2008
Construction of the pilot factory on Trinidad & Tobago begins.
2005
The project is successfully finished.
2004
Third part of nozzle-U-loop project at DTU is started.
2003
Second part of nozzle-U-loop project at DTU is concluded. Results exceed expectations.
2002
A nozzle-U-loop fermentor is put into operation at DTU.
2000
Start of optimisation project regarding nozzle-U-loop fermentor at DTU.
1993
The process becomes a scientific priority at DTU.
1989
Statoil, Nycomed and others acquire 51% of the shares for a price corresponding to a value of USD 45m. On account of disagreements concerning future strategy, the Norwegians later acquire the remaining 49% of the shares with plans to build a factory in Norway. The Danish parties are not put under any competition clauses and continue their work in cooperation with DTU.
1988
First successful feed tests are carried out in Denmark.
1987
Hafslund Nycomed becomes a shareholder in Dansk BioProtein A/S. A 50 m3 fermentor begins operation.
1986
A 500-litre fermentor is built with funding from the Danish Ministry of Energy and is later expanded to 800 litres.
1985
Dansk BioProtein A/S is founded.
1982
Ebbe Busch Larsen acquires the patent for the methanotropic bacteria M102 from Professor Overbeck and Dr. M. Naguib Keddis at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, who continues his research in cooperation with University of Southern Denmark, Odense.