of this biobased raw material into a new phase. Market interest in Kaumera has been demonstrated in recent years. It is now time to accelerate the development with more capacity and focus.

To support Kaumera's development, the EU LIFE program has awarded a new grant for the next 3 years.

Kaumera is developing rapidly. Many organisations and scientists are conducting research on applications, extraction and optimisations. To share this knowledge, it is important to have a standard for lab extraction of Kaumera. This has now been developed by Delft University of Technology

An innovation like Kaumera can only be successful if you work together with competent partners. And this is exactly what the Kaumera organization has been doing for years together with the machine and plant manufacturer and solution provider GEA. GEA supplies the two centrifuges that are essential for the extraction process.