Company initiatives
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Plaxica gets patents for its Optipure® Technology
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I’m off for a day to attend the Geekiest place on Earth in the next four days, the New York Comic Con! Too bad I can’t use my press pass here but maybe I’ll introduce them to the magic and…
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LEAF Technologies enters itaconic acid market
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I can blog again! Yay! The blog’s maintenance took far longer than expected but keeping my fingers crossed that all is right in my blog world. Meanwhile, let me post this recent news from France-based Leaf Technologies (Lesaffre Advanced Fermentation…
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Corbion acquires Indian lactic acid biz
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Unfortunately, I’m in the middle of writing this month’s Bio-Materials newsletter for Tecnon OrbiChem so blog posts are brief and few. Here’s a recent announcement from Corbion Purac about its planned acquisition of Malladi Specialties Limited (MSL), a leading manufacturer…
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Apparel recycling updates
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This is a bit late news but well worth posting. Adidas announced in late June that it has partnered with Parley for the Oceans – an organization in which creators, thinkers and leaders come together to raise awareness about the…
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Soy-polyols expand in Europe
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I have been covering the development of soy polyols since my journalism days at Chemical Market Reporter magazine (a loooong time ago) and one of the pioneers in this sector is Arkansas-based BioBased Technologies (BBT) LLC. The company has debuted its Agrol soy-based…
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Zeachem in microbials collaboration
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Biorefinery developer, ZeaChem Inc., announced a Product Development and Supply Memorandum of Understanding with Pure Cultures, a producer of high-quality probiotic products. The agreement will accelerate the product development of Pure Cultures’ direct fed microbials (DFM). The companies intend to…
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MBI bags biomass pretreatment patent
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I have been learning more about pre-treatment processing for biomass as I don’t really cover much about this area. My interview with MBI (Michigan Biotechnology Institute) made me aware of the problems concerning the use of cellulosic feedstock for biofuel…