Company initiatives
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Deinove produces muconic acid from 2G substrates
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The blog has been following France-based Deinove for quite sometime now, with its development of its Deinococcus microorganism. The company recently announced that it has been able to produce muconic acid in their laboratory using second generation cellulose-based materials. Muconic…
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Amyris develops yeast strain for fragrance molecule
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Hello blog readers. I am currently in San Diego attending INFOCAST’s Methane Bioengineering Summit (#MethaneSummit) yesterday, and the Sustainability Chemicals (#INFOCASTBio) summit today and tomorrow. I hope you’ve been following my tweets on it. In the meantime, let me write…
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Butamax and Gevo settle isobutanol patent war
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Great news are coming out just as I am in the middle of writing my newsletter! Here’s one fresh from Gevo and Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC, where the two companies are entering a worldwide patent cross-license and settlement agreements, ending…
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Biomass? There’s an App for that
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I am going to be very busy this week with my Bio-materials newsletter deadline but I can’t resist posting this news from Genera Energy (a bioenergy supply chain management company) about its launch of a mobile agriculture app, “Biomass”. The app…
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Alberta Bio program offers $3m funding
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Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions has launched a new funding program “Alberta Bio Future Product and Technology Commercialization,” which aims to increase the value derived from Alberta’s renewable biomass resource with new products or technologies for the province’s bioindustrial sector. A…
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P&G initiates use of recycled packaged bottles
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Procter & Gamble through its Fabric Care business plans to overhaul its packaging by using up to 50% ‘Post Consumer Recyclate’ (recycled plastic) for 230 million bottles of its flagship brands such as Ariel, Dash, Lenor and Unstoppables. First P&G…
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Elevance launches alternative to d-limonene cleaning ingredient
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Elevance recently announced the introduction of another bio-based cleaning ingredient that reportedly addresses supply limitations of d-limonene. Its new Elevance Clean™ 1000 is a high-performing, bio-based cleaning ingredient that reportedly reduces uncertainty in price and supply for d-limonene buyers and…