Company initiatives
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Evolva buys Allylix
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I can’t believe it is already almost the end of the year! The blog is grateful for celebrating its 7th year last November and thank you for those who continue to follow it. Let me start the month of December…
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BioAmber’s Sarnia bio-succinic acid project on track
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BioAmber Inc., an industrial biotechnology company producing sustainable chemicals, recently announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014. Highlights included: Sarnia project continues to be on budget and scheduled for mechanical completion in early 2015 A 15 year…
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Verdezyne to build diacids plant in Malaysia
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Verdezyne, Inc., a privately-held industrial biotechnology company focused on producing renewable chemicals, has reached an agreement with Bio-XCell Malaysia to construct Verdezyne’s first commercial-scale renewable chemicals manufacturing facility in Bio-XCell’s premier biotechnology and ecosystem park in Nusajaya, Iskandar, in southern Malaysia. Construction is scheduled…
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Solazyme, Versalis in Encapso™ Partnership
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Solazyme, Inc. and Versalis announced a partnership to expand the commercial use of Encapso™ – which is claimed to be the world’s first commercially-available, biodegradable encapsulated lubricant for drilling fluids. Part of a leading oil and gas company and operating…
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Imaflex Files Patent For Recycling Paint Waste Into Plastic
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Canada-based Imaflex Inc. has filed a patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a production process converting waste latex paint into plastic film. The patent application titled “Methods of Recycling Waste Latex Paint” outlines Imaflex’s proprietary…
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LanzaTech, IOC-DBT to produce omega-3 fatty acids
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LanzaTech together with a research team from the IOC-DBT Center for Advanced Bio-Energy Research (an entity co-funded by India’s Department of Biotechnology and Indian Oil Corporation Limited) have developed a process that recycles CO2 emissions into omega-3 rich fatty acids….
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AkzoNobel, Enerkem in waste-based chems partnership
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Hello blog readers, the holidays are coming and the green blogger is becoming stressed out from deadlines so bear with me on the sparse postings. I will try to post recent news as much as possible but unfortunately most will…