Company initiatives
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AFYREN and DMC in the news
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As the blog continues to monitor the commercialization of other niche or novel bio-based building blocks and molecules in the market, here are two interesting news that came my way. AFYREN recently announced that it has secured a long-term agreement…
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BASF and the bubbling bio-surfactants market
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Happy Monday morning! There are a couple of company announcements that I’ve heard on the bio-surfactants market but we’ll focus on this recent announcement from BASF who is very familiar with this market given its broad range of oleochemical-based surfactant…
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Circa Group completes IPO
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I know the bio-based chemicals industry has been through a rough patch during the past couple of years when it comes to public financing for start-ups so we are cautiously optimistic about companies that are now trading through various stock…
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Avantium in FDCA deal; releases 2030 Sustainability Plan
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Avantium announced on February 9 that its subsidiary, Avantium Renewable Polymers, signed a patent license agreement with Eastman Chemical Company for the right to operate under Eastman’s FDCA-related patent portfolio. Now the press release just really contains three paragraphs but…
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Origin Materials going public
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Deals with special purpose acquisition companies (SPAC) seem to be the favourite route these days for bio-based chemical start-ups to shorten the timeframe of the cumbersome IPO (initial public offering) process. The blog reported last month Danimer Scientific’s debut at…
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More bio-based naphtha production ahead
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I can barely keep up with news and capacity announcement on renewable diesel/HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) so I’ll just mention two big ones that I came across last week. UPM said last week that it is moving forward with its…
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US DOE Releases Plastics Innovation Challenge Draft Roadmap
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released the Plastics Innovation Challenge Draft Roadmap and a request for information (RFI) seeking stakeholder input on the Draft Roadmap. Announced in November 2019, the Plastics Innovation Challenge is a comprehensive program to accelerate…