Green Chemicals Blog
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NatureWorks expands marketing reach
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NatureWorks has been very busy lately expanding its distribution networks with three announcements within the past three months. In May, PTT Polymer Marketing (PTTPM) was appointed distributor of NatureWorks’ Ingeo™ PLA (polylactic acid) fibers and resins for Thailand and Vietnam….
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Elevance starts shipment from Indonesia biorefinery
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Elevance Renewable Sciences and Wilmar International announced that they have begun shipping commercial products, including novel specialty chemicals, to customers worldwide from their first world-scale joint venture biorefinery located in Gresik, Indonesia, which started operations this year. The biorefinery, which…
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Chemtex, Murphy Brown in cellulosic feedstock supply deal
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Chemtex International and Murphy Brown LLC signed a long term agreement for the supply of purpose grown energy crops and residues to be used as cellulosic feedstock in Project Alpha, Chemtex’s Cellulosic Ethanol facility planned for Clinton, North Carolina. The…
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Modular Genetics Demonstrates Bio-Glycinate Production
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The blog has encountered Modular Genetics once or twice in the past three years but has never looked deep into the company’s activities in the biobased surfactants area. Modular’s lead product is their patented acyl glutamate surfactants initially targeted to…
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Sapphire Energy, Linde expand partnership
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Algae oil developer Sapphire Energy, Inc. and industrial gas producer the Linde Group have expanded their partnership to commercialize a new industrial scale conversion technology needed to upgrade algae biomass into crude oil. The companies will refine the hydrothermal treatment…
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DuPont Tate & Lyle’s bio-PDO use as food ingredient
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DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products Company has launched its first ingredient for the U.S. food market with its Zemea® USP propanediol as a natural solvent and humectant that can be used to replace petroleum-based propylene glycol or glycerin in…
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Omya, NewPage to build a PCC plant
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NewPage Corporation (NewPage) and Omya have entered into a long-term supply agreement to build a Precipitated Calcium Carbonate (PCC) plant, located at the NewPage Escanaba paper mill site in Michigan. PCC is an essential raw material used in the papermaking process…