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Confidential Survey: COVID-19 Business Impact
Please take five minutes to answer eight questions that will allow us to ascertain basic economic impact data that I will share with all respondents. The responses will be kept strictly confidential and neither you or your company will be identified. This is an unprecedented crisis and the more that people share the better prepared … Continue reading
NEW OLEOCHEMICALS SERVICE FROM TECNON ORBICHEM
Since 2013, Tecnon OrbiChem has been providing information on bio-based chemicals including oleochemicals in our monthly Bio-Materials Chemical Business Focus. We have both expanded and focussed our oleochemicals coverage to create a new Oleochemicals Including Surfactants, Biofuels and Glycerol-derived Intermediates Chemical Business Focus monthly report. The content and format of this new service is based … Continue reading
Renewable chemicals commercialization to step up in 2018
The year 2017 saw several announcements that point towards a more focused intent to construct demonstration and commercial manufacturing facilities for renewable chemicals. However, it was also a year of uncertainty with several established players and buyers, such as M&G, Abengoa, DowDuPont, Greencol, Toyota Tsusho, Coca-Cola, Solvay, and TerraVia, among others, either exiting their biobased … Continue reading
2018 Tecnon OrbiChem Chemical Planner
Tecnon OrbiChem’s year planner is now available. If you would like to receive this planner please click on the button below. The year planner provides information on: Key industry events World Holidays Chemical Conversion Factors Energy Factors Electricity Production Costs Metric versus US Measures Cash Production Cost of Ethylene Energy Equivalents Please send me the 2018 Year … Continue reading
Bioeconomy Career Map
Another year has passed and maybe you’re now looking for a career change that can satisfy your thirst to contribute in some small way to make the world and our society a little better? I received this press release and thought it very interesting for those looking at the bioenergy sector. I just came back … Continue reading
Commercialisation Updates On Bio-Based Building Blocks
With the many shifts in economic and political trends over the last year, many bio-based investments are focusing on the core of the Bioeconomy: bio-based building blocks and platform chemicals. nova-Institute’s preliminary market study “Bio-based Building Blocks and Polymers – Global Capacities and Trends 2016–2021”, reports on seventeen building blocks with an estimated total … Continue reading
GCB On Holiday until September but see you at #BIOWC17
Dear blog readers, After 10 years of constant continued coverage of the renewable chemicals market, the blog – I might add for the first time – will be muted for the entire July and August as I try to recover from several health issues and hopefully regain my normal pace by September. The blog’s archives … Continue reading
Happy New Year and Welcome 2017!
Dear readers, It has been a weird December for me as I struggled with a surprising health issue. I am now back to almost full recovery (I am keeping my fingers crossed) and hopefully I’ll be able to post once in a while again although I am trying not to overwork myself this time. The … Continue reading
OPINION: Trump Presidency: What is the future of US bioeconomy?
After last night’s election results, I actually just wanted to curl up in a ball on a corner (at least for a day). The question now is whether the new Republican-led Congress and Trump’s presidency could change the course of direction towards the build-up of US Bioeconomy that various federal agencies have slowly been building … Continue reading
From Upstream to Downstream, the importance of the Value Chain
Plant Based Summit shows optimism surrounding the commercialisation of renewable chemicals In the midst of a $50-per-barrel crude oil price environment, companies who participated in the Plant Based Summit held in Lille, France, in April, showed optimism that there will be an increase in the development of green chemistry and in the commercialisation of renewable … Continue reading