Company initiatives
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LanzaTech, Siemens on CO2-based ethanol production
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Technology firm Siemens and its subsidiary Siemens Metals Technologies announced a partnership with LanzaTech for a 10-year collaboration to develop and market integrated solutions for the steel industry utilizing LanzaTech’s fermentation technology for converting waste gases from iron and steel…
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CSM changes name to Corbion, focuses on biochems
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CSM, the parent company of lactic acid producer Purac, announced yesterday its new growth strategy for 2013-2016 starting with a new company name called Corbion. The new name and strategy marks the company’s transformation from a bakery ingredients supplier to…
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Calysta Energy, NatureWorks in methane feedstock partnership
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As I’ve tweeted yesterday, there are so many press releases coming out this week because of ongoing two big conferences — BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and the ACS Green Chemistry & Engineering conference. Myriant already announced their on-spec…
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UPM, Ashland collaborates on UPM Biofibrils technology
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UPM and Ashland Inc. have entered into a cooperative agreement to develop and commercialize products containing UPM’s Biofibrils technology — micro and nanofibrillated cellulose products that can be used for shaping materials and giving them new characteristics. In the biofibrils collaboration…
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Global Biochem, ADM on catalyst collaboration
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I have been tinkering on improving the website and so my apologies for those who have received two press release posts today. Those were some experimental sections I have been working on. In the meantime, let’s go back to our…
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Gevo resumes bio-isobutanol production
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GEVO has resumed commercial production of isobutanol at its Luverne, Minn. plant. The company is currently operating a single production train but plans on bringing all its fermenters and Gevo Integrated Fermentation Technology® (GIFT®) systems online in the third and fourth…
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Novamont launches 4th Gen bioplastic
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Novamont announced yesterday the launch of their first product under the 4th generation Mater-Bi® line of biodegradable and compostable bioplastics. Unlike the first three generations, the 4th one has monomer components that will use biomass. Novamont said there will be…