Company initiatives
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Toyobo, Avantium on PEF partnership
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I am still trying to catch up on blogging before I get very busy again next week for my September Biomaterials newsletter deadline at Tecnon OrbiChem. I am also almost finished with my glycerine presentation for the incoming ICIS Pan…
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Unilever buys Seventh Generation
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The blog remembered reporting the acquisition of Toms Of Maine by Colgate-Palmolive back in 2006. I am guessing that the appeal for big consumer products companies of expanding into natural-based consumer products is back again as Unilever announced yesterday its acquisition…
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Mercurius Biorefining enters FDCA development
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Washington-based Mercurius Biorefining announced late last month that it will develop a first-of-its-kind technology for the production of low-cost furan 2,5 dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) in collaboration with University of California Davis. The process will reportedly use raw biomass instead of…
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LanzaTech produces jet fuel via low carbon ethanol
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The blog does not usually reports as much on biofuels but it has been awhile since we last posted about activities from LanzaTech. The company recently announced that it has produced the world’s first jet fuel (around 1,500 gallons) based…
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Tesoro acquires Virent
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And technology acquisitions continue…. Oil refining company, Tesoro Corporation, announced today that it will acquire renewable fuels and chemical company Virent to support its success in bringing biofuels technology to commercial scale. Tesoro’s renewable fuels strategy is to foster the development of…
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Cargill expanding in cosmetics and personal care
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We just wrapped up Tecnon OrbiChem’s Biomaterials newsletter for this month, and now I have to focus on starting my glycerine presentation for the incoming ICIS Pan American Oleochemicals conference in October. Speaking of glycerine….one of the things I sometimes monitor…
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Enerkem’s waste-to-methanol plant now ISCC certified
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Enerkem Inc., a waste-to-biofuels and chemicals producer, has obtained certification from the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) system for the biomethanol production of its Enerkem Alberta Biofuels full-scale facility in Edmonton, Canada. The biorefinery is said to be the first…