Green Chemicals Blog
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BASF and Espaço ECO® join Bonsucro
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This press release is in Brazilian Portuguese so my apologies if Google translate is not that accurate. According to the announcement, BASF Crop Protection in Brazil and Espaço ECO® Foundation (FEE®) established by BASF, have became members of Bonsucro –…
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Amyris strengthens chemical collaborative partnerships
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Amyris is entering a collaborative research and development agreement with BASF where Amyris will use its strain engineering technology to develop a microorganism capable of producing a target molecule by BASF. The companies expect to further collaborate on a strain…
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LanzaTech bags $60m funding
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My apologies for the sparse blog posts as it is difficult nowadays to blog when you’re attending conferences and having meetings after meetings. I just got back from the AFPM’s (American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers) International Petrochemicals Conference in San…
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Connell Brothers partners with Lehigh Technologies
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Connell Brothers (CBC), the largest distributor of specialty chemicals and ingredients in Asia-Pacific, has partnered with Lehigh Technologies to market Lehigh’s PolyDyne™ micronized rubber powders (MRP) to the tire and rubber industries in Japan and Korea. After initial success in…
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Global Bioenergies gets Australia patents
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Australian Intellectual Property Office has granted two patents – AU2009265373 and AU2010297362, to Global Bioenergies that protect key steps of its process for converting renewable resources into isobutene. Each of the granted patents protects one essential enzymatic reaction of the isobutene production…
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Stepan launches a new surfactant from joint R&D with Elevance
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After almost 4 years since Stepan and Elevance signed a joint development agreement in 2010, the companies announced the launch of the first surfactant product, which is now commercially available worldwide from Stepan Company, with sales to be rolled in…
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Dyadic joins EU project OPTIBIOCAT
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Biotechnology company, Dyadic International Inc. has participated in a new project, “OPTIBIOCAT Optimized esterase biocatalysts for cost-effective industrial production”, an EU-funded project aimed at developing biocatalysts for the cosmetic industry. The biocatalysts will be based on feruloyl acid esterases (“FAE”)…