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Learning Deinococcus bacterium
The blog is usually not familiar with the type of microorganisms that industrial biotechnology companies use for their fermentation processes but I was intrigued about this Deinococcus bacterium that is being developed and promoted by France-based start-up biotech company Deinove. The company claimed to be the only one in the world to design and develop … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACECellulac to build a lactic acid plant
The countdown for 2014 begins and I hope next year will bring in revenue for the blog (for the first time in 6 years!). This woman needs to eat! Anyway, I had a really interesting interview with Ireland-based industrial biochemicals company Cellulac as it recently announced its plans to build a lactic acid acid facility … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEHershey to source 100% sustainable palm oil by 2014
The Hershey Company announced that it will work with its suppliers to achieve 100 percent traceable andsustainably sourced palm oil by the end of 2014. To achieve this commitment, the company will work closely with its suppliers and industry experts to ensure palm oil comes from sustainable sources. Suppliers will be required to independently verify … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACECellulosic sugar news galore
I hope the blog’s readers are having a great holiday! Already got my presents and I’m currently enjoying the aftermath of good food, drinks, and post-Christmas shopping sales. This is also as good time as any to write a post about sugars (and which I seemed to have consumed a lot in the past several … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEEvonik, LanzaTech bio-based chems activities
The blog is having trouble keeping up with so many news this month (and last month), and juggling with the Tecnon OrbiChem newsletter, so my apologies. Tomorrow is officially my holiday vacation until January 2, but I will try to sneak in a couple of posts if I can before the year ends. Here are … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEGevo hoping for a better 2014
The clock is ticking for bio-isobutanol producer Gevo, and it needs to prove as soon as possible that its 18m gal/year Luverne, Minnesota, facility can successfully fully operate. The company needed an influx of cash very quickly and has announced this week a public offering of 18.53 million common shares at $1.35 each. The stock … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEMore bio-butadiene partnerships
Two exciting news just came out this week regarding bio-butadiene. Braskem and Genomatica announced this morning their joint development agreement on a commercial process technology to make bio-based butadiene from renewable feedstock. The companies did not say what kind of feedstock they are looking to start with. The press release did not really give a … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEWilmar, Unilever pledges sustainable palm oil policies
The palm oil industry is definitely feeling the sustainability pinch from worldwide environmental groups, investors and even from large buyers such as multinational food companies. Green Century Capital Management, a coalition of institutional investors from the US and Europe representing about $270bn in assets sent letters this month to about 40 major palm oil producers, … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEINVISTA, CPI on gas fermentation-based chems
INVISTA and The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) announced a collaboration for the development of new technologies to enable gas-fermentation-based processes for the production of industrial chemicals. The collaboration will leverage INVISTA’s capabilities in biotechnology and catalysis, and knowledge of the chemicals industry, along with CPI’s applied knowledge in science and engineering and capabilities in new … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEDSM demonstrates wheat straw-based ethanol production
DSM and DONG Energy Denmark have demonstrated the combined fermentation of C6 and C5 sugars from wheat straw on a 270,000 liter industrial scale with a similar yield as obtained on a 1 liter laboratory scale using DSM’s advanced yeast. The combined fermentation results in a 40% increase in ethanol yield per ton of straw, which … Continue reading
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