BUSINESS PLAN FOR ENZYME PRODUCTION

Business Plan for Enzyme Production

Business Plan for Enzyme Production by Microorganisms

Introduction

Enzymes are catalysts to speed up chemical reactions. These are made by a strain of micro organisms like esterase, pectinase. These microorganisms are fed and nurtured until they form enzymes. Then the fermentation broth recovers the desired end product which is sold to the market. A large quantity of micro organisms can produce a large amount of enzymes. This process of multiplying microorganisms to obtain a larger quantity of enzymes is known as fermentation. This process initiates by a production strain in which industrial enzymes are obtained. One of the most essential steps in enzyme production is sterilization in which all irrelevant native microorganisms are removed otherwise the desired quantity of enzymes cannot be produced. The process is followed by downstream processing in which the broth is removed using filtration processes. Then the enzymes are finally separated from the water through evaporation. In the end, these enzymes are formulated and standardized in the forms of liquid, powder, or granules. There are many uses of enzymes in the new biotechnology industries. Their use has been made more profitable by finding ways to use them over and over again by immobilizing them (Hult, 395).

Business Plan for Enzyme Production

Executive Summary

The company “Bio Ways” plans to start up production of enzymes using microorganisms. The company has a standing in the bio-technological industry and has achieved quite a number of milestones with regard to highly efficient production and expertise. The company sells these enzymes mainly to food manufacturers and so other businesses are its customers. It makes use of state-of-the-art technology and the company is affiliated to good technology solution providers and consultants. The competitors are few and the company leads the market especially for bio-tech services. Hence the company wants to initiates the production of enzymes which are catalysts for chemical reactions and mainly used in the production of food stuffs in factories. Biotechnology must overcome the economic problems involved in its development, taking the advantages of this particular process involved (Fersht, 1985,, 50).

The problems in the use of biotechnology are:

low concentrations of products formed

instability of these

complex mixtures that are produced (employees + substrates secondary reaction products) (Fersht, 1985,, 50).

The advantages of biotechnology are:

properties of beer, cheese and bread

wastewater treatment

high value low volume of antibiotics

Company Information

The company “Bio Ways” is a market leader in bio-tech productions. It has a strong customer base, most of them being food processing industries. This means the customer base is mainly comprised of other factories in which food stuffs are prepared. The company is based in United Kingdom and it supplying bio-tech products to the whole country as well as abroad. The company wants to expand its product line in future, for which it is considering the production of enzymes by using microorganisms like esterase and pectinase. The process requires a number of additions to the equipment (fermenters) that have to be ...