Ecochem 2013: Day 1
Day 1 Twitter Coverage of Ecochem conference held in Basel, Switzerland, on November 19-21, 2013
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Home | Ecochem | The Sustainable Chemistry EventHome of Europe’s First International Conference & Exhibition on Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, held in Basel, Switzerland, 19-21 No…
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Today is the 1st Day of Ecochem! In 15mins the Plenary Opening Sessioin with Dr. Hubert Mandery @Cefic in Room: Delhi #GreenChemistry
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#Ecochem Has about 750 presentations! I wish I have a dopelganger to cover all. Cefic talking about sustainable chemistry
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Cefic: Sustainability challenges are business opportunities in health, nutrition, construction/housing, energy/resources, mobility #Ecochem
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Official opening of the exhibition floor…
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First session of the day, covering presentations from VW and Nestle
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@VW talking about its environmental objectives via “THink Blue” platform http://thinkblue.volkswagen.com/com/en/about-think-blue#aliquyam-erat … #Ecochem
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Q&A now. Is customer paying for the renewables use? Depends. Fleet customers can pay premium. Normal private customers do not #Ecochem
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Quality of biopolymers is key for branded auto manufacturers. Highest potential can be bio-PP, PE, thermoplastics #Ecochem
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On a break, in a meeting with DSM's Marcel Lubben and Joost Dubois
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Second session covering presentations from DuPont, DSM and Coca-Cola
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Speaking now is Phillip Boyd of DuPont Industrial Biosciences #Ecochem
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DuPont: Understanding the value chain is the key success on the biochemist/biofuel industry. PDO has been in operations for 5 years #Ecochem
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DuPont: On bio-based chems/products, challenges are market positioning, feedstock availability #Ecochem
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DuPont’s biochems activities: PDO, isoprene, polyamide, thermoplastic elastomer, soy-based binders, adhesives, Fusabond, Bio-Bynel #Ecochem
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DuPont’s cellulosic etoh demo plant in Vonore, Tenn. operational since 12/09. 1ktpa using corn stover/switchgrass/corn cob #Ecochem
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DuPont: 100 ktpa Cellulosic etoh in Nevada, Iowa will start operation in 2014. Midway thru construction. Will use corn stover #Ecochem
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Universal Fibers to use Sorona® http://wp.me/p3Azby-2c5
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DuPont Tate & Lyle picks Archway Sales http://wp.me/p3Azby-2bP
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Klaus Stadler @CocaCola company on #PlantBottle: we are in the business of branding – not #biobased technology.
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On @CocaColaCol presentation, company’s plan is to complete supply chain for bio-PET and the need to invest in biomass-based mtls #Ecochem
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@CocaColaCo” We did LCA on bio-MEG, it isn’t different from petro-MEG as most supply for European biz are coming from Middle East #Ecochem
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@CocaColaCo: We are working on companies in Europe for complete supply chain for bio-PET w/in European supply chain #Ecochem
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When asked about recent bio-MEG investment by & M&G, @CocaColaCo says it will use biomass-based MEG when volume is there #Ecochem
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A Powerhouse Panel discussion with Avantium, Ecover, Nike, DuPont and Coca-Cola. Elevance's Andy Shafer moderating the panel
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Panel sharing their surprises and learnings concerning biobased chems/biopolymers #Ecochem
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DuPont: Feedstock availability is really the most important factor for us #Ecochem
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Coca-Cola: Key challenge is building a supply chain. We have to find entrepreneurs across the globe. We are getting more traction #Ecochem
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Ecover: We are still relatively small compared to the P&Gs but we are growing 10-20%/yr in a market that is essentially flat. #Ecochem
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Nike: How do we make our products infinitely recyclable? Lots of technical challenges. #Ecochem
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Bioplastic Feedstock Alliance formed to “guide the responsible selection of feedstocks for #biobased plastics” http://bit.ly/I3w6GS
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Bioplastic PLA session from Corbion and NatureWorks
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.@CorbionBioplast Sustainability does not equal bioplastics, Francois De Bie. More complex than that @EcoChemex
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Durable applications are the future for PLA, Francois De Bie from Corbion Purac and Chair of @EUBioplastics @EcoChemex
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I hope when I replace my @VolvoGroupEU @volvocarsglobal they will have more #bioplastics components @CorbionBioplast @EcoChemex
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@natureworks using dextrose from corn starch in the US. Will use sucrose from sugarcane in Thailand. Gen3 sugar fr lignocellulose #Ecochem
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@natureworks Another next gen feedstock is CO2 to lactic acid in partnership with Calysta Energy #Ecochem
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@natureworks talking about ISCC (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification) Scheme http://www.iscc-system.org/en #Ecochem
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@natureworks ISCC scheme certifies the chain of custody from farm to end-product. It is a 3rd party certification scheme #Ecochem
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Seems a lot of certification tools that @natureworks is using for its Ingeo Biopolymers. #Eochem
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Session on equipments and processing for PLA from Sulzer, Thyssenkrupp and Uhde
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@SulzerLtd mentioned a 1000 tpa PLA plant they engineered in Japan that is still producing. Who could it be? #Ecochem
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@SulzerLtd talking about bio-based glacial acrylic acid. Can be produced from lactic acid, glycerin, 3-HP #Ecochem
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@SulzerLtd on bio-PX. CaPEX and Opex identical for both bio- and petro with their crystallization tech. #Ecochem
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@thyssenkrupp_pr on its Leuna pilot plant, w/c was previously an existing tartaric acid plant. Converted for multi-purpose use #Ecochem
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@thyssenkrupp_pr It is an effort to keep the 1 ktpa biotech pilot plant in Leuna running and it costs money. #Ecochem
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@thyssenkrupp_pr Target molecules for the Leuna plant are succinic, lactic, other organic acids. Customers need the plant #Ecochem
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@thyssenkrupp_pr Economies of scale reqt: 50-200 ktpa, fermenter size>400m3, 10-40 fermenters/facility, partial modular plant units #Ecochem
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@thyssenkrupp_pr We need the biotech facility because our customers/partners have no sufficient access to demo facilities #Ecochem
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@thyssenkrupp_pr Product launch stage critical as most banks are risk averse. You need to prove process has potential good returns #Ecochem
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@thyssenkrupp_pr is the exclusive engineering partner of Myriant for succinic acid #Ecochem
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Uhde has 500 tpa industrial pilot plant for PLA for larger product samples application tests (1000 kg+). #Ecochem
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Uhde: Conversion rate of PLA depends on purity of lactic acid. Target is at least 95% conversion to polymer grade PLA #Ecochem
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Uhde’s tech can process bio-PET, bio-PBS and bio-PTT. Company tested PBS production at 50 kg/h #Ecochem
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Uhde: We can offer all steps for PBS production plant, from succinic acid to PBS. Lactic acid pilot plant may be used for succinic #Ecochem
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More twitter conversations and photos on Day 1…
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Just in @EcoChemex opening talk #ecochem #greenchemistry and #Basel – I will be talking at 16.15 today #growth #mindsets and the #future
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.@ecosynthetixinc Up now @EcoChemex John van Leeuwen from Synthetix in Ontario. Green chemistry applications to replace fossil-based chem
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No green price premium from @ecosynthetixinc – offering sustainability, performance and economics
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.@PhilippLavielle from Virdia presenting their biorefinery platform @EcoChemex
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