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Novozymes expands bio-based activities
Danish enzymes producer Novozymes is a very busy company these days both in the areas of renewable chemicals and biofuels. The blog already mentioned Novozymes’ collaboration with Cargill and BASF on sugar-based acrylic acid. The company also announced last month its development of a fungus that enables production of a chemical building block called malic … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEElevance withdraws IPO
Sorry about the new layout folks. I’ve been getting input from readers on how to improve the blog and one thing that is apparently missing is the date on each post! Unfortunately, I can’t put the dates on the old layout so I have to redo the blog instead. I hope this will not turn … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEBio-acrylic acid on the way
So…I just found out yesterday that my goodbye post on my old blog has been taken down by ICIS. I am not sure how this action is beneficial to them except that it looked really mean-spirited to me but I guess that’s how some corporations work. Oh well… So let me start my second post … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEINVISTA seeks more bio-based nylon feedstock
Welcome to the new green chemicals blog’s first post! My interview with INVISTA happened after the company announced its partnership with LanzaTech to develop bio-based butadiene as feedstock for their proprietary adiponitrile (ADN) production technology. ADN is an intermediate chemical used in the manufacture of nylon 6,6. LanzaTech initially plans to convert carbon monoxide (CO) … Continue reading
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