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Ecover plans for 100% bio-based materials use
I’m here in San Francisco and excited to start the World Bio Markets USA conference. I don’t have that much time to blog for the next few days but here’s an interesting video from WBM USA webinar about Ecover’s strategies regarding the use of bio-based chemicals and materials. Last year, Ecover, the European cleaning products … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEElevance advances Natchez biorefinery plans
Following Elevance’s successful start-up of its 180 ktpa Gresik, Indonesia, facility, in 2012, the company is now proceeding with its plans to retrofit a purchased biodiesel facility in Natchez, Mississippi, into its second biorefinery with a capacity of 280 ktpa (617m lbs/yr). The biorefinery will produce novel specialty chemicals including multifunctional esters such as 9-decenoic … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACENatureWorks’ next generation lactide
NatureWorks announced the world scale availability of its new Ingeo M700, a high-purity, polymer-grade lactide rich in meso-lactide. Ingeo M700 has been designed to package and deliver performance and functionality all in one molecule. Ingeo M700 lactide can be used as an intermediate for copolymers, amorphous resins, grafted substrates, resin additives and modifiers, adhesives, coatings, … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEMeredian aims 30 ktpa PHA capacity in 2014
Tecnon OrbiChem’s 2nd issue of its Bio-Materials & Intermediates newsletter is now out, and I am really excited for this one as we were able to get several major updates for bio-PET and bio-MEG including price premiums, the future of bio-PET commercialization, and new R&D developments. It also has an update on several PLA capacity … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACELanxess’ customers showcase PBT using bio-BDO
This week is chock-full of press releases especially coming from K2013 that hopefully it will calm down next week because it is my newsletter deadline week! For this news, Genomatica has been building up the downstream applications for its bio-based butanediol (BDO) and at the K Show, the company announced partners such as DSM and Lanxess … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEEmery Oleochemicals opens technical center
Emery Oleochemicals opened its new Technical Development Centre (TDC) in Loxstedt, Germany, to serve as the company’s Global Centre of Excellence for its Green Polymer Additives business. The TDC is part of a total Investment valued at an estimated €20m (US$25m) which include manufacturing facility expansions in Loxstedt. Emery Oleochemicals has also built a new Green Polymer … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACESolvay launches high-performance bio-based polyamides in electronics
Solvay Specialty Polymers has expanded its Kalix® high-performance polyamide (HPPA) product line, with a new portfolio of bio-based high-performance polyamides offered for use in smart mobile devices such as smart phones, tablets, laptops, and other smart mobile electronics. The introduction includes the Kalix® HPPA 3000 series, the first bio-based amorphous polyphthalamides (PPAs), and the Kalix® … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACELanzaTech, SK Innovation in bio-butadiene
The blog has featured SK Innovation before about its carbon its carbon dioxide-based polypropylene carbonate (PPC) under the trademark Green Pol. The last I heard about this product is that SK Innovation will supposedly start commercial production of its PPC around 2013-2014. I guess it’s time to contact SK Innovation again about its Green Pol … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEBASF offers integrated biomass-based chemical manufacture approach
BASF, working in cooperation with TÜV SÜD (a third-party certification body), has developed an innovative mass balance approach for the use of renewable feedstocks in the integrated production. The process is available immediately for many products and can be adapted to customers’ requirements. Based on this approach, biomass is used as a feedstock in the … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEAvantium, Wifag-Polytype on thermoformed PEF
Avantium and Wifag-Polytype Group agreed to collaborate on thermoformed products based from 100% polyethylene furanoate (PEF), a novel polymer produced by Avantium’s proprietary YXY technology — the brand name for Avantium’s technology platform that catalytically convert plant-based carbohydrates into chemical building blocks like furanics and levulinics. One of the current focus of the platform is … Continue reading
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