Biotechnology

These days, biotechnology is gaining more and more in importance. Through this interdisciplinary science – biotechnology – new and more efficient methods are being developed to produce chemical compounds and methods of diagnosis. Basically, an attempt is made in biotechnology, to settle enzymes, cells or organisms in technical applications. The disciplines of microbiology, biochemistry, molecular biology, bioinformatics, process technology and genetic engineering are combined in one comprehensive subject in biotechnology. Chemical reactions, which are catalysed by enzymes, are the basis for biotechnology. On the basis of these chemical reactions, the first biotechnological processes occurred over a thousand years ago. For example, beer and wine was made out of yeast, and milk was converted to milk products such as cheese and kefir. Roughly speaking, biotechnology has five main fields: blue biotechnology, grey biotechnology, green biotechnology, red biotechnology and white biotechnology. If you don't find the biotechnology you are looking for, please contact us and we will help you find the best solution to suit your needs by calling our offices on: UK customers +44(0) 23 809 870 30 / US customers (561) 320-9162 and our technical staff will advise you regarding our measuring instruments. Our engineers and technicians will be happy to help you with the biotechnology, and of course, with the other products in the field of regulation and control, and scales and balances.

A short explanation of the individual branches of biotechnology:

Blue biotechnology: Blue biotechnology is dedicated to research on biotechnological substances in adverse environments. In particular, bacteria which reside at great depth in the sea under extreme conditions are the source of biological substances.

Grey biotechnology: In grey biotechnology, all techniques regarding the recycling of potable water, cleaning sewage water, rehabilitation of contaminated ground, recycling of garbage or exhaust gas cleaning are explored.

Green biotechnology: Green biotechnology deals with the improvement of economic plants in order to gain herbal ingredients or fabrics. These newly gained findings are transferred to other application fields of biotechnology, such as for example to improve medicines or to produce industrial substances.

Red biotechnology: Red biotechnology, also called medical biotechnology, is concerned with research using genetic engineering and new procedures for new medicines, for the production of biochips or the healing of diseases.

White biotechnology: The field of white biotechnology covers the integration of new results from the other fields of biotechnology to the industrial rail. For example, production methods for bulk and fine chemicals are being optimised, the dependence on raw materials is being reduced by using renewable raw materials or new products and system solutions are being designed.