2014
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Givaudan to acquire Soliance
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Givaudan has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire 100% of the shares of Soliance SA and its subsidiaries. Soliance is currently a division of ARD (Agro Industrie Recherches &…
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Elevance’s bio-lube basestock now available worldwide
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Elevance Renewable Sciences expanded commercial availability of Elevance Aria™ WTP 40 worldwide. The base stock’s high viscosity index of 160 is reportedly an improvement over both Group IV and…
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BioAmber secures $10m loan from Ag Canada
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BioAmber’s subsidiary, BioAmber Sarnia Inc., has secured a $10 million interest free loan from Agriculture Canada for the 30,000 MT succinic acid plant currently under construction in Sarnia, Ontario,…
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Myriant supplies bio-succinic acid to Oxea
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Myriant Corporation has supplied commercial quantities of bio-succinic acid to Oxea, for use in the production of bio-based, phthalate-free plasticizers. The bio-succinic acid is produced at Myriant’s plant located…
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Cereplast files for Bankruptcy
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It looks like the renewable chemicals/bio-materials industry is now seeing the start of restructuring with LS9 recently being acquired by Renewable Energy Group, Codexis changing its business strategy and…
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BASF targets 100% certified palm oil purchase by 2015
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Food manufacturers and consumer products companies sometimes are not the only one looking to have its palm oil and other palm oil derivatives products sustainably certified. BASF said it…
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The search for high oleic oils
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There had been quite a few inquiries that came to the blog regarding the market for high oleic oils and I just wanted to post some recent news about…