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Bioindustrial Innovation Canada (BIC) is non profit organization that works towards a clean and sustainable future by building the future through the bioeconomy. Located in Sarnia Ontario, Canada, The focus BIC is to help Ontario and Canada become a globally recognized leader in taking sustainable feedstock, such as agricultural and forestry by-products and wastes, and turning these renewable resources into energy and value-added chemicals for use in applications ranging from construction to automotive parts.

The accelerator (Bowman Centre) plays a key role in translating Southwestern Ontario's strengths in agriculture, chemical and automotive production into new, sustainable bioproducts and renewable energy. It is creating North America's first bioindustrial laboratories and shared pilot plant facilities for gasification, pyrolysis, fermentation and bio-conversion – key technologies involved in converting agricultural and forestry by-products into fuels, chemicals, products and materials.

BIC was set up with $15 million in seed funding from the Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECR) program in 2008, with renovations for the accelerator (Bowman Centre) partly funded by Ontario's Ministry of Innovation and Research through a $10 million grant (2008). The accelerator is designed to help bridge the gap between research and market in chemicals and energy production from biomass. It is located at the Sarnia Lambton Campus of the Western University Research Park.