Despite the lockdown of the Institute due to COVID-19 pandemic we managed to install our new 30 l fermentor from Sartorius. Today we inoculated our first test run. This is the next step in the build-up of our demo line for upscaled production of bioplastics which by the end of 2020 should reach 200 l scale. The final fermentation site will consist of 3 fermentors: 2x5l, 30 l, and 200 l.