Both companies have joined forces to drive adoption of large-scale Black Soldier Fly (BSF) farms. The companies will provide solutions and expertise to serve customers in this segment, covering the multiple steps of the journey, from concept and basic engineering to execution of BSF facilities worldwide.

The non-exclusive partnership creates a highly complementary offering with Entocycle delivering proprietary breeding technology and Bühler bringing proven industrial-scale technologies in feedstock processing, larvae rearing, and product processing.

One of the challenges of the highly promising, emerging insect industry has been how to ensure a steady supply of young larvae at an industrial scale. “While the pioneers in this industry had to develop their own technology out of necessity to ensure a robust BSF breeding, companies now venturing into this industry will be able to rely on a proven and scalable solution,” says Andreas Baumann, Head of Market Segment Insect Technology at Bühler. With this partnership, Bühler and Entocycle address this challenge by offering scalable end-to-end solutions that significantly reduce the time to market for companies building an insect facility. Over the past decade, Bühler has developed its capabilities in the insect industry and has already delivered a number of important projects n this field. In 2019, Bühler supported Protix in implementing the world's first commercial BSF plant in the Netherlands, Bühler supplied Agronutris' first industrial BSF plant in France. "It's going to be a great partnership because both our companies and teams complement each other in terms of their respective skills and experience, and our values align in terms of building a better and more sustainable world," says Matthew Simmonds, Managing Director of Entocycle.