Green Chemicals Blog
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Blog Under Construction
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The blog is undergoing an upgrade hopefully without a hitch. The plan is to get the blog up and running on Friday but I’m not a trusting soul when it comes to web technologies so I’ll just keep my fingers…
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Braskem launches green LDPE
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Brazil-based chemical firm Braskem seems to be still optimistic about the demand for its sugar-based polyethylene plastics as the company announced its expansion with a 30,000 tons/year capacity producing a new line of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) resins. The product will…
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Bio-rubber developments
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Last post before I start tweeting at the Roquette Green Chemistry Symposium this afternoon (I do hope the place has a wifi!) There had been several announcements in the past two weeks regarding bio-rubber developments and the blog might as…
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Biofuel News Roundup
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My draft box on biofuels is filling up very quickly….sometimes I think I need help managing these news roundups *sigh*. As I finish this news roundup in Geneva, Illinois, don’t forget to follow today’s and tomorrow’s tweets as the blog…
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Weekly News Roundup
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Don’t forget to follow the blog’s live twitter updates from Roquette America’s Green Chemistry and Fermentation Symposium on Wednesday and Thursday! For now here are this week’s news roundup: PlanktOMICS targets algal biomass PlanktOMICS Algae Bioservices has finalized a spin-out…
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BASF expands enzymes portfolio
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The blog has not focused as much on enzymes – proteins that consist of long chains of amino acids held together by peptide bonds, and are important biological catalysts in accelerating the rate and specificity of metabolic reactions. The enzymes…
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OPXBIO partners with Evonik
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Unfortunately, the blog was not able to get any other information from both OPX Biotechnologies and Evonik Industries about their recent collaboration announcement. The two companies said they have entered an agreement to jointly develop certain bio-based specialty chemicals which…