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Rivertop, Amyris expand capacities
These are late news but better late than never. It is refreshing to hear capacity expansion for renewable chemicals (even those that are just at pilot/demo scale) in the midst of low crude oil price environment. Montana-based Rivertop Renewables announced that it has exceeded the nameplate capacity of its first commercial production facility during benchmark testing. … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEProtected: Bio-based Building Blocks: Status in a Low Cost Crude Oil Environment
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FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACELow cost oil environment sparks focus on performance for BioMaterials
Mitsui & Co. talked about the importance of creating market pull at the Plenary session of BioWorld Congress in Industrial Biotechnology 2016 in San Diego, California last week. DuPont Industrial Biosciences also stressed the importance of performance to the success of biomaterials. Barrier properties are important for the PET industry and may drive demand for … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEAir Products Will Exit Energy-from-Waste Business
Air Products recently announced that it will exit its Energy-from-Waste (EfW) business. As a result, the EfW business segment will be accounted for as a discontinued operation effective in the Company’s second fiscal quarter. Air Products expects to record a pre-tax charge in the range of $900 million to $1.0 billion in discontinued operations, primarily to write … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACETwitter Recap: Nova Institut Bio-Materials Conference 2016
Here are snippets of the discussions and presentations from the two-day International Conference on Bio-Materials hosted by Nova Instiut and held in Cologne, Germany, early this month. Tecnon OrbiChem also presented its Bio-based chemical building blocks overview. Subscribers to Tecnon OrbiChem’s Bio-Materials newsletter will receive a copy of the full presentation soon. [DGreenblogger/twitter-recap-nova-institut-bio” target=”_blank”>View the … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEProtected: The PHA landscape updated: Metabolix and CJ to build 10ktpa capacity
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FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACESecond gen bio-succinic acid coming soon
Good afternoon here in sunny San Diego! Day 2 of the BIO World Congress in Industrial Biotechnology and our friends from Sustainability Consult sent us this news regarding BioAmber’s plans to soon use cellulosic high-purity dextrose for their bio-succinic acid in Sarnia, Canada, as well as other products (bio-BDO, bio-THF) in future planned facilities. BioAmber has … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEPress releases from Evolving Evolva
Hello blog readers! I am on my way to attend the BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology happening now in San Diego. Since there’s wifi on Delta, I might as well take the opportunity to blog. Switzerland-based biotechnology company, Evolva has been busy churning news announcements lately with the recent one about the completion of … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEBioplastics simplified (or is it?)
One of the topics still under debate especially in Europe is how to clearly define bioplastics. New feedstock source and processes for making plastics are also blurring the lines such as making polymers from greenhouse gases (CO, CO2, methane) via traditional chemical processes or bioprocesses with methane-based PLA or PHA as an example. SPI: The Plastics Industry … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEWhat Renewable Chemistry Can Learn from the Karate Kid
What Renewable Chemistry Can Learn From the Karate Kid By Mike Knauf, CEO, Rivertop Renewables The era of renewable chemistry is here: consumers have demanded it, manufacturers have embraced it and Congress is updating regulations to reflect the influx of new chemicals. That said, bio-based chemical companies still must deliver products that compete on price … Continue reading
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