Company initiatives
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Corbion to form 2nd Gen PLA consortium
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I am seeing a lot of consortiums being formed these days and I think that’s a great thing in the renewable chemicals sector. Corbion is inviting users of PLA to join a consortium to accelerate the market introduction of PLA bioplastic resin from second generation feedstock. Second generation feedstocks are those which are not suitable…
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Comet Biorefining to build cellulosic sugar plant
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More press releases coming out the past few days and I’m happy as a clam (I actually have no idea how you can determine if a clam is happy or not). Anyway, Comet Biorefining recently announced that it will build its first commercial biomass sugar plant in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, with a capacity of 60…
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Ajinomoto launches Innovation Alliance Program
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Ajinomoto has long been in the fermentation business, and a leader in amino acids, therefore it makes sense for the company to expand in other areas aside from pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals and food ingredients. Ajinomoto said it is searching for open innovation opportunities with researchers and research institutions in the area of fermentation, bio-based materials (Biotechnology,…
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INVISTA gets patent for engineered polypeptides
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Still catching up on press releases from last month… The United States Patent and Trademark Office recently granted INVISTA a U.S. patent for engineered polypeptides and their related crystal structure details, which are both useful for producing bio-derived compounds such as butadiene and isoprene. INVISTA collaborated with Arzeda to develop the innovations covered by the…
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Koch expands agbiotech portfolio
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Something to monitor as Koch looks to expand in the agbiotech sector. A press release last month reported an affiliate of Koch Biological Solutions LLC acquiring a minority equity position in Pathway BioLogic LLC, and it has also entered a collaboration with the company. Pathway is reportedly focusing on live microbial products focusing on enhancing…
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Canada cooperative in cellulosic sugar supply chain
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I am very sorry for the press release-like post (and several others following this will probably be the same) but one must what one can to be able to juggle traveling, blog and my duties to Tecnon OrbiChem — yes I am also trying to balance work with my personal life these days #2016Goals. Bioindustrial…
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Association, Company initiatives, Conference, Feedstock, Investments, News Roundup, Partnership, Press ReleaseMethanotrophs technology on the rise
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Somebody asked me who are the companies developing the use of methanotrophs (bugs that can convert methane to fuels/chemicals). It has been interesting to see more and more companies on this space and last year September at the INFOCAST bio-based summit in San Diego, Calysta announced the formation of Methanotroph.org, a research community and a…