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CSM changes name to Corbion, focuses on biochems
CSM, the parent company of lactic acid producer Purac, announced yesterday its new growth strategy for 2013-2016 starting with a new company name called Corbion. The new name and strategy marks the company’s transformation from a bakery ingredients supplier to a leading biobased products provider focusing on biobased food ingredients and biochemicals. In biochemicals, the … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACECalysta Energy, NatureWorks in methane feedstock partnership
As I’ve tweeted yesterday, there are so many press releases coming out this week because of ongoing two big conferences — BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and the ACS Green Chemistry & Engineering conference. Myriant already announced their on-spec bio-succinic acid production at its Louisiana plant while Gevo reported that it has restarted its … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEUPM, Ashland collaborates on UPM Biofibrils technology
UPM and Ashland Inc. have entered into a cooperative agreement to develop and commercialize products containing UPM’s Biofibrils technology — micro and nanofibrillated cellulose products that can be used for shaping materials and giving them new characteristics. In the biofibrils collaboration UPM and Ashland will jointly study the use of biofibrils in a wide range of … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEACS Video: Chemical Feedstock in the 21st Century
While I’m working on writing more posts from yesterday’s several press announcements, here is a recently recorded live stream video from the American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute (ACSGCI) conference, which is currently being held this week in Maryland, USA. The broadcast featured panelists that include: James E. Jackson, Professor of Chemistry at Michigan State … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEGlobal Biochem, ADM on catalyst collaboration
I have been tinkering on improving the website and so my apologies for those who have received two press release posts today. Those were some experimental sections I have been working on. In the meantime, let’s go back to our normal post routine. Biobased glycols producer Global Bio-chem Technology (GBT) Group of Hongkong recently announced … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEGevo resumes bio-isobutanol production
GEVO has resumed commercial production of isobutanol at its Luverne, Minn. plant. The company is currently operating a single production train but plans on bringing all its fermenters and Gevo Integrated Fermentation Technology® (GIFT®) systems online in the third and fourth quarters, testing run rates, then ramping up production and sales in 2013 and 2014. FOLLOW … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACENovamont launches 4th Gen bioplastic
Novamont announced yesterday the launch of their first product under the 4th generation Mater-Bi® line of biodegradable and compostable bioplastics. Unlike the first three generations, the 4th one has monomer components that will use biomass. Novamont said there will be two innovative technologies will enable the company to produce key monomers from renewable resources: A) … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEMyriant produces on-spec bio-succinic acid
Myriant Corporation, a global renewable chemicals company, announced today the successful start-up at its flagship bio-succinic acid plant located in Lake Providence, Louisiana. Myriant has produced on-spec commercial product at the plant and the Company anticipates that customer shipments will commence soon. Myriant’s bio-succinic acid plant is the first of its kind and scale in … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACECodexis, Chemtex scale-up cellulosic fatty alcohol
News keep coming this week, and this last one is from Codexis on its fatty alcohol project with engineering firm Chemtex, a company of Italy’s M&G Group. Codexis announced its successful scale-up in the production of their CodeXol® detergent alcohols using cellulosic sugars produced using Chemtex’s PROESA® cellulosic sugar technology and Codexis’ CodeXyme® 4X cellulase … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEUPM, Renmatix biochemicals partnership
Finnish pulp and paper company UPM has partnered with US cellulosic sugar developer Renmatix to further develop Renmatix’s water-based Plantrose process to convert woody biomass into low-cost sugar intermediates for subsequent downstream processing into biochemicals. The companies said the partnership’s long-term goal is to offer cost-competitive biobased alternatives to select petrochemicals on an industrial scale. … Continue reading
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