Company initiatives
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Frances Arnold, Co-Founder of Gevo, Wins Nobel Prize
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Gevo co-founder Professor Frances Arnold of the California Institute of Technology has been awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for her work on the directed evolution of enzymes. According to Gevo, Professor Arnold and her research group developed some of the…
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VIDEO: Methane-to-protein plant starts in Russia
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Unibio and its partner and licensee Protelux completed the construction of a plant in Russia producing alternative proteins from bacteria using methane as feedstock. The parties are currently testing the plant and expect to commission it by late 2018. In May…
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P2 Science opens manufacturing plant
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Good Monday afternoon. My colleagues in the chemical industry are monitoring the flooding situation in the Carolinas and I came across a New York Times article about the dangers of flooding in various sites in these areas not only from…
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TOTAL opens recycled plastic bike path
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This is a very interesting and worthwhile news coverage given that I just came back from a road trip and encountered several roads and streets full of potholes. According to a recent press release from French oil company, TOTAL, the world’s first…
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US football team partners with Braskem in plastic recycling
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It’s the start of the football season! Unfortunately, my Giants team doesn’t seem to be doing well based on their performance last Sunday. The Eagles team is definitely not one of my favorites (sorry!) but I’m glad the team’s owners…
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VIDEOS: Bioplastic products in the news
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Happy Hump Day! I might not be able to post again next week so let me put these interesting bioplastic news now before I get swept away by deadlines. NatureWorks talks about the chemistry behind Ingeo & Vercet and how lactide…
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USDA amended guidelines for federal procurement of bio-based products
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Effective August 9, 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has amended the Guidelines for Designating Biobased Products for Federal Procurement by adding 12 product categories that included intermediate chemicals within which biobased products will be afforded Federal procurement preference…