Company initiatives
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Introducing: PLA-based biaxially oriented film
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In PLA news, BI-AX International, a packaging film and sheet specialist, has launched an entirely new line of its Evlon biaxially oriented sheet products developed in collaboration with NatureWorks. This new biobased sheet made from Ingeo biopolymer reportedly provides a competitive alternative to…
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Green Biologics joins ACC
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If a renewable chemical company wants to be integrated in the chemical supply chain, I guess it is better to join trade organizations who know the supply chain inside and out. Green Biologics Ltd., a U.K. based industrial biotechnology and…
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EUROPE’S LEADING BIOECONOMY CLUSTERS NOW WORKING TOGETHER AS 3BI
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3BI Intercluster, a new strategic European partnership joining the leading bioeconomy clusters in the Netherlands, France, the UK and Germany, was recently launched to support European companies in R&D and deployment of novel high-tech approaches to the conversion of biomass…
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North Face develops coat from biotech silk
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Coming from the recent SynBioBeta conference, I may not be able to understand some of the technicalities of gene modification but I do understand the potential economics on some of these technologies being churned out of the lab. One of…
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Dyadic sells enzyme assets to DuPont
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The blog is trying to catch up to several big news announced earlier this month and one of them is DuPont Industrial Biosciences’ purchase of Dyadic International’s enzyme and technology assets including its C1 platform, a fungal expression technology for…
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Paris tragedy strikes young bio-packaging designer
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No words can express the deep sadness that everybody feels with the recent tragedy in Paris and the blog is sending its condolence to those who have been directly affected. It is also very sad to hear that one of those…
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Senate introduced Renewable Chems Tax Incentive Law
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The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today announced that Senators Stabenow (D-MI), Coons (D-DE) and Franken (D-MN) has introduced S. 2271, the Renewable Chemicals Act of 2015, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide credits for…