Green Chemicals Blog
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Press releases from Evolving Evolva
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Hello blog readers! I am on my way to attend the BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology happening now in San Diego. Since there’s wifi on Delta, I might as well take the opportunity to blog. Switzerland-based biotechnology company, Evolva has been busy churning news announcements lately with the recent one about the completion of…
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Bioplastics simplified (or is it?)
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One of the topics still under debate especially in Europe is how to clearly define bioplastics. New feedstock source and processes for making plastics are also blurring the lines such as making polymers from greenhouse gases (CO, CO2, methane) via traditional chemical processes or bioprocesses with methane-based PLA or PHA as an example. SPI: The Plastics Industry…
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What Renewable Chemistry Can Learn from the Karate Kid
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What Renewable Chemistry Can Learn From the Karate Kid By Mike Knauf, CEO, Rivertop Renewables The era of renewable chemistry is here: consumers have demanded it, manufacturers have embraced it and Congress is updating regulations to reflect the influx of new chemicals. That said, bio-based chemical companies still must deliver products that compete on price…
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Protected: Survey: Growth and Challenges in the EU Bio-based Industry
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There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Lipids-based chemicals news
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Happy April 1 blog readers! I have finished and published Tecnon OrbiChem’s March edition of the Bio-Materials newsletter yesterday, celebrated my birthday on Wednesday, did my social media duties at the AFPM last week and all the while battling a bad cough for more than a week now. Not bad for a newly-minted 40 year…
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DuPont Tate & Lyle, BioAmber Launch Sampling Program at UTECH
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I am currently working on Tecnon OrbiChem’s March issue of Bio-Materials newsletter but I can’t pass up this opportunity to post this interesting announcement from DuPont Tate & Lyle and BioAmber on their efforts to jointly developed the market for bio-based polyols using DuPont’s bio-PDO (1,3 propanediol) and BioAmber’s bio-succinic acid. The two companies said they…
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VIDEO: Polyester Market Overview
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So I have been slightly immersing myself in the petrochemicals market here at the American Fuels and Petrochemicals Manufacturers (AFPM)’ International Petrochemicals Conference (IPC), and with the help of my Tecnon OrbiChem colleagues, I’ve been hearing the water bottle market has really been growing faster than GDP growth especially here in North America. This made…