I see no alternatives. The company also manufactures a wide variety of other drugs, industrial enzymes and biological pesticides. At its Denmark operations, Novo Nordisk has an active community relations program through which neighbors, citizens and environmental groups are invited to visit the plant. W orldwide, Novo Nordisk produces over 40 types of industrial enzymes.
Enzymes can often replace hazardous chemicals in inustrial processes and consumer products.
They are a major factor in the development of cleaner, more efficient industrial processes and improved products. This subsidiary, established in 1978, is the second largest manufacturing unit within Novo Nordisk. The plant employs 225 people and is the largest multipurpose enzyme plant in the Americas. Novo Nordisk BioChem currently produces 17 types of enzymes. One enzyme is used in the textile industry to replace chlorine in the manufacturing of stone-washed denim.