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Cargill expanding in cosmetics and personal care
We just wrapped up Tecnon OrbiChem’s Biomaterials newsletter for this month, and now I have to focus on starting my glycerine presentation for the incoming ICIS Pan American Oleochemicals conference in October. Speaking of glycerine….one of the things I sometimes monitor from companies’s restructuring and internal business changes is through their career section, who they hire (and … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACESPI Bioplastics Report
The culmination of the first #BioplasticsWeek that SPI, the US plastics industry trade association based in Washington D.C., launched this year led to its release of its Bioplastics Report under its Plastics Market Watch Series, which focuses on key end markets for the plastics industry. Members of SPI’s Bioplastics division came together in 2007 with … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEEnerkem’s waste-to-methanol plant now ISCC certified
Enerkem Inc., a waste-to-biofuels and chemicals producer, has obtained certification from the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) system for the biomethanol production of its Enerkem Alberta Biofuels full-scale facility in Edmonton, Canada. The biorefinery is said to be the first ISCC certified plant in the world to convert municipal solid waste into biomethanol. Enerkem already … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEProtected: Analysis: CJ to buy Metabolix’s Biopolymer Assets
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FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEVIDEO: More Bio investments in Canada
After my recent post on US government investment in Maine, here’s one from the Government of Canada with a $12 million funding to Bioindustrial Innovation Canada (BIC) to create 478 full-time equivalent jobs and result in 250 new industrial collaborations, especially among small and medium-sized businesses. The funding is going to be used to support … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEUS Commerce Dept. invests in Bio-Based Maine
The US Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) will invest $519,930 as part of a $856,549 project to Bio-Based Maine, in partnership with the University of Maine, to develop a road map to advance biobased manufacturing, marketing Maine’s biobased assets to investors in new technologies and processes, and providing technical assistance to Maine forest … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEProtected: Analysis: Biomass Pretreatments, Interview with Leaf Resources
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FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEDupont’s Sorona used at Rio Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Brazil, is winding down but before it ends, let me report on this news from DuPont Industrial Biosciences about the use of their Sorona PTT plant-based fibers in the Chinese team’s ‘Dragon Uniform’. Anta Sports is reportedly one of the leading branded sportswear enterprises in China, and has been … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACELeaf Resources in biorefinery JV
I had an interesting interview with Australia-based Leaf Resources regarding their biomass pre-treatment technology called Glycell, which uses glycerol as a reagent, in order to break down plant biomass into lignin, cellulose and hemicellulose at low temperature and pressure. Leaf Resources recently announced a joint venture called Leaf Development LLC with Claeris LLC of Dallas, … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEEvolva on resveratrol-based composites
Evolva is collaborating with the US Navy (NAVAIR research facility, China Lake, California) to develop a new class of structural composite materials engineered from a polymer resin matrix fabricated from a specified formulation of Evolva’s resveratrol. Evolva has produced and delivered this specified formulation, and will continue to work with the Navy to advance this … Continue reading
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