Company initiatives
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World’s first bio-succinic acid plant
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I can finally post this news which came out on December 13 about the start-up of the world’s first large-scale bio-succinic acid plant in Cassano Spinola, Italy, operated by Reverdia, the joint venture between DSM and Roquette Freres. The facility,…
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Green milestones: LanzaTech, Global Bioenergies
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Two separate news came out this week announcing their project milestones, one about butadiene from Global Bioenergies, and the other about ethanol from LanzaTech Incidentally, these two also have a partnership with each other on developing bio-based isobutene but that’s…
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Survey says: China likes biobased products
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This is a very interesting survey released by DuPont this week about urban Chinese consumers increasingly favoring products they perceived offering environmental benefits. According to DuPont, China is now a ripe market for biobased product growth given their rising purchasing…
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Polyols from bio-PDO and succinic acid
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This year seems to be a good year for expanding DuPont Tate & Lyle’s (DTL) bio-based propanediol (PDO) applications. This week, the company announced that its Susterra bio-based PDO combined with bio-succinic acid supplied by Myriant, are now being used…
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Purac promotes PLA recyclability
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The blog is in a video mode this week so here’s another one from lactic acid producer Purac showing how easy it is to recycle PLA (polylactic acid) plastic through a do-it-yourself, interactive machine created by the Perpetual Plastic Project…
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DuPont breaks ground on Iowa biorefinery
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Last week, DuPont has made a statement on its commitment to cellulosic ethanol as the company broke ground on its planned 30m gal/year biorefinery in Nevada, Iowa. The $200m cellulosic ethanol plant is expected to be completed in mid-2014, and…
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Teijin’s Bio-PET Fiber in Nissan
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Hello blog readers! Missed me? I am very sorry for being quiet lately as I had to recuperate coming out of a gallbladder surgery on top of a Thanksgiving week and this week’s exam. This month will also be my…