Company initiatives
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LanzaTech in CO2-to-acetic acid
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Miss me? I miss blogging too, and for those who recently contacted me via email, my apologies for the delayed response. A lot of personal things going on but I am trying to get back into the green groove. We…
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Global Bioenergies in bio-propylene
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France-based Global Bioenergies (GBE) announced this week that it was able to directly convert glucose to propylene using the same artificial metabolic pathway that the company uses to produce its bio-isobutene. According to the company, artificial pathway means: “The GBE…
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PUMA debuts biodegradable shoes
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Sports products company PUMA is launching in February 2013 worldwide its collection of shoes, apparel and accessories that are either biodegradable or recyclable when consumers return their worn-out products to PUMA’s Bring Me Back Program. The InCycle collection are said…
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To Succinity and Beyond!
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I’m on a study mode now but let me post this news from BASF and CSM today about the formation of their 50-50 bio-succinic acid joint venture company called Succinity. I love the name by the way and for some…
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Solazyme plant capacity online
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Solazyme just published this You Tube video of their new 128,000-liter fermentation operation in Peoria, Illinois. The company said its algae-based oils production capacity is now online and based on my previous reports about the facility, the plant is expected…
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Bio-based specialty chems thrive
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My last article from ICIS this year was just published as part of the SOCMA Leadership 2012 supplement. I was assigned to write an article on how specialty chemicals companies such as Allylix, Rivertop Renewables, and Blue Marble Biomaterials (BMB)…
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Coca-Cola picks 2nd bio-EG supplier
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Happy October! It feels like it has been awhile since I last posted. School is creating chaos on my grand blogging plans but the blogger will persist. Finally, Coca-Cola announced it’s long-awaited bio-based monoethylene glycol (bio-MEG) plans for its polyethylene…