Bioplastic
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Reverdia to license its Biosuccinium technology
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Bio-succinic acid producer, Reverdia, a joint venture between DSM and Roquette, announced today at the European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology (EFIB), that it is now licensing its Biosuccinium technology for companies who want to integrate bio-succinic acid production into their…
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Elevance funds polymer research program at Virginia Tech
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Elevance has partnered with Virginia Tech, a leading research institution in Virginia, on a research program that aims to enable engineered polymer and CASE partners and customers to create new and expanded product lines that were impossible until now. The one-year…
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NatureWorks Interviewed by SpecialChem4Bio
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This article was published on June 18, 2014 on SpecialChem4Bio. Introduction: About NatureWorks Since some years now, everyone keeps talking about plant-based chemistry and industry. To see things more clearly, Mr. Steve Davies, Director of Public Affairs at NatureWorks, agreed…
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Meredian prepares for potential IPO
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While Metabolix seems to be quiet these days (and people are still waiting for any production updates from the company…), Meredian on the other hand, has been churning out several news recently, the latest one is its merger with sister…
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Why Tetra Pak chooses renewables?
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Tetra Pak is making a case on why the company is now using renewable-based materials in some of its packaging and has recently released a new white paper examining the use of materials in packaging that can be regrown or replenished…
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Trellis Earth Products buys Cereplast
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Trellis Earth Products, Inc., a leading maker of bioplastic food service disposables, will pay $2.6 million for substantially all of Cereplast’s assets including production equipment, patents, inventory, and trademarks, plus pay certain contract cure costs, as part of Cereplast’s Chapter…
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BIOME VIDEO: Lignin as bioplastic feedstock
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Hello from the American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Initiative’s (ACSGCI) 18th annual Green Chemistry & Engineering conference. I will be listening this morning to a presentation about lignin bio-oil as styrene alternative from researchers at the Department of Biomolecular Engineering,…