Green Chemicals Blog
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Introducing: PLA-based biaxially oriented film
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In PLA news, BI-AX International, a packaging film and sheet specialist, has launched an entirely new line of its Evlon biaxially oriented sheet products developed in collaboration with NatureWorks. This new biobased sheet made from Ingeo biopolymer reportedly provides a competitive alternative to polyvinyl chloride (PVC ) and high-impact polystyrene (HIPS), credit, key and gift cards as well…
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Abengoa files for insolvency protection
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It might not be a good 2016 for Spain’s largest renewable energy company, Abengoa SA, as it teeters on bankruptcy following a huge stock price fall by more than 50% when the company announced on November 25 that it failed to close a deal with a major new investor, Gonvarri Steel Industries, a subsidiary of…
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Green Biologics joins ACC
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If a renewable chemical company wants to be integrated in the chemical supply chain, I guess it is better to join trade organizations who know the supply chain inside and out. Green Biologics Ltd., a U.K. based industrial biotechnology and renewable chemicals company announced early this month that it was approved for membership to the…
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EPA Calls for the 21st Presidential Green Chemistry Award Nominations
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now accepting entries for nominations for its 2016 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards for companies or institutions that have developed a process or product that better protects public health and the environment. Since the start of the program, EPA has received more than 1,500 nominations and presented awards for 104…
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EUROPE’S LEADING BIOECONOMY CLUSTERS NOW WORKING TOGETHER AS 3BI
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3BI Intercluster, a new strategic European partnership joining the leading bioeconomy clusters in the Netherlands, France, the UK and Germany, was recently launched to support European companies in R&D and deployment of novel high-tech approaches to the conversion of biomass and waste streams into value-added products and applications. This partnership involves Biobased Delta (Netherlands), BioEconomy…
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North Face develops coat from biotech silk
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Coming from the recent SynBioBeta conference, I may not be able to understand some of the technicalities of gene modification but I do understand the potential economics on some of these technologies being churned out of the lab. One of them is biotech spider silk that the blog mentioned in September, where California-based Bolt Threads…
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Dyadic sells enzyme assets to DuPont
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The blog is trying to catch up to several big news announced earlier this month and one of them is DuPont Industrial Biosciences’ purchase of Dyadic International’s enzyme and technology assets including its C1 platform, a fungal expression technology for producing enzymes. DuPont has become the second largest global enzymes producer next to Novozymes after its acquisition…