Company initiatives
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Newlight, Biomer on PHA deal
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PHA plastic developer Newlight Technologies has partnered with Germany-based biopolymer developer Biomer to expand sales of greenhouse gas-based PHA (polyhydroxyalkanoate) plastics with Newlight’s acquisition of Biomer’s intellectual property including functional modification of PHAs. Newlight said it will combine its high…
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PBIO 2013 Day 2
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Compilation of tweets and stories from the Plant Bio-Industrial Oils Workshop held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on May 6-7, 2013.
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LS9’s Dineen jumps to Siluria
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I’m noticing a small trend of ex-CEOs of renewable chemical firms jumping to head start-up companies that are using natural gas for feedstock. One recent one that I just came across is Ed Dineen, former CEO of LS9, who will…
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Bio-polyamide in Mercedes Benz
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This is the first time I am writing a post in an IPad as I am currently traveling so hopefully this will not be a mess when it’s finally posted. I came across this news yesterday from DSM about their…
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Solazyme: On track for commercialization
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Solazyme has frequently been covered here in the blog so this earnings update will not be too long. The company reported last week that it is on track for commercial production of its tailored algae oils on three continents by…
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Amyris: Weak results, fair progress
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The blog is navigating the intricacies of financial reporting after Amyris and Solazyme recently announced their fourth quarter earnings results. Accounting and financial are not my strong suits so hopefully my reporting about some of their numbers are correct. Let’s…
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Novomer produces CO2-based polyols
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So many news to post and so little time to do. The blog has earnings news from Solazyme and Amyris, updates from Cereplast, interview article from Ovation Biotech, updates on bio-adipic acid, and of course the weekly news roundup, and…