Company initiatives
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Association, Company initiatives, Conference, Government, Investments, Partnership, Press Release, R&D, VideoSynthetic Biology – The next renewables frontier?
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Ok, so the title might be a bit misleading as I’ve been covering agbiotech for more than a decade and synthetic biology companies focusing on chemicals application since 2007 such as Genomatica, Amyris, Codexis, etc. However, it seems there are more…
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Global Bioenergies advances bio-isobutene commercialization
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Because I like posting videos, here’s one that was just published by France-based Global Bioenergies, which is currently building its new bio-isobutene demonstration plant at Leuna, a German petrochemical/refining complex. The first run on the demo plant is expected this…
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Hard times for public renewable chemical companies
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The past year and a half (or almost two years) has been very hard for public chemical companies as Codexis and Solazyme (now Terravia) reinvented themselves, while Gevo and Metabolix shareholders seem to be now looking into selling the companies as…
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Amyris, CJ CheilJedang Partnership
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CJ CheilJedang has definitely been very busy this year in the bio-sphere. Amyris and South Korea-based CJ CheilJedang Corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support large-scale manufacturing of Amyris’s farnesene in existing CJ facilities. The arrangement described…
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Rennovia, Stora Enso in partnership
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Yes, it has been awhile since I last posted and unfortunately, May is not going to be a good blogging month for me. Next week I’ll be on a much needed vacation off! For Tecnon OrbiChem newsletter subscribers, I am…
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Green Biologics in distributor partnerships
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Still in my catching-up mode, this time with bio-based n-butanol developer, Green Biologics, which we have the pleasure of speaking with at BIO World Congress. The company recently announced partnerships with chemical distributors, Nexeo and Acme Hardesty for its bio-butanol and…
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Reverdia’s bio-succinic acid in action
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I am so glad April was over as it was exhausting although very productive. After attending/presenting/moderating at Nova Institut/BIO World Congress, I am still trying to catch up to last month’s news for the blog and here is one, which…