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Bio-based adhesives are hot!
Source: Henkel Germany-based consumer products company Henkel announced this week that it has partnered with US-based DaniMer Scientific to develop bio-based hotmelt adhesives for consumer packaging. The goal for the partnership is to market a technology platform that includes a family of bio-based hotmelt (is this one word or two words?) adhesive formulations worldwide. The … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACESweet future of cellulosic sugar
UPDATE 1/17/13: You can get the latest press release about the Sweetwater and Front Range Energy deal here. I’ve also been remiss in forgetting to mention major cellulosic ethanol players and enzymes producers including DuPont, POET-DSM, Novozymes, Abengoa, BP Biofuels, INEOS Bio, who have all been working on cellulosic sugar production as well. The blog … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEBiofuel news roundup
It seems all my anti-flu precautions did not work, unfortunately, as I am now a mass of sneezing, sniffling, virus-laden human being. Hopefully, this will pass very soon. Here are several announcements in the biofuel industry and there seems to be a lot of them coming out everyday. Vinema to build ethanol plants in Brazil … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEWeekly News Roundup
The weekly news roundup is back! Yay! METEX proceeds with Malaysia project France-based biological chemistry company METabolic EXplorer noted that it has completed the initial-phase analyses of its future bio-propanediol facility in Iskandar, Malaysia in collaboration with Malaysian biotech hub owner Bio-XCell. The project has been delayed for seven months due to site preparation issues. … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEGreen awards up for grabs
‘Tis the season for industry awards and we might see some biobased chemicals/materials this year crossing somebody’s red, or in this instance, green carpet. DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products Company announced last week the launch of its Innovation Award program for companies using its Zemea propanediol (1,3 PDO) in their cosmetic and personal care … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEQteros back from the ashes
Remember cellulosic ethanol developer Qteros (formerly Sun Ethanol), which shuttered its operations last year in April, and auctioned off its pilot biofuels manufacturing facility in Chicopee, Massachusetts? The company’s technology called Q Microbe developed by the University of Massachusetts Amherst was touted as a very efficient ethanol-producing organism using biomass feedstock. Unfortunately, Qteros was one … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEGreen Market Forecasts
My crystal ball is not working properly so I am going to let these experts from various consulting firms do the proper forecasting when it comes to biobased chemicals/materials, biofuels as well as cleantech markets. BIO-BASED MATERIALS AND CHEMICALS US-based consulting firm Lux Research noted that bio-based material developers must aim for large, addressable markets … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEUpdates: Verdezyne, Purac, Dow
Hello blog readers. As you probably noticed by now, I have been absent lately from posting because of a very good reason. As of this week, I now possessed dual degrees — Chemical Engineering and Nursing — and I am wondering how to combine these and still be able to do the work I love … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEFunding prospect for 2013?
With the dismal IPO and stock trends for renewable chemicals and biofuels last year, combined with biofuel/renewable energy regulatory uncertainties in the Western markets as well as continuous global economic/financial challenges — will investors be invigorated in 2013 to part with their precious green bucks? January seems to have a good start as the biodiesel … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEWelcome 2013!
Happy New Year readers of the blog! I hope 2013 will be a successful and productive year for the business of green chemistry and the blog’s resolution is to continue monitoring and reporting activities in this market. Again, I wanted to thank everybody who continue to follow the blog’s transition from ICIS. Since the new … Continue reading
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