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Green Biologics joins ACC
If a renewable chemical company wants to be integrated in the chemical supply chain, I guess it is better to join trade organizations who know the supply chain inside and out. Green Biologics Ltd., a U.K. based industrial biotechnology and renewable chemicals company announced early this month that it was approved for membership to the … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEEPA Calls for the 21st Presidential Green Chemistry Award Nominations
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now accepting entries for nominations for its 2016 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards for companies or institutions that have developed a process or product that better protects public health and the environment. Since the start of the program, EPA has received more than 1,500 nominations and presented awards for 104 … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEEUROPE’S LEADING BIOECONOMY CLUSTERS NOW WORKING TOGETHER AS 3BI
3BI Intercluster, a new strategic European partnership joining the leading bioeconomy clusters in the Netherlands, France, the UK and Germany, was recently launched to support European companies in R&D and deployment of novel high-tech approaches to the conversion of biomass and waste streams into value-added products and applications. This partnership involves Biobased Delta (Netherlands), BioEconomy … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACENorth Face develops coat from biotech silk
Coming from the recent SynBioBeta conference, I may not be able to understand some of the technicalities of gene modification but I do understand the potential economics on some of these technologies being churned out of the lab. One of them is biotech spider silk that the blog mentioned in September, where California-based Bolt Threads … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEDyadic sells enzyme assets to DuPont
The blog is trying to catch up to several big news announced earlier this month and one of them is DuPont Industrial Biosciences’ purchase of Dyadic International’s enzyme and technology assets including its C1 platform, a fungal expression technology for producing enzymes. DuPont has become the second largest global enzymes producer next to Novozymes after its acquisition … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACESpotlight: Imperial College London Bio activities
The blog had the pleasure of speaking with Imperial College London’s Professor Richard Ian Kitney (Chairman of Institute of Systems & Synthetic Biology as well as Co-director EPSRC Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation) at the recent SynBioBeta conference in San Francisco. While the blog is not that much familiar with the synthetic biology industry, … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEGlobal bioplastics capacities to grow despite low oil price
The European Bioplastics‘ annual market data update, compiled in cooperation with the research institutes IfBB – Institute for Bioplastics and Biocomposites (University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hannover, Germany) and nova Institute (Hürth, Germany), reported continued increase in global bioplastics production capacity despite the low oil price environment. The report noted a projected increase of … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEParis tragedy strikes young bio-packaging designer
No words can express the deep sadness that everybody feels with the recent tragedy in Paris and the blog is sending its condolence to those who have been directly affected. It is also very sad to hear that one of those who died, Nohemi Gonzalez, a young US student from California State University in Long Beach, … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACETwitter Live: ICIS World Oleochemicals Conference 2015
The Green Chemicals Blog is a media partner for the 10th ICIS World Oleochemicals Conference that took place on 22-23 October 2015 in Dubrovnik, Croatia. This conference covered the latest updates on the global oleochemicals market in terms of supply/demand fundamentals, market outlook in the light of current crude oil prices, sustainability in the oleochemicals supply … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACESustainable practices – a progression and the new ways in which industries can be kinder to the environment
Scientists are increasingly finding new ways to approach certain practices that will be kinder to the environment. With the manufacturing, chemical and science industries coming under intense scrutiny, and receiving negative press, cautiousness abounds when it comes to certain materials and processes damaging the planet. However, innovative practices are becoming increasingly common and advancements are … Continue reading
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