Green Chemicals Blog
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Lanxess produces biobased PBT with Genomatica
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This is the first time that the blog has heard about Germany-based specialty chemical firm Lanxess working on biobased engineering plastic polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) in partnership with US renewable chemicals company Genomatica. The companies announced today that Lanxess has produced…
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Making vanillin from wood pulp lignin
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Researchers from the University Putra Malaysia say they’ve discovered an environmentally-friendly way to oxidise lignin — sourced from a local saw mill that processed rubber trees — into vanillin that has the potential to change the economics of vanillin synthesis. Their…
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Lanxess invests in enzymes
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Enzymes technology developer evocatal GmbH has completed a Series B financing round with new investors NRW.BANK and LANXESS as well as existing investors also taking part on the recent financing. The investments from this round of financing will be used to…
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Solazyme, Roquette part ways
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Solazyme is having a big setback today with the announcement of the termination of their microalgae joint venture with starch derivatives company Roquette. The companies said the decision to dissolve the joint venture, Solazyme Roquette Nutritionals LLC, came from separate…
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Styrene Under Fire Again – New York City Bans Polystyrene Food Packaging From July 2015
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On 12 June 2013, the New York City Council passed an amendment to an existing law that effectively bans polystyrene food packaging from 1 July 2015. The legislation says that from this date, “…no food service establishment, mobile food commissary…
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Novel cellulose structure to lower feedstock costs
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Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) are investigating the unique properties of crystalline cellulose nanofibers to develop novel chemical pretreatments and designer enzymes for biofuel production from cellulosic—or non-food—plant derived biomass.Novel…
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Enerkem raises C$50m in latest financing
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Enerkem, a waste-to-biofuels and renewable chemicals company, has closed a C$50 million ($51.97m) financing, which brings total equity investment raised by Enerkem in 2013 to C$87 million. As part of this financing, institutional fund Investissement Québec joins existing investors Waste…