Company initiatives
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PepsiCo, Danimer in PHA collaboration
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After a long media hiatus on biopolymer announcements, it seems PepsiCo is ready to come out and once again take the biopolymer challenge. The company generated a lot of good/bad/funny publicity in 2009 when its subsidiary, Frito Lay, launched its new…
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Helm signs off-take ethyl acetate supply with Greenyug
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Germany-based chemical distributor, Helm AG has signed an off-take agreement for the purchase and sale of bio-based ethyl acetate produced at Greenyug’s planned ethyl acetate facility in Columbus, Nebraska, which will be owned and operated by Greenyug’s subsidiary, Prairie Catalytic…
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ADM enters glucaric acid production
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Johnson Matthey and Rennovia announced today that they have signed a license agreement with Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) to provide catalyst and process technology for catalytic production of bio-based glucaric acid. The licensed process, jointly developed between Johnson Matthey and…
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Dutch biomass sugar partnership formed
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More cellulosic sugar partnerships are taking place, and this one is in Europe. Avantium announced a partnership with AkzoNobel, Chemport Europe, RWE and Staatsbosbeheer for the development of a reference biorefinery plant at the Chemie Park Delfzijl, which will be…
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Green Biologics Acquires GreenFlame™ Brand, partners with Kroger
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Straight from Green Biologics’ press release….analysis on this development will be available later this month for Tecnon OrbiChem’s Biomaterials newsletter subscribers. Green Biologics, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Green Biologics Ltd., a U.K. industrial biotechnology and renewable chemicals company, has…
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Toray, Mitsui in cellulosic sugar JV in Thailand
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So here’s another news that I reported last month on Tecnon OrbiChem’s Biomaterials newsletter, and the trend I’ve been noticing for the past two years or so is really the increased focused on waste-based feedstock and commercialization of chemicals/materials out of…
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Mazda uses isosorbide-based engineering plastics
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We just published our first Biomaterials newsletter for the year and it’s a whopping 60 pages (yikes!). For our Tecnon OrbiChem subscribers, I hope you have the entire February to scan through the newsletter. One of the news we included…