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NASEKOMO & REINARTZ Form Strategic Partnership to Scale Insect Bioconversion Globally

Phileo by Lesaffre and Nasekomo have signed a multi-year strategic research partnership focused on industrial insect production.
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Key Takeaways

  • NASEKOMO and REINARTZ signed a strategic partnership to industrialize insect bioconversion
  • Collaboration focuses on commercializing NASEKOMO’s AIR2B automated rearing platform
  • REINARTZ brings 170+ years of engineering and mechanical separation expertise
  • Partnership aims to standardize, scale, and globalize insect protein infrastructure
  • Companies target improved manufacturability, reliability, and time-to-market

NASEKOMO and REINARTZ Partner to Accelerate Industrial Deployment

NASEKOMO, a European biotechnology company specializing in industrial insect bioconversion systems, has entered into a strategic partnership with REINARTZ, a German mechanical engineering firm with more than 170 years of experience in plant engineering and mechanical separation technologies.

The agreement establishes a long-term technological and commercial collaboration to scale insect bioconversion through NASEKOMO’s Automated Insect Rearing Beds & Bots (AIR2B) platform. The system integrates deep-substrate rearing, robotics, and full environmental control without the use of crates. Under the partnership, the companies will jointly advance commercialization and global deployment.


Combining NASEKOMO's Automated Rearing and REINARTZ Industrial Processing Expertise

Integrated Upstream and Downstream Capabilities

REINARTZ contributes industrial engineering, manufacturing capacity, and global sales infrastructure. The company also provides downstream processing solutions, including systems for converting dried larvae into protein meals, oils, and fertilizer fractions at industrial scale.

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