September 2026
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Key takeaways from Bio Innovations North America 2026
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After attending Bio Innovations North America (#BINA36) in Omaha, Nebraska, on Sept 9-10, our biggest takeaway is that the conversation around bio-based chemicals and industrial biotechnology is changing. There was still plenty of discussion about innovative technologies, feedstocks and new molecules. But much more of the conversation centered on a harder question: How do we…
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Scale-up lessons for bio-based chemicals
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Every few years, the bio-based chemicals sector seems to produce a fresh “valley of death” peaks. The pattern maintains with companies with promising technologies, patient capital that eventually becomes impatient, difficult first plants, slow customer adoption, and then the inevitable round of exits, sales, shutdowns, bankruptcies and restructurings. This slide is part of a presentation…