Company initiatives
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Solegear Bioplastics get Canada support
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Solegear Bioplastics has entered into a significant Contribution Agreement with the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP). Solegear seeks to develop bioplastic technologies that leverage industrial waste sources to address durability requirements and mitigate toxic flame…
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BioAmber bags $25m loan
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BioAmber has closed on a $25 million, three-year term loan with Hercules Capital. The $25 million debt facility is in addition to the $71.9 million of net proceeds that BioAmber received in connection with its initial public offering in May 2013. The debt financing will help ensure the…
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Biofuel News Roundup
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I have not been posting most of the recent biofuel news out there as the green blog has been focusing more on renewable chemicals lately. This results in so many news that piled up that the blog will just list…
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GCB News Roundup
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The green blogger is on a mini-vacation and will be back on Thursday, July25. In the meantime, let me post this news roundup as it has been a long since my last weekly news roundup post. I am trying to…
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NatureWorks expands marketing reach
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NatureWorks has been very busy lately expanding its distribution networks with three announcements within the past three months. In May, PTT Polymer Marketing (PTTPM) was appointed distributor of NatureWorks’ Ingeo™ PLA (polylactic acid) fibers and resins for Thailand and Vietnam….
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Elevance starts shipment from Indonesia biorefinery
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Elevance Renewable Sciences and Wilmar International announced that they have begun shipping commercial products, including novel specialty chemicals, to customers worldwide from their first world-scale joint venture biorefinery located in Gresik, Indonesia, which started operations this year. The biorefinery, which…
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Chemtex, Murphy Brown in cellulosic feedstock supply deal
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Chemtex International and Murphy Brown LLC signed a long term agreement for the supply of purpose grown energy crops and residues to be used as cellulosic feedstock in Project Alpha, Chemtex’s Cellulosic Ethanol facility planned for Clinton, North Carolina. The…